Leading hand sanitizers claim they can kill 99.9 percent of germs. Soundwave can kill 100 percent of whatever the hell he wants.

Soundwave calendar goes straight from March 31st to April 2nd; no one fools Soundwave
Some kids piss their name in the snow. Soundwave can piss his name into concrete.

Soundwave tears cure cancer. Too bad he has never cried.

Soundwave counted to infinity - twice.

Soundwave once visited the Virgin Islands. They are now The Islands.


Soundwave can speak braille.

Superman owns a pair of Soundwave pyjamas.

Soundwave owns the greatest Poker Face of all-time. It helped him win the 1983 World Series of Poker despite him holding just a Joker, a Get out of Jail Free Monopoly card, a 2 of clubs, 7 of spades and a green #4 card from the game Uno.

Soundwave does not sleep. He waits.

Soundwave can slam revolving doors.

Soundwave sleeps with a night light. Not because Soundwave is afraid of the dark, but the dark is afraid of Soundwave

Soundwave doesn't read books. He stares them down until he gets the information he wants.

Once a cobra bit Soundwave leg. After five days of excruciating pain, the cobra died.

Soundwave is not hung like a horse... horses are hung like Soundwave

Giraffes were created when Soundwave uppercutted a horse.

Soundwave is the only person on the planet that can kick you in the back of the face.

Soundwave has to maintain a concealed weapon license in all 50 states in order to legally wear pants.

When the Boogeyman goes to sleep every night he checks his closet for Soundwave

Soundwave can build a snowman out of rain.

Soundwave plays Russian roulette with a fully loaded revolver... and wins.

Soundwave once had a heart attack; his heart lost.

Soundwave can kill two stones with one bird.

The last digit of pi is Soundwave. He is the end of all things.

When Soundwave breaks the law, the law doesn't heal.

Bullets dodge Soundwave.

Soundwave once partook in a pissing contest outside of a bar. His opponent drowned.

Soundwave cannot predict the future; the future just better do what Soundwave says.

When Soundwave does push-ups, he does not push himself up. He pushes the Earth down.

For every person Mother Nature kills, Soundwave kills five.

Soundwave doesn't have a bank account. He just tells the bank how much he needs.

There is no theory of evolution. Just a list of animals Soundwave allows to live.

Soundwave doesn’t wear a watch, HE decides what time it is.

Crop circles are Soundwave’s way of telling the world that sometimes corn needs to lie down.

When Soundwave sends in his taxes, he sends blank forms and includes only a picture of himself, crouched and ready to attack. Soundwave has not had to pay taxes, ever.

Soundwave can win a game of Connect Four in only three moves.

If you spell Soundwave in Scrabble, you win. Forever.

Soundwave does not teabag the ladies. He potato-sacks them.

Soundwave once challenged Lance Armstrong in a "Who has more testicles?" contest. Soundwave won by 5.

Four million years ago, on a distant planet called Cybertron, life existed in the form of sentient robots which could think and feel, called Transformers. The race of Transformers was divided into two main clans. Autobots (known as Cybertrons in the Japanese cartoon), led by Optimus Prime, wished for peaceful co-existence. Decepticons (known as Destrons in the Japanese version), under the command of Megatron, sought conflict and universal conquest. Both sides were embroiled in an ages old war for supremacy.
With both sides running low on energy, the Autobots, aboard the Ark, sought out a new source, but the Decepticons, aboard their space-cruiser (later given the name Nemesis in the Beast Wars animated series), ambushed them in hopes of gaining a decisive advantage. The Decepticons boarded the Ark and the ensuing space battle resulted in both the ships crash landing on a pre-historic Earth, the Ark crashing into the side of a dormant volcano. (The fate of the Nemesis is subject to retroactive continuity. For the full story, see the Nemesis article.)
Four million years passed while the Autobots and Decepticons lay dormant aboard the Ark. In the Earth year 1984, the volcano housing the Ark erupted, reawakening the ship's computer, Teletraan I, which then modified the Transformers so as to give them alternate modes that could blend in on Earth.
The Autobots and Decepticons, now stuck on Earth, continued their war more ferociously than ever. The Decepticons wished to drain Earth of all its resources, converting it into energon for their use, while the Autobots were committed to stopping them, and to protecting the human race. This era would later be referred to by Transformers as the "Great War." The war was almost ended as soon as it began, as the Decepticons gained an early lead, and were even able to build a space cruiser to leave Earth, however Autobot intervention prevented them from escaping orbit.

