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{{Other uses|Overlord}}
'''Overlord''' is the name of several [[fictional character]]s from the [[Transformers]] series.

==Decepticon==
===Transformers: Generation 1===
{{Infobox character|
name =Overlord/Gigatron
|image =
|caption =Overlord in ''Transformers: Zone''
|affiliation =Decepticon
|subgroup =Powermasters
|rank =
|function =Ambassador of Destruction
|partners =Giga and Mega
|motto ="''I stand my ground, I accept any challenge, I am hungry for conflict.''"
|alternatemodes = [[M1 Abrams|Tank]] & [[SR-71 Blackbird]] / Defense Base
|series =''[[Transformers: Generation 1]]''
|engvoice =
|japanvoice =
}}

====Animated series====
Outside of Japan, Overlord's sole animated appearance was in the toy commercial aired in Europe.

In Japan, Overlord was a villain in the ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce]]'' animated series. The story of Overlord begins with the mysterious alien energy-being, [[Devil Z]], who sought to create the ultimate super-robot lifeform. Stealing a selection of Transformer [[Transtectors]] – lifeless robot bodies designed to merge with smaller robots – from a sector of space known as the G Nebula, he scattered them across the Earth, intending for them to absorb the planet's energies, known as "Chichokon", in addition to the heavenly "Tenchokon" energy they had acquired from the G Nebula. Alongside the largest of the eight Transtectors brought to the planet, Devil Z slumbered deep within an ocean trench, awaiting the day that his plan could come to fruition, and human souls would bond with the Transtectors, endowing them with "Jinchokon", the power of man, and giving the resultant lifeforms, the Godmasters, the power over the three primal energies of life.

That day came when two human beings, a husband and wife named Giga and Mega, came into Devil Z's service and were both bonded with the largest Transtector (the animated series offers no explanation for how this occurred, but the accompanying manga strongly implies that the couple died at sea and had their bodies recovered and resurrected by Devil Z). The duo now controlled the dual aspects of the Transtector – Giga piloted the "Gigatank", while Mega controlled the "Megajet", which could combine together to form either a defense base or the giant robot known as Overlord.

With Devil Z already having brainwashed [[Scorponok|BlackZarak]], the commander of the evil [[Decepticon]]s – currently engaged in battling the heroic [[Autobot]]s in the depths of space – Overlord was branded as a Decepticon, the "Amabassador of Destruction" with Devil Z as the emperor. While Devil Z's other agents, the Decepticon [[Pretenders (Transformers)|Pretenders]] and [[Headmaster (Transformers)|Headmaster Juniors]], kept the small Autobot force remaining on Earth occupied, the so-dubbed "Lord Giga" and "Lady Mega" set about locating other Godmasters on Earth, finding the German brothers [[Dreadwing|Buster and Hydra]] and recruiting them to the Decepticon side. After the two groups of Decepticons were then gathered together under Giga and Mega's command, a race ensued between the Autobots and Decepticons to locate the remaining Godmasters, only for the Autobots to acquire three.

Incensed by this failure, Giga and Mega took matters into their own hands, taking their Transtectors into battle for the first time. Luring the Autobot commander [[Ginrai]] into the desert, Giga and Mega confronted him as Overlord and immediately proved their physical superiority by thrashing him so badly that he was near death. Overlord subsequently departed into space, taking control of a weather-monitoring base on the moon in order to rendezvous with the approaching BlackZarak there. Pursued by Ginrai, now merged with the drone Godbomber as the powered-up God Ginrai, Overlord and BlackZarak battled him and the Autobot battleship [[Fortress Maximus|Grand Maximus]]; refusing to follow Overlord's instruction to return to Earth, BlackZarak ultimately met defeat and fled back into space.<ref>http://www.heroic-cinema.com/reviews/supergod</ref>

When Black Zarak returned, Devil Z's plans escalated to the destruction of all human life on Earth, shocking Giga and Mega; where Devil Z had come to fear the power of Jinchokon that dwelled within all human beings, the couple celebrated their humanity. Dissention grew as Devil Z fused with BlackZarak and abandoned the Headmaster Juniors in the ruins of the destroyed Decepticon base, and Buster and Hydra, believing that their inability to defeat Ginrai was the result of human limitations, were transformed into fully robotic beings through Devil Z’s power. Confronting God Ginrai for one final time, Overlord vowed to fight him without weapons, battling him only through the use of his physical strength, through the power of his human flesh. When Devil Z turned on Buster and Hydra for their own failures, however, Overlord attempted to attack him, only to be on the receiving end of the emperor's wrath. Rescued by God Ginrai, Giga and Mega finally turned against Devil Z, but when they aided God Ginrai in combating their former master, they were struck down and forcibly separated from their Transtector, which was brought to life through Devil Z's power. As their Masterbraces vanished from their wrists, Giga and Mega died, regretting that they could not settle their rivalry with Ginrai honorably.

With the subsequent destruction of Devil Z at God Ginrai's hands, the now-living Overlord Transtector fled into space with the other Decepticons, and joined with the main Decepticon force in space. After a series of short, silent cameos in the next series, ''[[Transformers: Victory]]'', as a continued opponent for God Ginrai,

Overlord returned in 1990's ''[[Transformers: Zone]]'' as one of the nine great Decepticon generals under the command of the mysterious insectoid being, [[Violenjiger]].<ref>{{cite book| title=Transformers: The Ark II |pages=196–197 |author= [[Jim Sorenson]] & [[Bill Forster]] |ISBN=978-1600101809 |publisher=IDW Publishing |date=July 22, 2008}}</ref>

====Comics====
=====Dreamwave Productions=====
Later, during [[Dreamwave Productions]]' 21st Century re-imagining of the Transformers universe, "Gigatron" was said to be an ancient robot credited with the creation of Powermaster technology.

