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<DIV style="POSITION: relative"><A title=Autobot
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Autobot"><IMG height=30 alt=""
src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/30px-Symbol_autobot_reg.png" width=30 border=0></A></DIV>
<DIV style="POSITION: relative"><A title=Autobot
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Autobot"><IMG height=26 alt=""
src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/30px-Auto-g2.png" width=30 border=0></A></DIV>
<DIV style="POSITION: relative"><A title=Wrecker
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Wrecker"><IMG height=26 alt=""
src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/30px-Wreckers_symbol.png" width=30
border=0></A></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV class=floatleft><SPAN><A class=image
title="They're actually both looking for characterization."
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:PicsNeeded.gif"><IMG height=67
alt="They're actually both looking for characterization."
src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/80px-PicsNeeded.gif" width=80
border=0></A></SPAN></DIV><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: 900; FONT-SIZE: 125%">Let's see what you can
see...</SPAN>
<HR>


{{disambig2|the young punk from Transformers: The Movie|other uses of the names "Rodimus" and "Hot Rod"|Rodimus (disambiguation)}}
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{{disambig3|Prime}}
</DIV><SMALL>'''Specifics:'''
Appearances in fiction</SMALL> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></CENTER>
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<TD><I>This article is about the turbo-revvin' young punk introduced in
</I>The Transformers: The Movie<I>. For other uses of the names "Rodimus"  
and "<B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B>", see <A
title="Rodimus (disambiguation)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Rodimus_(disambiguation)">Rodimus  
(disambiguation)</A>.</I> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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style="BORDER-RIGHT: #aaa thin solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.5em; BORDER-TOP: #aaa thin solid; PADDING-LEFT: 0.5em; BACKGROUND: #f7f8ff; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.5em; MARGIN: 0px 1em 0px 2em; BORDER-LEFT: #aaa thin solid; PADDING-TOP: 0.5em; BORDER-BOTTOM: #aaa thin solid"><I>The
name or term Prime refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of
other meanings, see <A title="Prime (disambiguation)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Prime_(disambiguation)">Prime
(disambiguation)</A>.</I></DIV>


:''Hot Rod is an Autobot in the [[Generation 1]] continuity family. He has also been known as '''Rodimus Prime''', '''Rodimus''', and '''Rodimus Major'''.''  
:<I><B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> is an <A title=Autobot  
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Autobot">Autobot</A> from the <A
title="Generation 1 (franchise)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Generation_1_(franchise)">Generation 1</A> <A
title="Continuity family"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Continuity_family">continuity family</A>. He has  
also been known as '''Rodimus Prime''', '''Rodimus''', and <B>Rodimus
Major</B>.</I>
<DIV class="thumb tright">
<DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 303px"><A class=image
title="Opening the Matrix gives you wrinkles."
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:DVDbox3d1.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage
height=411 alt="Opening the Matrix gives you wrinkles."
src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/301px-DVDbox3d1.jpg" width=301 border=0></A>
<DIV class=thumbcaption>
<DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:DVDbox3d1.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt=""
src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>Opening the Matrix
gives you wrinkles.</DIV></DIV></DIV>
'''<B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot''' <B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B></B> is brash and
headstrong, with an overwhelming self-confidence that borders on arrogance. <A
class=mw-redirect title=Kup href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Kup">Kup</A> has
assumed the role of mentor and advisor to the impetuous young <B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B>, offering him wisdom and
advice when he needs it (though <B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> rarely feels that he
does, much to Kup's annoyance). <A title="Arcee (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Arcee_(G1)">Arcee</A> also serves as a calming
influence on <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B>, and tends to either
worry about him when he is not around, or deride and tease him when he is. Their
relationship is antagonistic, but friendly. Exactly how deep <B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> Rod's feelings for Arcee
might run is unknown, whether they be friendly, romantic, or otherwise.


[[Image:DVDbox3d1.jpg|right|301px|thumb|Opening the Matrix gives you wrinkles.]]
In contrast, his '''Rodimus Prime''' persona—while still headstrong and
stubborn—seems to suffer from a severe lack of confidence, often doubting his
own decisions and expressing distress over his position as an <A
title="Prime (rank)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Prime_(rank)">Autobot
leader</A>. Of course, much of this comes from having immediately succeeded <A
title="Optimus Prime (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Optimus_Prime_(G1)">Optimus Prime</A> as
commander—and let's face it, shoes-to-be-filled just don't ''get'' much
bigger than that.  


'''Hot Rod''' is brash and headstrong, with an overwhelming self-confidence that borders on arrogance.  [[Kup]] has assumed the role of mentor and advisor to the impetuous young Hot Rod, offering him wisdom and advice when he needs it (though Hot Rod rarely feels that he does, much to Kup's annoyance). [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], a female Autobot, also serves as a calming influence on Hot Rod, and tends to either worry about him when he is not around, or deride and tease him when he is. Their relationship is antagonistic, but friendly. Exactly how deep Hot Rod's feelings for Arcee might run is unknown, whether they be friendly, romantic, or otherwise.
One thing that both sides of this Autobot's identity have in common is their
impatience—neither <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> nor Rodimus Prime can
stand to wait around when they could be doing something instead. He is also very
self-reliant, rarely sending others to do anything when he could be doing it
himself. His <A title=Targetmaster
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Targetmaster">Targetmaster</A> partner is <A
title=Firebolt href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Firebolt">Firebolt</A>.  