Devastator and Snarl face off.
New allies were gained on both sides. Humans Sparkplug Witwicky, and his son Spike Witwicky, allied with the Autobots, while the human Doctor Arkeville sided with the Decepticons. Jetfire and the Insecticons were discovered already living on Earth. Both sides even built new allies to join their cause, the Autobots building the Dinobots and the Aerialbots, and the Decepticons building the Stunticons and the Combaticons. They were later joined by some allies who had been elsewhere in the universe including Omega Supreme and the Constructicons.
Despite wild gimmicks on both sides, including attempts to build better weapons, to undermine history through time travel, and even a temporarily successful attempt to warp Cybertron into Earth's orbit, neither side gained an overwhelming advantage, despite the Decepticons being defeated by the Autobots in nearly every episode. In the long run however, the Decepticons took the lead in the Great War, creating a Space Bridge that allowed them to warp individual Transformers to and from Cybertron at any time. This allowed them to claim rule of Cybertron, which gave them the winning edge for many years.
All of this changed in 2005, over 20 years after the start of the Great War. The Decepticons launched a surprise attack on Autobot City, on Earth. Countless Transformers lost their lives in the battle for Autobot City, but the Decepticons were repelled thanks to Optimus Prime's victory over Megatron, a victory that came at the cost of his own life.
Megatron and the other wounded Decepticons were abandoned by the stronger members of the team, in part due to Starscream's desire to usurp Megatron as leader. The God-like Unicron found them drifting in space. He rebuilt Megatron as Galvatron, and sent him on a quest to destroy the Autobot Matrix of Leadership. The Autobots' new leader, Rodimus Prime, was able to stop the Decepticons however. In his first battle as leader, he destroyed Unicron, reclaimed Cybertron for the Autobots, and expelled Galvatron into

The story is set in 1969 and details the account of a top secret space ship called "Ghost-1", built by the American organization known as Sector 7. The ship was built by examining and reverse engineering the frozen remains of the Transformer Megatron. Sent into space at the same time as Apollo 11 to hide its trail, the ship is sent to orbit the far side of Jupiter to look for any more alien activity. However, the ship falls into a wormhole and emerges in an unknown part of the galaxy - where it is not alone.
The Ark and the Nemesis arrive, intrigued by the ship's Cybertronian design. Starscream leads the Decepticons on an attack as the humans flee. Bumblebee pursues them, as does Starscream, who hopes to annihilate the ship - and any traces of Megatron with it. Putting Bumblebee to flight, Starscream communicates with Ghost-1, pretending to be benevolent. He learns of the existence of the Allspark and Megatron and decides to string them along by telling them of the war. He hopes to provoke them into firing on the "evil" Autobots, who will destroy them. Optimus Prime arrives, having fought off Blackout's attack in orbit, saving Bumblebee from giant rock-chewing worms. They encounter Starscream and Ghost-1, who fire on them, burying them in the cave with more worms.
The humans, meanwhile, have become suspicious of Starscream's intentions, noting differences in the behaviours of his and Prime's. Starscream betrays them and leaves them for dead. They manage to communicate with Prime and Bumblebee, telling them of Megatron and the Allspark. They eventually free themselves and head back into orbit, where a full-scale assault by the Decepticons is under way. Despite the Autobots' courage, they are outnumbered. Captain Walker of Ghost-1 makes the decision that they cannot flee, leading the Decepticons straight to their homeworld. They fire on Starscream as he and Bonecrusher prepare to finish off Prime. Starscream annihilates them in retaliation and retreats, severely wounded. Prime laments their sacrifice, but realizes that they (and probably the Decepticons) will end up on Earth to find the Allspark.
On Earth, a different crisis unfolds. An order has come through to transport the frozen "Ice Man" from the Artic to a place of safe keeping somewhere near the West Coast of the United States, to be studied more concretely. The convoy carrying him is sabotaged and derailed by a Soviet spy, who indicates a KGB assault will take place to recover Megatron. A more immediate problem presents itself when it is revealed that Megatron is thawing out. As the weather worsens and the Russian attack begins, Megatron reanimates. Colonels Nolan and Kinnear, the convoy commanders, manage to stop the disorientated Decepticon leader by first driving a snow truck into him, then freezing him once more with liquid Nitrogen even as he killed them both. The soldiers, having fought off the Russian attack with the aid of a squad of Army Rangers, then resolve to complete Megatron's transportation.

[edit] Discrepancies
The mission to move Megatron from the arctic to the Hoover dam is undertaken in 1969 (concurrent with the apollo 11 moon mission) — however both the movie and prequel comic series state that Megatron was relocated in the late 1930's (presumably just after the dams construction in 1936).