Hot Rod Volume

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"Hot Rod Volume" ホットロッディマッス編 (Hot Rodimus Hen)
Publisher	ASCII Media Works
Published in	Dengeki Hobby November 2005
First published	September 25 2005
Writer	Yuki Ohshima
Artist	Yuki Ohshima
Continuity	Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity
Chronology	2031

Teletraan 15 is saved from an obscure threat!

Synopsis

Traveling to Earth in the even-further future, Teletraan 15 is accosted by a stray Novaroid, one of Dark Nova's mindless minions. She is saved by Hot Rod, who cuts the thing in two with his buzzsaw arm. 15 is thankful, but can't help but notice how much shorter Hot Rod is than when she last saw him. Irked, Micromaster Hot Rod accuses 15 of being the source of the transwarp wormholes that have been popping up all over the planet. When a new one erupts nearby, the Autobots decide that maybe they should take this discussion elsewhere.

15 Memo

15 speaks on Hot Rod's character—a young, brash but cheerful Autobot warrior who sometimes gets in over his head, but always acts to make things right. Really, he's a young boy at heart who dreams of being a hero like Optimus Prime himself.

Featured characters

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Autobots	Decepticons
Teletraan 15 (1) Hot Rod (3)	Novaroid (2)

Notes

• This volume's featured toy is the Micromaster Hot Rodimus that came with the reissued Star Convoy.
• This is the first explicit appearance of a villain character in the 15 Go! Go! series. Note the use of "explicit". "Black Panther Man" is still (laughably) represented as a good guy so far.
• Hot Rod's buzzsaw arm will play into events later in the series.