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:''Rodimus is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers: Energon (franchise)|Energon]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:EnerRodimusCardArt.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|I will find peace by traveling into the future and/or space!]]
'''Rodimus''' began her career with the Autobots as a rowdy, speedy young foreman. Aggressive and headstrong, she wouldn't think twice about transforming into her semi-truck alternate mode and rushing into battle. At a certain point during the war, Rodimus left [[Cybertron]], tired of the fighting without change, taking [[Rodimus's crew|a group]] [[Prowl (Energon)|of like-minded]] [[Landmine (Energon)|individuals]] along with him. By the time that she had returned from her sojourn, Rodimus matured, and had become a military commander on par with the great [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]], but the two had more than a few major differences. This often put them at odds with one another, but at the end of the day, both have immense respect for the other commander. This respect is so great, that Optimus has even given Rodimus the title of ''de facto'' leader of the faction while he's away, or absent.

He's eternally loyal to the mysterious [[Alpha Quintesson]], and her brother is [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]].

{{bigquote|I don't have time for Optimus's bunch of amateurs.|Rodimus saying what she really thinks. [[Rodimus Friend or Foe?]]}}

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====''Energon'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Paul Dobson]] (English), [[Brian Dobson]] (English, "[[Go for Unicron!]]" only), [[Ryōtarō Okiayu]] (Japanese)|[[Anders Öjebo]] (Swedish), [[Ossi Ahlapuro]] (Finnish, unknown episodes), [[Vesa Hämes]] (Finnish, unknown episodes), [[Luca Ward]] (Italian), [[Juan Carlos Lozano]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Rubén León]] (Latin-American Spanish)}}
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[[File:E11 titlecard.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
On [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Rodimus was a great military commander during the war against the Decepticons, on par with Optimus Prime. However, she became disillusioned with the endless war and so, accompanied by [[Prowl (Energon)|Prowl]], [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]], and the ancestors of the [[Omnicon]]s, travelled across the galaxy, righting wrongs and defending the innocent. For this, they gained the eternal admiration of [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] and [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]]. {{storylink|The Legend of Rodimus}} Before her departure, Rodimus clashed against Megatron in battle, in a confrontation memorable enough for Megatron to readilly recall it, despite the innumerable battles she thereafter took part in. {{storylink|Go for Unicron!}} Most of [[Rodimus's crew]] eventually chose a peaceful life of mining [[energon]] on a [[Omnitron|new home planet]], eventually coming under the leadership of Arcee; Rodimus, Prowl, and Landmine continued to wander the galaxy. {{storylink|Survival Instincts}}

During her travels, the trio arrived on [[Planet Q]] and made contact with the rulers, [[Alpha Quintesson]] and [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]]. They eventually left, but Rodimus promised that they would return if the planet was threatened.

Sure enough, during the time they were gone, [[Unicron]] attempted to devour Planet Q. While Alpha Quintesson fretfully waited for Rodimus to return, Scorponok enacted a desperate plan to blow up their world in order to injure the chaos bringer. The planet was destroyed, leaving Alpha Q as the sole survivor, sealed deep within Unicron. By the time Rodimus arrived, all that was left was a field of small asteroids. {{storylink|Alpha Q: Identity}}

Rodimus re-entered the Autobot/Decepticon conflict around the year 2020, when she prevented [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] from stealing a cache of energon on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]]. {{storylink|The Legend of Rodimus}} Following this, she learned that Scorponok was in fact the resurrected chamberlain of [[Planet Q]], and decided to atone for failing to save Alpha Quintesson in the past by helping her in the present. Even so, Alpha Q did not readily trust him. {{storylink|Go for Unicron!}}

[[File:E15 titlecard.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Death to the opposition!]]
Later, Rodimus, Prowl and Landmine appeared on the moon, watching over a battle between [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] and [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]. Rodimus her troops not to get directly involved in the skirmish, but they had no choice when [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] and [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] tried to kidnap the energon-sensitive youth, [[Kicker Jones]]. From a concealed location, Rodimus, Landmine and Prowl blasted at Cyclonus, forcing her to veer off and avoid grabbing Kicker. The warriors three vanished before Kicker could figure out where the shots came from, and who saved him. {{storylink|Kicker Beware!}} Rodimus subsequently revealed himself to Optimus Prime's crew when Megatron sent three comets to destroy Earth. Rodimus, commanding a large fleet of [[Blackout (Terrorcon)|Blackout]] [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcon]] drones, was successfully able to destroy one of the comets, leaving the others to detonate on the [[energon grid]]. {{storylink|Energon Grid (episode)|Energon Grid}}

[[File:Rodimus tv.jpg|upright=1.1|left|thumb|I have a sense of humor! On the [[USS Enterprise|Enterprise]], I was considered quite amusing.]] Seeking allies for the restoration of Planet Q, she contacted Hot Shot and called her to a secret meeting at the ruins of Mars City. Rodimus attempted to recruit both Hot Shot and Kicker for her mission, but they each turned down her offer due to Rodimus' refusal to reveal important information for the sake of dramatic tension. {{storylink|Rodimus Friend or Foe?}} Rodimus later came upon Scorponok after the latter was sent towards Earth's energon grid, bait in a trap to ensnare Alpha Q. Though her subordinates warned her that the bound Terrorcon was clearly part of a trap, Rodimus refused to leave Scorponok behind. Rodimus crew turned out to be correct, and they fought against Megatron's soldiers, eventually driving them back, and securing Scorponok's release. {{storylink|Go for Unicron!}}

Shortly thereafter, she made contact with Optimus Prime's crew. Rodimus explained that Unicron could be used to create life, and restore Alpha Q's lost homeworld. As such, it would behove Optimus to allow Unicron to be restored, and instead focus on destroying Megatron. Optimus refused, and so Rodimus departed in frustration.

[[File:Energon-Ironhide-Infiltration.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Prune juice. A warrior's drink!]]
As Rodimus left, Ironhide stowed away on her ship; Rodimus decided to let her tag along for a while to test her mettle. Rodimus advised Alpha Q that Ironhide could be useful to them, and was proven right after the rookie managed to destroy a large number of Terrorcons and hold her own against Scorponok. {{storylink|A Tale of Two Heros}}

At Ironhide's request, Rodimus brought Kicker and Misha to meet Alpha Q {{storylink|Battle Stations}} and told them about the destruction of Planet Q. {{storylink|Alpha Q: Identity}}

When Alpha Q decided to accompany Kicker and Ironhide to ask Optimus Prime for help, Rodimus accompanied them. When they met, the two commanders quickly came to blows, only stopping when Kicker placed himself between them and begged them to stop. {{storylink|Shockblast: Rampage}} While their opinions still differed, the pair agreed to stop fighting long enough to defeat Megatron.

When Unicron began to revive, Rodimus led a group of Omnicons on a mission to inject a number of [[energon star]]s into its brain in order to soothe its tremors. They had to be rescued by [[Arcee (Energon)|Arcee]]. {{storylink|Survival Instincts}} Rodimus later participated in the defense of Cybertron against an attack led by Shockblast. {{storylink|Each One Fights...}} When Mirage (formerly Tidal Wave) led a second attack, Rodimus saved Hot Shot's life; Hot Shot returned the favor shortly thereafter during the retaliatory attack on Unicron, and the two decided to cement their newfound trust and respect in each other by powerlinxing. {{storylink|Unicron Unleashed}}

[[File:Worst Plan Ever.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
When Optimus Prime was injured by Shockblast, Rodimus took command of the Autobots and led them in an attack on Megatron. {{storylink|Open Fire!}} Megatron used her power over Unicron to escape, and Rodimus' team pursued. When Optimus rejoined them, now combined with [[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Saber]], Rodimus separated from Hot Shot so they could both salute him. Rodimus then placed himself under Optimus' command for the sake of the mission, and accompanied her to track down the Decepticons. As this was happening, ''positively-charged energon stored within Unicron's head reacted violently to the negatively-charged energon stored within her body. This clash of energy ripped open a hole through space'', through which the Decepticons escaped. Optimus told Rodimus that it was their duty to protect the universe ''from Megatron wherever she went'', and they followed their adversary into the tear in space. {{storylink|Ripped Up Space}}

On the other side of the rift, Rodimus witnessed Megatron and her soldiers begin their assault on Alpha Q's newly reborn solar system. {{storylink|Protection}} she then set up a beacon in space to attract any lost Autobots. This way, she was able to reunite Hot Shot, Prowl, and Landmine, and the four then proceeded to Iron Planet to help save Inferno from Megatron. {{storylink|Imprisoned Inferno}} The Autobots began looking for Unicron's whereabouts in the void of space, only to be called back to Jungle Planet when the Decepticons found the Autobots' temporary base of operations there. The Autobots were kept from going down to the planet's surface by the Decepticons until the arrival of [[Bulkhead (Energon)|Bulkhead]], [[Downshift (Energon)|Downshift]], and [[Cliffjumper (Energon)|Cliffjumper]] tipped the odds in their favor. {{storylink|Jungle Planet (episode)|Jungle Planet}} Rodimus boarded Bulkhead's shuttle to fly back to Cybertron and acquire the [[energon tower]]s necessary to protect [[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]]'s new planets. En route, she and the other Autobots on board were attacked by [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcons]]. Rodimus remained behind on the shuttle with Cliffjumper and Bulkhead to distract the [[Divebomb (Energon)|Divebomb]] drones while Hot Shot and Downshift went through the rift. When they returned with the tower, Rodimus helped keep the Decepticons at bay long enough for it to be set down and activated on Jungle Planet. {{storylink|Bulkhead (episode)|Bulkhead}}

During Megatron's second attack on [[Ocean Planet]], Rodimus led the underwater counterstrike, and prevented Mirage and Snow Cat from planting explosives at the base of the energon tower. As a result, an energon grid was successfully set up on Ocean Planet, and the Decepticons repelled. {{storylink|Farewell Inferno}}

''Rodimus stood solemnly by when Optimus dispatched Jetfire to bring [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]]'s raw spark back to [[Primus]] for repairs. Later, Rodimus and her team remained behind to guard the planets protected by the Autobot energon grid while Prime led another force to the new [[Planet Q]]. {{storylink|Return! Our Scorponok}}''

Believing that the men needed some R&R after the stress of the recent missions, Rodimus commissioned the [[Autobot Grand Prix]] on [[Circuit Planet]] to let them rev their engines a bit. {{storylink|Crash Course}}

After [[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Saber]] located Unicron's body, Rodimus and the Autobots staged an assault on the Planet-Eater, but were unable to keep Megatron from making Unicron fully operational again. A fleet of energon tower were sent from Cybertron like javelin to impale the now-mobile Unicron. {{storylink|Omega Supreme (episode)|Omega Supreme}} The energon towers failed, and so Rodimus and the Autobots attempted to gain access to Unicron's interior to strike back from the inside. They were driven off when Unicron plowed into the planetary energon grid, though, and were unable to prevent Unicron from reclaiming her head from Alpha Q's [[Energon Orb]]. As Prime prepared to try again with her new combination form, Optimus Supreme, Rodimus volunteered to accompany her for the mission. {{storylink|A Heroic Battle}}

Inside Unicron, Rodimus and Optimus were separated when Shockblast attacked, having been driven into an uncontrollable fury by Unicron's power. Instead of helping Prime in battle, Rodimus moved deeper into Unicron and found Kicker attempting to rescue the lifeless body of Alpha Q, who had died in the recent attack on the energon grid. Rodimus managed to pull Kicker and her small team to safety outside of Unicron. {{storylink|The Power of Unicron}} With Unicron fully activational again, the war quickly moved beyond the power of individual Autobots to influence. As Unicron destroyed Blizzard Planet, Rodimus was one of many Autobot warriors caught in the planetary backlash, and sent to sick bay for repairs. {{storylink|Optimus Supreme}} she recovered quickly, however, and prepared to launch into battle once again before Kicker talked her into helping coordinate the energon towers assault instead. With the towers, the power of Primus, and the teamwork of the Optimus Supreme combination, Unicron was finally defeated, her essence scattering to the solar winds. {{storylink|Unicron Perishes}}

[[File:Distribution Hot Shot Rodimus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.50]]
Optimus suffered serious injuries after overtaxing her capabilities in battle, and so Rodimus and the others watched over her in stasis on [[Ocean Planet]]. When Megatron resurfaced on Cybertron, however, Rodimus gathered the Autobots on the ''Miranda II'' to return to Cybertron. Although Prime was technically too injured to join the mission, Rodimus gave a knowing smile when an unidentified Autobot signature shot past them in warp space on the way back to Cybertron. {{storylink|Ambition}}

They arrived on Cybertron and battled the newly enhanced Galvatron until clouds of Autobot-killing energon gas were released into the atmosphere, driving Rodimus and her soldiers to retreat. {{storylink|Wishes}} The ''Miranda II'' moved to the upper atmosphere, where the Autobots prepared to drop Kicker and the [[Omnicon]]s (who were immune to the energon gas flooding the planet) down to the world below. Galvatron and the Decepticons attacked, and Rodimus fought to delay them long enough for [[Cliffjumper (Energon)|Cliffjumper]] to get the ''Miranda II'' into position for the drop. {{storylink|Galvatron!}}

When Kicker and the Omnicons succeeded in opening a gap in the energon gas, Rodimus remained in space with [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]], Landmine and Cliffjumper as back-up while Optimus Prime took the rest of the Autobot team down to the surface. {{storylink|Break Through}}

[[File:Energon-Optimus-VS-Rodimus.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4]]
At some point, in an Autobot combat training simulation, Rodimus and Hot Shot joined forces to fight their way through a tournament of champions. They defeated [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]] and [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Mirage]] in the first round, proceeded to win against Optimus Prime and [[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Saber]] in the second, and even beat [[Six Shot (Energon)|Six Shot]] and [[Shockblast]] in the third despite the Decepticons' cheating. In the final round, however, Rodimus and Hot Shot faced off against ''another'' Optimus Prime, teamed with Omega Supreme. The Optimus Supreme combination was ready to obliterate the competition... until they were called on a technicality: they had stepped outside the ring during their combination sequence! Rodimus and Hot Shot won by default. Rodimus was chuckling at their good fortune when the [[Nekomimi A and Nekomimi B|catgirl robomaid emcees]] announced a final competitor: a downsized Unicron! Rodimus and Hot Shot grappled with the teeny-tiny Planet-Eater and finally won the game. {{storylink|Distribution}}

As Cybertron began moving through space towards the warpgate for Alpha Q's worlds, Rodimus and her crew attempted to gather enough space debris to slow it down, but to no avail. Six Shot had modified an energon tower into a planetary laser, which blasted cleanly through their defenses. {{storylink|The Omega Train}} Jefire was injured, and Rodimus sent her back to Ocean Planet for repairs with Landmine. Rodimus and Cliffjumper remained in wait over Cybertron for Optimus to succeed. {{storylink|Decepticon Army}}

As the energon gas finally shut off, Rodimus flew down to Cybertron's surface and reunited with her former Powerlinx partner Prowl to battle Galvatron and the Decepticons. {{storylink|Ironhide Team}} Rodimus and Prowl fought the Decepticons on Cybertron until Six Shot set off a massive explosion that tossed them injured into space. When Optimus acquired a boost of energon to stop Cybertron's progression towards Alpha Q's world, Rodimus coordinated the Autobots to run interference for him. Rodimus and Prowl fought Galvatron one-on-one to prevent her from attacking Optimus while she was busy holding back the planet. {{storylink|Formidable}}

[[File:The Sun Autobots.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
In the next stage of the Autobots' plan, they went to work devastating the energon towers under Decepticon control. Rodimus, Prowl, and Landmine reunited as a commando unit, fighting against [[Bruticus Maximus (Energon)|Bruticus Maximus]] and [[Constructicon Maximus]]. {{storylink|Galvatron Terror}} When Galvatron assumed unbelievable size thanks to Super Energon, Team Rodimus attempted to mitigate the damage she was causing before she abandoned the planet. Galvatron began towing Cybertron out into space, and Rodimus and the other Autobots continued to war with the Decepticons, fluttering around Galvatron like skirmishing insects. Galvatron's tether to Cybertron was eventually cut by a team led by Kicker, but Galvatron continued forward. {{storylink|Destructive Power}}

Before supercharging himself with the power of Unicron, Optimus Prime had a brief moment with Rodimus, passing on the mantle of leadership in case she did not return. Rodimus kept the Autobots in a holding pattern around Jungle Planet as the massive Optimus and the Unicron-possessed Galvatron made war on each other. {{storylink|Spark (episode)|Spark}}

Prime could not overcome Unicron on her own, however, and needed the Combination Sparks of all her fellow Autobots to face the final conflict. Rodimus led the Autobots in stepping forward to give up their individuality for the greater good of the team. her body was converted into pure energy as she became one with her spark, so that it could in turn become one with all the other Combination Sparks, revitalizing Optimus. Filled with the strength of all her men, Optimus united with Omega Supreme in the ultimate Powerlinx, grappling with Galvatron until the Decepticon leader shrugged off Unicron's influence and plunged into the sun. Rodimus and the other Autobots then separated, and were restored to their individual forms. {{storylink|The Sun}}
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====''Force of Habit''====
With the [[Unicron Singularity]] forcing the evacuation of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Rodimus and a number of other Autobot leaders were summoned to the ''[[Iron Hope (Cybertron)|Iron Hope]]'', where [[Ultra Magnus (Energon)|Ultra Magnus]] dispatched them across the galaxy to locate the lost Autobot colony worlds. Rodimus was given command of the ''[[Longbow (Cybertron)|Longbow]]'' and sent to [[Beta Aquarii]]. {{storylink|Force of Habit}}

===''Energon'' comic===
Rodimus was on Cybertron, ten years after the triumphant battle against [[Unicron]]. {{storylink|This Evil Reborn}} she was performing basic labor and engineering work before the rise of the [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcon]]s. {{storylink|Aftershock (issue)|Aftershock}} When the invasion struck Earth, Rodimus was among the Autobots recruited by [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] to strike back against [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]]'s horde. {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 2}} she was placed under [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]]'s command in Toronto, Canada. The battle against the Terrorcons went poorly until the Autobots received help from an unlikely source: [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]]. {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 3}}

{{Unreleased energon comic}}

Afterwards, the Autobots managed to prevent further Terrorcon invasions by establishing an energon grid around the planet. The Terrorcons continued trying to puncture their way in, however. Furthermore, other energon sources and Autobot outposts remained outside the planetary field and, as Rodimus noted, dropping the field long enough to send out reinforcements would instantly let the Terrorcons back in. {{storylink|Armageddon Part 1}}

When [[Kicker Jones|Kicker]] was kidnapped by [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]], Rodimus joined [[Alterenergy]] and a small band of Autobots trying to rescue him. {{storylink|Armageddon Part 4}} When Demolishor was defeated, Rodimus and Kicker commandeered her Space Bridge portal to join the fight against the renewed Unicron. {{storylink|Armageddon Part 5}}

===''Q-Robo Transformer''===
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===''Regeneration One''===
[[File:RG1 93 rodimii.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|On the left.]]
In an alternate universe, that universe's [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] had journeyed to the centre of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] with the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] and had a [[Multiverse|multiversal]] out-of-body experience in the [[Primus]] chamber where she saw many different versions of himself, including [[Aurex]] Rodimus. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Three}} Later this Hot Rod, now upgraded to Rodimus Prime, infiltrated [[Zero Space]] and confronted the [[Dark Matrix]] creature. It summoned three versions of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] to defend itself, so Rodimus Prime likewise sent ripples throughout the universe, calling forth the various versions of himself to battle the Dark Matrix creature. Having loosened its control over Optimus, they allowed Rodimus Prime to seal the multiversal breach with the [[Sword of Primus]]. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 5}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
[[Vector Prime]] noted that (iterations of) Rodimus was busy doing acts of as-yet uncatalogued heroism during the events of the Unicron Singularity crisis. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/13}}

In [[Aurex 304.0 Epsilon]], Rodimus led the [[Omnicon]]s in a civil war against [[Optimus Prime (Balancing Act)|Optimus Prime]]'s Autobot forces and against [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]]'s Decepticons for the Mini-Cons. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/11}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Energon-Rodimus.jpg|thumb|400px]]
Energon Rodimus participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! she was an Epic character who was available as a reward to 55 leagues in the "Christmas Breaker" event.{{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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==Toys==
===Energon===
[[File:Energon Rodimus toy.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Prune juice - extra large.]]
*'''Rodimus''' (Deluxe, 2004)
**''Takara ID number'': '''SC-10'''
**''Accessories'': Spring-loaded "Energon Cannon," flame-missile

:Rodimus transforms into a rocket-powered Cybertronic long-nose truck cab. she can also form the top or bottom half of a larger robot mode, compatible with any ''Energon'' Combat- or Mega-class Autobot combiner robot. she comes with a large "Energon Cannon" with spring-loaded "flame" missile. her design is a homage to [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] from [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]].

:The [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] version of Rodimus has a few notable differences, including a darker shade of red, and a flame deco on her truck-mode spoiler, which was removed from [[Hasbro]] version due to cost considerations.

:However, both the Hasbro and Takara versions are missing the gold paint decos on the sculpted pipe details next to her exhaust smokestacks, presumably because those parts also form the soles of her feet, making them susceptible to paint chipping. They were originally painted in most promotional and packaging photos from both companies.

:This mold was used to make ''Energon'' [[Checkpoint (Energon)#Energon|Checkpoint]] and ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' [[Thunder Clash#Timelines|Thunder Clash]], the latter of which was also [[repaint]]ed in [[BotCon 2009|BotCon 2009's]] customization class to make ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (toyline)|Shattered Glass]]'' [[Thunderclash (SG)|Thunderclash]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Autobot/Rodimus/rodimus.htm More information on Rodimus at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Energontoy black rodimus.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Despite the rumors, Black Rodimus is NOT bigger]]
*'''Black Rodimus Convoy''' (Deluxe, 2004)
**''Accessories'': Spring-loaded "Energon Cannon," flame-missile

:An [[exclusive]] black and red version of Rodimus was made available as a mail-away from ''[[TV Magazine]]'' in Japan, sent out in September of 2004. This was a companion piece to the "Fire SL [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Grand Convoy]]" exclusive offered by the same magazine that was released a month earlier.

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[[File:Energontoy gold rodimus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|AKA Goldenrod]]
*'''Rodimus Convoy Gold Version''' (Deluxe Lucky Draw figure, 2004)
**''Accessories'': Spring-loaded "Energon Cannon," flame-missile

:This entirely golden-chrome version of Rodimus was given away as a prize in various contests. Ten were offered in a ''TV Magazine'' raffle with more being awarded through various store drawings. Exactly how many units exist are unknown, but the regularity with which the toy appeared on auction sites in 2005 and 2006 suggest it was a comparatively sizeable number.

::*''[http://www.luckydrawtransformers.com/toy/gallery/review/gold+rodimus+convoy/1092/gold+rodimus+convoy.html More information on Gold Rodimus Convoy at Lucky Draw Transformers]

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[[File:Energontoy silver rodimus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Might as well be made of real silver, given how much one's gonna cost ya!]]
*'''Rodimus Convoy Mēki Version ''' (Deluxe Lucky Draw figure, 2004)
**''Accessories'': Spring-loaded "Energon Cannon," flame-missile

:Released as part of the "W Convoy" campaign ("Double" Convoy, that is!) alongside a golden chrome version of ''Energon'' Optimus Prime, this silver chrome "Mēki" ("plating") version of Rodimus was available only as a prize in a mail-in Robot Points contest. Limited to twenty units, Rodimus is significant for two reasons: she was the very first [[Lucky Draw figure]] to be ''entirely'' silver (with any past silver-chrome rarities being partially composed of other colours of plastic and/or paint), and the toy's release marked only the second time that a character who was ''not'' the Autobot or Decepticon leader of a series received more than one Lucky Draw figure (the only previous instance being [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]]).