In contrast, his '''Rodimus Prime''' persona - while still headstrong and stubborn - seems to suffer from a severe lack of confidence, often doubting his own decisions and expressing distress over his position as an [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]]. Of course, much of this comes from having immediately succeeded command from [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]—and let's face it, shoes-to-be-filled just don't ''get'' much bigger than that.
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vAlign=top>I ''knew'' you had potential, lad. </TD>
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<P style="FONT-SIZE: smaller; LINE-HEIGHT: 1em; TEXT-ALIGN: right"><CITE
style="FONT-STYLE: normal">—<A class=mw-redirect title=Kup
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Kup">Kup</A> on <B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> Rod's
transformation into Rodimus Prime, <I><A
title="The Transformers: The Movie"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Transformers:_The_Movie">The
Transformers: The Movie</A></I></CITE>
</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>


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. He is also very self-reliant, rarely sending others to do anything when he could be doing it himself. His [[Targetmaster]] partner is [[Firebolt (G1)|'''Firebolt''']].
:<I>Japanese name (<B
{{quote| I ''knew'' you had potential.|[[Kup]] on Hot Rod's transformation into Rodimus Prime|''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''}}
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B>):</I> <B><B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> Rodimus</B>, except
for "The Rebirth"
:''Japanese name (Rodimus Prime):'' '''Rodimus Convoy'''  
:<I>French-Canadian names (<B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B>):</I> '''Météorite'''
("Meteorite")
:''French-Canadian names (Rodimus Prime):'' '''Rodimus Primo'''
("Rodimus First", official toy name)
:''French-Canadian names (Rodimus Prime):'' '''Rodimus Primus'''
(official dub name)
:''Italian names:'' '''Folgore''', '''Captain'''<BR>
:<I>Hungarian names (<B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B>):</I> '''Nagyágyú'''
("<B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> Shot")
:<I>Hungarian names (<B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B>, The Movie):</I>
'''Peca''' ("Fisher"?) in the first dub of the film, 'cause he deals with
marine life throughout the film, you see.  
:''Hungarian names (Rodimus Prime):'' '''Rodimusz Fővezér''' ("Prime
Commander Rodimus")
:<I>Chinese names (<B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B>, Taiwan):</I> <B><B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B></B> / '''Rhode'''
:''Chinese names (Rodimus Prime, Taiwan):'' '''Rhodie Jr-tsūn''' (羅迪至尊,
"Rodimus Prime")
:<I>English-maylay Headmasters name (<B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">rod</B>):</I> <B>Roadimus
Prime</B> (yes. ROAD-imus.)
:<I>Russian TV dub name (<B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B>):</I> '''Patron'''
("Cartridge")
:''Russian TV dub name (Rodimus Prime):'' '''Rodomes Prime'''
<TABLE class=toc id=toc summary=Contents>
<TBODY>
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<TD>
<DIV id=toctitle>
<H2>Contents</H2></DIV>


<LI class=toclevel-1><A
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hot_Rod#Fiction"><SPAN
class=tocnumber>1</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Fiction</SPAN></A>


:''Japanese names:'' '''Hot Rodimus''' (Hot Rod, except for "The Rebirth"), '''Rodimus Convoy''' (Rodimus Prime)<br>
&lt;LI class=toclevel-2&gt;&lt;A
:''French-Canadian names:'' '''Météorite''', '''Rodimus Primo'''<br>
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hot_Rod#American_cartoon_continuity"&gt;&lt;SPAN
:''Italian names:'' '''Folgore''', '''Captain'''<br>
class=tocnumber&gt;1.1&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=toctext&gt;American cartoon
:''Hungarian names:'' '''Nagyágyú''' ("Hot ''Shot''"), '''Rodimusz Fővezér''' ("Prime Commander Rodimus") -- '''Peca''' ("Fisher"?!) in the first dub of The Movie, 'cause he deals with marine life throughout the film, you see.
continuity&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;


&lt;LI class=toclevel-3&gt;&lt;A
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hot_Rod#Madman_Transformers_comic"&gt;&lt;SPAN
class=tocnumber&gt;1.1.1&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=toctext&gt;Madman Transformers
comic&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;LI class=toclevel-3&gt;&lt;A
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hot_Rod#Generation_1_cartoon"&gt;&lt;SPAN
class=tocnumber&gt;1.1.2&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=toctext&gt;Generation 1
cartoon&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;LI class=toclevel-2&gt;&lt;A
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hot_Rod#Japanese_cartoon_continuity"&gt;&lt;SPAN
class=tocnumber&gt;1.2&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=toctext&gt;Japanese cartoon
continuity&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;


==Fiction==
&lt;LI class=toclevel-3&gt;&lt;A
===American cartoon continuity===
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hot_Rod#Kiss_Players"&gt;&lt;SPAN
====Madman Transformers comic====
class=tocnumber&gt;1.2.1&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=toctext&gt;Kiss
[[Image:Madman_comic_HotRod_sigh.jpg|thumb|left|150px|"You're gonna kill that guy, you know?"]]
Players&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;LI class=toclevel-3&gt;&lt;A
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hot_Rod#The_Story_of_Super_Robot_Lifeforms:_The_Transformers"&gt;&lt;SPAN
class=tocnumber&gt;1.2.2&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=toctext&gt;The Story of Super
Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;LI class=toclevel-3&gt;&lt;A
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hot_Rod#The_Headmasters_anime"&gt;&lt;SPAN
class=tocnumber&gt;1.2.3&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=toctext&gt;The Headmasters
anime&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;LI class=toclevel-3&gt;&lt;A
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hot_Rod#The_Headmasters_manga"&gt;&lt;SPAN
class=tocnumber&gt;1.2.4&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=toctext&gt;The Headmasters
manga&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;LI class=toclevel-3&gt;&lt;A
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hot_Rod#The_Battlestars"&gt;&lt;SPAN
class=tocnumber&gt;1.2.5&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=toctext&gt;The
Battlestars&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;LI class=toclevel-3&gt;&lt;A
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hot_Rod#15_Go.21_Go.21_comics"&gt;&lt;SPAN
class=tocnumber&gt;1.2.6&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=toctext&gt;15 Go! Go!
comics&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;LI class=toclevel-2&gt;&lt;A
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hot_Rod#Marvel_Comics_continuity"&gt;&lt;SPAN
class=tocnumber&gt;1.3&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=toctext&gt;Marvel Comics
continuity&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;


In the year 2001, Hot Rod was on guard duty at the construction site of [[Autobot City]] on [[Earth]] while the main Autobot forces were evacuating from the Decepticon-conquered [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. As he was complained about his boring assignment to [[Spike Witwicky]], the Decepticon [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] struck, intent on stealing the [[Autobot Matrix of Leadership]] which Optimus Prime had secreted in a bunker at the building site. When he reclaimed the Matrix, Hot Rod received a vision of the future where he fought [[Galvatron (G1)|a powerful Decepticon]]. After returning the Matrix to Optimus Prime, the Autobot leader considered that perhaps Hot Rod's destiny was greater than any of them realized. Kup thought differently, however. {{Storylink|Madman Transformers Comic}}
&lt;LI class=toclevel-3&gt;&lt;A
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hot_Rod#Generation_1"&gt;&lt;SPAN
class=tocnumber&gt;1.3.1&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=toctext&gt;Generation
1&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;


