Transformers Daily Trivia: Wrath in the Skies – The End of Overlord and the Rebirth of Gigatron (Part 2)

Last Updated on October 20, 2025 by xmiaonline.com

The god fell from the heights, reduced to mortal metal;

Yet the Spark remained – burning under a name from another world.

In the universe of the IDW 2005 series, Overlord was no longer a creation of Devil Z, but a being torn apart by power and emptiness.

It possessed a “one-in-a-thousand” Spark. Forged by Megatron himself, it was a super warrior, the sharpest executioner on Cybertron.

Its frame was nearly perfect: speed, firepower, and defense all pushed to the limits; yet its mind was corrupted by endless obsession.

It refused to be just a weapon with a “code name”. Its only obsession was Megatron – the one who had defeated it utterly in the gladiatorial arena.

In Grass Planet 9 Prison, it turned that hell into an arena, forcing captured Autobots and Decepticons to fight each other, all just to make Megatron “notice” it again.

However, Overlord’s faith was ultimately shattered by another force – a raid by the Wreckers, and the cruelest battle between heroes and devils.

In that battle, the heroes nearly burned through all their lives, and Overlord fell into the abyss it had forged for itself.

Later, with Megatron’s “awakening”, Overlord lost the target of its obsession. It became a wanderer, until it met the mad scientist – Tarantulas.

With Tarantulas’ help, Overlord took on the identity of a human politician. The two launched a twisted experiment using a time machine.

But obsession flared up again. Overlord’s true plan was to use the time machine to traverse repeatedly, hunting down Megatron across all timelines.

Through the collaboration of Tarantulas, Springer, the human girl Verity, and others, Overlord was finally trapped in the endless Void.

A being that claimed to be the “God of Destruction” was ultimately swallowed by its own obsession.

Years later, the echo of fate awakened once more.

In the 2012 Transformers Convention story, a familiar figure returned from the shadows of an alternate world.

It was a universe where dimensions overlapped, where warriors from different timelines reunited –

And among them was a name: Gigatron.

Long ago, it had ruled Black Mountain, but its hunger for power led it to abandon the throne and journey to the stars.

Earth, with its abundant resources, became its target. It landed aggressively, transforming into a steel giant that could shift into a Type 90 battle tank.

Gigatron recruited ten warriors and clashed multiple times with the Autobots led by Hank.

Until a rift in fate opened – evil Autobots from the Mirror Universe invaded Earth, attempting to drag the entire world into their dimension.

Gigatron refused to submit to these “foreign conquerors”. It not only aided Mirror Soundwave (a righteous Decepticon) but also fought side by side with its former enemy Hank (a righteous Autobot).

Its maxim was: “I stand my ground, I accept any challenge.”

Within it, the “built-in arsenal” still resided.

Those familiar words, that recognizable Energon core – it was indeed the continuation of the Gigatron who first appeared in 2003.

Perhaps Overlord and Gigatron were never truly separate.

They were two sides of the same piece of metal –

One born from the mysterious experiments of Devil Z,

The other from the fusion of a green Spark and super alloy.

Across those countless intertwined timelines,

Perhaps multiple Transformers frames were created,

One of which was originally meant for the “cold-blooded Gigatron”,

Yet displaced by fate, becoming Overlord’s frame.

The moment Overlord fell into the abyss,

In another universe, Gigatron was embracing the arrival of a new world.

Energy never perishes; it merely changes form to continue burning.

From the fusion of a divine warrior to the rise of an Energon warrior,

From Overlord’s downfall to Gigatron’s awakening –

All of this is but different phases of the same flame.

When the starlight fades,

The final flame still pulses in another metal heart.

That is – Gigatron,

The destruction, and the inheritor of energy.