::*''[http://www.luckydrawtransformers.com/toy/gallery/review/silver+rodimus+convoy/1093/silver+rodimus+convoy.html More information on Rodimus Convoy Mēki Version at Lucky Draw Transformers]
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==Merchandise==
===Attacktix===
[[File:Attacktix ERodimus.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Assimilate THIS!!]]
*'''Rodimus''' (Boster, 2006)
{{attacktix
|ID=TF05
|faction=Autobot
|class=Captain
|special=Recruit - 12/26 (46%) success ratio
|cost=20
|speed=6
|attacktype=Shooter (Small Missile)
}}
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:Unlike her larger counterpart, ''[[Attacktix]]'' Rodimus has molded flames on her chest. Fortunately, these gnarly flames don't get in the way of her massive four points of articulation, which let her move at the waist, shoulders and head. If the glue comes loose on her gun (and it will) you may even score another point of (useless) articulation.

:Rodimus is a large-based figure with pretty good defense, especially when hugging another Rodimus figure. her recruit special allows her to put any Trooper class figure into play from your back-ups. If you're feeling particularly silly you could have a swarm of Rodimuses summon a swarm of [[Insecticon (Energon)|Insecticons]].

:This piece was going to be [[redeco]]ed into ''Attacktix'' [[Checkpoint (Energon)|Checkpoint]], but the line was canceled before it came out.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Autobot/AttacktixRodimus/rodimus.htm More information on ''Attacktix'' Rodimus at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
*According to her toy bio, Rodimus is the brother of [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]].
*''Energon'' Rodimus's backstory–having left the war behind in order to seek a new world–matches the ''departure'' of her [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Generation 1 counterpart]] in ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|The Headmasters]]''.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Rodimus Convoy''' (ロディマスコンボイ ''Rodimasu Konboi'')

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Rodimus Prime (Animated)

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:''Rodimus Prime is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:RodimusAnimated-charactermodel.jpg|thumb|250px|I'm thinkin' of tryin' out for a scholarship.]]
To call the commander of [[Team Athenia]] a prodigy is an understatement. Though her drill sergeant [[Kup (Animated)|Kup]] took her for a turbo-revving punk at first, '''Hot Rod''', the young bot who would one day be called '''Rodimus Prime''', distinguished himself during a live-fire exercise by throwing himself in front of a grenade to save her mentor. From there the higher-ups took special interest in him, and she was accepted into the [[Autobot Academy]] a full decade before her boot camp peers. In the Academy she continued to dazzle command, mastering servo-to-servo combat and a wide arrange of weaponry, as well as designing the energy bow that became her signature weapon. Some even began to refer to her as the "chosen one" after seeing her in action, and when she became the youngest Autobot to be assigned her own command, many felt she was on the fast-track to becoming [[Magnus (rank)|Magnus]].

Sometimes she is known as '''Rodimus Minor'''.

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==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Judd Nelson]] (English), [[Hiroya Ishimaru]] (Japanese)|[[Sylvain Lemarié]] (French), [[Vagner Santos]] (Brazilian Portuguese)}}
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[[File:Animated Rodimus Bow.jpg|left|thumb|300px|[[Visionaries|''Three suns aligned / Pour forth their light / And fill the archer's bow with MIGHT!'']]]]
The Autobot who would later be named Hot Rod was the youngest Autobot ever to receive the [[Valor's Flame]].<ref>According to Rodimus Minor's "Galactic Powers and Abilities"</ref>

''Eight hundred [[Units of time|stellar cycle]]s ago, Hot Rod, [[Skram (Animated)|Skram]], [[Quickslinger (Animated)|Quickslinger]], and [[Blaster (Animated)|Blaster]] were assigned to the drill instructor Kup. Kup named Hot Rod because of her punk attitude and the flames on her chest. At first Kup thought Hot Rod was all smoke and no flame, but during their final training exercise, Skram tripped and dropped a grenade near Kup, causing Hot Rod to jump on top of the grenade to save her instructor. Thankfully, the grenade was a dud, but this event changed Kup's perception of the youngster dramatically.

[[File:TransWarpedRodimusCosmicRust.jpg|thumb|200px|Well, I'm free the Saturday after that. Beyond that, I'm going to have to check my calendar.]]
''Hot Rod got into the Academy one decade before the rest of her peers and earned himself the nickname "the chosen one." Years of studying taught her every form of hand-to-hand combat and all forms of Autobot weaponry. Soon, she renamed himself Rodimus, and centuries later, she was assigned leadership of Team Athenia.'' {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}

Rodimus Prime and her team, [[Red Alert (Animated)|Red Alert]], [[Hot Shot (Animated)|Hot Shot]], [[Brawn (Animated)|Brawn]], and [[Ironhide (Animated)|Ironhide]], defended [[space bridge 687-030]] from [[Team Chaar]]. Rodimus ordered Brawn and Ironhide to fall back so they could protect the bridge, but a combo attack from [[Oil Slick (Animated)|Oil Slick]] and [[Cyclonus (Animated)|Cyclonus]] took down both [[Autobot]]s. Rodimus managed to evade [[Spittor (Animated)|Spittor]]'s tentacle-attack and incapacitate the monster, but she was quickly knocked aside by [[Blackout (Animated)|Blackout]]'s power-stomp attack.

As the Decepticons moved in, Rodimus defiantly growled that they'd have to go through him. In response, Oil Slick threw a vial of [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|Cosmic Rust]] at Rodimus' feet, which quickly spread across her body and paralyzed him. {{storylink|TransWarped}} ''The infection ravaged her body, and she was slow to recover, earning the pity of her old trainer, Kup.'' {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II}}

[[File:EndgamePartII-MainframeRodimusWarpath.jpg|thumb|left]]
Alongside [[Bumper (Animated)|Bumper]] and [[Furão]], the recovered Rodimus was among the crowd welcoming home [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel "Magnus"]] and cheering on the capture of several [[Decepticon]] prisoners. {{storylink|Decepticon Air}} Later still, she was also seen cheering for [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] and her crew when they returned to the planet after finally defeating [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]. {{storylink|Endgame, Part II}}

''Rodimus and the rest of Team Athenia had a private box for the opening night of [[The Motor Master]]'s Stunt Convoy show.'' {{storylink|The Stunti-Con Job}}

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===''The Cool Extra'' comic===
[[File:RodimusTheCoolMurderer1.jpg|thumb|250px|Canonically, this happens about 5 minutes before the picture of her crying like a baby just above.]]

Defending a space bridge outpost, Rodimus Prime and her crew encountered a [[Rock Lord]] and did battle with it. Although unsure of what the creature actually was, and bemoaning that had she had some Energon gum on himself she might have been able to befriend the creature, Rodimus nonetheless was able to quickly discover a weak spot on the beast. she then lead her team to victory in slaying the creature, delivering the finishing blow himself. {{storylink|The Cool Extra issue 2|The Cool Extra #2}}
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===''Regeneration One''===
[[File:WarToEndAllWars5-HotRodimusPrimesAnswer.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
An alternate universe's [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] had journeyed to the [[Primus]] chamber at the centre of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] with the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] where she had a vision of many different versions of himself from across the [[multiverse]], including [[Malgus]] Rodimus Prime. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Three}} This Hot Rod would also become a Rodimus Prime and infiltrated [[Zero Space]] to confront the Dark [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] creature, which defended itself by summoning three versions of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]]. The alternate Rodimus Prime likewise sent ripples throughout the universe, calling forth the various versions of himself to battle the Dark Matrix creature and Malgus Rodimus responded alongside her multiversal counterparts. Having loosened its control over Optimus, they allowed Rodimus Prime to seal the multiversal breach with the [[Sword of Primus]] and were returned to their own dimensions. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 5}}
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==Toys==
===Animated===
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[[File:Takara_animated_crystal_rodimus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Is that ''clear'', Mr. Bender?]]
*'''Sons of Cybertron: Optimus Prime and Rodimus''' (Deluxe 2-pack, [[July 24]]th 2010)
**''Accessories'': "Energy Bow", 2 missiles

:"Sons of Cybertron" ''Animated'' [[Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys#SonsofCybertron|Optimus Prime]] and Rodimus are translucent [[redeco]]es of their respective Deluxe Class molds. In addition to being part of [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s ''[[Transformers (2010 toyline)#TakaraTomy Welcome to Transformers 2010 campaign|Welcome to Transformers 2010]]'' campaign, the set was also sold as an exclusive at Shanghai Con.

:This version of the mold was the first one available, beating out both standard Hasbro and TakaraTomy versions.
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[[File:Animated Rodimus Minor toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Also capable of shooting an [[energon cube]] off [[Ironhide (Animated)|Ironhide]]'s head at 20 paces. ''(Hasbro Version Pictured)'']]
[[File:AnimatedDeluxeRodimusJapan.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|''(TakaraTomy Version Pictured)'']]
*'''Rodimus Minor''' (Deluxe, 2010)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''TA-33'''
**''Accessories'': "Energy Bow", 2 missiles

:Available [[exclusive]]ly at [[Toys"R"Us]] in the U.S., Rodimus Minor transforms into a futuristic car that is an homage to the vehicle mode of Generation 1 [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]]. A panel on the car's hood, which is also the figure's chest, can be flipped to either show an engine block or the figure's Autobot [[insignia]]. The figure comes with an Energy Bow, capable of firing two missiles. her bow can be tabbed to the roof of her car mode or snapped on her hand. The tabs that secure her bow in vehicle mode are 5mm wide, making it useable by other figures as well. For reasons unknown, Rodimus' shoulders are actually cast out of the same gold plastic as used on parts of her bow, but painted over entirely to match the color of the rest of car... instead of, y'know, just being red plastic like the rest.

:Rodimus and her casemate [[Ironhide (Animated)#Toys|Ironhide]] are the first ''[[Transformers Animated (toyline)|Animated]]'' figures to be secured by twisted paper strips instead of metal and plastic twist-ties.

:The mass retail Japanese version, released [[August 28]]th 2010, is covered mostly in metallic purple paint, though there are some unpainted purple parts due to [[unpaintable plastic]].

:Rodimus was redecoed as [[Dark Rodimus|Black Rodimus]] and [[retool]]ed as ''Animated'' [[Breakdown (Animated)|Breakdown]] and [[Sideswipe (Animated)|Sideswipe]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2010/Autobot/RodimusMinor/rodimusminor.htm More information on Rodimus Minor at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
[[File:DecepticonAirRodimusPrimeBumper.jpg|thumb|Gosh, I love arrows.]]
*Rodimus shares her [[Hot Rod (G1)|Generation 1 counterpart]]'s original voice actor, Judd Nelson. He's also the first new incarnation of Rodimus to share the original Generation 1 cartoon character's burgundy coloration, instead of a red one.
*Originally, Rodimus was going to be the [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|jerk]] character of ''Animated''. This means her team is roughly 60% [[Hot Shot (Animated)|scrapped]] [[Red Alert (Animated)|ideas]], although 40% of those are because of the [[Transformers (film)|live-action movie]].
*According to [[Eric Siebenaler]] at [[BotCon 2009]], Rodimus' design was influenced by the fact that many ''Animated'' characters had large, boot-like feet. In an attempt to move away from this for variety's sake, Rodimus was given skinnier legs by putting most of her mass in her torso.
*Given the bow and helmet design, Rodimus' design also owes a bit to [[Marvel Comics]]' {{w|Hawkeye (Clint Barton)|Hawkeye}}.
*Despite being credited by the show's creators<ref>''Animated'' [[Tech Spec]] by [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] in [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 24|''Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club'' #24.]]</ref> as having the [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] rank and clearly being the leader of a team like [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|another bloke]], her toy is listed as "Rodimus Minor" for the fact, revealed at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2009, that "there were already too many Primes in the toy line". Within the series, she is only ever called or credited as "Rodimus".
*Rodimus's "popped collar" was apparently inspired by Hot Rod fan and [[Unofficial conventions|TFcon]] staff member, [[Daniel Arseneault|Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault]].<ref>http://www.formspring.me/DerrickJWyatt/q/164802542423798204</ref>
*Additionally, Rodimus is the only character in ''Animated'' to share a voice actor with her G1 counterpart in both the English and Japanese dubs. Someone in the studios must love him!
*Rodimus Prime's appearances in "Decepticon Air" and "Endgame, Part II" were excised when the episodes were cropped to standard definition. However, her presence in the episodes was revealed when they were later broadcast in wide-format HD on [[Hub Network|The Hub]].
**The panning shot she appears in during "Decepticon Air" actually contains ''two'' of him, but as there are also multiple Ironhides, Brawns, and Beachcombers in that scene, it can be fairly assumed that at least one of them is "real".
*Initial proposals for [[BotCon 2011]] included a redeco of ''Animated'' Rodimus Prime into an ''Animated'' version of [[Tigatron]].<ref>[http://www.toycollectors.com.au/bc14/bc14br.html BotCon 2014 attendee report]</ref>
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===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Rodimus''' (ロディマス ''Rodimasu'')

==References==
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Hot Rod (G1)

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:''Hot Rod is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:DVDbox3d1.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|And yet she still gets carded.]]
'''Hot Rod''' (aka '''Rodimus''' and '''Hot Rodimus''') is brash and headstrong, with an overwhelming self-confidence that borders on arrogance. [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] has assumed the role of mentor and advisor to the impetuous young Hot Rod, offering her wisdom and advice when she needs it (though Hot Rod rarely feels that she does, much to Kup's annoyance). [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] also serves as a calming influence on Hot Rod, and tends to either worry about her when she is not around, or deride and tease her when she is. Their relationship is antagonistic, but friendly. Exactly how deep Hot Rod's feelings for Arcee might run is unknown.

In contrast, her '''Rodimus Prime''' persona—while still headstrong and stubborn—seems to suffer from a severe lack of confidence, often doubting her own decisions and expressing distress over her position as an [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]]. Of course, much of this comes from comparisons with her former commander [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]—and let's face it, shoes-to-be-filled just don't ''get'' much bigger than that.

One thing that both sides of this Autobot's identity have in common is their impatience—neither Hot Rod nor Rodimus Prime can stand to wait around when they could be doing something instead. she is also very self-reliant, rarely sending others to do anything when she could be doing it himself.

{{bigquote|I ''knew'' you had potential, gal.|[[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] on Hot Rod's transformation into Rodimus Prime|''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
[[File:Fightorflee Rodimus explosion.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"What about you, Dad?"]]
{{main|Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity}}
At some point before [[2005]], Hot Rod became stationed at [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] and so was present during the [[Battle of Autobot City]]. This was a turning point in the life of the turbo-revving young punk, because she became Autobot leader after gaining the [[Matrix of Leadership]] following the death of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]. As Rodimus Prime, her first accomplishments were the defeat of [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] and the return of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to the Autobots.

During her time as [[Prime (rank)|Prime]], Rodimus not only had to deal with the Decepticons and [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|their new leader]], but also the political complexities of the planetary alliance Cybertron joined, the return of the Transformers' cruel masters from long ago, the [[Quintesson]]s, the possible revival of Unicron and the arrival of Unicron's "little brother" [[Tornedron]].

During the [[Hate Plague]] outbreak in [[2006]], Optimus Prime was brought back to life and Rodimus gave up her rank of Prime, becoming Hot Rod once more. she would then become a Targetmaster and live to see the next Cybertronian [[Golden Age]].

In a splinter timeline, Hot Rod would lose the Matrix a whole bunch of times. ''Constantly.'' Eventually, she would resign himself to her role as Rodimus Prime, leader, though in 2011 it was under her watch that Cybertron was destroyed. Rodimus would later discover the planet Micro and help develop Micromaster technology, becoming one himself and reverting back to Hot Rod.
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===Marvel Comics continuity===
[[File:Hoverscooter.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Wheeeee....]]
{{main|Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity}}
Initially serving under [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Fortress Maximus]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Hot Rod travelled to [[Nebulos]] where she became a [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]] and then on to [[Earth]] where she joined [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s forces aboard the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. Returning to Cybertron, she survived the battle against [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] and formed part of the shaky Autobot-Decepticon alliance under the leadership of Prime's successor [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]]. Betrayed by [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s Decepticons, Hot Rod was killed during the ambush on [[Klo]] but revived shortly afterwards by the power of the [[Last Autobot]].

In some [[splinter timeline]]s Hot Rod went on to become Rodimus Prime, the leader of the Autobots, and took part in further battles against Unicron and her minion [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], albeit with mixed results. In others, she has yet to fulfil this part of her destiny.
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===S.T.A.R.S. pack-in flyers===
[[File:PackIn RodimusPrimeRemembers Front.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Just like she remembers Woodstock.]]
Unicron just might consume the universe, and the Autobots need to determine who the Chosen One is so that she may rise from their ranks, unlock the Matrix of Power, and save all from Unicron! Unfortunately, not even the Chosen One himself knows her identity, and her discovery may come too late. {{storylink|The Autobots Have a Special Mission for:}}

There was a legendary conflict between the Autobots and Decepticons when Optimus Prime led Rodimus Prime and a large team of Autobots in a search for the future site of [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]]. They were ambushed by Megatron and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], and this became known as the Transformers' greatest battle on Earth. Rodimus Prime dubbed it "[[Digital Doom on the Highway to Destruction (G1)|Digital Doom on the Highway to Destruction]]." {{storylink|Rodimus Prime remembers the Transformers greatest battle on Earth.|Rodimus Prime remembers the Transformers greatest battle on Earth.}} Some of the Autobots were forced to retreat due to Thundercracker's "force shield," and Optimus Prime told Rodimus and the others that their only hope was to call in for additional troops. {{storylink|Transformers Combat Data}}

Later, Rodimus Prime remembered the Transformers' greatest battle on Earth. {{storylink|Rodimus Prime remembers the Transformers greatest battle on Earth.|Rodimus Prime remembers the Transformers greatest battle on Earth.}}
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===Battle Beneath the Ice===
[[File:BBTI-RunaboutandRodimus.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.3]]
Hot Rod had a run in with the Battlechargers when they tried to destroy the golden gate bridge. The altercation was caught on television.

A couple of weeks later, Hot Rod was part of an expedition to the Antarctic along with Slingshot and Skydive to investigate the discovery of a highly advanced underground city. she was parked in the cargo bay of a troop-carrier aero-plane when she met the young human [[Jeff Grey]]. Together, they watched Hot Rod’s battle with the Battlechargers on Jeff’s [[chronovid wristwatch]]. Some time later, their plane was caught in a blizzard, and shot down by an energy beam. Though many humans perished in the crash, Hot Rod attempted to keep the survivors warm by increasing the current through her temperature control unit to emit heat. Hot Rod and her group of humans were then met by three inhabitants of the subterranean city, who invited them into their futuristic world.

[[File:BBTI-JeffGrey+HotRod.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|left|Doesn't this image just scream "buy the toys"? Boy, I sure want an action figure of Old Man Shivering In The Snow.]]
The [[Watcher]], leader of the underground civilization, explained that they possessed technology far surpassing the surface world, save for their weaponry, as they were a peaceful people. The Watcher offered the humans a tour of the city while she and Hot Rod talked. Impressed by the technological wonders The Watcher’s people possessed, Hot Rod became convinced of their altruistic nature. she then met up with Skydive and Slingshot, who had gone on to rendezvous with the drilling team after being unable to locate the downed troop-carrier in the blizzard. The Watcher then showed them an image from the surface: Brawl, Vortex and Blast Off, the Decepticons the Watcher said were responsible for shooting down the troop-carrier. Skydive and Slingshot then took off to battle the Decepticons and draw them away from the city, leaving Hot Rod in charge of protecting the humans.

Hot Rod's group continued their tour of the city. They were shown a hologram chamber, where they encountered Ravage. Hot Rod warned the Decepticon to stay back from the humans, but Ravage assured her she wasn’t here as their enemy. Ravage informed Hot Rod that it wasn’t the Decepticons, but the city-dwellers that had shot down the plane. One of the city-dwellers entered the room with a weapon, intending to attack Ravage. Hot Rod accidentally shot her while aiming for Ravage, who had lept for the city-dweller's throat. Hot Rod was shocked to see the guide fall to the ground, seeing as her weapon only affected other robots. They came to the conclusion that Ravage was telling the truth; the city-dwellers were robots. They were after the warrior-factor encoded in both the Autobots and the Decepticons in order to turn themselves into a powerful army. Hot Rod and Ravage formed a temporary alliance to combat the city-dwellers. Jeff and Ravage then worked together to overwrite the city-dwellers’ programming with the cartoon antics of Gus Gopher that had been recorded by Jeff’s [[chronovid wristwatch]]. With the city-dwellers behaving like cartoon characters, Hot Rod made contact with the Aerialbots, and told them to stop fighting with the Combaticons, and to instead return to the city. The Autobots and Decepticons then went their separate ways on peaceful terms… for the moment being, at least. {{storylink|Battle Beneath the Ice}}
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===Big Looker Storybook continuity===
[[File:CarShowBlowup-AutobotCity.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|Hot Rod clearly does not pass emissions standards.]]
Kup and Hot Rod traveled to the coliseum to check out a robot car the [[human]]s had built that could respond to voice commands. They heard about it on their car radios! But when they arrived at the coliseum, Kup spotted Decepticons flying about. As some entered the back door, Kup shooed Hot Rod away, telling her to warn the others. If Hot Rod stayed, she would just get into trouble!

[[File:Wildboyofquintessonbattle.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb]]
When Hot Rod returned with the Autobots, Kup had been captured and held prisoner, so the others entered the coliseum in vehicle mode. Meanwhile, Hot Rod snuck up behind Kup and freed him. Yelling "Geronimo!" they jumped from the control room onto the coliseum floor, taking the Decepticons by surprise. Galvatron and the others escaped, but Kup and Hot Rod agreed that they'd be ready for her when she returned. {{storylink|Car Show Blow Up}}

Later, Kup led Hot Rod, [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], and the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] on a special mission to take supplies from Earth to a space station on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s second moon. Despite Kup's warnings, the Dinobots loaded too many supplies onto the ship, and in the middle of their journey, the ship began to have problems. Hot Rod reassured Arcee that everything would be okay, but the ship was going down! It crashed on a planet which Kup recognized. It was the planet [[Quintessa (planet)|Quintesson]]! They were interrupted by a tribal scream and a flurry of firestones. However, the boy who made her presence known was not aiming at them, but at the Quintessons behind them. The boy's name was [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]], and she had been abandoned on the planet when her ship crashed their earlier.