{{-}}
&lt;LI class=toclevel-4&gt;&lt;A
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hot_Rod#Marvel_UK_future_timelines"&gt;&lt;SPAN
class=tocnumber&gt;1.3.1.1&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=toctext&gt;Marvel UK
future timelines&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;LI class=toclevel-3&gt;&lt;A
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hot_Rod#Generation_2"&gt;&lt;SPAN
class=tocnumber&gt;1.3.2&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=toctext&gt;Generation
2&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;LI class=toclevel-2&gt;&lt;A
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hot_Rod#S.T.A.R.S._pack-in_flyers"&gt;&lt;SPAN
class=tocnumber&gt;1.4&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=toctext&gt;S.T.A.R.S. pack-in
flyers&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;LI class=toclevel-2&gt;&lt;A
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hot_Rod#Ladybird_Books_continuity"&gt;&lt;SPAN
class=tocnumber&gt;1.5&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=toctext&gt;Ladybird Books
continuity&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;LI class=toclevel-2&gt;&lt;A
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hot_Rod#Dreamwave_comics_continuity"&gt;&lt;SPAN
class=tocnumber&gt;1.6&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=toctext&gt;Dreamwave comics
continuity&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;LI class=toclevel-2&gt;&lt;A
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hot_Rod#Universe:_The_Wreckers"&gt;&lt;SPAN
class=tocnumber&gt;1.7&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=toctext&gt;Universe: The
Wreckers&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;LI class=toclevel-2&gt;&lt;A
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hot_Rod#G.I._Joe_vs._Transformers"&gt;&lt;SPAN
class=tocnumber&gt;1.8&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=toctext&gt;G.I. Joe vs.
Transformers&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;LI class=toclevel-2&gt;&lt;A
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hot_Rod#IDW_comics_continuity"&gt;&lt;SPAN
class=tocnumber&gt;1.9&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=toctext&gt;IDW comics
continuity&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;LI class=toclevel-2&gt;&lt;A
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hot_Rod#Generation_1_bios"&gt;&lt;SPAN
class=tocnumber&gt;1.10&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=toctext&gt;Generation 1
bios&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;LI class=toclevel-1&gt;&lt;A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hot_Rod#Toys"&gt;&lt;SPAN
class=tocnumber&gt;2&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=toctext&gt;Toys&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;LI class=toclevel-1&gt;&lt;A
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hot_Rod#Trivia"&gt;&lt;SPAN
class=tocnumber&gt;3&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=toctext&gt;Trivia&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;LI class=toclevel-1&gt;&lt;A
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hot_Rod#External_links"&gt;&lt;SPAN
class=tocnumber&gt;4&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=toctext&gt;External links&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;/TBODY&gt;&lt;/TABLE&gt;
&lt;A name=Fiction&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;H2&gt;&lt;SPAN class=editsection&gt;[&lt;A title="Edit section: Fiction"
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Hot_Rod&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1"&gt;edit&lt;/A&gt;]&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN class=mw-headline&gt;Fiction&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H2&gt;&lt;A
name=American_cartoon_continuity&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;H3&gt;&lt;SPAN class=editsection&gt;[&lt;A
title="Edit section: American cartoon continuity"
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Hot_Rod&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2"&gt;edit&lt;/A&gt;]&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN class=mw-headline&gt;American cartoon continuity&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H3&gt;&lt;A
name=Madman_Transformers_comic&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;H4&gt;&lt;SPAN class=editsection&gt;[&lt;A title="Edit section: Madman Transformers comic"
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Hot_Rod&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3"&gt;edit&lt;/A&gt;]&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN class=mw-headline&gt;Madman Transformers comic&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H4&gt;
&lt;DIV class="thumb tleft"&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 152px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
title="&quot;You're gonna be the death of that guy, you know?&quot;"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Madman_comic_HotRod_sigh.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
class=thumbimage height=181
alt="&quot;You're gonna be the death of that guy, you know?&quot;"
src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/150px-Madman_comic_HotRod_sigh.jpg" width=150
border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbcaption&gt;
&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Madman_comic_HotRod_sigh.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG height=11
alt="" src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;"You're gonna
be the death of that guy, you know?"&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;P style="FONT-SIZE: smaller; LINE-HEIGHT: 1em; TEXT-ALIGN: right"&gt;&lt;CITE
style="FONT-STYLE: normal"&gt;—&lt;A title="Spike Witwicky"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Spike_Witwicky"&gt;Spike Witwicky&lt;/A&gt; ''and''
the &lt;A class=mw-redirect title="Autobot Matrix of Leadership"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Autobot_Matrix_of_Leadership"&gt;Autobot Matrix
of Leadership&lt;/A&gt;, &lt;A title="Madman Transformers Comic"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Madman_Transformers_Comic"&gt;Madman
Transformers Comic&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/CITE&gt;
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In the year 2001, &lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt;
&lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; was on guard duty at
the construction site of &lt;A title="Autobot City"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Autobot_City"&gt;Autobot City&lt;/A&gt; on &lt;A title=Earth
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Earth"&gt;Earth&lt;/A&gt; while the main Autobot forces were
evacuating from the Decepticon-conquered &lt;A title="Cybertron (planet)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cybertron_(planet)"&gt;Cybertron&lt;/A&gt;. As he was
complained about his boring assignment to &lt;A title="Spike Witwicky"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Spike_Witwicky"&gt;Spike Witwicky&lt;/A&gt;, the Decepticon
&lt;A title="Soundwave (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Soundwave_(G1)"&gt;Soundwave&lt;/A&gt; struck, intent on
stealing the &lt;A class=mw-redirect title="Autobot Matrix of Leadership"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Autobot_Matrix_of_Leadership"&gt;Autobot Matrix of
Leadership&lt;/A&gt; which Optimus Prime had secreted in a bunker at the building
site. When he reclaimed the Matrix, &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; received a vision of the
future where he fought &lt;A title="Galvatron (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Galvatron_(G1)"&gt;a powerful Decepticon&lt;/A&gt;. After
returning the Matrix to Optimus Prime, the Autobot leader considered that
perhaps &lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; Rod's destiny
was greater than any of them realized. Kup thought differently, however. &lt;SPAN
class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Madman Transformers Comic"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Madman_Transformers_Comic"&gt;Madman Transformers
Comic&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