=====Fun Publications=====
Overlord appeared in ''Invasion Prologue'' by ''[[Fun Publications]]''.<REF>{{Cite comic| writer = Pete Sinclair & Jesse Wittenrich | penciller = Will Mangin | inker = Jake Isenberg | story =Invasion Prologue| title =Transformers Timelines | volume = | issue = | date =March, 2012 | publisher = [[Fun Publications]]| location = |url=http://www.botcon.com/BotCon2012/comic12.cfm}}</REF>

Overlord appears in the 2012 BotCon ''Invasion'' lithograph by [[Casey Coller]] and [[Josh Perez]].<REF>http://tformers.com/transformers-botcon-2012-transformers-invasion-box/17534/news.html</REF>

"[[Ask Vector Prime]]" revealed that [[Bio Ranger Iga]] added Gigatron-whether a version of Overlord or the main antagonist of ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001)|Robots in Disguise]]''-to its Thirteen Great Demon Generals.

=====IDW Productions=====
Overlord was one of [[Megatron (Transformers)|Megatron]]'s "phase sixers", who were extremely powerful Decepticons tasked with obliterating a planet on the verge of collapse, but he refused to settle for this and flew away, knowing that Megatron would chase him. Several years later, he arrived at the Autobot detention facility on Garrus-9 during a Decepticon attack and took over the active forces, killing General [[Skyquake]] in the process. After he seized the facility, he transformed the planet into a vast arena where he forced his troops to hunt Autobots or participate in gladatorial combat. All of this was part of his plan to attract Megatron, as [[Shockwave]] concluded upon getting reactivated by Overlord. However, his plans were cut short by the arrival of the Wreckers, who sought to liberate the prisoners and extract vital data. Overlord fought and killed most of them, only to suffer grievous damage and learn that Megatron has been dead for long. Realizing that the Decepticon leader never bothered himself with chasing Overlord, he fell on his knees and asked to be finished. He was then taken by the remaining Wreckers for a trial, eventually ending up aboard the ''[[Lost Light]];'' eventually he would find himself with a chance to avenge himself on the revived, Autobot Megatron with the aid of the [[Decepticon Justice Division]] and [[Deathsaurus]].

====Toys====
* '''''Takara Generation 1'' Godmaster Overlord''' (1988)
:Not available outside of Japan in its original release year of 1988. The Overlord toy transforms from a robot to two separate vehicles - a [[SR-71 Blackbird]] reconnaissance aircraft and an [[M1 Abrams]] tank, which is something of a rarity among Transformers toys. The aircraft forms the robot's upper body while tank forms its legs.

* '''''Takara Generation 1'' Powermaster Overlord''' (1991)
:Overlord was later sold in Europe in 1991 as the rival to the [[Autobot]] [[Motorvators]]. His function reclassified as "Self-Contained Nomadic Assault", Giga and Mega became nameless "Energon mini-figures" and Overlord’s new biography depicted him as a legend among Decepticons by virtue of his very existence. Capable of handling any location or terrain, and apparently capable even of dimensional travel, Overlord keeps the Autobots perpetually uneasy – his body even contains an entire arms manufacturing plant capable of producing a vast array of weaponry, and his base mode serves to pave the way for the arrival of the Decepticon battle fleet. Overlord is, without a doubt, a robot ready for all-out war.<ref>{{Cite book | title=The Unofficial Guide to Japanese and International Transformers | last=Alvarez | first=J.E. | year=2001 | publisher=Schiffer Publishing Ltd.| ISBN=0764312820 | page= 41}}</ref><ref>Tomart's Action Figure Digest #28, 1996</ref>

*'''''Botcon'' Gigatron''' (2012)
:A remold of ''N.E.S.T.'' Decepticon [[Bludgeon (Transformers)|Bludgeon]] and ''Hunt for the Decepticons'' [[Banzai-Tron]]; this same mold was later used for ''Generations'' Megatron.
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{{seealso|DoubleEvil}}
{{seealso|Carnifex}}

===Gallery===
<gallery>
image:carnifex-overlord-robot.jpg|Carnifex and Overlord in robot mode
</gallery>

===Transformers: Robots in Disguise===
Gigatron is the Japanese name for [[Megatron (Transformers)|Megatron]].
{{-}}

===Shattered Glass===
{{Infobox character|
name =Overlord
|image =
|caption =
|affiliation =Decepticon
|subgroup =
|rank =
|function =
|partners =
|motto =
|alternatemodes = [[M1 Abrams|Tank]] & [[SR-71 Blackbird]] / Defense Base
|series =''[[Transformers: Timelines]]''
|engvoice =
|japanvoice =
}}
Overlord was presumably a heroic Decepticon who was killed by the Autobots. He is a dimensional counterpart to the ''Generation 1'' version of the character.

====Fun Publications====
[[Clench (Transformers)|Clench]], [[Krok (Transformers)|Krok]], Overlord and [[Skyquake]]'s bodies are seen decorating the Autobot headquarters in the ''Transformers: Timelines'' story "Shattered Glass" by [[Fun Publications]].

==Autobot==
===Generation 1===
====UK Comics====
An alternate character named Overlord, an Autobot leader, appears in the story "State Games," where he dies in front of Megatron and [[Ravage (Transformers)|Ravage]] after [[Optimus Prime (Generation 1)|Optimus Prime]] departs in search of help.

==References==
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