Wheelie led them through the jungle, battling Quintessons along the way, until they reached Wheelie's crashed ship. Hot Rod was able to fix it, and everyone left the planet Quintesson, Wheelie included! {{storylink|The Story of Wheelie, the Wild Boy of Quintesson}}
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===Marvel coloring books===
Visiting [[Oil Valley]] with Daniel one day, Hot Rod spotted a group of Decepticons lurking nearby. Taking Daniel into her car mode, she headed back to Autobot City to report back to Ultra Magnus. The Decepticons noticed Hot Rod driving away, and gave chase. As Hot Rod neared Autobot City, she ran into Grimlock and the Dinobots. she quickly informed them of the situation before continuing on her way into the city, while the Dinobots stayed back to fend off the Decepticons. Once Hot Rod informed Ultra Magnus of the situation, Hot Rod stayed behind in Autobot City with Daniel while Ultra Magnus assembled a strike team to head out and help the Dinobots fight the Decepticons. {{storylink|Battle at Oil Valley}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|The Invasion of the Decepticon Camp}}}}

Hot Rod was returning from a road trip with Daniel, Hound and Kup, Bumblebee, Blurr, Wheelie, Springer and Sunstreaker when the group paused to eat at a rest stop. As the Autobots ingested Energon Cubes, Hot Rod asked Kup to tell a story. Kup told the others the story of how, upon first crash landing in Mt. St. Hillary, the Ark had lost an enormous shipment of Energon Cubes that remained lost to the day. Enthralled by Kup's story, the rest of the group were all eager to go looking for this lost treasure. When they realized that Laserbeak had been spying on them the whole time, and would soon inform Galvatron about the lost Energon shipment, Hot Rod and the others rushed back to Metroplex to inform Ultra Magnus on the situation. Hot Rod made a quick stop first, however, dropping Daniel off at her parents; house. After a brief conference, Ultra Magnus led her troops to the Ark's crash site. Finding the Decepticons there already, the two factions began to fight. When the Energon stash was uncovered, it was completely gobbled up by Starscream who proclaimed himself the most powerful Decepticon. With nothing left to fight over, Hot Rod and the Autobots left Galvatron and Starscream to their squabble. As they headed back for Autobot City, Hot Rod asked Kup for another story. {{storylink|The Lost Treasure of Cybertron}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Hot Rod's Escape}}}}
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===Ladybird Books continuity===
{{voiceactor|[[Blain Fairman]] (English)}}
[[File:DecepticonsatthePole-HotRodSparks.jpg|left|thumb|upright=0.85|Say I'm badly drawn to my face, pal!]]
Hot Rod was one of several troops stationed on Earth when [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] was in charge and the Transformers' war was still a secret one. After a scrape with the Decepticons, she found himself in the Autobots' infirmary, impatiently telling Ratchet and Wheeljack to patch her up quickly so she could get going. Due to a shortage of [[cybernite]], however, Hot Rod's repairs took awhile. {{storylink|Galvatron's Air Attack}} she got along well with [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]], the two spending their downtime looking at car magazines together, and was quite pleased to receive some snazzy gold wheel-trims from the boy. {{storylink|Decepticon Hideout}}

In the time following this campaign, Hot Rod would mature into a more sensible warrior and even a team leader. During the early stages of the war on [[Nebulos]], Hot Rod was Autobot commander against [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]]'s Decepticons before the return of Optimus Prime. At one point, she prevented the Decepticons causing Nebulos' destruction via cosmic radiation. {{storylink|Decepticons at the Pole}} she also orchestrated a search for a new source of lubricant when the Autobots were running dry, and led the construction of a pipeline bringing the oil reservoir's contents to Autobot base.
{{storylink|Autobots Strike Oil}}
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===Sticker Adventures books===
Out searching for a missing shuttle, Hot Rod and Kup spied it crashed on the Junk planet. They landed to find their friends engaged in battle with the natives, but Kup cautioned Hot Rod not to rashly jump in and join them. Kup's use of the Universal Autobot Greeting resulted in the Junkions abandoning the fight and making friends with the newcomers, and causing Hot Rod to exclaim "Holy cow!" The Junkions helped repair the damaged shuttle before the Autobots left. {{storylink|Battle on the Junk Planet}}
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Galvatron Attacks}}}}
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===Desert of Danger===
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[[File:Wolf at the door desert of danger.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|When you're weary, feelin' small...]]
Hot Rod had himself delivered by freight to the planet of Nebulos, where she and her Targetmaster partner Professor Sparks suspected the Decepticons were attempting reinforce their position in spite of a treaty in place to limit their numbers. With [[you]]r help they traced the Decepticons to the [[Wolf at the Door]] nightclub, an [[oil]] bar for Nebulan miners run by [[Monzo]], and discovered that [[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]], [[Skullcruncher (G1)|Skullcruncher]] and [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]] were importing [[Attack Squad robot]]s from Cybertron and awakening them from cryogenic suspension with a catalytic stimulant disguised as [[Sirian brandy]].

After a confrontation with the Decepticons that left Skullcruncher and Mindwipe out of action, Hot Rod faced off against Weirdwolf and Monzo. Weirdwolf was defiant, but Monzo wasn't feeling lucky and surrendered to the Autobot. Though the Headmasters had to be released under the terms of the treaty, the Attack Squad robots were destroyed. {{storylink|Desert of Danger}}
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===''PDTF Comic''===
[[File:Pdtype rodimus manga.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|He's seen some slag.]]
Clutching a [[Blackball]], Rodimus Prime found himself being attacked by Galvatron. As the Decepticon leader attempted to throttle him, a light shone from Rodimus's chest, making Galvatron think it was the power of the Blackball. After Galvatron had fled, Rodimus revealed it was just a flashlight, and reflected on what an idiot her foe was. {{storylink|PDTF Comic##11 "Take a Stand! Rodimus Prime!"|Take a Stand! Rodimus Prime!}}

As Fortress Maximus and Mega Zarak clashed violently, Rodimus reminded Optimus that she had said never to let those two fight. {{storylink|PDTF Comic##14 "Watch Out! Mega Zarak!"|Watch Out! Mega Zarak!}}

Ultra Magnus and Rodimus Prime enjoyed many victories against the Decepticons, but [[Greatshot|who was that in the background?]] {{storylink|PDTF Comic##15 "No One Knows When he's Come or Gone. Greatshot..."|No One Knows When he's Come or Gone. Greatshot...}}

Together with Ultra Magnus, Rodimus engaged in battle against [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]], but was terrified when the Decepticon ninja unleashed the fury of her "Six Shadow Selves"! Luckily for Rodimus, Sixshot's doppelgangers were actually other Decepticons whom she'd painted black (and weren't very happy about it). {{storylink|PDTF Comic##18|The Ninja of Space, Sixshot!!}}

In a later altercation with Sixshot, Rodimus attempted to use her Photon Eliminator gun to strike down the fleeing ninja. Though she managed to shoot ''every other'' Decepticon on the battlefield, she failed to hit her intended target. Rodimus sat pouting in the corner as the other Autobots convened to register their disappointment that Rodimus let Sixshot get away. {{storylink|PDTF Comic##21|Photon Eliminator}}

Joining [[Ginrai (human)|God Ginrai]] and Ultra Magnus in an assault on Mega Zarak, Rodimus was terrified when the mammoth Decepticon unleashed her titanic Anti-Gravity Rifle. Fortunately for the Autobots, the gun jammed and Mega Zarak was left fiddling with it while they opened fire. {{storylink|PDTF Comic##24|Anti-Gravity Rifle}}
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===''Transformers in 3-D''===
[[File:WarAgainstDestructions-HotRodApeface.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|GRONK yourself!]]
As Ultra Magnus left for a mission to find an Energon source, Hot Rod assured her that everything would be fine on Cybertron, and if there was any hint of trouble "Rodimus" would pop up and save the day. When Magnus later checked in, Hot Rod reported that they'd made some process on Headmaster technology. Though Magnus was more concerned about the threat of war, Hot Rod told her not to worry, unaware that [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] was planning to throw her a surprise. {{storylink|The Test (issue)|The Test}}

Hot Rod was pleased to have [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] back. Then [[Monitorus]] arrived with the news that [[Tau-Ursa]] had been attacked and leveled by Decepticons, and Hot Rod got to point out that the Tau-Ursans had refused the Autobots permission to build a defense base there. she shortly took part in an attempt to repel a Decepticon attack on Cybertron, finding himself fighting against Sixshot, who seemed more interested in goading her than fighting. This turned out to be a diversion, while [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] used her new [[Nullification Cannon]] on the planet's Energon supplies.

Hot Rod and Blurr next visited Tau-Ursa to check for Decepticons, and encountered [[Apeface|Ape Face]], who had found a [[Logicon]] warning beacon. The two Autobots wrestled it from her and returned to Cybertron, where the beacon was found to hold the coordinates to [[Metascan Alpha]], a major Energon storehouse. Prime placed Hot Rod in charge of one of two teams to search for the planet, though the operation was hampered slightly by the discovery of the two Decepticon [[Clone (subgroup)|Clone]]s spying on them. {{storylink|The War Against the Destructons, Chapter 1 of 3}}

{{Note|At this point [[Blackthorne Publishing]] went bankrupt and the storyline was never completed}}
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===Toy pack-in material===
Both Hot Rod and Rodimus fought side-by-side during a tumultuous battle on a moon base. While Rodimus charged [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] alongside [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] and [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]], Hot Rod received a punch to the face, courtesy of [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]]. {{storylink|Decipher the Decepticon}}

The Decepticons having stolen the Matrix of Creation, Hot Rod was called up by Ultra Magnus to help retrieve it. The Autobots used an army of [[decoy]]s to distract the Decepticons, while Hot Rod, Blurr, Kup and Ultra Magnus infiltrated their base. Hot Rod told Blurr of all people to hurry up and blast the Matrix out of same sort of crystal structure. The Autobots then made their getaway with the Matrix in hand. {{storylink|Start Your Own Decoy Collection}}

When Optimus became stranded on Cybertron's hemisphere of darkness with her memory damaged, Hot Rod joined a small strike force of Autobots called H.O.P.E. ([[Help Optimus Prime Escape]]) to retrieve him. {{Storylink|Optimus Prime Is Back}}
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===Find Your Fate Junior===
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====Autobot Alert!====
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While on a midnight spin, Hot Rod spotted Beachcomber, Springer and Blurr leaving Metroplex on a secret mission. The next day, after coming home from her karate lessons, Hot Rod began pestering Kup in order to glean more information on the nature of her fellow Autobots’ assignment. Before she learned anything of substance, an Autobot Alert sounded across the Autobots’ headquarters. The Autobots learned that the Decepticons were taking over Earth’s communication satellites. Shortly afterwards, Blurr returned prematurely from the aforementioned secret mission to deliver more bad news. The Decepticons had gotten their hands on an important coded message.

If Ultra Magnus decided to prioritize the Decepticons’ orbital attack, Hot Rod became frustrated after once again being overlooked for a mission. Catching her sulking, Bumblebee approached Hot Rod and informed her that she had spotted Astrotrain skulking about nearby the previous night. Deducing that Astrotrain might have something to do with the ongoing Decepticon plot, the two Autobots decided to go on their own clandestine mission to investigate. They brought along a supply of "laser-ignited explosives" and went on their way. Soon happening upon the Decepticons’ control centre, the pair set out to sabotage the Decepticons’ operation. While Bumblebee wanted to sabotage the Decepticons’ communication centre on Earth, Hot Rod was in favour of sneaking aboard Astrotrain before she launched, and sabotage the Decepticons out in space.

If Hot Rod convinced Bumblebee to go along with her plan, the pair snuck aboard Astrotrain by concealing themselves within a trailer filled with bombs. As Astrotrain launched, Hot Rod happened upon a room filled with Decepticon space gear. The two Autobots donned the suits in order to disguise themselves. The disguises proved effective as Thrust and Starscream walked past the pair, none the wiser. As Hot Rod continued to explore Astrotrain, she spotted the giant Decepticon Cyclonus out of a nearby window, as well as the Autobot shuttle obliviously heading into a trap. Hot Rod had to then decide on two options. she could risk commandeering Astrotrain’s military command post, despite the Decepticons guarding the door, and warn the incoming Autobot shuttle about the Decepticons. Alternatively, she could find a hiding place from which she could attack Cyclonus himself.

If Hot Rod decided to commandeer the military commands, her disguise managed to fool the guards, but not Scourge, who happened upon them as Hot Rod was inspecting the commands. Bumblebee urged Hot Rod to go through with her plan quickly as Scourge approached them. Hot Rod succeeded in firing Astrotrain’s weapons at Cyclonus, warning the Autobot shuttle of the Decepticons, but was quickly overpowered by Scourge. Alongside Bumblebee, Hot Rod was flung out into the blackness of space by Scourge, stranded in zero-gravity, waiting for a rescue that might never come.

If instead Hot Rod and Bumblebee decided to find themselves a hiding spot, the pair snuck into a room labelled "Dirty Tricks Department" in order to dodge the incoming Laserbeak. Finding a hatch to the space shuttle’s exterior, Hot Rod trained one of Perceptor’s inventions, a "rapid-fire, high-intensity rifle cannon" towards Cyclonus and fired. Having successfully blown a massive hole into Cyclonus, Hot Rod and Bumblebee hid out for the rest of the mission inside the Dirty Tricks department room, finding a way to escape later when it docked.

If instead of boarding Astrotrain, Hot Rod and Bumblebee decided to infiltrate the Decepticons’ command centre on Earth, the two used Astrotrain’s take-off as cover for sneaking into the facility. The pair soon found themselves overhearing Galvatron’s latest pirate broadcast. As the nearby Decepticons troops were busy bowing to their leader’s image, Bumblebee and Hot Rod managed to find the Decepticons’ main computer room. Now in a position to thoroughly sabotage the Decepticons’ operation, Hot Rod spotted a button labelled "TOP SECURITY/DESTRUCT SYSTEM!" and was eager to press it. Bumblebee suggested instead that they use a code she had learned in Advanced Espionage that would scramble the Decepticons’ computer program.

If Hot Rod allowed Bumblebee to use her code, the Decepticons’ plan fell into disarray, and Bumblebee and Hot Rod made their way back to the Autobots’ base safely as the command centre blew itself apart behind them.

If Hot Rod went ahead and pressed the button, she soon discovered that it was a Decepticon trap, as sirens began blaring across the Decepticon base and iron bars prevented them from escaping. Galvatron’s image appeared on a nearby monitor, explaining that both Hot Rod and Bumblebee would be used as hostages in order to secure a Decepticon victory. Hot Rod could do nothing but cover her face in shame in shame.

In a completely different possible series of events, wherein Ultra Magnus agreed to prioritize theft of the coded message, over the Decepticons’ signal hijacking, Hot Rod was part of the captive audience that listened to Kup divulge information about an ancient Autobot formula. Hot Rod took off towards the Autobots’ desert research centre along with a number of other Autobots. Once there, they learned from Springer that the Cybertite sphere had been discovered by humans during the 16th century. If the Decepticons had decoded Springer's message, they would be searching off the coast of California, where the ship containing the sphere had sunk. If they hadn’t decoded the message, the Decepticons would still be digging in the nearby crater.

If the Autobots decided to head for the crater, Hot Rod raced Blurr to the site, only to find it void of any Decepticon activity. Finding Beachcomber tied to an explosive device, the two Autobots worked together to free their comrade. Once freed, Beachcomber informed the pair that the Decepticons had long ago broken the code and were already en-route to retrieve the cybertite sphere. It would now be much to late to catch up to the Decepticons, and all hope to retrieve the orb before them was lost.

If Ultra Magnus decided to assume that the Decepticons had already decrypted the message, she ordered her forces to split up to more efficiently address the situation. Hot Rod was part of the main Autobot force that headed for the California coast. Arriving at the scene, Ultra Magnus’s troops were informed by Powerglide (who had flown ahead of the land-bound group) that she had discovered the location of the sunken ship containing the cybertite sphere. Simultaneously, Blurr caught up with the group to inform them that the Decepticons were quickly approaching.

In one of the possible plans that Ultra Magnus concocted, Hot Rod was tasked with searching the ship once Sludge had used her titanic strength to haul it from the deep. Hot Rod tore through the wrecked vessel, and found the sphere in a timely fashion. she then hid alongside her fellow Autobots, and ambushed the Decepticons as they arrived on-scene.

If Ultra Magnus decided to execute a different plan, wherein Hot Rod, Bumblebee and Grapple had to work together to fetch the sphere, the Autobots did not find the sphere before the Decepticons reached the coast. While Hot Rod searched the ship, dangling from Grapple’s hook over a nearby cliffside, Galvatron and her troops swooped in and blew both the ship and the sphere to smithereens. With the sphere destroyed and the Autobots being pummelled by the Decepticons’ superior firepower, the Autobots’ only hope rested with Hot Rod, dangling on the coast-side in a literal and figurative cliff-hanger!

In yet another possible scenario, where Hot Rod was not involved at all in the actual retrieval of the sphere, the ancient Autobot formula was safely retrieved and taken back to Metroplex. Hot Rod then watched on as Perceptor produced the first batch of power-booster. {{storylink|Autobot Alert!}}
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====Project Brain Drain====
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In one possible scenario, upon hearing that the Decepticons were planning to use a "[[Brain Drain device]]" to syphon the intelligence of nearly 500, 000 concert goers, Ultra Magnus ordered her troops, Hot Rod included, to head for the concert to foil Galvatron’s plot. Rodimus and the other Autobots were told to hide themselves amidst the parked vehicles surrounding the concert, and lie in wait for the Decepticons. Once the Decepticons had shown themselves, Ultra Magnus ordered her troops to transform in unison and open fire on their enemies. But Galvatron had planned to light afire the parking lot in which the Autobots were standing in order to trap the humans. Being drenched from above by Decepticon jets dumping gasoline upon them, Ultra Magnus needed to decide whether the Autobots needed to retreat, or to keep on fighting and hope that they could defeat the Decepticons before the fire consumed them.

If Ultra Magnus decided on a retreat, Hot Rod was more than happy to rush out of the blazing inferno and move in closer to the humans in order to protect them. Hot Rod and the others fended off the airborne Decepticons who swooped down, unaffected by the blazing barrier encircling the concert.

In another possible scenario, wherein the Autobots stayed in the parking lot to battle at close-quarters the Decepticons, both she and Bumblebee noticed Soundwave pass the Brain Drain device to Galvatron after the latter had been able to fling Ultra Magnus away. If Hot Rod attempted to stop Galvatron, she successfully plucked the device out of the Decepticons’ hands and barrelled through the nearby circle of flames to make her escape. Just as she reached the other rim of the ring of fire, all four of her tires burst from the flames. she nonetheless skidded to safety, but found himself temporarily out of commission. Nonetheless, the Autobots managed to destroy the Brain Drain device, and Hot Rod was able to enjoy the concert-goers giving the Autobots a standing ovation as the Decepticons retreated.

In a completely different possible scenario, Hot Rod was out on patrol with Kup and Jazz when the three of them heard nearby commotion and went to investigate. Finding Wreck-Gar and Sparkplug being attacked by Thrust and Laserbeak, the Autobots moved in to rescue them and fended off the Decepticons. Hot Rod, Kup and Jazz were informed of the situation as it were; the Decepticons were going to drain the minds of the concert-goers with their Brain Drain device. The Autobots then decided whether they would launch a counter-attack on the Decepticons’ lab, or if they would send Hot Rod for reinforcements while the rest of them headed directly to the concert.

If the group settled on launching a counter-attack, the lot of them stormed the lab with such ferocity and suddenness that the Decepticons were caught completely unawares. Though most of the Decepticons’ forces scattered with the Autobots’ initial assault, Hot Rod and company still had to beat back a small contingency of Decepticons too afraid of Galvatron to desert their posts. Hot Rod and the others successfully beat them back, until Soundwave attempted to escape with the Brain Drain device in hand.

If Hot Rod attempted to shoot the device out of Soundwave’s hands, Soundwave tripped at the last moment over the fallen body of a Decepticon. Hot Rod’s blast her Soundwave’s shoulder, causing her to fling the Brain Drain device up in the air. Laserbeak then managed to snatch the device in mid-air, and flew off to rendezvous with Galvatron. Unable to follow, the Autobots realized that the concert-goers were doomed to all become incredibly stupid very soon. If Jazz attempted to stop her however, she was successful in doing so and the Autobots successfully destroyed the Brain Drain device.

Alternatively, if Hot Rod agreed to head off to Metroplex while the rest of the Autobots headed for the rock concert, she promised that she was soon meet up with them, backed up by an entire army of Autobots, and then sped off.

Some time later, Hot Rod finally arrived at the concert accompanied by Ultra Magnus and numerous other Autobots.

If Sparkplug was able to signal them, Hot Rod pinpointed the location at which her friends were fending off the Decepticons, and sped to meet them as Galvatron was beginning to active the Brain Drain device. Thanks to Ultra Magnus’s timely interference, the Brain Drain device was destroyed and the Autobots were victorious that day.

Otherwise, Hot Rod and the Autobots arrived just in time to congratulate Wreck-Gar, who had already destroyed the Brain Drain device. {{storylink|Project Brain Drain}}
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====The Invisibility Factor====
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Hot Rod accompanied Kup on a night drive in the desert, when she noticed a spacecraft barreling down from the heavens towards them. As it landed, Hot Rod perceived that it would alternate between being visible and invisible. Curious, she prompted Kup to come with her to investigate.

If Kup agreed to look into the spacecraft right away, the two Autobots were surprised to spot a young woman emerge from the craft. Though Hot Rod startled her at first, the woman was reassured that the Autobots were friendly beings by Kup. Hot Rod learned that her name was [[Sarah Sanders]], and that she was a scientist working to perfect her latest invention, an "[[Invisibility Device]]."

In one possible scenario, Hot Rod, unable to control himself, snatched the device away from Sarah. Despite Sarah’s protests, Hot Rod insisted that the device would be put at its best use in the hands of the Autobots, keeping the world safe from the Decepticons. As Hot Rod daydreamed of glory while driving towards the Autobots’ base, she accidentally triggered the Invisibility Device’s self-destruct mechanism. The ensuing explosion blew her to bits.

If Hot Rod and Kup attempted to politely coax Sarah into giving them the Invisibility Device willingly, Sarah informed the Autobots that she had a strong stance against her invention being used for warfare. As the three of them stood conversing in the open, they soon heard the Decepticons approaching. As the evil robots began to fire upon them, Hot Rod whisked Sarah away to safety. Upon realizing that the Decepticons weren’t pursuing them, and that the Invisibility Device had been left behind, the trio hid behind some nearby rocks to spy upon the Decepticons, who were busy inspecting Sarah’s ship and her Invisibility Device.

If Hot Rod and Kup decided to attack immediately, they were easily defeated and destroyed by the Decepticons.

If Hot Rod and Kup decided to lay low in an attempt to steal the device back from the Decepticons, they first told Sarah to wait for them here, then the pair sneakily followed the Decepticons as they left for their headquarters. As the Decepticons descended into a canyon, Hot Rod was eager to follow them in, but was stopped by Kup. Kup told the young Autobot of how she defeated the Decepticons on Renerian, and the two of them put into action a similar plan. Driving back and forth atop the canyon’s edge, firing from all angles while remaining hidden in the dark, they tricked the Decepticons into thinking a whole team of Autobots had ambushed them. Hot Rod the snuck down into the canyon to retrieve the Invisibility Device. As she crept closer to Shockwave, clutching the device in her robotic arms, Hot Rod noticed that Galvatron was nearby, with her back turned to him.

If Hot Rod forewent attaining the Invisibility Device and attempted to take out Galvatron instead, Starscream spotted her before she could do so, and Hot Rod was promptly dispatched.