====''Generation 1'' cartoon====
&lt;BR clear=all&gt;
:''Voice actors:'' [[Judd Nelson]] → [[Dick Gautier]] (English), [[Hiroya Ishimaru]] (Japanese)
&lt;A name=Generation_1_cartoon&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;H4&gt;&lt;SPAN class=editsection&gt;[&lt;A title="Edit section: Generation 1 cartoon"
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Hot_Rod&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4"&gt;edit&lt;/A&gt;]&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN class=mw-headline&gt;''Generation 1'' cartoon&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H4&gt;


[[Image:HotRodFishing1.jpg |right|200px|thumb|"I'm tellin' you, Daniel, you HAD to [[Kiss Players|kiss]] me to activate my fishing rod.  STOP crying! And, uh, don't tell your dad or Optimus."]]
:''Voice actors:'' &lt;A title="Judd Nelson"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Judd_Nelson"&gt;Judd Nelson&lt;/A&gt; → &lt;A
title="Ted Schwartz" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ted_Schwartz"&gt;Ted
Schwartz&lt;/A&gt; → &lt;A title="Dick Gautier"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Dick_Gautier"&gt;Dick Gautier&lt;/A&gt; (English), &lt;A
title="Hiroya Ishimaru" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hiroya_Ishimaru"&gt;Hiroya
Ishimaru&lt;/A&gt; (Japanese)
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title="No, really.  HE WANTS TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE TRANSFORMERS."
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Rad-sm.gif"&gt;&lt;IMG height=85
alt="No, really.  HE WANTS TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE TRANSFORMERS."
src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/Rad-sm.gif" width=93 border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: 900; FONT-SIZE: 125%"&gt;I want to tell you about the
Transformers!&lt;/SPAN&gt;
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In 2005, Hot Rod was one of the many Autobots based in the completed Autobot City. He was close friends with the young human [[Daniel Witwicky]], and seemed to have a reputation for being something of a trouble-maker, judging from a few of Kup's comments to him at the time. Realizing that the Decepticons were invading, Hot Rod opened fire on their stolen shuttle and exposed their ruse before Megatron could enter the city. Although this did give the rest of the Autobots time to begin transforming Autobot City and raising their defenses, it also left Hot Rod trapped outside with Kup and Daniel. After defeating the Decepticons [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] and [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] with some help from Kup, Hot Rod managed to find a way inside the fortress city and took part in its defense. During [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime's]] battle with [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], Hot Rod intervened in an attempt to help, but succeeded only in giving Megatron the chance he needed to mortally wound the Autobot leader.
&lt;I&gt;This character article is a &lt;A
title="Category:Character stubs missing fiction"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Category:Character_stubs_missing_fiction"&gt;stub&lt;/A&gt;
and is missing information on their '''fictional appearances'''. You can
help '''Transformers Wiki''' by &lt;A class="external text"
title=http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Hot_Rod&amp;action=edit
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Hot_Rod&amp;action=edit"
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&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 202px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
title="&quot;I'm tellin' you, Daniel, you HAD to kiss me to activate my fishing rod. STOP crying! And, uh, don't tell your dad or Optimus.&quot;"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:HotRodFishing1.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG class=thumbimage
height=150
alt="&quot;I'm tellin' you, Daniel, you HAD to kiss me to activate my fishing rod. STOP crying! And, uh, don't tell your dad or Optimus.&quot;"
src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/200px-HotRodFishing1.jpg" width=200 border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbcaption&gt;
&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:HotRodFishing1.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG height=11 alt=""
src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;"I'm tellin' you,
Daniel, you HAD to &lt;A title="Kiss Player"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Kiss_Player"&gt;kiss me to activate&lt;/A&gt; my fishing &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;rod&lt;/B&gt;. STOP crying! And, uh,
don't tell your dad or Optimus."&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
In 2005, &lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; was one of the many  
Autobots based in the completed Autobot City. He was close friends with the  
young human &lt;A title="Daniel Witwicky"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Daniel_Witwicky"&gt;Daniel Witwicky&lt;/A&gt;, and seemed to  
have a reputation for being something of a trouble-maker, judging from a few of  
Kup's comments to him at the time. Realizing that the Decepticons were invading,  
&lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; opened fire on their  
stolen shuttle and exposed their ruse before Megatron could enter the city.  
Although this did give the rest of the Autobots time to begin transforming  
Autobot City and raising their defenses, it also left &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; trapped outside with Kup  
and Daniel. After defeating the Decepticons &lt;A title="Blitzwing (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Blitzwing_(G1)"&gt;Blitzwing&lt;/A&gt; and &lt;A
title="Shrapnel (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Shrapnel_(G1)"&gt;Shrapnel&lt;/A&gt;
with some help from Kup, &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; managed to find a way  
inside the fortress city and took part in its defense. During &lt;A
title="Optimus Prime (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Optimus_Prime_(G1)"&gt;Optimus Prime's&lt;/A&gt; battle with  
&lt;A title="Megatron (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Megatron_(G1)"&gt;Megatron&lt;/A&gt;, &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; intervened in an attempt  
to help, but succeeded only in giving Megatron the chance he needed to mortally  
wound the Autobot leader.  


