Overlord

This article is about the Transformers character. For the Japanese light novel series and anime, see Overlord (novels).

Character
Name:	English: Overlord Japanese: 破壊大使オーバーロード (Ambassador of Destruction Overlord) (more on TFWiki.net)
Occupation:	Decepticon
Relationships:
Fandom:	Transformers
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Overlord is a minor character in the Transformers franchise. First appearing as a major villain in the Super-God Masterforce Japanese-exclusive season of the original 1984 Transformers cartoon series in 1988, most English-language fanworks derive from his role as the violent, sadistic megalomaniac from the Transformers Generation One IDW Comics starting in 2010.

Canon Background

[characterization, story role, further important appearances]

Popular Tropes & Fanon

• Overlord is often seen as "his own warning," in fanworks, similar to "dead dove." Gore, torture and murder are common tropes for him.
• Voice Kink: voice kink is popular, as Overlord is commonly headcanoned to have a rich timbre. Due to the southern accent Patrick Seitz decided to give him in the Prime Wars Trilogy (seen as an extension of the IDW comics canon,) Southern Belle Overlord has been used more than once on Archive of Our Own. Related is the idea that he's a good kisser, since he's one of the only male Transformer characters to have pronounced lips.
• Possessive Overlord: he wanted to be the only person who could defeat Megatron in gladiatorial combat, admiring him as much as he wanted to kill him.
• Kidnapper Overlord: common setup in Overlord/Trepan works, with Overlord having kidnapped Trepan before the events of the IDW comics.
• Bigender Overlord: bigender Overlord is not unheard of, as he pretended to be a "Megan Guiglione" while disguising himself as a human on Earth.

Subjects of Fannish Interest & Meta

arceespinkgun's graph of how James Roberts uses similar tropes for all of his villains. The only checkboxes Overlord does not cross are "Obsessed with God" and "Autobot or former Autobot."

Overlord's characterization within the Transformers Generation One IDW Comics, primarily by head writer James Roberts, is often the subject of ableism discussion meta, though less so than similar characters Pharma, Tarn and Getaway.

Relationships

Please add any notable relationships in fanworks if they are missing.

Primary Canon	With...	Who is a(n)...	Full Label	Type	Ship Name(s)	Information
IDW Comics	Fortress Maximus	Autobot	Fortress Maximus/Overlord	M/M	Overmax | Overfort	Overlord tortured him in Garrus-9 when he (Fort Max) was the warden
IDW Comics	Tarn	Decepticon	Overlord/Tarn	M/M	Overtarn	Often hatesex; both worship Megatron but in different ways
IDW Comics	Trepan	Autobot	Overlord/Trepan	M/M	Overpan	Overlord captured him to learn how to deactivate the killswitch his (Overlord)'s brain
IDW Comics	Swerve	Autobot	Overlord/Swerve	M/M	Overswerve	Opposites attract.

See List of Transformers Relationship Names for more.

Example/Notable Fanac

Examples Wanted: Editors are encouraged to add more examples or a wider variety of examples.

Wikis

• 破壊大使オーバーロード on PixivEncyclopedia

• Overlord on the TFWiki

Fan Art

• Overlove. Overloathe. Overlord. by drill-teeth-art, ^{Archived version} (2024)

General Fanworks

Fan Mixes

• you're so special! by hyperandrogenism, ^{Archived version} (2018)
• Destroy Me by deaddogkingdom, ^{Archived version} (2017)
• God Killer by deaddogkingdom, ^{Archived version} (2017)
• 〇Ⅴᕮᖇᒪ〇ᖇᗪ by primaprime, ^{Archived version} (2016)
• G I G A by avytrix, ^{Archived version} (2015)
• oh no!-verlord by doomface, ^{Archived version} (2015)
• A GOOD DAY TO DIE by silly-robot, ^{Archived version} (2015)
• Phase Six by empurata, ^{Archived version} (2014)