If Hot Rod went through with her plan to steal the device back from the Decepticons, she successfully snatched Sarah’s invention from Shockwave’s grasp and took off. Though the Decepticons gave chase, If they were unable to catch her before Kup fired down onto the canyon’s walls, causing it to collapse and burying the Decepticons under an avalanche of earth and rocks. Convinced that Sarah Sanders would now allow the Autobots to use her device now that she had seen how evil the Decepticons were, Hot Rod and Kup drove back to meet up with her.

In a different possible scenario, the Decepticons took off in Sarah’s spaceship upon finding it, forcing Kup and Hot Rod to head back to Metroplex city for reinforcements and a ship of their own. Hot Rod and Kup were joined by Ultra Magnus, Prowl, Jazz and Springer, and blasted off. Once in space, however, they found it difficult to locate the Decepticons. The ship’s crew had to decided where to look next for the Decepticons.

If the Autobots decided to investigate the dark side of the moon, they found themselves unable to see anything on the satellite’s shadowy surface. Hot Rod suggested that they fire down laser blasts, in the hopes of making the Decepticons fire back, making them reveal their position. Jazz dismissed Hot Rod’s plan as being too risky.

If Ultra Magnus decided to go through with Hot Rod’s plan, the Autobots succeeded only in making themselves an easy target for the Decepticons, who blasted their shuttle to bits. Hot Rod and her friends were reduced to space junk.

If Ultra Magnus listened to Jazz’s plan, she ordered her Autobots to remain silent, and to shut off all of the shuttle’s lights and mechanisms. Launching a probe as a decoy, the Autobots successfully tricked the Decepticons into revealing their position when they mistook the probe as their shuttle and opened fire upon it. Firing back, the Autobots began crippling the Decepticons’ ship, until a lucky shot rocked their own shuttle. Though the Decepticons attempted to escape while the Autobots were off-balance, the Autobots were able to deliver the finishing blow, ending the Decepticons’ menace as the evil robots' ship exploded.

In an alternate scenario wherein the Autobots listened to Prowl’s suggested and searched the Asteroid Belt beyond Mars, they soon found themselves struggling to get through the maze of floating rocks. Hot Rod was in favour of retreating from the asteroid field when it proved increasingly difficult to navigate it.

If the Autobots pushed on their search in the Asteroid Belt, they soon found themselves on a collision course with two enormous asteroids. If they only managed to blast one of asteroids, the Autobots were forced to retreat back to Earth after their shuttle took substantial damage. If the Autobots managed to blast neither of the Asteroids, they were all crushed between the giant pieces of space debris.

If they managed to blast away both asteroids, they reached a vast, empty expanse of space within the asteroid belt. Despite no longer being in danger of being crushed, Hot Rod announced that she had a horrible sense of foreboding about their situation. her feelings of being watched were confirmed when the Decepticons, now invisible, began firing upon them. The Autobots considered retreating, but Kup reminded them that Sarah Sanders had not perfected her device yet, and the Decepticons’ invisibility may yet wear off.

If the Autobots attempted to flee from the Decepticons’ attack, they found themselves at too much of a disadvantage to successfully make it out of the Asteroid Belt. They were blown into space junk before they could reach Earth.

If the Autobots held their ground, they were instructed by Ultra Magnus not to open fire upon the Decepticons until ordered to do so. Though things were tense as the Autobots were hit over and over again by their invisible opponents, soon the enemy ship came into view, just as Kup had predicted. The Autobots opened fire on the flimsier vessel, blowing it and the Decepticons within to smithereens. Hot Rod noted that it was a shame the invisibility device had been lost in the process, but Ultra Magnus comforted him, noting that at least the Decepticons had been taken care of, once and for all.

If the Autobots did retreat out of the Asteroid Belt, they convinced one another that the Decepticons most likely perished within it. Then, a few days later, when the invisible Decepticons attacked Metroplex city, Hot Rod and the rest of the Autobots were reduced to scrap metal, unable to fight the unseen enemy.

In a completely different scenario, wherein Hot Rod and Kup returned to Autobot headquarters for reinforcements after seeing the spaceship land, the two of them reported to Ultra Magnus directly, who agreed the situation necessitated further investigation. Hot Rod and Kup returned to the ship’s landing site accompanied by Jazz, Sunstreaker, Prowl and Springer. When they arrived, the ship in question was nowhere to be found, prompting Jazz and Springer to second-guess the veracity of Hot Rod and Kup’s story.

If Jazz and Springer convinced Hot Rod and Kup to return to Metroplex city to make sure they didn’t have a few wires loose, Ratchet found nothing wrong with the pair, but the incident was forgotten nonetheless. That is, until Galvatron returned with a fleet of identical ships, and destroyed both Metroplex and all of its inhabitants.

If Hot Rod and Kup convinced the other Autobots to keep on looking, Hot Rod eventually found trail marks, indicating that a heavy object the size of their spacecraft had indeed landed and had been dragged away. Hot Rod and the others followed the trail to a more rocky terrain, where tracking the ship would become more difficult. The trail seemingly lost, the Autobots then heard someone incoming, and took cover. From their hiding places, they saw the Decepticons Scavenger, a human captive within the grasp of her steam-shovel.

If the Autobots decided to rescue Sarah immediately, Scavenger dropped the woman, and cried for help while attempting to flee.

If the Autobots pursued Scavenger, they found her rejoining a whole squadron of Decepticons. Fighting the Decepticons immediately would cost them their lives. Otherwise, if the Autobots decided on a retreat when faced by the whole squadron of Decepticons, they managed to do so by blinding their enemies by their high beams and then splitting off into different direction. They later regrouped and found Sarah Sanders wandering in the desert.

If the Autobots paused a moment to listen to Sarah, she informed them of her spacecraft and its invisibility capabilities.

If the Autobots asked Sarah to build them their own Invisibility Device, Sarah refused, stating she would not build weapons for war. Running away from the group Sarah was almost killed when Dirge passed overhead and dropped a missile on her position. After rescuing her from the Decepticon attack, Hot Rod and the others brought Sarah to safety within Metroplex. Grateful for the rescue, Sarah showed the Autobots how to create an [[Invisibility Scrambler]] to counteract the Decepticons’ Invisibility Device. Anticipating the Decepticons’ attack, the Autobots successfully defeated the evil robots when they came. As Starscream, having been taking prisoner, was being escorted to her cell Hot Rod made a quip about seeing "right through the Decepticons’ plans."

If instead of asking Sarah to build them an Invisibility Device, Hot Rod and the others attempted once more to retrieve her ship, the whole group snuck over to where the Decepticons were stationed. Once there, Hot Rod and Prowl argued over which plan of action would be the smartest to undertake next.

If the Autobots agreed with Hot Rod to try and take the Decepticons by surprise with a head-on attack, the Autobots manage to stun the Decepticons by dazzling them with their headlights. While the Decepticons were distracted, Hot Rod raced down, snatched the Invisibility Device out of the hands, and retreated while the rest of the group provided cover fire. The Autobots then successfully peeled back, congratulating one another on a job well done.

If the Autobots agreed with Prowl to take a moment to come up with a more detailed plan, Prowl instructed Hot Rod to taunt the Decepticons into following him. The plan worked, and the bulk of the Decepticons took off after the young Autobot. Though Hot Rod encountered a canyon that blocked off her escape route, by keeping her wits about him, she managed to come out on top. In one scenario, Hot Rod even discovered a secret Decepticon base, which the Autobots managed to destroy thanks to him. In another, Hot Rod watched on as Sarah left in her spaceship in order to destroy it, vowing it would never be used to bring destruction.

In an alternate scenario where the Autobots silently trailed Scavenger while the Decepticon held Sarah Sanders captive, Hot Rod and the others followed her all the way to the Decepticons’ secret desert base. Inside, they spied upon Galvatron telling Sarah Sanders that the Decepticons would use Cerebro-Shells to control her mind, so that she would reveal to them to secret of invisibility. At this point, the Autobots decided to step in. A direct attack would only end in the Autobots’ defeat. In order to rescue Sarah, the Autobots would need to employ trickery. Using Jazz’s special abilities, the Autobots could do just that. In this scenario, the Autobots grabbed Sarah while the Decepticons were too dazzled by the illusions that Jazz projected. Sarah directed the Autobots towards where the Decepticons had stored her ship. Upon following her directions, Hot Rod and the others came upon two doors, unable to tell behind which one they would find their means of escape. If the Autobots happened upon Sarah’s ship as they were, they would be destroyed by the droids guarding it. However, if the Autobots first opened the door which led to a closet filled with Decepticon spare parts, they found a pile of spare Decepticon emblems. Donning them, Hot Rod and the rest of her team were able to fool the Decepticon Droids guarding Sarah’s ship. Escaping in the ship, despite the Decepticons best efforts to stop them, the Autobots returned to Metroplex. Sarah then gave the Autobots the secret to her Invisibility Device, ensuring the Autobots their victory in their war against the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Invisibility Factor}}
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===St. Michael ''The Transformers'' Sticker Book===
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Hot Rod served on an alien spacecraft with the Autobots [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]], [[Springer (G1)|Springer]], and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] under the command of Ultra Magnus. While fighting Decepticons, their spaceship took heavy damage and crash-landed on the planet [[Barrenikon]]. There, she met [[you]], having just emerged from the Vortex, a portal through space and time contained within the planet. Together, you went on an adventure, fighting Decepticons, braving Barrenikon's barren desert or its putrid swamp, and trying to find a way to get the Autobots space-bound once more. {{storylink|The Transformers Sticker Book (St. Michael)|The Transformers Sticker Book}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
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Hot Rod joined an underground Autobot cell led by [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] after [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave's]] takeover of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Among the members of the cell was [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], whom Hot Rod became attached to. From the [[Wastelands]], Hot Rod, [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]], and [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] observed an incoming Decepticon shuttle carrying the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]. {{storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}} Shortly afterward, the cell rescued [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] from [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]] and [[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]], and took her to their base. After awakening, Prime attacked [[Gnaw (G1)|Gnaw]], Blurr, and [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]], forcing Hot Rod (who didn't recognize him) to hold the Autobot leader at gunpoint. After receiving a corrective slap from and being admonished by Kup, Hot Rod apologized. {{storylink|Passive Aggression}}

After Shockwave unleashed the [[Guardian robot]]s on [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], Prime organized the resistance cell and other Autobot forces on the planet in an assault on Shockwave's citadel. Fighting alongside the Autobot leader, Hot Rod was amazed that the stories Kup had told her about Prime's courage and heroism had all been true. As an injured Prime breached the citadel, Hot Rod, Ironhide and [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] provided cover fire, taking down a number of Guardians in the process. Along with the rest of Iacon, they witnessed the divine light of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Autobot Matrix of Leadership]] when Shockwave activated it. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (issue)|Countdown to Extinction}}

As Prime and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] battled Shockwave within the citadel, Hot Rod and [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] took down [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] and [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]]. Immediately afterward, they were confronted with the looming threat of a remaining Guardian robot—a threat that was soon neutralized by the arrival of the [[Wrecker]]s, the [[Autobot High Council]], and [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]. The unified Autobot group soon breached the citadel, and successfully brought to an end Shockwave's reign. {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}}

Some time later, Hot Rod ran a simulation combat scenario against Kup, and won using tactics that, in Kup's opinion, would have killed them both had it been real. Only after her victory did Hot Rod remember that she'd promised to take Arcee to see an [[Earth]]-bound shuttle launch—a duty Springer was happy to relieve her of. {{storylink|Lost and Found (issue)|Lost and Found}} Soon afterward, she was assigned to perimeter guard duty at [[Autobase]] with Gnaw and Wheelie, separating her from Arcee. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}

Optimus Prime once experienced a vision showing, at some unknown point in the future, Hot Rod had become a [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]].{{storylink|The War Within issue 5|The War Within #5}}

{{Unreleased DW G1 comic}}
After looking upon the still-recovering Optimus Prime with Wheelie and Gnaw, Hot Rod was accosted by several "[[Female Autobots|Transformer-like warriors]]," and knocked off-line. {{storylink|Unreleased Dreamwave issues#Issue 11|Generation 1 #11}}
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===3H comics===
[[File:Skidswreckers2.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|It's funny because Rodimus sucked at everything.]]
A few months after she destroyed [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] in 2005, {{storylink|Covenant (story)|Covenant}} Rodimus Prime spearheaded an effort to establish multiple recon posts to watch for advancing threats... even though some of her scientists said she shouldn't. When only two of the five launched ships were ever heard from again. {{storylink|Betrayal}}

After the Great Wars ended and the [[Pax Cybertronia]] was signed, she changed her name to simply "Rodimus" and decided to check out the new "[[Great Upgrade|Maximal Upgrade]]". her relationship with [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] ended shortly after, as the latter went through dark gripping depression over the death of [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]] and vanished.

Rodimus joined the [[Wrecker]]s at some undetermined point afterward. After [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] took over Cybertron with her [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon drones]], Wrecker leader [[Apelinq (BM)|Apelinq]] got stranded on prehistoric [[Earth]], leaving Rodimus in charge. True to form, she ditched leadership duties to [[Primal Prime]] as soon as possible.

After Primal Prime got her marching orders from the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]], she met Rodimus deep inside Cybertron's caverns, where Arcee—in a new Maximal body—lurked and stewed in her depression. Realizing she couldn't convince her to give a damn about anything, she left, rejoining the main Wrecker force in battle. Making it onto an ancient Autobot shuttle, the Wreckers blasted off... with late-arrival Arcee. {{storylink|Departure}}

[[File:Arceedisclosure.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Except you're the size of my arm now.]]
Rodimus recognized the homing beacon emitting from [[Akalo|Archa Nine]] as one of those missing exploration parties mentioned before. When the shuttle landed, Rodimus stayed behind to help repair the damage the ship had suffered. The entire Wrecker team later gathered in an [[Akalouthan]] village, where Rodimus was reunited with [[Glyph (Universe)|Glyph]], who took them to see the artifact known as the [[Divine Light]]. The Wreckers' analysis of the item was cut short, as it was stolen by the traitor [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]]. Rodimus saw the back-in-his-old-body [[Devcon (G1)|Devcon]] off, who was sent to chase after Cyclonus, while the Wreckers made for their next destination... even though several of them were now leery of the visions Primal Prime had been getting. Because they'd really done ''so well'' by the Wreckers so far. {{storylink|Betrayal}}

Upon landing on the frozen planet, Rodimus was part of the search party immediately dispatched to look for... something. Primal Prime wasn't too specific. They came across [[Al-Badur]], an exiled [[Quintesson]], who gave them a little history lesson. They were then promptly attacked by a school of [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticons]], but the Wreckers made short work of them. They made their way back to the ship, with Al-Badur in tow, and made for their next destination... {{storylink|Disclosure}}

[[File:WreckersFinaleII-RodimusCyclonus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|If Optimus can die, so can I!]]
...Cybertron. As Primal Prime took some Wreckers after their true foe, [[Cryotek (Universe)|Cryotek]], Rodimus tried to get their injured to a safe place. Unfortunately, the planet was under a full scale Quintesson invasion, and some anti-aircraft fire inevitably clipped the ship and sent them plummeting downwards. After they made it to safe ground, Rodimus and the crew hooked up with her fellow [[Matrix Templar]], [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]], and followed her insight to the battle. They confronted Cryotek's underling, Cyclonus, and her purloined squad of [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]]s. With casualties mounting on both sides, Cyclonus beat a safe retreat, collapsing the tunnel behind her to prevent pursuit. Rodimus was quick enough to dive through the falling debris, however, leaving the two old enemies alone to do battle. Centuries of bad blood carried them through the conflict, until both drew their weapons at point blank range, and fired.

Horribly damaged by this last attack, Rodimus struggled to keep up with the other Wreckers and the running conflict between [[Sentinel Maximus]] and Cryotek. The fighting came to an end at a Quintesson banishing chamber, where the treacherous Al-Badur had attempted to toss Sentinel and Cryotek into a formless void. The two warriors were trapped behind an energy dome, barely able to fight off the portal's pull using their flight systems. Once [[Fractyl]] pointed out that Cryotek was empowered by the Divine Light, a fraction of Primus's own power, Rodimus realized that as Matrix Templars she and Cheetor could drain that power away from the Predacon. They managed to extract most of it before Cryotek cut off their siphoning effect. In the end, Sentinel Maximus sacrificed himself to pull Cryotek into the void with him. Rodimus finally expired from her wounds from fighting Cyclonus, quietly passing on into the Matrix. {{storylink|Wreckers: Finale Part II}}
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===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
[[File:GIJoeTFHotRod70s.jpg|left|upright=1.2|thumb|"That bumperchest really doesn't feel right. How do Prowl and Jazz live with it?"]]
Hot Rod was one of [[Teletran 3]]'s unfortunate victims when the computer malfunctioned and transported a random number of Transformers to random points in Earth's timeline. Along with [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], Hot Rod ended up in mid-1970's [[San Francisco]], where she was locked into the form of a Ford Mustang muscle car. The dormant Autobot was soon stolen by a car thief, but was chased down by a group of [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joes]] and [[Cobra]] members sent to retrieve the Transformers. Discovering [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] in the process, the humans equipped both vehicles with [[disruption unit]] that awakened the Transformers and sent them back to present-day Cybertron seconds after Hot Rod commented about feeling "really weird." {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 1|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #1}} Back on Cybertron, they were stuck waiting inside the force field Ultra Magnus had erected to prevent [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] from capturing Teletran 3. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 2|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #2}}

Some time after her time travel adventure, Hot Rod reported to Optimus Prime that [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]'s team on Earth had been sidetracked by a Cobra attack. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 2|The Art of War #2}} When said team ended up disappearing in Cybertron's [[Gladiator Zone]], Hot Rod convinced Optimus to stay behind and take care of an Autobot peace ceremony instead of going out and searching for them. Hot Rod then assembled her own search party, but they failed to find the missing Autobots. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 3|The Art of War #3}} Unfortunately, [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]]'s forces attacked the peace ceremony and captured Optimus Prime, leading to Hot Rod assembling a new team intent on rescuing him. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 4|The Art of War #4}} [[File:Hot Rod and Ultra Magnus BlackHorizon1.jpg|thumb|upright=1.9]] They fought Serpent O.R.'s Decepticon army together with reinforcements from G.I. Joe, and during the battle, Hot Rod paused in horror as she saw the light of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] being opened inside the Decepticon base. The Decepticon army eventually defeated, and by the time Hot Rod reached inside their base, Serpent O.R. had been killed as well. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 5|The Art of War #5}}

A few months later, Hot Rod questioned Optimus Prime's choice to go to Earth again, accusing her leader of feeling guilty about [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]'s death at Serpent O.R.'s hands and doing everything by himself just to prevent more people from dying. Prime just looked at her sadly before leaving, causing Ultra Magnus to tell Hot Rod that she really needed to learn when to stop talking. {{storylink|Black Horizon, Part 1 of 2}}
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===2005 IDW continuity===
{{main|Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity}}
[[File:SpotlightHotRod-HotRodcvrAexcerpt.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|left|As much as anything else, this was to troll [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]].]]
Originating from the city-state of [[Nyon]], Hot Rod destroyed it to keep its population from being painfully, fatally drained to fuel the corrupt [[Zeta Prime (G1)|Zeta Prime]]'s war machines.

Years later, Hot Rod held a fairly high rank in the Autobot army, equivalent to [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]], and was sent on a mission to [[Ki-Aleta]] to retrieve the [[Epistemus|Magnificence]] which turned into a only technically-successful disaster, with himself the only apparent survivor. When she found out [[Doubledealer|Dealer]] had also survived, she rescued her from a Decepticon prison, unaware that she was the traitor who had caused things to go so wrong. Soon after, she was called to Earth to aid [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]], but briefly returned to retrieve the Magnificence to gain information on the [[Expansion]], during which she discovered Dealer's treachery and killed him. Thereafter, she returned to her information-gathering task on the [[Machination]], and though was badly beaten by [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], she still aided in the Decepticon's defeat.

After surviving the [[Surge (event)|Surge]] and watching Optimus surrender to [[Skywatch]], she led a group of Autobots to make an alliance with [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] to get off Earth, with the capitalist Decepticon buttering her up by dubbing her "Rodimus Prime", a name she adopted and continued to use even after Swindle's inevitable betrayal. Flying off in a stolen shuttle to retrieve the Matrix from the Decepticons, she was blasted into space by [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] after taking it from [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]], leading to a trip that involved the discovery of [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron's]] army-building. Returning the Matrix and this information to Optimus, she was permanently redubbed Rodimus and joined her in facing Galvatron, convincing Optimus that only the Matrix could undo the [[Darkness (G1)|Heart of Darkness]]' contamination of Vector Sigma.

After the Chaos War was done, she was given half of the now-empty Matrix by Optimus, and led a two-hundred strong crew into space aboard the ''[[Lost Light]]'' to seek the [[Knights of Cybertron]], leaving Cybertron and its returned, hostile, population of [[NAIL|neutral Transformers]].

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===''Q-Robo Transformer''===
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===''Mini Mayhem!''===
When a surprise party was thrown for Optimus in honor of the 20th anniversary of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', Hot Rod didn't wind up getting invited. she bemoaned that no one ever remembered ''his'' anniversary.

Later, Optimus told a couple of humans that the Transformers were in the midst of doing something really interesting... and showed them Hot Rod and Sunstreaker eating a pie! {{storylink|Mini Mayhem!}}

===''Henkei! Henkei!'' pack-in manga===
[[File:Henkei manga rodimus.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.9]]
While the other Autobots were busy dealing with a rampaging [[Astrotrain (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in manga|Astrotrain]], Hot Rod disrupted [[Megatron (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in manga|Megatron]] and the other Decepticons' attack on a power plant by engaging them solo. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 2}} Unable to tackle Megatron in hand-to-hand combat, she was able to get [[Starscream (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in manga|Starscream]] to accidentally blast her leader instead, but this did little more than annoy Megatron, who flattened Hot Rod with a [[fusion cannon]] blast. With Hot Rod defeated, the Decepticons pulled out, but the Autobot cavalier didn't let the defeat get her down, and she sped off to join the other Autobots in battling Astrotrain. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 3}} Soon after, Hot Rod helped defend another power plant against a Decepticon attack, shielding the human workers from Starscream's blasts with her own body. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 4}}

When the mysterious new Decepticon warrior [[Cyclonus (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in comic|Cyclonus]] provided Megatron with the means to transform himself into the monstrous [[Galvatron (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in comic|Galvatron]], Hot Rod, [[Ironhide (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in manga|Ironhide]] and [[Mirage (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in manga|Mirage]] trailed Cyclonus's Targetmaster partner [[Nightstick (G1)|Nightstick]] to the volcano in which Megatron was carrying out her transformation. Despite resistance from Starscream and Cyclonus, Hot Rod and her team were able to collapse the volcano's cone in on itself. They believed they had sealed Megatron within, and were about to focus their attack on Starscream when they were sent scattering by the explosive emergence of Galvatron from the remains of the caldera. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 9}}

===''Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun'' manga===
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Following the defeat of [[Galvatron (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun manga|Galvatron]] on [[Earth]], Hot Rod was among the Autobots that [[Optimus Prime (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun manga|Optimus Prime]] summoned to the planet. Together with [[Ironhide (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun manga|Ironhide]], [[Hound (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun manga|Hound]] and [[Jetfire (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun manga|Skyfire]], Hot Rod was to protect the planet while Optimus's team set off for Cybertron in pursuit of the fleeing Galvatron. {{storylink|To the Sea of Stars}}
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===''Henkei! Henkei! Transformers -Visualize-''===
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===Fire Rodimus===
{{note|Fire Rodimus is based on an unproduced toy concept. For information about the toy concept, see [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Notes|here]].}}
[[File:TFGRodimus.jpg|upright=0.8|thumb|New Rodimus, not to be confused with New Coke.]]

