Meg definately has dominance, submissiveness issues. He has no problem standing up to someone who opposes him. Darkwing, cops, security guards, and other authority figures who operate in direct contradition to his particular idiom fall seem to be exempt from his more complicated personal issues. Any threat to his operation, whatever he may be doing, is a threat to his entire existance, and his basic survival instincts kick in. In this fashion, he can have a mutually respectful relationship with Darkwing. They both have respect for the other's abilities, intelligence, and strategies (although Dark does count Meg's craziness against him). This is a fascinating phenomenon, because in a way Meg and Dark have a much healthier relationship than Meg and Quackerjack.

Interaction with other villains, or anyone else in his immediate peer group cause Megs to revert back to his somewhat shy, awkward self, lacking confidence and the ability to defend himself when he is attacked, either physically or mentally, especially when he deals with people on an individual basis. This is most obvious in his relationship with Quackerjack, which is, as previously mentioned, mildly abusive. Quacky takes his intense self-hate out on Megs by dominating the relationship and generally calling all the shots. As Quackerjack is not genuinelly insane (see Quackerjack Profile) he is both irritated by Megavolt's precarious grip on reality and also somewhat jealous of it, since Megs is sort of living out his dreams of insanity. To compensate, he takes advantage of Meg, often by using his doll to gang up on him and get his way. (At first glance, it seems that Quacky truly believes that Mr. Banana Brain is actually alive, but there has got to be a part of him he just can't bury that knows exactly what he is doing and why, and he hates himself even more because of it.) And Megavolt, who has been pushed around by peers his entire life, seems to view this as just a normal detail of his life. Often when someone spends a great deal of their life being abused and degraded by others, they start to just accept it, and begin to believe that it is simply their role in existance. His confidence is easily undermined and his ego turbulent and fragile. In some moments, he can seem completely self-assured, but this never lasts more than a few moments.

Despite this, when Megs gets into a group setting, he often exhibits an affinity for leadership. He seems to be something of an authority among the Fearsome Four (although Quackerjack often tries and succeeds at usurping this in little ways), and is generally the one to take charge in a crisis. This may be due to the fact that, despite his questionable lucidity, Megavolt is the smartest, most creative, and quickest thinking of the four (the Liquidator is a close second at creativity and quick thinking). This may also be because the Fearsome Four is an entity in its own rite, with a personality and intelligence level that actually has nothing to do with its components. The formula seems to be as follows: on an individual basis, each villain has their own though processes, intelligence, abilities, modes of operation, etc. Every time you add another villain to the group, the intelligence level is immediately halved, and all the individual thought processes meld into one crude, generalized mentality. This can probably be attributed to the constant abuse from their fearless leader, Negaduck. No one really wants to stand out in that group.

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