After Prime's death, Autobot City was attacked again—by [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. While escaping, Hot Rod and Kup (and the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]) were separated from the rest of the Autobots and crashed on the planet [[Quintessa]]. There, Hot Rod met the Quintessons, an enemy who would haunt him for some time later. After escaping their sadistic trial and attempted execution (as well as meeting [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]]), Hot Rod went on to the planet [[Junk]], where he was just in time to stop [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] from destroying the rest of the Autobot City refugees with a timely use of the [[Universal greeting]]. Together, they all traveled to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to stop [[Unicron]] before he could eat more than just its moons.  
After Prime's death, Autobot City was attacked again—by &lt;A
title="Galvatron (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Galvatron_(G1)"&gt;Galvatron&lt;/A&gt;. While escaping, &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; and Kup (and the &lt;A
title="Dinobot (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Dinobot_(G1)"&gt;Dinobots&lt;/A&gt;)  
were separated from the rest of the Autobots and crashed on the planet &lt;A
title=Quintessa href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Quintessa"&gt;Quintessa&lt;/A&gt;. There, &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; met the Quintessons, an  
enemy who would haunt him for some time to come. After escaping their sadistic  
trial and attempted execution (as well as meeting &lt;A title=Wheelie  
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Wheelie"&gt;Wheelie&lt;/A&gt;), &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; went on to the planet &lt;A
class=mw-redirect title=Junk href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Junk"&gt;Junk&lt;/A&gt;, where  
he was just in time to stop &lt;A title="Wreck-Gar (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Wreck-Gar_(G1)"&gt;Wreck-Gar&lt;/A&gt; from destroying the  
rest of the Autobot City refugees with a timely use of the &lt;A
title="Universal greeting"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Universal_greeting"&gt;Universal greeting&lt;/A&gt;.
Together, they all traveled to &lt;A title="Cybertron (planet)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cybertron_(planet)"&gt;Cybertron&lt;/A&gt; to stop &lt;A
title=Unicron href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Unicron"&gt;Unicron&lt;/A&gt; before he could  
eat more than just its moons.  


[[Image:RodimusPrimeMovie1.jpg |left|200px|thumb|"Stop putting in captions that are just blatantly not funny!"]]
&lt;DIV class="thumb tleft"&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 202px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
title='"Stop putting in captions that are just blatantly not funny!"'
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:RodimusPrimeMovie1.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG class=thumbimage
height=150 alt='"Stop putting in captions that are just blatantly not funny!"'
src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/200px-RodimusPrimeMovie1.jpg" width=200 border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbcaption&gt;
&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:RodimusPrimeMovie1.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG height=11 alt=""
src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;"Stop putting in  
captions that are just blatantly not funny!"&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
Inside of Unicron, &lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt;
&lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; was separated from
the rest of his team when their ship crashed (something which happens to &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; a lot). Alone, he found
himself facing Galvatron in a battle to the death over the Autobot Matrix of
Leadership. Claiming the Matrix, &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; &lt;A title=Renaming
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Renaming"&gt;evolved into&lt;/A&gt; "Rodimus Prime", an
older, larger, and more powerful version of himself. After overpowering
Galvatron and hurling him through Unicron's hide, into the void of space, he
opened the Matrix and destroyed Unicron from within. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
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title="The Transformers: The Movie"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Transformers:_The_Movie"&gt;The Transformers: The
Movie&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


Inside of Unicron, Hot Rod was separated from the rest of his team when their ship crashed (something which happens to Hot Rod a lot). Alone, he found himself facing [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] in a battle to the death over the Autobot Matrix of Leadership. Claiming the Matrix, Hot Rod evolved into "Rodimus Prime", an older, larger, and more powerful version of himself. After overpowering Galvatron and hurling him through Unicron's hide, into the void of space, he opened the Matrix and destroyed Unicron from within. {{Storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}
Peace reigned on Cybertron for at least long enough to put up some of the
more important buildings, and Rodimus Prime began to ease into his role as the
new Autobot leader. When &lt;A title="Ultra Magnus (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ultra_Magnus_(G1)"&gt;Ultra Magnus&lt;/A&gt; and Spike
Witwicky were kidnapped during a &lt;A title="Galactic Olympics"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Galactic_Olympics"&gt;Galactic Olympics&lt;/A&gt;, it was  
Rodimus who spied on the Decepticons with &lt;A title="Grimlock (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Grimlock_(G1)"&gt;Grimlock&lt;/A&gt; to determine if they
were the ones who had done it. The way Rodimus had it figured, the Decepticons
were usually behind everything anyway, so they seemed like a good enough place
to start. After getting caught and severely beaten by the Decepticons (who were
innocent of the kidnapping, but not really fans of his anyway), Rodimus was able
to interface with the Matrix and learned about the origins of the Transformer
race. He also learned that his old enemies, the Quintessons, were back and
looking to destroy every Transformer in existence. Making things worse,
Galvatron soon returned as well, and the war that everyone had assumed was
safely over quickly started up again. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
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title="Five Faces of Darkness"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Five_Faces_of_Darkness"&gt;Five Faces of
Darkness&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


Peace reigned on Cybertron for at least long enough to put up some of the more important buildings, and Rodimus Prime began to ease into his role as the new Autobot leader. When Ultra Magnus and Spike Witwicky were kidnapped during a [[Galactic Olympics]], it was Rodimus who spied on the Decepticons with [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] to determine if they were the ones who had done it. The way Rodimus had it figured, the Decepticons were usually behind everything anyway, so they seemed like a good enough place to start. After getting caught and severely beaten by the Decepticons (who were innocent of the kidnapping, but not really fans of his anyway), Rodimus was able to interface with the Matrix and learned about the origins of the Transformer race. He also learned that his old enemies, the Quintessons, were back and looking to destroy every Transformer in existence. Making things worse, Galvatron soon returned as well, and the war that everyone had assumed was safely over quickly started up again. {{Storylink|Five Faces of Darkness}}
Throughout 2006, Rodimus Prime's greatest achievements both revolved around
his predecessor, Optimus Prime. While fleeing from a Decepticon attack, Rodimus
and several other Autobots took refuge in a massive &lt;A title="Autobot Mausoleum"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Autobot_Mausoleum"&gt;Autobot Mausoleum&lt;/A&gt; and
discovered that their former leader seemed to have returned to life. Perhaps a
little too trusting of Optimus (and possibly eager to relieve himself of the
burden of leadership), Rodimus quickly passed the Matrix back to Optimus and,
much to his glee, reverted back into &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt;. His happiness was
short-lived, however, as Optimus was quickly revealed to be nothing more than a
puppet of the Quintessons, sent to trick the Autobots into an ambush from which
none of them would escape. With no other choice, &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; was forced to do battle
with Optimus Prime for the fate of the Autobots. Although their duel was clearly
in the favor of the more powerful Optimus, &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; was able to re-awaken
the true spirit of his leader. Returning the Matrix to Rodimus, Optimus then
piloted his ship into the heart of the ambush and sacrificed himself to save
them all. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
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title="Dark Awakening" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Dark_Awakening"&gt;Dark
Awakening&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