====Ask Vector Prime====
In [[Primax 092.0 Beta]], Rodimus (in her [[Micromaster]] body) was severely injured defending [[Micro|Zone]] from a [[Galaman|Great Galaman]] invasion. Subsequently, Rodimus's essence was transferred into [[Duke Fire]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Star Convoy]]'s power-up being, and Rodimus became known as Fire Rodimus. Star Convoy and Fire Rodimus's powerful combined form, Supernova Convoy, defeated [[Dark Nova|Star Giant]] and [[Megatron (G1)|Ultra Megatron]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/15}}

====''Regeneration One''====
Fire Rodimus was among the many alternate universe incarnations glimpsed by [[Primax 512.5 Gamma]]'s [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] {{storylink|Destiny, Part Three}} and was also summoned to Primax 512.5 Gamma to fight the [[Dark Matrix]] creature. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 5}}
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===''Kre-O'' online manga===
After being asked to by [[Megatron (Kre-O)|Megatron]], the [[Autobot]]s, including Rodimus, attacked the Decepticon Base and chased away [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]]. {{Storylink|A Reliable Warrior!? Vortex the Lookout from Hell}} After Megatron transformed into [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], Rodimus helped stop Galvatron's rampage by distracting her long enough for [[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)|Optimus Prime]] to take Galvatron's helmet off, returning her to normal. {{storylink|Enter the New Emperor of Destruction!? Stop Galvatron's Rampage!}}

===''Cloud''===
[[File:Cloud Hot Rodimus.jpg|thumb|"Let me ask before I grab your purse; Why do I look like the [[Springer (G1)|Green guy]]?]]
'''Hot Rodimus''' was a young knight among the [[Autobot]]s, the space-time guardians who resided in [[Cloud World]]'s [[Metropolis]]. she was a powerful warrior with a strong sense of justice, but had a rather brash and immature attitude because of her youth.

Hot Rodimus was dispatched by [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] to deal with an energy surge at the 24-BW Spacetime. {{storylink|Uprising (Cloud)|Uprising}} Returning after the appointed time, Hot Rodimus explained to Optimus that a space-time disturbance delayed her return with the energy for [[SARA]]. As they spoke, the Decepticon uprising began with a devastating level of destruction levelled against Metropolis. Though overcome with emotion, Hot Rodimus was pacified by Optimus, who dispatched her to prepare their district's defenses. {{storylink|Raid}}

The Autobots fought back against the Decepticon invaders, but little did they suspect that the destruction being wrought was little nothing more than a distractio. While the bulk of their forces had been drawn away from their base of operations, a group of Decepticons forced their way in and abducted [[SARA]] before returning to the Underground. When the Autobots reconvened to discuss their next course of action, Hot Rodimus bemoaned their foolishness and inability to see through the Decepticons' ruse. The Autobots began to lose hope when it became clear that they would have to venture into the vast, dangerous, and unmapped Decepticon territory to retrieve SARA. Though Optimus, taking full blame of the situation onto himself, suggested that she venture into the Underground alone, Hot Rodimus refused to allow Optimus to go on such a dangerous venture. she declared that all the Autobots would join him. her comrades, though scared at first, agreed with Hot Rodimus's sentiment. Optimus thanked Hot Rodimus for preventing her from making another foolish decision, and then gave the order... ROLL OUT! {{storylink|Resolve}}

After zeroing in on SARA's energy signature, a decrepit old building, Hot Rodimus, Optimus Prime and [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] headed underground. While a team headed by Jazz blitzed the Decepticons on the building's main floor, Hot Rodimus's team infiltrated its basement covertly. They reached the inner sanctum were SARA was being kept only to find that Megatron had already wired her into her own body. The Decepticon leader revealed the extent of her megalomania, declaring that she would rule all of space-time, even if it meant destroying her home dimension in the process. Though they tried to stop him, both Hot Rodimus and Brawn were shoved away effortlessly by the newly empowered Megatron. Hot Rodimus was knocked unconscious by the attack. her back-up disabled, Optimus Prime rammed Megatron, causing a disruption in SARA's energy and sending the combatants across dimensions. {{storylink|Leap}}

When a close friend of Hot Rodimus was injured by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], the righteous anger burning within her awakened the power of [[SARA]], granting her a second [[alternate mode]] in the form of a helicopter.

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====''Legends'' comic====
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===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
[[File:TFvsJoe4 hotrod.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|Flame deco now available with Kirby Krackle!]]
Polymath warrior prince '''Imhotep Rodimus''' was Optimus Prime's chosen successor as Autobot leader. Unfortunately for Rodimus, when Optimus disappeared and Megatron seized control of Cybertron, Dinobot leader Grimlock objected to the "chosen one" taking leadership and defeated her in combat, casting her out of [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. Fallen and dejected, with no fight left in him, the young 'bot became a cog in Megatron's great machine, and wound with a lowly job in reactor maintenance, cleaning up vermin droppings and ferrying around the tubular [[energon]] containers from which she took her new name: Hot Rod.

On a routine collection of [[turborat]] traps, Hot Rod was puzzled to find that one trap contained not the robotic pests she was used to, but small, organic beings: unfortunate members of [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]], who had recently arrived on the planet. Tossing them in with the rest of her cargo and going on her weary way past the [[smelting pool]]s, she was suddenly confronted by Autobot revolutionary Blaster, who despised her for her defection and opened fire on him. A G.I. Joe [[G.I.Rocket|missile bombardment]] subsequently took Blaster out, but when Decepticons [[Apeface]] and [[Demolisher]] arrived, they assumed Hot Rod was responsible and congratulated him. Praise from these low-lifes was the last straw for Hot Rod, and she threw the pair into one of the furnaces, loaded up the unconscious Blaster, and roared off back to Metroplex, unintentionally providing the Joes with an escape from their own missiles in the process. {{storylink|Form Follows Function}}

Hot Rod returned to Metroplex just as it was coming under attack from both [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] and a mind-controlled [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. she managed to get inside the Autobot city anyways, and brought Blaster to Ratchet, urging the medic to save the brave Autobot to whom she owed her reawakening. Hot Rod then made her way to Metroplex's control room and ordered her to convert to her battle mode. Before she could convince the traumatized city to do so, Grimlock happened by. The Dinobot tried to chase off Hot Rod as she had done so in the past, but with a solid left hook Rodimus challenged Grimlock for leadership once more. Whatever the outcome of the duel, Grimlock expired shortly thereafter at the hands of Megatron. {{storylink|Everybody Hates Metroplex}} Afterwards, Rodimus, Brawn, and Mirage found that [[Bazooka (G.I. Joe)|Bazooka]], while in a trance, had drawn a map to the Chamber of Primus on Metroplex's floor. Following the map, the three Autobots, Bazooka, Cover Girl, and Duke found the face of the dormant Cybertronian god whispering: "No will but Megatron's"... Decepticobra guards, posted at a nearby Megatronian temple, caught sight of them, and a firefight began between both sides. {{storylink|Expelled from the Garden}}

[[File:TheWarNeverEnds RodimusSkyLynx.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|left]]
The group's pilgrimage took them deep beneath the surface of Cybertron, where they encountered the mysterious [[Keeper (Transformer)|Keeper]]. The Keeper told the group about the creation of Cybertron from its progenitor [[Daiakuron]]. {{storylink|Earth: R.I.P.}} Their tour of the netherworld was cut short by tremors from above, and the team made a break for it. Rodimus made up to the surface safely, where she dispatched Springer and some Joes to rescue the individuals who hadn't made it out. {{storylink|Escape from Primus}} As the maddened Primus drew closer to the sun, both sides prepared for the final confrontation. Rodimus rallied the shellshocked Metroplex, convincing her to transform into her robot form for the first time in millennia. As the Jotobots attacked Trypticon, Rodimus rode Sky Lynx into the battle. {{storylink|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe issue 12|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe #12}}

Rodimus was one of the many Autobots forced to combine with Megatron to form "Mega-Megatron". After the resurrection of Optimus Prime and the end of the war, Optimus departed Cybertron aboard the ''Ark-2'', once again offering Rodimus a second chance to rule Cybertron. Rodimus gratefully accepted the opportunity. As a peacetime "philosopher-king", she and Wreck-Gar frequently visited [[Uranus]] to contemplate. {{storylink|The War Never Ends}}
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===''Transformers: All Spark''===
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{{storylink|Ray of Hope}} {{storylink|Great Aspirations}} {{storylink|Conclusion}}

===''Q-Transformers'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Kenshō Ono]] (Japanese)}}
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===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
[[File:Micro-Aggressions HotRodGrimlock.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4]]
During the original Great War, Hot Rod fought on Earth and once tore off [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]'s wing in a parking garage. {{storylink|Derailment}}

When the [[Builder of Cybertron|Builders of Cybertron]] came into power, Hot Rod quickly became aware of how oppressive their rule was. she believed she could work within their system however, and set about implementing gradual change without resorting to violence. To this end, she downsized her body and became a [[Micromaster]], even though doing so meant she lost much of her status in the government's hierarchy. Hot Rod worked the system for seventy years, along the way getting posted as the head of [[Micropolis]]. Then, in the late 24th century, [[Lio Convoy]] sparked a revolution among the [[Maximal]] and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] populace, calling for an aggressive societal reform. Hot Rod and her team, [[Drillbuster]], [[Blackout (G1)|Blackout]], [[Spaceshot]], and [[Countdown (G1)|Countdown]], were assigned to deal with and counter the [[Resistance]]'s [[Grand Uprising]].

In energy-starved times, Hot Rod, like most other members of society, was privy to a very limited amount of fuel. It surprised her then when she was given a full tank in preparation for an upcoming mission. The severity of the situation cleared up why she had been allowed more than her usual ration: the Resistance had managed to steal the [[G-Virus]]. This potent weapon had been reverse-engineered from [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]'s remains, and would replicate the process that transformed [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] into the mad scion of [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] in anyone that was infected with it. Hot Rod was furious to learn that the one who had orchestrated the theft was none other than [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]; her former teammate had previously transplanted her spark into a Maximal body and then led many violent attacks against the government. Hot Rod did find solace in the fact that Grimlock was a predictable opponent though. she quickly puzzled out that the Resistance's next target would be the first [[Games (competition)|gladiatorial game]] to be hosted since Lio Convoy's call to arms. Hot Rod called in every favor owed to her to secure two hundred extra guards for [[Tesarus (polity)|Tesarus Arena]], with an extra three-hundred [[Maximal Command Security Force|MCSF]] officers to patrol the stadium's crowd.

Despite these precautions, Grimlock's cell managed to come dangerously close to the crowd before Hot Rod was alerted to their presence. she went to deal with the intruders in person, leaving most of her troops in place in case Grimlock was merely creating a diversion for another attack. Hitching a ride atop of Blackout and Spaceshot's combined vehicle mode, she managed to reach the Resistance fighters before they were in position to infect the Builders enjoying the Game. While her subordinates dealt with The [[Manterror|Man Terror]] and [[Snapper]], two Predacons operating under Grimlock, Hot Rod took on the former [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]] himself. The battle that ensued left both Hot Rod and her opponent gravely wounded. Many verbal attacks were also traded between them, with Grimlock accusing Hot Rod of spitting on everything the Autobot badge once stood for by siding with the Builders. Hot Rod countered that though she hated what their world had become, she was leading by example, unlike Grimlock who had remained a violent brute. Their brawl eventually led to both 'bots tumbling out into the arena crowd. Grimlock's remaining allies came to her aid, and Hot Rod was tossed aside as Snapper prepared to unleash a virulent payload on the unsuspecting crowd. Hot Rod pleaded with her not to, explaining to the Predacon what the virus actually did; Grimlock had neglected to inform her underlings of this particular detail. Snapper was swayed to not unleash a thousand more mad tyrants on Cybertron, and destroyed the virus. Though Hot Rod had been specifically instructed to retrieve the G-Virus, she was simply content with the fact that it had not been unleashed. In thanks for her cooperation, Hot Rod promised Snapper that she would be treated fairly as she was taken into custody. {{storylink|Micro-Aggressions}}

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===''Of Masters and Mayhem''===
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In one universe, Rodimus fought alongside her fellow Autobots against Megatron's Decepticons until the Cybertronian civil war led to the creation of the monstrous combiner, [[Thunder Mayhem]]. Thunder Mayhem turned on her masters, ultimately leading to her rampaging across Cybertron. Rodimus presumably perished during the reckoning of her homeworld. {{storylink|History}}

===''Prime Wars Trilogy'' cartoons===
{{voiceactor|[[Ben Pronsky]] (''Combiner Wars'', English), [[Judd Nelson]] (''Titans Return'', ''Power of the Primes'', English)}}
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Prelude to Transformers: Combiner Wars - Starscream}} {{storylink|Prelude to Transformers: Combiner Wars - Windblade}} {{storylink|The Council}} {{storylink|Homecoming (CW)|Homecoming}} {{storylink|A War of Giants}} {{storylink|Darkest Hour (CW)|Darkest Hour}} {{storylink|Destruction's Dawn}}}}
[[File:TR-Ep1-Aftermath-and-Rebirth-Rodimus-scan.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|left|So we're letting any fool with a costume into the hall now?]]
[[File:TF-TR-Cartoon-Ep5-Ridealong.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|''You're gonna climb over the top of all Nobody beats you 'cause you're fast as lightning Gekiso Sentai Carranger'']]
Following the Combiner Wars, Rodimus returned to the [[Primal Basilica]], where she asked the [[Chorus of the Primes]] to take back the [[Matrix of Leadership]], as she no longer believed himself worthy to carry it. The Chorus agreed and restored her arm before reformatting her back into her previous body as Hot Rod. {{storylink|Aftermath and Rebirth}} When the [[Mistress of Flame]] alerted her to [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]'s attack, she rushed back towards [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex City]] to help fight, assuring the Mistress she wouldn't be long. {{storylink|Our Heroes Respond}} {{storylink|The Fight Begins}} Finally arriving, she ran into Windblade and the two worked together to attack Trypticon, though they were unable to save Metroplex. When [[Emissary (Generations)|Emissary]] was swallowed by Trypticon, Hot Rod Entered Trypticon's body himself and rescued the [[Titan Master]], though she was hit by Trypticon's tail and sustained severe damage. Unable to move, she asked Windblade to take Emissary and find [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. As she lay on the ground, [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]] arrived and forced the [[Matrix of Conquest|Matrix of Chaos]] into the weakened Hot Rod's chest, corrupting him. {{storylink|At the Last Second}} The two later observed the end of the conflict and the return of [[The Fallen|Megatronus]] from afar. {{storylink|All Things Must Pass}}
[[File:Machinima-POTP-Rodimus-Cron-fires.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Carbon fiber, 28 caliber, made in China; if you want to kill a public servant, Mr. Maroni, I recommend you buy American.]]

Now an acolyte of Megatronus, Hot Rod found himself dramatically powered up by the Matrix of Chaos, which granted her the new name '''Rodimus Cron'''. she joined Overlord in assaulting the remaining Combiners, killing [[Computron (G1)|Computron]] and disabling [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. she proceeded to destroy Devastator's limbs one by one until [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] finally confessed [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s whereabouts, only to finish the job anyway before departing for [[Primal Swamp]] with Overlord. {{storylink|Volcanicus (episode)|Volcanicus}} At first their search proved fruitless, but they spotted the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] and took them down, attempting to interrogate them for Megatron's whereabouts. Rodimus found himself momentarily possessed by [[Unicron]], who identified the [[Athenaeum Sanctorum]] from [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]]'s description before killing [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] as a warning, leaving Rodimus's body as she and Overlord headed for the library. There, they caught Megatron's team unaware, giving Rodimus the opportunity to kill Victorion. {{storylink|Athenaeum Sanctorum (episode)|Athenaeum Sanctorum}} Rodimus then proceeded to beat down any member of the team that came her way, culminating in her strangling Windblade when she moved to defend Megatron. Though she pleaded with her in an attempt to reach him, she assured her the old Hot Rod was dead and tossed her aside. she again prepared to execute Megatron, but Overlord insisted she do it himself. {{storylink|Countdown (POTP)|Countdown}}
[[File:POTP-Ep10-Saga's-End-Rodimus-Cron-evolves.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|left|"We. Are [[Venom (Marvel)|Venom]]."]]
[[File:POTP-Ep10-Saga's-End-Hot-Rod-aftermath.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|''We'll be right back''.]]
Unfortunately for him, Megatron used the [[Requiem Blaster (Megatronus)|Requiem Blaster]] to kill Overlord, overwhelming Rodimus with its power and leaving her on the ground. As Megatronus arrived to take the blaster, revealing her intention to combine it with the Matrix, Rodimus was again possessed by Unicron. Hellbent on destroying the Matrix, she approached Megatronus, but was knocked away before the Fallen Prime escaped with the blaster. Undeterred, Rodimus got to her feet and gave chase in vehicle mode. Although Windblade still hoped to save her friend, the others all agreed that if the time came, Rodimus might have to be sacrificed to save their race. {{storylink|Consequences}} Rodimus eventually arrived at the [[Well of All Sparks|Well of Sparks]] just as Megatronus had incapacitated everyone but Megatron, and the power of Unicron morphed her into an even stronger form. {{storylink|Collision Course}} Now fully possessed by Unicron, Rodimus battled Megatronus for the Matrix. When [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] got her hands on it instead and transformed into Optimal Optimus, she drew Rodimus's attention and the two began fighting, seemingly evenly matched. {{storylink|Megatronus Unleashed}} Ultimately, Optimal got the upper hand and managed to remove the Matrix of Chaos from Rodimus, freeing her from Unicron's control and turning her back to Hot Rod. With Unicron now attempting to take control of Megatron, the still-weak Hot Rod confirmed their only option was to kill them both, to which Optimal obliged. In the aftermath, Hot Rod was placed in intensive care to recover from her experience, though Optimus Prime suspected that the emotional wounds from her time as Rodimus Cron would never heal. {{storylink|Saga's End}}

===''Titans Return'' marketing material===
[[File:ChaosOnVelocitron-Rodimus Prime.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|YEEHAW!!!]]
Hot Rod was partnered with the [[Titan Master]] [[Firebolt (G1)|Firedrive]], who granted her the ability to use electrostatic fire blasts to disable enemy systems. {{storylink|Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Titans Return|''Titans Return'' Firedrive/Hot Rod toy bio}} Later, during a mission to [[Velocitron]], Rodimus Prime crossed the finish line in a race to win the power of dominion over speed, but she had to convert himself into a Titan Master to use the power.<ref>''Titans Return'' Chaos on Velocitron bios</ref>
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===''Power of the Primes'' marketing material===
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With the [[Matrix of Leadership]], Hot Rod could evolve into Rodimus Prime. {{storylink|Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Power of the Primes|''Power of the Primes'' Skrapnel packaging bio}} However, when corrupted by the [[Matrix of Conquest|Matrix of Chaos]], Nemesis Hot Rod evolved into Rodimus Unicronus. Either form could wield powers of the [[Prime (rank)|Prime]]s by linking with [[Prime Master]]s. {{storylink|Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Power of the Primes|''Power of the Primes'' Evolution Rodimus Prime and Evolution Rodimus Unicronus packaging bios}}
{{note|For a list of powers manifested by Rodimus Prime and Rodimus Unicronus, see [[Prime Master/Combinations|this chart]].}}
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===''Mazinger Z versus Transformers''===
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===''Transformers/Back to the Future''===
In a dystopian 2015 created from the Decepticons' monopoly over [[time travel]], Rodimus Prime led the few remaining Autobots from [[Hill Valley]]'s [[Delgado Mine]]. When the defected Decepticon [[Gigawatt]], having scanned the [[DeLorean time machine]], came before Rodimus and informed her of how Megatron had gained time travel, Rodimus sent her back to [[1974]] to undo the perversion of history. As a result of her damaged [[flux capacitor]] however, Gigawatt was unable to complete her mission, instead brining [[Marty McFly]] before Rodimus. Though Rodimus had hoped Marty could repair the flux capacitor, the human told her that only [[Doc Brown]] could repair it. {{storylink|Transformers/Back to the Future issue 1|Transformers/Back to the Future #2}}

{{spoiler|Transformers/Back to the Future issue 3|April 17}}

Soon afterwards, Rodimus led the Autobots to a distress signal, finding that Starscream, the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructions]] and [[Biff Tannen]] had surrounded Doc Brown as well as Marty's parents [[Lorraine Baines-McFly|Lorraine]] and her husband [[George McFly|George]]. Though Rodimus advocated caution, Marty ran in, providing enough of a distraction for the Autobots to engage. The Autobots and their allies emerged victorious but before they could roll out, the Hill Valley courthouse unexpectedly assumed a towering [[robot mode]]. {{storylink|Transformers/Back to the Future issue 3|Transformers/Back to the Future #3}}
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==Commercial appearances==
*Hot Rod, [[Kup (G1)|Kup]], and [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] came to [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s aid when the Autobot leader was fighting against [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]], [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], and [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]]. Hot Rod taunted the Decepticons, telling them to "watch my smoke!" {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Hot Rod, Kup, Blurr, Cyclonus, Scourge, Rodimus Prime|Hot Rod, Kup, Blurr, Cyclonus, Scourge, and Rodimus Prime commercial}}
*Hot Rod and Kup found themselves stranded on the planet [[Quintessa (planet)|Quintessa]]. The two Autobots drove up to the edge of a greenish pool, from which a pile of Sharkticons emerged and attacked. The duo fist-fighted their way through the enemy 'bots, with the help of an intervening [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]]. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Sharkticon|Sharkticon commercial}}
*A stone sculpture of Rodimus was savaged by Weirdwolf as part of her training. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Decepticon Headmasters|Decepticon Headmasters commercial}}
*Rodimus Prime charged into battle with Kup, Blurr, and Wheelie against Galvatron, Cyclonus, and Scourge. Then [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] joined the scuffle. Rodimus took the brunt of many of the Six-Changer's attacks, getting fired upon while Sixshot was in her jet fighter mode, pounced onto when Sixshot assumed her "wheeled wolf" mode, and blasted once more by the Decepticon's "laser pistol" mode. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Sixshot|Sixshot commercial}}
*Rodimus handed her totally trustworthy agent [[Punch (G1)|Punch]] an important device, and saluted her as she drove off. Unbeknownst to Rodimus, Punch would meet with the Decepticons under her "Counterpunch" guise and hand the device over to Galvatron himself! {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Punch and Clones|Punch/Counterpunch and Clones commercial}}
*Rodimus and Blurr drove to an Autobot laboratory, only to be informed by a distressed Kup that there had been an accident; the newest Autobots were monsters! Thankfully, they were still Autobots nonetheless, and helped ward off a Decepticon attack. After seeing how viciously the [[Monsterbot (G1)|Monsterbot]]s dealt with the Decepticons, Rodimus expressed relief that these new 'bots were on her side. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Monsterbots|Monsterbots commercial}}
*The Autobots were caught by surprise when it seemed at first that a tank and jet were about to crash into one another on the battlefield, only for them to transform together into the Decepticon [[Flywheels]]! Rodimus was unfazed by this turn of events, and pounced onto this new combatant. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Duocons and Throttlebots|Duocons and Throttlebots commercial}}
*Rodimus Prime fought next to Blurr against Galvatron and her cronies while Transformers from both factions prepared to leave Cybertron and expand their war to the planet [[Nebulos]]. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Headmaster comic book|Headmaster comic book commercial}}
*Hot Rod's voice narrated a handful of commercials, including:
**The [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Headmasters|Headmasters commercial}}
**The [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]] and [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Technobots and Terrorcons|Technobots and Terrorcons commercial}}

==Games==
===3D Battle-Card Game===
Hot Rod was one of [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]]'s many Autobot allies in a fight against [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s Decepticon forces. {{storylink|3D Battle-Card Game#Energon Wars expansion|Energon Wars Expansion Set}}

===''The Transformers: Battle to Save the Earth''===
[[File:C64RodimusPrime.gif|thumb|upright=1.4|YOU'RE Hot Rot, I'M Hot Rod! Are there any [[Hot Rod (disambiguation)|other Hot Rods]] I should know about?]]
[[File:C64HotRod.gif|thumb|upright=1.4|[[The Matrix]] brakes in the middle of my transformation.]]
Along with their fellow Autobots, Hotrod{{sic}} and Rodimus Prime protected Earth from the menace of the Decepticons. Hotrod was ostensibly under the command of Rodimus Prime. {{storylink|The Transformers: Battle to Save the Earth}}

{{note|In this game, "Hotrod" and Rodimus Prime are separate characters who can be in the same place at the same time. Don't try to think about this too hard.}}
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===''Transformers: Mystery of Convoy''===
[[File:Mysteryofconvoy rodimus.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4]]
When Optimus Prime went missing under mysterious circumstances, Ultra Magnus was given the task of battling hordes of Decepticons in order to solve the mystery of her whereabouts. The Decepticons had also stolen a collection of seven energon cubes belonging to Rodimus Prime, which Magnus strove to recover during her fight. When all seven were successfully obtained and the battle was won, a new challenge rose its head, but with her energon cubes back, Rodimus was able to take up the fight! she had a funny habit of looking like an orange Ultra Magnus if you looked at her sideways. {{storylink|Transformers: Mystery of Convoy}}
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===''Transformers: The Headmasters''===
Rodimus Prime was kidnapped by the Decepticons and held captive on Cybertron by [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. she was rescued by [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] and her other comrades, and in turn helped rescue those who were still imprisoned. Once they had reunited, Rodimus Prime and the others met with [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] for the last battle against [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. {{storylink|Transformers: The Headmasters (video game)|Transformers: The Headmasters}}

===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
{{voiceactor|[[Peter von Gomm]] (English)}}
====Autobot story====
[[File:Callofthefuture rodimus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.55|"I am from the future and know a lot about history!"]]

