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Originally Posted by Evil Tim

Yeah, that was originally the case, but these days it's trademark-keeping. Most blatantly when he changed his name to Galvatron halfway through Armada and then back again when he turned up in Energon, then back to Galvatron again near the end of that series. Hasbro's VP of intellectual property said in so many words that this stupidity was done to protect their trademarks on both names.

Oh, I never watched Armada. They could've just gone the easy route and made Megatron and Galvatron separate characters like they did in some incarnations.