Throughout 2006, Rodimus Prime's greatest achievements both revolved around his predecessor, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. While fleeing from a Decepticon attack, Rodimus and several other Autobots took refuge in a massive Autobot mausoleum and discovered that their former leader seemed to have returned to life. Perhaps a little too trusting of Optimus (and possibly eager to relieve himself of the burden of leadership), Rodimus quickly passed the Matrix back to Optimus and, much to his glee, reverted back into Hot Rod. His happiness was short-lived, however, as Optimus was quickly revealed to be nothing more than a puppet of the Quintessons, sent to trick the Autobots into an ambush from which none of them would escape. With no other choice, Hot Rod was forced to do battle with Optimus Prime for the fate of the Autobots. Although their duel was clearly in the favor of the more powerful Optimus, Hot Rod was able to re-awaken the true spirit of his leader. Returning the Matrix to Rodimus, Optimus then piloted his ship into the heart of the ambush and sacrificed himself to save them all. {{Storylink|Dark Awakening}}
Soon after Perceptor left on a standard research mission to a nearby asteroid
belt, Rodimus Prime and the Autobots received a distress call from the survey
group. They arrived to find the asteroid infested with Quintessons, and managed
to drive off the tentacled freaks and their Sharkticon shock troops. Perceptor
was near deactivation due to injuries, however, and the rest of the Autobots
were nowhere to be seen. The Quints attempted to retake the asteroid but, after
failing, were soon desperate enough to tell the truth: their technology on the
rock was a &lt;A class=mw-redirect title="Time window"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Time_window"&gt;time window&lt;/A&gt;, and leaving it open
was risking the fates of all time and space. With the help of the Quintesson
scientist, and a &lt;A title="Alpha Trion (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Alpha_Trion_(G1)"&gt;mysterious stranger with a
devilish moustache&lt;/A&gt;, Rodimus Prime retrieved his lost Autobots and shut down
the time window. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Forever Is a Long Time Coming"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Forever_Is_a_Long_Time_Coming"&gt;Forever Is a Long
Time Coming&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


[[Image:HotRodReturnOfOptimusPrime1.jpg |right|200px|thumb|"Does my thumb look infected to you?"]]
The Autobots learned of a lost Cybertronian colony known as &lt;A title=Paradron
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Paradron"&gt;Paradron&lt;/A&gt; after one of its citizens,
&lt;A title="Sandstorm (Autobot)"  
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Sandstorm_(Autobot)"&gt;Sandstorm&lt;/A&gt;, arrived on
Cybertron begging for help. It seemed that Galvatron and the Decepticons had
seized control over the planet and its vast energon reserves. Rodimus Prime and
the Autobots staged a tactical infiltration, but the escalation of violence
between the two forces led to total devastation. Rodimus gave the pacifistic
Autobots of Paradron his impassioned "Move it or lose it!" speech before
hustling them off-world so that Ultra Magnus could blow up their home. As
Sandstorm sat there mourning the loss of his world, Rodimus Prime gave him some
solemn advice.


Or so it had seemed at the time. As was so often the case for Rodimus, things did not quite wrap up as tidily as he might have hoped. Far from being destroyed, Optimus had been retrieved by a team of human scientists who were hoping to use him (again) as a weapon against the Autobots—this time as the bearer of a malignant "Hate Plague" that would cause them to destroy each other. When he learned of this, Rodimus swiftly formed a rescue party and led them to retrieve Optimus's body so that their former leader could rest in peace. When all of the rest of the Autobots with him were exposed to the Hate Plague, only Rodimus was able to escape unharmed—and with the still uninfected body of Optimus. Returning to Autobot City, Rodimus ordered [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky-Lynx]] to find a Quintesson to repair Optimus, then risked his life to shut down [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] before the Plague could spread to it. Attacked by Ultra Magnus and Wreck-Gar in the process, he succumbed to the plague and became infected with hate. {{Storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}} In order to stop the Plague, the resurrected Optimus had to defeat the crazed Rodimus and forcibly extract the Matrix from him, changing him back into Hot Rod once more. This time, as Optimus had decided to stick around, the change was a permanent one. {{Storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2}}
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&lt;TR&gt;
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style="PADDING-RIGHT: 10px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 35px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; COLOR: #b2b7f2; PADDING-TOP: 9px; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left"
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vAlign=top&gt;Well, no need to get all mushy. Cybertron's a better place
anyway—not so...perfect. &lt;/TD&gt;
&lt;TD
style="PADDING-RIGHT: 10px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 35px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; COLOR: #b2b7f2; PADDING-TOP: 10px; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right"
vAlign=bottom width=20&gt;” &lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;/TBODY&gt;&lt;/TABLE&gt;&lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Fight or Flee" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Fight_or_Flee"&gt;Fight or
Flee&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
Rodimus and the Autobots were stumped when someone carried off &lt;A
title="Fort Knox" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Fort_Knox"&gt;Fort Knox&lt;/A&gt; in the  
middle of the night. Seriously -- they detected &lt;A
title="Dinosaur transform static"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Dinosaur_transform_static"&gt;Dinosaur transform
static&lt;/A&gt; at the scene, found a small pile of &lt;A title="Energon cube"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Energon_cube"&gt;energon cubes&lt;/A&gt;, and had just been
informed by &lt;A title="Teletraan II"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Teletraan_II"&gt;Teletraan II&lt;/A&gt; that Trypticon was  
still alive. It was a head-scratcher all right. They eventually figured it out,  
though, and sieged the occupied nation of &lt;A class=mw-redirect title=Carbombya
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Carbombya"&gt;Carbombya&lt;/A&gt; to chase Trypticon and the  
Decepticons away, and recovered Fort Knox and the other monuments Trypticon had  
stolen. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
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title="Thief in the Night"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Thief_in_the_Night"&gt;Thief in the Night&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


