Of the decepticons on :animated When you think "decepticon", who do you think of and why. personally i pick starscream, he's doublecrossing, disloyal, ambitious and self-serving. in my opinion the word "decepticon" just sounds like someone with his qualities. what do you guys think?

All Hail Megatron! :)

Megatron. He's everything a Decepticon leader should be and then some! :tflaugh

this isn't about leadership for me, its about decepticon qualities. unless you count leadership as a qualification to be a decepticon. if so, what other qualities make him the best representative of the name decepticon? what I'm driving at is who best represents the idea of a decepticon. some might think that lugnut who is wholly devoted to Megs is perfect for his devotion. I think the opposite is true. for me a decepticon by definition cannot be trusted.

To me a Decepticon is one that is dedicated to the Decepticon cause - to the expansion of the Decepticon Empire; in the footsteps of other great Decepticons such as Trannis, Megatron (G1/G2 & BW/BM), Galvatron, Straxus, Thunderwing, Bludgeon, Jhiaxus and the Liege Maximo. In other words conquest. IMO Megatron is the most successful of the Animated Decepticons in terms of working toward this goal.

 

"Decepticons forever!"

If we're talking TF:A, the most deserving would be more like Starscream. Pure deception and treachery.

 

Encompassing other shows, I rather think the most deserving was Megatron from Beast Wars. Yessss...

this isn't about leadership for me, its about decepticon qualities. unless you count leadership as a qualification to be a decepticon. if so, what other qualities make him the best representative of the name decepticon? what I'm driving at is who best represents the idea of a decepticon. some might think that lugnut who is wholly devoted to Megs is perfect for his devotion. I think the opposite is true. for me a decepticon by definition cannot be trusted.

Much as I like... well, ALL the 'Cons, Megatron's definitely the purest, truest Decepticon, IMO.

 

He's big, ridiculously powerful, and continuously makes it veryveryvery dangerous to be his enemy, for one thing. (Unlike, uh, EVERY OTHER MEGATRON EVER, he DOES kill Starscream. Repeatedly. It's not his fault that it didn't stick. :P ) He's deception'd his way into Sumdac's trust, never letting the fact that he was only a head bother him or get in the way of his scheming, and deceived Starscream when Screamer didn't know he knew Screamer had betrayed him, spread the Autobot forces thin, built a SPACE BRIDGE from incomplete specs-- not to mention holding off a half-dozen Seekers and half the Earth-bound Autobots at the same time.

 

He's tricky, badass, charismatic and evil-- and one of the best villains ever. <3

Based on the poll description: Starscream

 

Megatron (thankfully) is too much like a military dictator with some sense of purpose and honor to his cause or to that of the Decepticon cause.

 

But as far as a true Decepticon Starscream all the way. I don't much like the character (i never did), I found him annoying.

 

Blackarachnia is a spitting distance away from becoming an Autobot.

 

Lockdown just learned that Decepticons don't pay their bills and their infighting is more than annoying. He also has too much respect for the Autobots.

 

The rest of the Cons are just plain lame...dumb.

To those who don't say Megatron, I'd like to point out that he maintains a double agent on Cybertron, played Sumdac like a fiddle for an entire season, convinced the Constructicons he was a good guy, and ultimately does just as much, if not more scheming than Screamer. Megatron just doesn't scheme against his own side.

Megatron just doesn't scheme against his own side.

 

And that right there is why Starscream ranks higher.