When [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] gained the incredible power of the [[Zel Quartz]] in the year 2010 and began cutting a swath of destruction across the galaxy, Rodimus Prime, [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] and [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] resolved to prevent this devastation by traveling back in time and eliminating the quartz in the past, thereby altering their future. Using a [[Transwarp]]-equipped ship supplied by the [[Quintesson]]s, they traveled to the world of [[Zel Samine]] in the year 2003, where they ran across teams of present-day Autobots and Decepticons led by [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], who were carrying out investigations on their own on the planet.

Making matters worse, [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], and [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] also followed them back in time, and the two teams allied themselves with their respective present-day factions in order to locate the Zel Quartz. It wasn't necessarily an easy alliance to make: Rodimus was barely able to keep her cool when [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], not believing that she and her team were really Autobots, demanded to know if Rodimus was Autobot leader in the future, what happened to Optimus? Fortunately, Optimus calmed her lieutenant down and welcomed the trio of future Autobots into her forces.

Working with the present day Autobots was not easy for Rodimus, as she was well aware of the fate that awaited them. On a number of occasions, she struggled with her knowledge of the future, knowing she could prevent a [[Battle of Autobot City|great tragedy]] but could also cause untold damage to the timestream by doing so. she also showed some interest in Arcee when she attempted to give her a precious stone she'd found during a mission to a mine, only for the female Autobot to scold her for taking something that didn't belong to him. Luckily for him, Optimus stepped in and settled things by ordering Rodimus and Arcee to return the stone. That Optimus makes one heck of a wingman.

After several false leads, the quartz was eventually located, serving as the power source of the [[ELTA]] power transmission array. After fighting their way through the likes of Cyclonus, Scourge, [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and both [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and her future counterpart Soundblaster, Rodimus and Optimus engaged Megatron and Galvatron in a two-on-two battle over ELTA, using the power of their twin Matrices to stop the computer from self-destructing. Once the dust from the fight had settled, Starscream reemerged and snatched up the Zel Quartz, only to promptly take it off-planet, where it disintegrated without Zel Samine's atmosphere and electromagnetic properties to sustain it. With their future thus averted, Rodimus and her Autobots began fading away to rejoin the timestream. Before they disappeared, Rodimus attempted to warn Optimus of the coming dangers in the future, including her Optimus's death (for which Rodimus continued to blame himself), but Optimus silenced him, telling her that she did not need to know what the future held. Rodimus told Optimus that she would always be the greatest leader in Autobot history, but Optimus told her that she was merely a soldier who loved justice, and that that was all Rodimus needed to be too.

====Decepticon story====
Megatron, Starscream, and Soundwave encountered Rodimus Prime while investigating the presence of unknown craft over Zel Samine. Rodimus was stunned to see the Decepticon [[Emperor of Destruction]] before reminding himself of the era she was in. For her part, Megatron thought she was facing Hot Rod, but quickly realised her mistake. After a short, sharp fight that saw Rodimus defeated, Megatron was distracted enough by the appearance of Galvatron to allow the future Autobot to escape.

Rodimus would again battle Megatron as well as Galvatron at the ELTA power transmission array, this time alongside her hero Optimus Prime. she was shocked that despite the fact the two Primes were working together, they were still defeated. When Megatron and Galvatron resolved to destroy the ELTA array Rodimus pleaded with them to stop, pointing out that the array generated a massive amount of energy, the same energy the Decepticons so loved. Sadly, the two Emperors of Destruction felt that with the Zel Quartz now in their possession, they no longer needed the array and proceeded to destroy it with their combined power. The wounded Rodimus barely escaped.

He presumably returned to the future alongside all the future Transformers when Starscream unwittingly rendered the Zel Quartz powerless. {{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}

===''Transformers Battle Circuit''===
Rodimus, one of the "greatest Transformers of all time," was part of an Autobot team that participated in a tournament on Cybertron. she faced off against a team of Decepticons in a series of one-on-one matches. If she managed to defeat Menasor, Trypticon, Astrotrain, Starscream, and Megatron, Rodimus was declared to be the tournament's champion! {{storylink|Transformers Battle Circuit}}

===''Transformers: Battle Masters''===
Rodimus arrived in the city for a decent battle, and though she was defeated by local fighters, she decided not to leave the town. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Masters (mobile game)|Battle Masters}}

===''Transformers Legends''===
[[File:RodimusLegends.jpg|thumb]]
Following [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s rebirth as [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], Rodimus led the Autobots to a decisive victory over the Decepticon forces. {{storylink|All Hail Galvatron}} When Galvatron summoned [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] to the battlefield, Rodimus attempted to block the Decepticon advance with [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], though unsuccessfully. {{storylink|The Colossus War}}

Rodimus and [[Kup (G1)|Sergeant Kup]] were put on trial by the [[Quintesson]]s. They faced death by [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]] until [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] organized a well-timed coup. {{storylink|Mockery of Justice}} The Autobots subsequently found themselves up against [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]]. Rodimus defeated the monster by opening the [[Matrix of Leadership]], saving [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and becoming the new Autobot leader in the process. {{storylink|'Til All Are One (Legends)|'Til All Are One}}

When [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], [[Kup (G1)|Kup]], and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]] were abducted by [[Skuxxoid]]s during the [[Galactic Olympics|Galactic Games]], [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] and Rodimus Prime traveled to [[Chaar]] to see if the Decepticons were responsible. Damaged in an attack, she had a vision revealing the Quintessons were behind the kidnapping. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness: Part 1}} she almost sacrificed himself on the planet Goo to save the rest of her team. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness: Part 2}} Rodimus traveled into the Matrix to learn the origin of the Transformer race. Following an attack on Cybertron, Galvatron was only prevented from fighting with Rodimus by [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]]. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness: Part 3}}

Following an Decepticon assault led by [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], Rodimus, alongside Spike, [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], and Ultra Magnus were forced into taking cover within the [[Autobot Mausoleum]]. This did little to improve their situation, however, as the Decepticons continued their advance. Unexpectedly, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] rose from her tomb, providing hope that the tide may yet turn in the Autobots' favour. Rodimus returned the Matrix of Leadership to the resurrected Autobot leader, reverting to Hot Rod in the process. Once in possession of the Matrix, however, Optimus fled for Cybertron, leaving the other Autobots stranded. The Matrix was returned to Hot Rod when Optimus regained her senses, who sacrificed himself once more to undo the Quintessons' trap, much to the chagrin of the Autobots. {{storylink|Dark Awakening (Legends)|Dark Awakening}}

Arcee, Rodimus, Ultra Magnus, and Springer were trapped in human bodies by [[Victor Drath]] and [[Cobra Commander|Old Snake]], but still managed to foil the pair's plan to destroy Autobot City. They were later successfully returned to their robot bodies. {{storylink|Only Human (Legends)|Only Human}}

Rodimus attempted to defend an experimental space bridge from Galvatron and her forces, only for a stray shot to hit the space bridge, sending all nearby combatants hurtling back in time. Finding themselves in a time where Primus and Unicron were battling one another, shaking the very cosmos with their blows, Rodimus and her troops allied themselves with their creator, while the mad Galvatron ordered her troops to help the Chaos Bringer. Despite the superior amount of beings that Unicron was able to will into being, the Autobots prevailed. Unicron was sent into a retreat, and the time-displaced Transformers were sent back to their proper place in the timestream by Primus. {{storylink|Battle of the Brothers}}

===''Angry Birds Transformers''===
{{main|Chuck (AB)#As Rodimus}}
Rodimus appears as a character unlockable in Challenge Events or with in-app purchases. she is portrayed by Chuck. she also appears as [[Chuck (AB)#As Nemesis Hot Rod|Nemesis Hot Rod]], who is basically Rodimus Cron. {{storylink|Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game)|Angry Birds Transformers}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Rodimus-(CW).jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|We've got to get a new travel agent.]]
Rodimus (CW) participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! she was a Super Rare character who could be acquired as a reward in the "Optimus Maximus Awakes!" event. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers: Frontiers''===
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===''Transformers Operation Omega''===
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===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
[[File:RodimusEarthWars.jpg|thumb|upright=1.75]]
Hot Rod encounters [[Nemesis Prime (G1)#Transformers:Earth Wars|Nemesis Prime]].
{{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars|Light our Darkest Hour event}}

[[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] met with Hot Rod to offer information on [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s dimensional recruitment scheme; Hot Rod was skeptical, and when the other [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticon]]s arrived on the scene, Hot Rod declared that it was an ambush. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars|Rogue Trader}}

*'''Class:''' Special
*'''Lowest Star Rating:''' 2 star
*'''Weapons:''' Hot Rod wields two blasters. ''And'' she can also throw a hand grenade from a distance and set a building on fire!
*'''Ability: Blessing of the Matrix:''' Makes a friendly bot invulnerable to damage and stun effects for 8 seconds. Upgrading this ability increases duration.
**'''Cost''': 6 ability points +2 for reuses.

[http://wiki.transformersearthwars.com/character:HotRod Hot Rod at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]

{{charstubgame|{{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars|Image and story from all three cutscenes upon obtaining him, and after Researching twice.}}}}

;'''Rodimus Prime'''
[[File:Rodimus_Prime_Earth_Wars.jpg|thumb|upright=1.75|That's right folks, the Matrix can also cure pipe bending!(Becoming the next leader of the Autobots included)]]

*'''Class''': Special
*'''Lowest Star Rating:''' 2 star
*'''Ability: ''' Matrix Burst - Overcharge the Sparks of your allies, making them deal damage in an area around them over 5 seconds.
[http://wiki.transformersearthwars.com/character:rodimus-prime Rodimus Prime at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]
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;'''Rodimus Unicronus'''
[[File:RodimusUnicronusEarthWars.jpg|thumb|upright=1.75|Just like [[Darth Vader|Anakin Skywalker]], I became evil in the third movie >:D]]

*'''Class''': Warrior
*'''Lowest Star Rating:''' 2 star
*'''Ability: '''To Battle!: Rush into combat and inspire your allies, giving them an increase to all damage (including abilities) for 5 seconds.
[http://wiki.transformersearthwars.com/character:rodimus-unicronus Rodimus Unicronus at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]
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==Toys==
{{main|Hot Rod (G1)/toys}}

==Notes==
[[File:RodimusPrime-earlymodel.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"Hey, ladies. Look at your G1 Hot Rod and Rodimus Prime toys, now back to us, now back at your toys, now back to us."]]
*According to earliest materials (also the source of the earliest Hot Rod head seen in this section's first image), Rodimus Prime's original name was '''Hot Rodimus'''.
*Like the rest of the 1986 movie's original characters, Hot Rod and Rodimus Prime had early designs by [[Floro Dery]] which the toys were based on, only for the designs to then be refined over time into their finalized form. The early models were used for the characters' Marvel Comics appearances, the original promo reel for the movie, and would occasionally erroneously appear in [[AKOM]]-animated episodes of the cartoon. Rodimus's early design is one of the mostly commonly-seen in the series, popping in and out of episodes from scene to scene quite literally at random; it features curving shoulders and a spoiler that flares outward, and lacks an additional trapezoid in the centre of her pelvis that is part of her finalized model. Notably, Rodimus's final character model has never actually been found—only her early design is published in character model compendiums like ''[[Transformers Generations (guidebook)|Transformers Generations]]'' or ''[[Transformers: The Ark]]''.
**While AKOM bounced back and forth between early and finished designs for Rodimus, they ''always'' used the ''color scheme'' of the early design. This scheme colors the indentations on her shoulders burgundy-red instead of white; the "windscreen" details on her pelvis (see below) white instead of light-burgundy; the aforementioned trapezoid the same burgundy as the rest of her pelvis instead of the same light burgundy the windscreen is supposed to be; and finally, her tires black (the finalized model is the odd one here, as it made them burgundy).
**Additionally, Rodimus also has an even ''older'' design, seen at right, which is substantially more different. Here, she appears to carry the trailer of the truck on her back, plus additional [[kibble]] on the back of her forearms. If only there were art of the back of this design. We'd plotz.
**Meanwhile, on Hot Rod's early character model, both sets of wheels are on her arms, as they are intended to span the entire length of the vehicle; her wrist-cuffs are intended to become the vehicle's taillights. Unsurprisingly, this has never been duplicated on any toy.
*As mentioned above, both Hot Rod and Rodimus Prime's character models suggest that the windshield and roof of their respective vehicles form the pelvic area, including little side windows on their hips. This was highlighted by on both characters' early color model, used by AKOM, which colored that area white, as if it were a window, but was downplayed on their finalized models, which recolored those sections in a lighter shade than the surrounding area. The sheer physical impossibility of this has, again, meant it has never been duplicated on any toy, although the Masterpiece version makes a nod to it with a transparent groin plate with indentations underneath denoting two seats and a steering wheel.
[[File:Hotrodrodimuscharactermodels.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Rodimus is always embarrassed by her yearbook photos. (Early AKOM Rodimus model pictured, colored like the finished Toei Rodimus model.]]
*Hot Rod and Rodimus Prime look very similar in fiction, but there are ways to distinguish them by sight.
**Rodimus Prime's character model has extra lines on her face that go from the bottom of her nose and connect to another line forming a triangle shape. Hot Rod's cheeks are more clear and youthful.
**Despite their toys being the same color of red, the cartoon series rendered Hot Rod as magenta, and Rodimus a dark shade of burgundy (the movie, however, made Rodimus the same color as Hot Rod). In addition to repeatedly getting the two character models mixed up, sometimes the animation would depict one model colored as the other.
**In Marvel stories, Hot Rod was also colored almost entirely magenta, with a yellow spoiler and flame deco, but with silver thighs instead of orange. Whoever did the Marvel deco sheet seems to have been looking at the [[:File:G1catalog86-PinkHotRod.jpg|original toy photos]] and colored the thighs like the toy's silver stickers. While Marvel Hot Rod was stark magenta, Marvel Rodimus was colored in the reds, oranges and yellows of her toy. Future comics and toys would often ignore any differences in color between the character's two forms, presenting them both in the original toy colors (see the image at the head of the article for a good example).
**The Japanese ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|The Headmasters]]'' cartoon, in addition to featuring the coloration differences of the American Generation 1 cartoon, also added some extra lines around the perimeter of Rodimus's eyes to further distinguish her from Hot Rod. These odd-looking lines appeared only intermittently, thankfully so—they made Rodimus look like she was wearing robo-mascara. The ''Headmasters'' Rodimus Prime character model also moved the wheel kibble from the back of the arms to the front, to better approximate their position on the toy.
[[File:RodimusPrimeG1-trailermanagement.jpg|thumb|upright=1.7|Maybe her Mobile Defense Bay is just an extra set of legs!]]
*Rodimus Prime's toy followed the model set by Optimus Prime before her by having a trailer that disconnected and transformed into a battle station (in this case, called the "[[Mobile Defense Bay]]"). Unlike Prime's [[Combat Deck (G1)|Combat Deck]], however, Rodimus's Defense Bay failed to make the leap to fiction, with the cartoon simply depicting her trailer as somewhat unfeasibly folding up into her legs and body <ref>[http://www.allspark.com/content/stories/tfpulp/8704TVM/k.gif Image of Rodimus Prime's animated transformation scheme from TV Magazine]</ref> (barring a few animation errors that depicted it as a separate unit). This [[Transformation|transformation scheme]] was realized in toy form with Rodimus's [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Titanium Series|6" ''Titanium Series'' action figure]].
*A lot of early secondary material uses Hot Rod and Rodimus in ways that don't fit the main Movie-established dynamic. As with stories from the same era that portrayed Megatron and Galvatron as separate beings, this was likely to avoid spoiling the Movie's ending.
*Hot Rod's 1986 tech specs figures are ''extremely'' high (six 10/10s, one 9/10, one 7/10). They are actually higher than both Ultra Magnus and Galvatron's stats. None of the other movie characters have such inflated tech specs, so this was possibly an attempt (albeit small) to convince the kids of the time how awesome their new hero was. Rodimus Prime's tech specs are only ever so slightly higher than Hot Rod's, but as the latter was near maximum anyway that isn't saying much. One year later, for her Targetmaster release, Hot Rod's stats have been reduced to slightly more sensible figures (which leads to the amusing situation where her "Firepower" stat actually goes ''down'' from 10 to 7 when she becomes a Targetmaster. Also her top speed has changed from 120 mph to 330 mph. Maybe Firebolt weighs less than her old gun?)
*Hot Rod might be the ''Transformers'' character with the most names in the US. From "Hot Rod" to "Rodimus Prime", to "Rodimus Major" to just plain "Rodimus". Varieties of "Rodimus" appeared to be how she would be named for a while, but her [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Titans Return|Titans Return]] figure is back to being "(Autobot) Hot Rod", suggesting that Hasbro has somehow reclaimed the [[trademark]] on the name.
*[[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]]'s powered up form has a color scheme which resembles Hot Rod's. The reference came full circle with [[Side Burn (RID)|G1 Side Burn]], who was a redeco of a Rodimus toy.
*Aside from the ''[[Transformers: Energon (franchise)|Energon]]'' [[Rodimus (Energon)|namesake character]], Hot Rod has also been [[homage]]d twice (or possibly thrice depending on how you look at it) in the [[Unicron Trilogy]]. For ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'', the "[[Powerlinx]]" upgrade of [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] was given a very Hot-Rod-inspired deco. In ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]'', [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] made a redeco of Hot Shot (well, "Exillion"), who already had some Hot Rod homage elements in her toy design, with Hot Rod deco as a DVD-pack-in [[exclusive]]. [[Hasbro]] then took this deco, altered it, and released it in the US line at mass retail as the new character [[Excellion (Cybertron)|Excellion]].
*This Rodimus Prime, along with the original [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], and [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] makes a cameo appearance as one of the four elders who began the [[space bridge]] project in the ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|Cybertron]]'' episode "[[Balance]]".

===Foreign names===
====Hot Rod====
*''Japanese:'' '''Hot Rodimus''' (ホットロディマス ''Hotto Rodimasu''), '''Hot Rod''' (ホットロッド ''Hotto Roddo'')
*''English:'' '''Roadimus Prime''' ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
*''French:'' '''Météorite''' (Canada)
*''Hungarian:'' '''Nagyágyú''' ("Hot Shot"), '''Peca''' (''The Movie'', "Fisher")
*''Italian:'' '''Folgore'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Rod''' (Taiwan, 羅德 ''Lúo Dé''), '''Rè Pò''' (China, 热破, "Hot Break")
*''Portuguese:'' '''Roda Quente''' (Portugal comic)
*''Russian:'' '''Patron''' (cartoon, Патрон, "Cartridge")

====Rodimus Prime====
*''Japanese:'' '''Rodimus Convoy''' (ロディマスコンボイ ''Rodimasu Konboi''), '''Rodimus Prime''' (ロディマスプライム ''Rodimasu Puraimu'')
*''French:'' '''Rodimus Primo''' (Canada toy, "Rodimus First"), '''Rodimus Primus''' (Canada cartoon)
*''German:'' '''Rodius Prime''' ([[Condor Verlag]] comics)
*''Hungarian:'' '''Rodimusz Fővezér''' ("Prime Commander Rodimus")
*''Italian:'' '''Captain'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Rhodie Jr-tsūn''' (Taiwan, 羅迪至尊, "Rodimus Prime"), '''Bǔ Tīan Shì''' (China, 补天士, "Gentleman Who {{w|Nüwa|Repairs the Sky}}")
*''Portuguese:'' '''Rodimus Supremo''' (Portugal comic)
*''Russian:'' '''Rodimes Prime''' (cartoon, Родаймес Прайм)
*''Ukrainian:'' '''Rodimus Naykrashchyy''' (ICTV, Родімус Найкращий, "Rodimus the Best")

====Nemesis Hot Rod====
*''Japanese:'' '''Nemesis Hot Rod''' (ネメシスホットロッド ''Nemeshisu Hotto Roddo'')

====Rodimus Unicronus====
*''Japanese:'' '''Rodimus Unicronus''' (ロディマスユニクロナス ''Rodimasu Yunikuronasu'')

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Metrotitan (G1)

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{{disambig3.5|the Decepticon Titan|the [[body-type]] that sometimes takes its name from him|Titan (group)|Metrotitan}}
:''Metrotitan is a [[Decepticon]] [[Titan (group)|Titan]] from the [[Transformers: Zone (franchise)|Zone]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Metrotitan.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|The very definition of a "bad neighborhood".]]
Constructed on [[Saturn]]'s moon [[Titan (moon)|Titan]] by the [[Autobot]]s, '''Metrotitan''' (メトロタイタン ''Metorotaitan'') is a massive warrior wielding a devastating freeze ray that can stop most enemies cold. Unfortunately for the Autobots, Metrotitan defected to the [[Decepticon]]s and was taught the ways of evil by the [[Nine Great Demon Generals]] under the command of [[Violen Jiger]]. Whether his defection was a conscious choice or the result of forcible reprogramming is a matter of contention, though Metrotitan and his former allies have ultimately accepted his evil ways.

