The Decepticons (known as Destrons or on occasion Deathtrons in Japan) are the enemies of the Autobots, and the Antagonists in the fictional universe of the Transformers toyline and related comics and cartoons. The villains take many forms, and have many different origins and stories across the numerous different Transformers media, but in almost all incarnations, they are led by Megatron. They are typically represented by the color purple. Primarily, Decepticons have red eyes, contrary to Autobots having blue eyes. They are known for their air power especially when most of them turn into aircraft like Starscream. They turn into Military vehicles, Construction vehicles and jets.

Other terms for the Decepticons are Decepticans (in France), Distructors (in Italy), Robotikák or Álcák (In Hungarian), Robotikus (in Malaysia) and Bedragarna (in Sweden) and Shakranikim (Hebrew: שקרניקים) .