Even after losing his position as Autobot leader, Hot Rod was not the sort to rest on his laurels. In 2007, he was among a group of Autobots who were caught in a blast from the [[plasma energy|Plasma Energy Chamber]] and shot across the galaxy to the planet [[Nebulos]]. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1}}  There, the Autobots fell in with a group of native rebels and aided them in opposing the tyrannical rule of the dictatorial [[Hive (G1)|Hive]]{{m-}}a partnership that ultimately evolved into [[binary bonding]], the fusion of Transformer and Nebulan into [[Headmaster]]s and [[Targetmaster]]s. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 2}}  Hot Rod was linked to the Nebulan sharpshooter Firebolt, and went on to aid in the defence of Cybertron as Galvatron attempted to use the Plasma Energy Chamber to destroy it. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}}


Rodimus has a tendency to say insensitive, stupid things to people in dire situations, such as joking about humans suffocating to death,{{Storylink|Dark Awakening}} or ripping on someone's home planet while it's being destroyed {{storylink|Fight or Flee}}.
When the freelance agent named &lt;A title=Octane
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Octane"&gt;Octane&lt;/A&gt; was being kidnapped right off of
Cybertron's surface by Cyclonus and the Sweeps, Rodimus Prime and the Autobots
stormed out to save their associate. Things were more complicated than they
looked, as when Rodimus confronted Cyclonus, the Decepticon lieutenant spoke
with &lt;A title="Starscream (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)"&gt;Starscream&lt;/A&gt;'s voice! For some
reason, learning Starscream was involved made Rodimus willing to let the
Decepticons go. Crazy as it sounds, though, it worked -- Starscream and Octane
managed to lure Galvatron into an Autobot ambush. Rodimus Prime gave a friendly
wave at Starscream for a job well done as he departed. ''Zuh''? &lt;SPAN
class=tt1_nowrap
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title="Starscream's Ghost"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream's_Ghost"&gt;Starscream's Ghost&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


===Japanese cartoon continuity===


{{note|The events of the Generation 1 cartoon occur in Japanese animated continuity as described above, except that the events of "The Rebirth" do not occur. Additionally, this continuity moves the events of 2006 back to 2010, and inserts several additional events into the newly-created intervening years.}}
While preparing for the first annual Cybertron peace conference, Rodimus
Prime got together with &lt;A title="Spike Witwicky"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Spike_Witwicky"&gt;Spike Witwicky&lt;/A&gt; to prepare a
surprise party for Danny. They were interrupted by a &lt;A title=Combaticon
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Combaticon"&gt;Combaticon&lt;/A&gt; attack, as the  
Decepticons wanted to prevent the conference from occurring. The Combaticons
were driven off, however, and only minor damage was done. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
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title="Surprise Party" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Surprise_Party"&gt;Surprise
Party&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


====''Kiss Players''====
During a diplomatic function, Rodimus Prime was forced to play statesman and
'''Voice actors:''' [[Ryōtarō Okiayu]] (Japanese)
deal with Ambassador &lt;A title=Ynara
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ynara"&gt;Ynara&lt;/A&gt; and the other delegates.
Curiously, when Daniel Witwicky went missing and Rodimus had an excuse to duck
out of the "festivities", he chose to delegate the search mission to Ultra
Magnus and Blaster. Perhaps the normally action-hungry Rodimus Prime was
actually becoming more accepting of his leadership duties. &lt;SPAN
class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Madman's Paradise"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Madman's_Paradise"&gt;Madman's Paradise&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


When Rodimus Prime hurled Galvatron into space at the conclusion of their battle within Unicron, he could not have predicted the tragic result of this action.  Galvatron crash-landed on Earth, on top of Tokyo, [[Japan]], devastating the city and sparking off a massive anti-Transformer movement spearheaded by the Earth Defense Command. Horrified by what his actions had wrought, Rodimus gave up the Matrix to Ultra Magnus, reverted to Hot Rod once more, and returned to the human homeworld.


[[Image:HotRodKP.jpg|left|thumb|Flames on his arms and a naked girl in his tummy.]]
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title="Nightmare Planet"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Nightmare_Planet"&gt;Nightmare Planet&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


As he descended to Earth, Hot Rod was badly damaged by the [[anti-electron]] field that the E.D.C. had set up around the planet. Arriving at the E.D.C. headquarters, Hot Rod interrupted a grotesque experiment in a basement laboratory involving the severed heads of various [[Legion]] (monstrous creatures created by Galvatron's scattered cells) and former E.D.C. operative [[Shaoshao Li]]. The Legion attacked Hot Rod and began to [[ParasiTech|fuse]] with him, but a [[kiss]] from Shaoshao{{m-}}one of the E.D.C.'s [[Kiss Player]] operatives, also given fusing powers by Galvatron's cells{{m-}}saved him, reformatting him into a Ford GT body. Now partnered with Shaoshao, he traveled around [[Japan]] battling the E.D.C., Legion, and the resurrected Optimus Prime.
Cybertron was put on high alert after &lt;A title="Scourge (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Scourge_(G1)"&gt;Scourge&lt;/A&gt; broke into Metroplex on
Earth, stealing his eyes and blowing up a bomb in his brain. Rodimus and the  
Autobots were eventually able to suss out that Scourge was working with the  
ghost of Starscream, and they in turn were acquiring those eyes for Unicron.  
Rodimus put together a strike team and sent Ultra Magnus, Springer, &lt;A
title="Hot Spot (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hot_Spot_(G1)"&gt;&lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; Spot&lt;/A&gt; and &lt;A
title="Groove (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Groove_(G1)"&gt;Groove&lt;/A&gt; to  
Unicron to investigate, but they were repulsed by the Chaos-Bringer's defenses.
Their second mission was more successful, detonating a series of explosives
underneath Unicron once he came down to Cybertron, intent on connecting himself
to the planet and turning it into his new body. After Unicron was successfully
blasted back into orbit, Rodimus congratulated his men on a job well done. As a
joke, he told Magnus and the others their next mission would be to return to the  
head of their Living Devil and retrieve his stolen eyes. That Roddy -- he's
hilarious. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
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title="Ghost in the Machine"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ghost_in_the_Machine"&gt;Ghost in the  
Machine&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