He leads the [[Metrosquad]] and has also been known to house the [[Race Track Patrol]].

In one universe, he is an Autobot-allied [[Titan (group)|Titan]] who serves as an [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] on [[Earth]].

==Fiction==
===Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''Zone'' story pages====
[[File:MetrotitanInSpace.jpg|thumb|left|''We're ooofffff to outer spaaaaace. We're leaaaaaving Mother Eaaaaarth. To saaaave the human raaaace. Our Star Blaaaaazers.'']]

Created on [[Saturn]]'s moon, [[Titan (moon)|Titan]], Metrotitan was appointed leader of the [[Metrosquad]] and schooled in the ways of evil by [[Violen Jiger]]'s [[Nine Great Demon Generals]]. His first mission upon activation was to attack the [[Autobot]] Lunar Zone Base on [[Earth]]'s [[Moon (moon)|moon]] commanded by [[Rabbicrater]]. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 7}}

He proved to be very impressive in battle, and even killed the veteran Autobot [[Galaxy Shuttle]] in his attack on the [[Zone City|Lunar Zone Base]]. Metrotitan might even have been able to best [[Dai Atlas (Zone)|Dai Atlas]] if [[Sonic Bomber]] hadn't kept the Metrosquad busy. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 8}}

[[File:Roadfire1.jpg|thumb|200px]]
Metrotitan then unleashed his Freeze Beam Gun and used it to reduce the moon to an icy tomb. His freeze beam was even powerful enough to stop [[Sky Powered]] in its tracks. However, the Decepticon warrior was unprepared for the arrival of a third [[Powered Master]] named [[Roadfire|Road Fire]]. His freeze beam was easily countered by Road Fire's "Fire Kick" and Metrotitan was soundly defeated. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 9}}
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====Metrowars====
[[File:Metrowars antimatter projector.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.95|Attack on Metrotitan.]]
Years later, Metrotitan fell in with High Regent [[Scrash (OC)|Scrash]]'s splinter faction of Decepticons and was put under the command of [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]], who dubbed the titan's base mode as "Darkmount" after his former home. In a devastating battle, Metrotitan was able to soundly demolish his kin, [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]].

In a few days, the Decepticons attacked again with Metrotitan, who took down [[Metrobase]] on his way to Scramble City. But the Autobots were more prepared this time, having rebuilt Metroplex into a larger robot who towered over Metrotitan. When Metrotitan rejected the rumors of having been reprogrammed by the Nine Great Demon Generals, Metroplex accepted this admission and banished Metrotitan from the Autobots forevermore. Badly damaged by Metroplex's [[antimatter]] projector, Metrotitan wisely decided to retreat. {{storylink|Metrowars}}

[[File:Metrowars2 my own will.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]

Convalescing afterward, Metrotitan raged over his defeat and swore vengeance against Metroplex, considering the fact that he could ''feel'' such an emotion to be proof that his mind was his own and untampered with. Straxus, perched on his shoulder with his hand wired into Metrotitan's head, coolly encouraged his beliefs. Concurrently, [[Metrobomb]] staged an attempt to steal data on Metroplex's new form so that Metrotitan could be rebuilt into a similar body, but he failed. {{storylink|Metrowars 2}}
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====''Legends'' comic====
Prior to awakening and being converted into a Decepticon, Metrotitan had slept beneath Titan's surface since ancient times, inspiring the [[Sky God]] religion practiced by the native [[Titan (species)|Titans]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Metroplex)|Bonus Edition Vol. EX}}

When the [[Race Track Patrol]] recovered [[Full-Tilt (G1)|Full-Tilt]]'s [[personality component]] from [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]'s remains, they brought it to the current Decepticon base, Metrotitan. {{storylink|LG-43 Trypticon Project Chapter}}

Metrotitan was eventually defeated for good by Metroplex, who had tracked him down in a failed attempt to talk Straxus into surrendering. Metroplex returned his comatose body to Titan, where he would slowly absorb the moon's energy and hopefully one day reawaken as his original heroic self. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Metroplex)|Bonus Edition Vol. EX}}

While recapping Metroplex's life story to [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] and [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] in the [[Legends World|Legends Universe]], [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] mentioned Metrotitan's creation on Titan and his devastating attack on Metroplex. {{storylink|LG14 Ultra Magnus Prologue#The Mysterious Knowledgeable Grandpa Chapter|The Mysterious Knowledgeable Grandpa Chapter}}

Metrotitan resurfaced with the Metrosquad in a larger body to attack [[Micro|Zone]] again under the command of [[Violen Jiger]]. He faced his former victim Galaxy Shuttle as well as the Titan-class Autobot, [[Metrobase]]. {{storylink|The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 4: LG-EX Big Powered Prologue Part One|LG-EX Big Powered Prologue Part One}}

===''Wings Universe''===
Nine million years ago, the Metrotitan was a fortress in the [[Glibax]] flats. In the first decade of the Decepticon uprising, it came under siege by the Decepticons, who eliminated all resistance and then moved on. The more entrepreneurial [[Rage (G1)|Rage]] of the [[Stormtrooper (G1)|Stormtrooper]]s salvaged the Metrotitan and retrofitted it as a mobile battle station under his control.

After capturing the [[Heart of the Dragon]] from [[Median]], Rage's ultimate goal was to implant the powerful [[personality component]] in the Metrotitan itself, hoping to reformat the fortress into a massively powerful Transformer under his control. He hoped this grand gesture would be enough to get him noticed by the Decepticon generals, and rise in the rebel hierarchy. First, however, he tested the heart in a micro-sized body, creating the dragon known as [[Brimstone (G1 Decepticon)|Brimstone]]. Brimstone rampaged through the Metrotitan after the [[Elite Guard]]smen hunting Rage, until his energy levels destroyed the pint-sized terror from the inside out, apparently taking out the Metrotitan as well in the explosion. {{storylink|Flames of Yesterday}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
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[[File:OP10-Titans.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]

Legends claimed that Metrotitan was one of the original three [[Titan (group)|Titan]]s; along with [[Chela]], his "mate", and his doppelgänger [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], the three had supposedly fought alongside [[Primus]] during the original battle against his dreaded "[[Unicron/Generation 1|opposite]]". The first recorded instance of the three original Titans resurfacing in modern Cybertronian history occurred some twelve million years ago, during the initial unification of the [[Thirteen]], when [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Onyx Prime]] called upon them to end the war between the forces of the [[Crystal City]] and the [[Darklands]]. Their presence did just that, stunning the warriors into submission long enough for Onyx to reach [[The Fallen|Megatronus]] and negotiate a truce.

During the subsequent celebrations, Onyx announced that he had communed with Metrotitan, and designed a [[Autobot|symbol]], based off the countenance of Primus, that would commemorate this new alliance. {{storylink|Origin Myths}} Unbeknownst to the other members of the Thirteen, "Onyx Prime" was not who he appeared to be—in reality, "Onyx" was a cover identity for a time-travelling [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]], who had embarked on a new mission to engineer Cybertronian history to his own devising. The "face of Primus" was but one of many ontological paradoxes he would seed history with, which included the [[Dark Cybertron (prophecy)|"Dark Cybertron" prophecy]] and the legend of a "Chosen One", a conqueror who would unite Cybertron in its hour of need. {{storylink|The Falling, Interlude: The First Who Was Named|The First Who Was Named}}

[[File:RIDAnnual metrotitan.jpg|left|thumb|200px]]

Following the reign of the Thirteen and the [[First Cybertronian Civil War]], many other Titans departed the planet, until only two remained: Metroplex and Metrotitan. Metrotitan went into hibernation beneath the Crystal City, and came to be guarded by [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. When [[Nova Prime]] discovered the upper city and allied himself with Omega, the guardian hid Metrotitan's existence from the Prime. His recalcitrance paid off when Nova fell into megalomania and departed Cybertron to conquer other worlds, at which point Omega revealed the Metrotitan to Nova's more respectful former follower, [[Dai Atlas (Zone)|Dai Atlas]]. Omega explained that Metrotitan would only awaken in the presence of a great Cybertronian, but that it would be Dai Atlas's task to protect him until then. When the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] subsequently broke out in the following millennia, Dai Atlas became a conscientious objector and gathered together many like-minded Transformers to form the [[Circle of Light]], and used Metrotitan's energies to power their departure from Cybertron. {{storylink|Primus: All Good Things|All Good Things}} Settling on the planet [[Theophany]], the Circle built a new Crystal City atop the still-sleeping Metrotitan and continued to use his energies to power their new home. {{Storylink|Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations|You, Me, and Other Revelations}}

At some point, Crystal City was razed by [[Solomus|Tyrest]]'s [[Legislator]]s, leaving no sign of life, save Metrotitan slumbering underneath. When the crew of the ''[[Lost Light]]'' arrived to investigate, a subsidence sent them tumbling into the cavern beneath the city where the Titan lay, and they decided to enter its very body so that the their resident [[Mnemosurgery|mnemosurgeon]] [[Chromedome (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Chromedome]] could tap its brain and hopefully find out what had befallen the Circle of Light. Chromedome discovered that Metrotitan's mind was still alive and screaming in frustration—he had heard the call sent out by Cybertron upon the planet's reformatting to "come home", but having been drained by the Circle for so long, he lacked the necessary power to teleport his giant bulk across space. With Metrotitan willing to destroy himself to separate his [[spark]] from his body in order to return home, [[Brainstorm (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Brainstorm]] used miniaturization technology to shrink the giant down to a size that his reduced power could teleport away from the planet. {{Storylink|Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations|You, Me, and Other Revelations}}

[[File:PrimusAllGoodThings-MetrotitanEmbedded.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]

Though millions of years had passed, Onyx Prime was not done with his former servant; using the supplies of [[Ore-10]] that his younger self had once invented, Onyx had been able to reprogram Metrotitan with a specific goal in mind. To ensure that Cybertron would remain weak and divided over the years to come, Onyx had convinced Metrotitan that the legends of the "Chosen One" were true... and that the vain, gullible [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]] was that Chosen One. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 4: The Hallowing|The Hallowing}} When Metrotitan arrived back on Cybertron, he attempted to return to his old home in Crystal City, but wound up physically enmeshing his molecules into those of the city and causing a local destabilization of reality.

While Autobot scientist [[Wheeljack (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Wheeljack]] worked to contain the impending disaster, [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]] and Starscream got closer to the Titan and were he awoke, crediting Starscream's presence as the reason. Metrotitan dubbed Starscream the Chosen One and thanked him for allowing him to awaken one last time, before warning the Transformers to depart so that they would not be destroyed along with him. The subsequent antimatter explosion seemingly obliterated him; {{storylink|Primus: All Good Things|All Good Things}} in reality, however, Shockwave's supplies of [[Ore-9]] simply teleported Metrotitan onto the next leg of his journey: [[Earth]]. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 4: The Hallowing|The Hallowing}}

When the [[Quintessa (IDW)|Necrotitan]] appeared near Crystal City after its reconstitution from [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]]'s [[Ore-14]], many Transformers–including Starscream himself–mistook it for Metrotitan. {{storylink|Winners & Losers: Dark Cybertron Chapter 3|Winners & Losers}}

[[File:AsAboveSoBelow-metrotitanawakens.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Don't you just hate it when someone wakes you up in the middle of a nap?]]

Having somehow returned to his original size in the interim, Metrotitan wound up buried beneath [[Monument Valley]], {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 5: As Above...So Below|As Above...So Below}} above a rich seam of [[Ore-13]], {{storylink|White Light}} and went into [[Stasis lock|stasis]] until he was needed. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 5: As Above...So Below|As Above...So Below}} During the turbulent days after his annexation of [[Earth]] into the [[Council of Worlds]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] dreamt of Metrotitan bursting free from the ground; this, in turn, prompted him to base his forces in Monument Valley. [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]], continually urged Optimus to "reach out" with his feelings, {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 4: It's Beginning To And Back Again|It's Beginning To And Back Again}} and during a standoff against the [[Earth Defense Command]] Prime seemingly pulled this feat off and reawakened Metrotitan, his dramatic arrival promptly intimidating the humans into retreating. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 5: As Above...So Below|As Above...So Below}}

Footage of Metrotitan's arrival reached Cybertron thanks to the efforts of [[Circuit (G1)|Circuit]] and [[Longtooth]]. The sight of Optimus commanding the loyalty of a Titan as the [[Thirteen]] once had prompted a fresh wave of support from those religiously-inclined colony worlds, who viewed him as the legendary [[The Arisen|Arisen]]". {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 6: No Fair Fights|No Fair Fights}} This was yet another step in Shockwave's ultimate goal: by setting Optimus up as a "true" Prime, Shockwave could subsequently discredit Prime and the lineage that had preceded him. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 4: The Hallowing|The Hallowing}}

[[File:TitansReturnOneShot-AutobotCity.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]

In order to appear less imposing to the people of Earth, Metrotitan transformed into his city mode; hoping that the Titan would become an embassy for the Autobots on Earth, Optimus pronounced that Metrotitan would become "[[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]]". Shortly afterwards, Metrotitan beamed a data pulse into space, a message which immortalized Optimus as the leader who had ended the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] and shepherded Earth into the galactic community. On Cybertron, this data pulse awoke [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]], who took up arms to "purify" his much-changed homeworld; {{storylink|The Last Autobot}} it eventually reached [[Micronus Prime]] in the parallel universe of [[Microspace]], and alerted the villainous [[Baron Karza]] to the existence of Ore-13 on Earth. {{storylink|Secret Raiders: A Revolution Prelude|Secret Raiders}} {{storylink|O Ship of State}}

When Sentinel Prime arrived on Earth to persuade Optimus to join his cause, he did so using Metrotitan's Spacebridge, destroying it behind him. In the ensuing battle beneath the city, [[G.B. Blackrock|Garrison Blackrock]]—now revealed as the ancient [[Sovereign]]—used his [[Titan Master]] abilites to open a new Spacebridge portal that warped himself, Optimus, Soundwave, and Sentinel to the dead world of [[Prion (planet)|Prion]]. {{storylink|White Light}} {{storylink|White Heat}}

After Optimus and Soundwave returned to Earth, the Cybertronians spent the next several months operating out of Metrotitan, performing charitable missions across Earth to prove their good intentions to humanity. {{storylink|Concorde Hymn}} While discussing the Transformers' continued presence on Earth, however, [[Scarlett]] and "[[Joe Colton (Dire Wraith)|Joe Colton]]" worried that Metrotitan's presence had galvanized the citizens of Cybertron behind Optimus, and potentially attracted other aliens to Earth. {{storylink|Secret Raiders: A Revolution Prelude|Secret Raiders}}

[[File:Informed-Metrotitan.jpg|thumb|left|300px]]

By this time, Metrotitan's Spacebridge had been repaired, {{storylink|O Ship of State}} linked to [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]'s own Spacebridge on Cybertron and becoming the primary means of travel between Earth and Cybertron. {{storylink|Ping}} Somehow, Metrotitan's Space Bridge was able to pierce dimensional barriers and access Micronus Prime's own Spacebridge, {{storylink|O Ship of State}} and as a destructive [[entropy cloud]] threatened to consume Microspace, Micronus sought help from Optimus and asked Metrotitan to pass his message along. Metrotitan went completely silent in the hopes that Optimus would establish a mental link with him to investigate, but his efforts were misinterpreted as a mechanical failure and the [[Cityspeaker]] [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] was called in to examine him. {{storylink|Informed}} Despite this setback, he continued to fulfill his duties, and, some weeks later, provided the Autobots with data regarding a recent explosion at [[Mount Olympus]] caused by destabilizing supplies of [[Ore-13]]. {{storylink|Concorde Hymn}}

After finally deducing that Metrotitan was trying to speak with Optimus, Windblade decided that she couldn't risk losing the Prime and opted to link with his consciousness herself. Displeased with the "speck", Metrotitan grudgingly shunted her consciousness into the subatomic realm of Microspace to meet with Micronus. {{storylink|Informed}} Learning that the alien [[Dire Wraith]]s drew power from Ore-13, the [[Space Knight]] [[Rom]] briefly used Metrotitan's space bridge to hurl chunks of the mineral into Microspace, hoping to put the ore beyond his enemies' reach. {{storylink|O Ship of State}}

Autobot City then became the site of all out battle as the Autobots and their new allies fought to defend Metrotitan from [[M.A.S.K.]] and the Dire Wraiths. {{storylink|The New Colossus}} When a gigantic, mutated Baron Karza joined the fray, Windblade was able to order Metrotitan to transform into his starship mode and carry the heroes to safety. {{storylink|Valley Forge}}

[[File:NewCybertron-metrotitan.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''Optimus Prime's Moving Castle'']]

With Baron Karza defeated, Metrotitan chose to remain airborne as the Autobots continued to police trouble spots across the world. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 1: To Walk Among the Chosen|To Walk Among the Chosen}} The Autobots worked to refit their ship into an embassy and living space for human-Cybertronian relations, keeping a large concentration of Ore-13 aboard. {{storylink|Ghost in the Machine (IDW)|Ghost in the Machine}} Some months later, Metrotitan flew the Autobots to [[Mexico City]] to deal with a breach of the [[Tyrest Accord]], and then transported Optimus and his inner retinue to [[Washington, D.C.]] to meet with the [[President of the United States|President]]. Partway into the discussion, the Titan detected a massive [[Quintesson Cruiser|ship]] entering Earth's atmosphere, and on Optimus's orders he ferried the Autobots to the [[Matterhorn]] to intercept it. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 1: To Walk Among the Chosen|To Walk Among the Chosen}}

The ship belonged to a tribe of nomadic [[Junkion (species)|Junkions]], and after making first contact with [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] and [[Rum-Maj]], the Autobots invited the impressed aliens aboard Metrotitan to begin negotiations. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 2: A Lonely Pillar on the Plain|A Lonely Pillar on the Plain}} A series of diplomatic maneuvers by Prime saw a grand summit between humanity, Earth, and the Junkions held on Metrotitan's flight deck... only for the Junkions to unleash a horde of [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticons]] from their ship, intending to take over Earth. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 4: Dance Among the Shadows|Dance Among the Shadows}}

[[File:FutureGloriesLost-MetrotitanVsJunkions.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"After you, Mongo!"]]

In the ensuing battle, the Junkions rammed their vessel into Metrotitan's hull, and on Prime's command, Metrotitan retaliated by partially [[Transformation|transforming]] into his robot mode and ripping into the ship with his bare hands. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 5: Future Glories Lost|Future Glories Lost}} Having removed the ship, he kept his hold on it until Optimus was able to broker a ceasefire. {{storylink|New Cybertron End: Feel Safe Without Regrets|Feel Safe Without Regrets}} He later flew Optimus and the President to the [[Marshall Islands|Bikini Atoll]] to inspect the growing colony of "[[Little Cybertron]]", {{storylink|The Next Day, and the Next}} and remained there after the Autobots decided to humanely shut down [[Sideswipe (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Sideswipe]]'s life support system. {{storylink|The Life of Sideswipe}}

When [[Joe Colton|Baron Ironblood]] attacked [[Buenos Aires]], Blackrock used his [[Titan Master]] abilities to summon Metrotitan, who subsequently transformed to smash the force field surrounding the [[Onyx]] tower and grant Optimus Prime entry into the fray. Once Blackrock had calculated a counter-frequency to the [[Talisman (G1)|Talisman]]'s [[Dire Wraith]] mutation, he sent it to Metrotitan who—amplifying the signal using his supplies of Ore-13 and inbuilt space bridge—transmitted the cure and returned the infected humans to normal. The curative wave somehow had the effect of releasing the spirit of [[Atomic Man|Mike Power]] into the body of [[Centurion (IDW)|Centurion]]. {{storylink|Ghost in the Machine (IDW)|Ghost in the Machine}}

[[File:PrimelessPart2-Metrotitan.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Metrotitan auditioned for the role of the ''Avenger'' in ''XCOM 2.'']]

When the time came for Earth to formally join the [[Council of Worlds]], Metrotitan relocated to Washington, D.C. so that [[Marissa Faireborn]] and her new diplomatic retinue could travel to [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] via his Spacebridge. {{storylink|Primeless, Part 1}} What they didn't know was that Baron Ironblood and his [[Iron Ring]] were planning their own attack on Cybertron, and used their [[M.A.S.S. Device]] to piggyback off Metrotitan's Spacebridge frequency to transport their troops to Cybertron. {{storylink|First Strike issue 2|First Strike #2}} As the Iron Ring began their attack on Cybertron, Starscream shut down Metroplex's Spacebridge; [[Aileron]] took command and ordered Metrotitan to move away from any human population centers until they could reestablish communications with Cybertron, {{storylink|Primeless, Part 1}} rebasing him above the [[Greenland Sea]]. [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] and [[M.A.S.K.]] arrived shortly thereafter, bringing with them information that revealed Ironblood as the culprit. [[Skyburst (G1)|Skyburst]] and [[Stormclash]] disassembled Metrotitan's Bridge before the group set out to storm [[Castle Destro]], and used some of its components to travel to Cybertron. {{storylink|First Strike issue 2|First Strike #2}}

While doing research for his [[Starscream: The Movie (film)|his movie]], [[Thundercracker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Thundercracker]] interviewed [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] regarding Starscream's role in Metrotitan's prophecy. Trion opined that Metrotitan had been injured and delirious at the time, and that Starscream happened to be in a position to take advantage of the Titan's rambling. {{storylink|Starscream: The Movie (comic)|Starscream: The Movie}}

[[File:TheGround-Metrotitan.jpg|thumb|left|300px|He's got the touch. He's got the power.]]

After Optimus returned to Earth, he brought Metrotitan to [[Kentucky]] as he presided over the opening of a new Ore-13 mine. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 1: Surfeit of Primes|Surfeit of Primes}} This was cut short when Onyx Prime himself finally returned to Cybertron, and after catching wind of the situation Metrotitan transformed into robot mode and space bridged himself to Cybertron. The machinations of "Onyx" had sent Iacon into chaos, however, and as riots broke out in the streets, Metrotitan - still loyal to what he believed to be his "Chosen One"—opened fire on Onyx's flying skiff. Though Windblade and Optimus attempted to talk him down, the Titan refused to yield, and so Onyx, realizing that Metrotitan's usefulness was at an end, ordered the crew of [[Nemesis (BWII)|his starship]] to fire on Metrotitan, blowing a hole through his chest and causing him to collapse. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 3: The Ground|The Ground}}

[[File:TheHallowing-MetrotitansLastWords.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]

Now unmasked as Shockwave, the cyclopean scientist ordered his co-conspirator [[Liege Maximo]] to take a battalion of Maximals to finish off the occupants of the city, who had been inside him when he travelled to Cybertron. As Starscream - now believing himself to be the reincarnation of [[The Fallen|Megatronus]] - clambered up to Metrotitan's head to see if the Titan could confirm this latest revelation, the wounded Titan seemingly confirmed this theory... only for Shockwave to arrive and explain everything—he had deliberately set up Metrotitan as a catspaw, to ensure that Starscream's ineffectual leadership would leave Cybertron fractured and divided for his return. Shockwave punctuated this statement with a blast from his cannon, finally finishing off the mortally wounded Metrotitan. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 4: The Hallowing|The Hallowing}}

In the aftermath of the crisis, Starscream and the other Decepticons took shelter in Metrotitan's dead body, where Starscream discussed his plans to reunite the Decepticon cells scattered throughout the galaxy to [[Decepticon Vengeance Division|fight back]] against the coming threat of [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]]. {{storylink|Unstopped and Unstoppable}} His remains were presumably annihilated when Unicron consumed Cybertron. {{storylink|Road's End}}
{{--}}

==Toys==
===''Zone''===
[[File:ZoneToy metrotitan.jpg|thumb|400px|Discount Ultra Magnus.]]
*'''Metrotitan''' (1990)
**''ID number'': '''D-340'''
**''Accessories:'' Metrodash, Metrodash's arms/cannons (x2), Metrodash's "beam pistol", Metrotank, Metrotank's turret, Metroshot's body/tower, Metroshot's chestplate/tower top, two white cannons/Metroshot's legs, two "ion pulse rifles"/Metroshot's arms, double-barreled cannon, rear tower, shoulder antenna, 2 fists, 2 kneecaps, 3 missiles

: A [[redeco]] of the Autobot [[Metroplex (G1)#Toys|Metroplex]], Metrotitan transforms from a large robot to a multi-leveled "city". This mode includes a service bay with launching mechanism, a helipad, and "parking" for six vehicles in whatever his legs fold out to be. He also has a third mobile battle station mode; a more compact wheeled form that incorporates his many weapons. Additionally, his weapons are all molded with universal-sized pegs that allow them to be attached in several different configurations and locations (for example, in the otherwise-pointless holes in his kneecaps in city mode). Metrotitan came with [[Metroshot]], [[Metrotank]], [[Metrodash]], and [[Metrobomb]]; the first two formed various parts of Metrotitan's alternate modes.

: The smaller "limb" robots from the "[[Scramble Power|Scramble City]]" style combiners can plug into ports in Metrotitans's shoulders and knees in robot mode, while the base modes of [[Silverbolt (G1)#Toys|Silverbolt]], [[Hot Spot (G1)#Toys|Hot Spot]], [[Motormaster (G1)#Toys|Motormaster]], and [[Onslaught (G1)#Toys|Onslaught]] can connect to him in city mode. The peg-size of Metrotitan's weapons also allows them to be wielded by the leaders and super-robots these teams create. He also comes with a special Micromaster-style ramp with a unique attachment at one end, meant to utilize the attachment bracket for the "Scramble City" leaders' base modes.

: Metrotitan's sticker sheet is a completely new one, intended to improve on Metroplex's. The original shoulder stickers (intended to resemble lighted skyscraper windows seen at night) have been replaced by warning panels since they ended up not being visible from the front of the city mode, and the "lighted skyscraper windows" pattern was used for new stickers that can be seen from that side, making the towers (especially the one behind the helipad) look more building-like.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1990/Destron/Metrotitan/metrotitan.htm More information on Metrotitan at TFU.info]''

==Notes==
[[File:MtMtEAnn2012-Metrotitans.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.5]]
*Metrotitan and his crew are one of a whopping ''two'' Decepticon releases in Japan in 1990. The only other bad guys for sale during ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)#Zone|Zone]]'' were the multi-packed [[Race Track Patrol#Toys|Race Track Patrol]].
**A popular [[fandom]] [[Misconceptions and urban legends about Transformers|misconception]] of no clear origin held that Metrotitan was a [[Zombie|zombie version]] of [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], with an even stranger variation of the rumour claiming that he was somehow "regrown" from one of Metroplex's legs. While Metrotitan isn't a zombie, by complete coincidence, [[Quintessa (IDW)|one]] of IDW's multiple Titans ''did'' become a zombie during the [[Dark Cybertron (IDW)|Dark Cybertron]] storyline!
**Metrotitan's new body in the ''Legends'' manga is, of course, a "virtual redeco" of ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)#T30|Thrilling 30]]'' Titan Class [[Metroplex (G1)#Generations|Metroplex]], complete with accompanying Metrosquad recolors.
*When the Titans were originally introduced in IDW continuity, they were referred to as "Metrotitans", and a panel showing a group of the giants (pictured at right) included one colored like the original Metrotitan in a nod to the origins of their name. This nomenclature quickly fell out of fashion, however; the species soon became known as merely "Titans", and one singular Titan was retroactively identified as being ''the'' Metrotitan. Unfortunately, the needs of the story meant that it was ''not'' the one with the faithful classic color scheme, who just has to be waved off now.
**The Necrotitan is mistakenly colored to look like IDW Metrotitan due to artist [[Andrew Griffith]] misinterpreting them as being the same 'bot. The other guy was eventually revealed to have the personal name "[[Quintessa (IDW)|Quintessa]]".
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The Final Battle (RID)

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{{disambig3|The Final Battle}}
{{episode|rid|39
|title="The Final Battle"
|japanese=最後の戦い! ファイヤーコンボイ
|romaji=Saigo no Tatakai! Fire Convoy
|translation=Final Battle! Fire Convoy
|image=The Final Battle Omegagalvatron.jpg
|caption=Hey, I said a ''little'' off the top.
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]], [[Studio Gallop]]
|written by=[[Junki Takegami]] (Japanese) [[Tom Wyner]] (English)
|director=[[Osamu Sekita]]
|animation studio=Studio Gallop
|airdate=[[December 27|27 December]] [[2000]] (Japanese) [[March 23]], [[2002]] (English)
|continuity=[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]
}}

'''Autobot torture''' 
'''Galvatron is triumphant''' 
'''Can they turn the tide?'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:The Final Battle Optimusdeceps.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Avon calling!]]
[[Megatron (RID)|Galvatron]] gloats to the Autobots that with the power of [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Fortress Maximus]] he is unstoppable. As they hang helpless in the air, he first shocks and then drops them all to the ground. [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] drags himself to the edge of a huge crater, at the bottom of which [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] lays battered. As Optimus struggles up, [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] and [[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]] burst through the crater wall and open fire on the Autobot leader. [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] and the Predacon trio peer cautiously out of the hole as well, worrying what Galvatron will do to them if he spots them. Unfortunately for them, Galvatron already ''has'' spotted them, and orders them to attack the Autobots. Figuring that Galvatron will always be the scarier of the two options, the four Predacons get ready to fight, and are promptly trampled by the oncoming forces.

[[File:The Final Battle Galvatronautobots.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|"You guys always use Pikachu! Use Kirby or something this time!"]]
The Autobots come to Optimus Prime's aid, hailing the Decepticons with a barrage of weapons fire. High above the battlefield, Galvatron laughs and seizes them all in an energy field. [[T-AI]] opens a portal to the space bridge nearby, but Optimus is seized by a beam from Galvatron. He orders his men to enter the space bridge, but they block the beam of energy, freeing him. Though Optimus stubbornly refuses to go, he's grabbed by [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]] and carried off.

[[File:The Final Battle Fortressmaximus.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|meh]]
In the space bridge, Optimus persuades Magnus to help him return to the battle. They form [[Omega Prime]] and challenge Galvatron to a one-on-one fight. Galvatron follows Omega into the space bridge, where Omega instructs T-AI to open portals to the Earth's molten core and close them once he and Galvatron have gone through. T-AI and [[Koji Onishi|Koji]] protest that that will trap the pair of them, but Omega makes it a direct order. Koji, however, has a brainwave and begins contacting other children over the Internet.

Omega Prime leads Galvatron to the [[Earth's core]], but his strength is quickly sapped by the conditions while Galvatron thrives. Koji's plan begins to work and Fortress Maximus becomes re-energised with the power sent to him by all of the children. Galvatron boasts that he has discovered a great power—the world's children—which he intends to harness. He's interrupted by the arrival of a massive burst of energy passed on by Fortress Maximus, which re-powers Omega Prime and creates the mighty [[Matrix Blade]]. The pair clash violently until Galvatron's [[Mega Sword|Striker Lance]] shatters, and an immense explosion lights up the sky. T-AI cries that while Omega may have won, he's still trapped.

Sometime later, Koji sadly looks around the parking building where the Autobot base is located, commenting that the place seems deserted. As he trudges down the road, a fire engine pulls up behind him—it's Optimus Prime. Optimus tells Koji that they'll be going back to Cybertron soon, but first they're going to have a last look around. Optimus got free because the sheer force of the blast that deactivated Galvatron reactivated the space bridge and freed him. Sure enough, the Autobots are all engaging in their usual leisure activities. Fortress Maximus and Ultra Magnus are taking the Decepticons and Predacons back to Cybertron—all except Sky-Byte, who cheerfully swims off into the sunset.

[['Til all are one]].

==Featured characters==
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*[[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Fortress Maximus]] (1)
*[[Omega Prime]] (3)
*[[Wedge (RID)|Wedge]] (4)
*[[T-AI]] (5)
*[[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] (7)
*[[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]] (8)
*[[X-Brawn]] (9)
*[[Midnight Express (RID)|Midnight Express]] (9)
*[[Rapid Run (RID)|Rapid Run]] (10)
*[[Railspike (RID)|Railspike]] (11)
*[[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] (12)
*[[Crosswise (RID)|Crosswise]] (13)
*[[Mirage (RID)|Mirage]] (14)
*[[W.A.R.S.]] (15)
*[[R.E.V.]] (16)
*[[Hot Shot (RID)|Hot Shot]] (17)
*[[Ironhide (RID)|Ironhide]] (18)
*[[Rail Racer (RID)|Rail Racer]] (25)
*[[Heavy Load (RID)|Heavy Load]] (26)
*[[Hightower (RID)|Hightower]] (27)
*[[Grimlock (RID 2001)|Grimlock]] (28)
*[[Landfill (RID)|Landfill]] (29)
*[[Skid-Z (RID)|Skid-Z]] (30)
*[[Tow-Line (RID)|Tow-Line]] (31)
*[[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]] (32)
*[[Cerebros (RID)|Cerebros]] (34)
|h2=[[Predacon (RID)|Predacons]]
|c2=
*[[Megatron (RID)|Galvatron]] (2)
*[[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] (19)
*[[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]] (20)
*[[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] (21)
*[[Gas Skunk]] (22)
*[[Slapper (RID)|Slapper]] (23)
*[[Dark Scream]] (24)
*[[Mega-Octane]] (36)
*[[Armorhide (RID)|Armorhide]] (37)
*[[Rollbar (RID)|Rollbar]] (38)
*[[Ro-Tor (RID)|Ro-Tor]] (39)
*[[Movor]] (40)
|c3=
*[[Koji Onishi]] (6)
*Children (33)
*[[Kelly (RID)|Kelly]] (35)
}}

==Quotes==
"I know! If we retreat, Galvatron will destroy us, and if we fight, we don't stand a chance. What do we do?!" 
"Galvatron's a lot meaner than they are."
:—'''Sky-Byte''' frets while '''Dark Scream''' applies logic to a hopeless situation.

"Now, stand tall, stand proud, and show those Autobots what you're forged from."
:—'''Sky-Byte''' prepares to lead his Predacons to epic victories...

'''Sky-Byte''': That went... swimmingly. 
'''Gas Skunk''': We showed them, all right. 
'''Slapper''': I think I dented one of their feet with my face. 
'''Dark Scream''': We win.
:—...seconds later, they seem happy to take solace in smaller ones.

"Go ahead, Galvatron, and do your worst. It doesn't matter! You're not gonna beat us, no matter what you do, because you're a poser, Galvatron. Always have been, always will be!"
:—'''Side Burn''' cuts Galvatron bad.

"Mayday, mayday! The Autobots need our help. We've got to re-energize Fortress Maximus. We've got to send him energy from all over the world, from as many kids as we can contact in order to give him enough power to re-activate. Call every friend you've got! All of us have to work together to protect the Earth! It's up to us now, guys. Galvatron's trying to steal our world and our future, but we're not gonna let him! We were able to activate Fortress Maximus before, and now we're gonna do it again. We've got to!"
:—'''Koji''' attempts to save Earth by harnessing the power of chain-letter e-mail spam.

"Resistance is an exercise in futility."
:—'''Galvatron''' trying to hide the fact he's secretly a Trekkie.

"This power resides in the hearts and minds of Earth's children. Their fundamental belief that the universe is a place where goodness prevails over evil is the most powerful force in existence. But once I've warped their minds, evil will prevail and I will reign supreme!"
:—'''Galvatron''''s plan leaves a little to be desired.

"Go ahead, flail away! Your new-found energy won't last you much longer, and then you're mine!" 
"I disagree!"
:—As the final, climactic exchange between '''Galvatron''' and '''Omega Prime''', it has to be said that this is pretty weak.

[[File:Skybyte happy at last.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Born free, free as the sea flows, free as the kelp grows.]]
''Who's the smartest shark around?'' 
''Who's the coolest shark in town?'' 
''Sky-Byte, that's me! Ha!''
:—Perhaps appropriately, the last word (or song), belongs to '''Sky-Byte''', the true star of this show.
{{--}}
==Notes==
===Differences with ''Car Robots''===
*''Robots in Disguise'' adds a "previously on Transformers" recap to the start of the episode.
*As Galvatron levitates and drops the Autobots, ''Car Robots'' specifically notes that he is manipulating Earth's gravity, one of the abilities he now possesses after his recent power-boost.
*As Sky-Byte and the Predacons observe Optimus and the Decepticons' battle, in ''Car Robots'', his dialogue is an annoyed observation that Scourge is still willing to fight for Galvatron, while in ''Robots in Disgise'', he merely notes that the Decepticons have survived their magma bath and that Optimus has been weakened by Galvatron.
*In response to the other Predacons' suggestion that they should get out there and do something, ''Car Robots'' has Sky-Byte decide to wait and watch, then strike the final blow when their enemies are weak, while in ''Robots in Disgise'', he refuses to go since Galvatron thinks the Predacons have been scrapped and he's worried about him finding out they're still alive (but see "Continuity errors", below). The Predacons' "wild take" reaction is played as frustration over the cheap move in ''Car Robots'', but as real fear of Galvatron in ''Robots in Disgise''; when trying to decide what to do after Galvatron orders them into action, "fear of Galvatron" is also their big motivator in the English version.
*As all the Autobots open fire on the Decepticons, ''Robots in Disguise'' goes to commercial break. When it returns, it re-establishes the scene by inserting some footage of Galvatron descending out of the sky above the Autobots, which was part of the shot after next in ''Car Robots''. In ''Robots in Disguise'', the dialogue plays as Galvatron having a battlefield back-and-forth with X-Brawn, where in ''Car Robots'' he is merely speaking to himself, then addressing the Autobots at large.
*''Robots in Disgise'' slightly extends the shot of T-AI as she sets the space bridge to open near the Autobots.
*When the Autobots all say their piece to encourage Optimus Prime to leave them, Side Burn's speech is much the same as his comrades' in ''Robots in Disguise''. In ''Car Robots'', however, he is not actually speaking to Optimus: he's calling out to Ultra Magnus, asking him to take Optimus away, and in-keeping with the friendship the two characters have in the Japanese version, "Mag-chan" (as Side Burn calls him) then comes swooping in.
*As Galvatron and Side Burn talk after Optimus and Magnus leave, ''Car Robots'' includes specific mention of Galvatron's intention to "manipulate the children of Earth", setting up for later revelations.
*Magnus and Optimus's talk in the space bridge is a little more fatalistic in ''Car Robots'', as Optimus tells his brother that he's not sure if they'll be able to return to Cybertron after the fight (read: survive), but that they must fight with the strongest power they have. In ''Robots in Disguise'', the conversation is reworked to be more personal, about Optimus and Magnus's issues, and how they must set them aside.
*As the cyber-bats attack Side Burn, he hurls insults at Galvatron through the pain in ''Robots in Disguise'', while in ''Car Robots'', his cries are those of a 'bot who knows he's about to die, as he calls out to Optimus and Magnus (in the abstract, as they're not standing there yet) to let them know that he leaves the fight up to them.
*In ''Car Robots'', Optimus chooses the Earth's core as his and Galvatron's battleground because he believes the {{w|supergravity}} there will impede his movements. In ''Robots in Disguise'', he intends to trap him there by having T-AI shut the space bridge, which isn't part of ''Car Robots''—however, see "Continuity errors", below.
*''Robots in Disguise'' extends Koji's furious keyboard-tapping scene by a couple of seconds, repeating a few pieces of footage.
*When Optimus and Galvatron arrive at the Earth's core, their conversation in ''Car Robots'' involves Galvatron realizing what Optimus's plan had been, and then revealing that he is too powerful for even the supergravity to affect him. This is totally changed for ''Robots in Disguise'', as Galvatron instead threatens Optimus with the fact he intends to capture Koji when he is done with Prime, and use the boy to gain access to the rest of Earth's children.
*As Optimus and Galvatron's battle continues, ''Car Robots'' has Galvatron finally reveal his true motivations, and his reason for seeking control of Earth's children. Transformers, he explains, are functionally immortal, but this also means that they are personally, spiritually, unchanging: they will always be who and what they are, tied to a certain destiny. By seizing control of the "pure spirits" of the children of Earth, who possess the power to decide the future, Galvatron hopes to change his ''own'' future, and free himself from the shackles of fate. In ''Robots in Disgise'' much of this exchange is replaced with generic battle dialogue until the end, at which point Galvatron does reveal that he wants to control the children of Earth, but in the English version, it's in order to "warp their minds" so that their fundamental belief in the triumph of good over evil will be altered. It's still about abusing their goodness and purity to achieve victory for himself by altering a fundamental force of life, but ''Robots in Disguise'' is more "mwa-ha-ha supervillain" than ''Car Robots'' and its sudden turn for the philosophical.
*Given the change to ''Robots in Disguise'', the way the scene keeps cutting from Galvatron and Optimus to Fortress Maximus loses its impact, as the ''entire scene'' is about the power and purity of children in Japanese, with the incredible feat their power is accomplishing for Maximus serving to parallel Galvatron's words. In ''Robots in Disgise'', Maximus keeps up his robotic monotone voice throughout, but in ''Car Robots'', even he is awed by the incredible power of the children.
*Both ''Robots in Disguise'' and ''Car Robots'' have Omega point out that the power Galvatron sought is what will bring about his defeat, but ''Car Robots'' ''really'' goes for it: where ''Robots in Disguise'' uses mostly generic battle dialogue once the fight has resumed ("You're going down!" "We'll see about that", etc.), ''Car Robots'' has Prime and Galvatron continually talk about the power, and how it will always protect Earth against any enemy.
*In-keeping with the earlier plot change, ''Robots in Disguise'' simply has Omega Prime be "trapped" at the Earth's core, while ''Car Robots'' wordlessly implies he has perished. When he returns in the epilogue, ''Robots in Disguise'' inserts an explanation for how he escaped (the energy released by Galvatron re-opened the bridge), but that's not necessary for ''Car Robots''.
*In the ''Robots in Disguise'' version of the epilogue, Optimus Prime says the Autobots are going back to Cybertron soon, but in ''Car Robots'', they're all planning to stay on Earth.
*In ''Car Robots'', the captured villains are to be brought before [[Vector Sigma]] on Cybertron to stand trial for their misdeeds, while in ''Robots in Disguise'', they are being taken to Cybertron to be exiled to the "Asteroid Prison Colony".
*''Robots in Disguise'' adds a dissolve between the shot of Koji in Prime's cab and that of Fortress Maximus flying through space.
*Right after that, in ''Car Robots'', the head-on shot of Maximus dissolves to an empty black spacefield, into which Galvatron's "Phantom Zone" prison floats. This is edited minutely for ''Robots in Disguise'', as the prison comes floating in ''during'' the fade, instead of after it has finished.
*In ''Robots in Disguise'', all of the Predacon trio's dialogue is given over to them realizing Sky-Byte is not with them. In ''Car Robots'', they are mostly complaining about their cramped prison quarters, with only Gas Skunk observing Sky-Byte's absence.
*''Robots in Disguise'' speeds up the last second or two of the "Phantom Zone" sequence, as the last plate floats off and the four twinkles appear in the distance.
*Sky-Byte is shown cheerfully singing during his final apparance and leap into the air, implying he's not particularly bothered by his present situation. In ''Car Robots'' however, he is silent through the whole scene, leaving his opinion of the situation ambiguous.
*And lastly! ''Car Robots'' superimposes a "THE END" caption (in Japanese, of course) over the freeze-frame of the leaping Sky-Byte.

===Continuity errors===
*After being absent for the entire previous episode, Skid-Z, Tow-Line and the Spy Changers are all back.
*Sky-Byte suggests to the Predacon Trio that Galvatron thinks that he's gotten rid of them already and will react badly to seeing them still alive; however, Galvatron has no reason to think the Predacon Trio dead, and never showed any actual intention of killing any of them anyway.
*The whereabouts of Scourge and the Decepticons is fairly unclear for most of this finale; they're last seen being fired upon by the Autobots when Galvatron intervenes, and are not seen again until the epilogue, where we're told that they were captured.
*At the start of the episode, Optimus is in battle mode. After hitting the ground (and causing a sizable crater), he's back in regular old Optimus mode. [[Combat Deck (G1)|Where did his trailer go?]]
*Omega instructs T-AI to shut the space bridge behind him to trap Galvatron at the Earth's core, and she's obviously supposed to have done so, as she's tearful over the fact Omega has been trapped despite Galvatron's defeat, and Optimus has to offer Koji an explanation for how the bridge re-opened in the epilogue. This wasn't part of the ''Car Robots'' version of the episode, so there's a big fat problem with that: Fortress Maximus was able to send the children's energy through the blatantly-still-open space bridge to Prime. And even if it ''was'' closed... why couldn't she just open it again?
*At the end of the episode we see the Build Team constructing a new addition to the space bridge. Why bother with the space bridge if the Autobots are going to leave Earth soon? (Though, as mentioned above, in ''Car Robots'' the Autobots were planning to stay on Earth.)

===Transformers references===
*When things are looking their bleakest, the self-sacrificing Omega Prime makes the decision to seal himself and Galvatron in the Earth's core, giving his life to save the planet. It doesn't come to that in the end, but if it had, [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|it wouldn't exactly be without precedent]].
*As in "[[The Decepticons]]", the word "Cybertron" is used as a synonym for an inhabitant of the planet Cybertron. This is a reference to the Japanese name of the Autobots, and was also used in ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]''.

===Real-world references===
*The depiction of the Predacons' and Decepticons' final imprisonment inside flat, rotating crystals seems to owe an awful lot to ''[[Superman]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Phantom Zone from the {{w|Superman (film)|1978 film}}.

===Trivia===
[[File:The Final Battle Maximusmagnus.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Car surfing, Cybertron style]]
*Despite the comprehensiveness of its approach to the story's characters and loose ends, the epilogue declines to make any mention of Ultra Magnus in dialogue. His fate is not unknown, though—he apparently took the Predacons and Decepticons into custody, as he can (just about) be spotted standing on the hull of Fortress Maximus as the battleship flies through space.
*Fortress Maximus either has an e-mail address, or a membership to a Social Networking site that allows him to interact with concerned children on a massive scale.

===Foreign localization===
'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''A Batalha Final'''" ("The Final Battle")

==Home video releases==
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[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2001 — ''Transformers: Car Robots'' — Vol. 10 ([[Pony Canyon]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Three-Disc Box Set: Part 2 of 2 ([[Maximum Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Season Two (Maximum Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Ultimate Collection (Maximum Entertainment)

==External links==
*[http://www.ridforever.info/episode-transcripts/rid-episode-39-the-final-battle "The Final Battle" transcript on RiDForever.info]

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