Hot Rod was cocky and confident in his speed and sharpshooting skills, and often weathered his human partner's complaints that he was slacking off on his hand-to-hand combat training. He much prefered to practice kissing, the resulting fusion granting him Shao's considerable martial arts skills as well as the ability to wield his firearms as [[wikipedia:tonfa|tonfas]]. In return, he stole [[Marissa Faireborn]]'s underwear for her.
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title="The Big Broadcast of 2006"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Big_Broadcast_of_2006"&gt;The Big Broadcast of
2006&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


He continued to enjoy fishing and carried a customized rod that he could convert into a forearm-mounted weapon called the "Exhaust Eliminator". Shaoshao didn't like working with him after a fishing trip due to the smell, but she secretly wished that he would take her with him anyway. Hot Rod was very suspicious of Optimus Prime, claiming that he was not the ''real'' Optimus, presumably because he still believed his former commander to be dead following the Battle of Autobot City.
At a galactic peace conference, Rodimus and Ultra Magnus attempted to end the
centuries of war between the planets of &lt;A title=Xetaxxis
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Xetaxxis"&gt;Xetaxxis&lt;/A&gt; and &lt;A title=Lanarq
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Lanarq"&gt;Lanarq&lt;/A&gt;. They might as well have asked
Galvatron "Why you so ''crazy''?" Every attempt at straight talk and
reasonable discourse broke out into a brawl, fist-fighting and eventually laser
fire. The two worlds only reached an accord once Blaster and Sky Lynx arrived
with a Quintesson journal, detailing how the entire war between the two planets
was a "case study" in escalation manipulated by the Quints to sell bigger and
better armaments to both sides. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="The Quintesson Journal"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Quintesson_Journal"&gt;The Quintesson
Journal&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


Hot Rod had the distinction of being the only known robot with a Kiss Player partner to have lips. This might have contributed to Shao's feelings of excitement when she kissed him, though the rest of the time she acted outraged that a robot would have the audacity to talk to her like a real person.
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title="The Dweller in the Depths"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Dweller_in_the_Depths"&gt;The Dweller in the  
Depths&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


After numerous battles, Hot Rod and his human partner settled their differences with Prime. Together, they teamed up with the E.D.C. Kiss Player [[Atari Hitotonari]] and her [[Autrooper]] and entered the secret "Genital System" facility hidden beneath E.D.C. headquarters in Tokyo. There, they discovered Galvatron's headless body and realized that the only way to end the current crisis was to allow the Unicron-empowered Decepticon's cells to return to his body. When Hot Rod did so, he was restored to his original body. {{storylink|Kiss Players (fiction)|Kiss Players}}
&lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
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title="Only Human" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Only_Human"&gt;Only
Human&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


Hot Rod went on his way, but did not take back the Matrix and leadership of the Autobots until the year 2010. It is unknown whether he ever discovered that the true cause of the Tokyo incident was temporal interference by the [[Sparkbot]]s.
Rodimus Prime began to struggle with the burden of leadership again during a
skirmish in Europe, where the Decepticons were working in conjunction with human
terrorists. The pacifistic &lt;A title="First Aid (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/First_Aid_(G1)"&gt;First Aid&lt;/A&gt; chose to leave the
Autobots after his refusal to fight cost Metroplex his transforming cog, and
Rodimus chided himself for not having the words to convince the medic to stay.
He was also unsettled by Galvatron's crowing about a new "&lt;A
title="Ultimate Weapon" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ultimate_Weapon"&gt;Ultimate
Weapon&lt;/A&gt;" which would bring the Autobots to their knees. Regardless of his
internal strife, Rodimus continued the fight. He came up with a plan where Spike
and Daniel Witwicky posed as part of the (evil?) human repair crews working on
Trypticon, and liberated the Decepticon city-bot's transforming cog just as the  
'Cons had taken Metroplex's. Rodimus and Ultra Magnus had to fight off Galvatron
and &lt;A title=Stunticon href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Stunticon"&gt;Stunticons&lt;/A&gt; in
order to stall for time so that the Witwickys could complete their mission.
Fortunately, the Stunticons had been off the shelves for awhile by this point,
and so were utterly demolished off-screen by the two Autobots. Eventually, First
Aid returned to the Autobots to finish repair work on the cog, and Rodimus
ultimately called Galvatron's bluff and uncovered his "Ultimate Weapon" as the
sham it was. These victories renewed Rodimus's confidence in his leadership
abilities...until next time. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
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title="The Ultimate Weapon"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Ultimate_Weapon"&gt;The Ultimate Weapon&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


{{-}}


====''The Transformer'' manga====
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title="The Face of the Nijika"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Face_of_the_Nijika"&gt;The Face of the
Nijika&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


At the unveiling of the new power generator, Rodimus Prime got frustrated at
Grimlock's gross stupidity. Things only got worse when the Autobots discovered
&lt;A title=Anti-electron
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Anti-electron"&gt;anti-electrons&lt;/A&gt; being beamed out
of the power generator, and needed to negotiate the tunnels beneath Cybertron to
reach the generator core...and Grimlock broke their only map. Luckily for
Rodimus's sanity, Grimlock spontaneously developed super-intelligence after
biting through the cables connecting the anti-electrons to the power generator.
The Autobots then went on a mission to Unicron's head to prevent the Decepticons
from recovering any more anti-electrons to use against them. They were nearly
overwhelmed by the animalistic &lt;A title="Terrorcon (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Terrorcon_(G1)"&gt;Terrorcons&lt;/A&gt;, but Grimlock
constructed &lt;A title=Computron
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Computron"&gt;Computron&lt;/A&gt; and the &lt;A title=Technobot
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Technobot"&gt;Technobots&lt;/A&gt; as a counter-force
against the bestial Decepticons. Rodimus and the others drove off the remaining
Decepticons, and restabilized the power generator for Cybertron's use. &lt;SPAN
class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Grimlock's New Brain"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Grimlock's_New_Brain"&gt;Grimlock's New
Brain&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


{{note|The events of this manga occur concurrently with the events of Generation 1 cartoon, as described above.}}
On a lifeless planetoid with absolutely no discernable military value,
Rodimus Prime and the Autobots were engaged in trench warfare with the  
Decepticon to claim said planetoid. Rodimus demonstrated his keen tactical
brilliance when the Decepticons attacked and he suggested the Autobots do the
unexpected...and counter-attack. No, really -- Galvatron seemed utterly amazed
when they did that. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Call of the Primitives"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Call_of_the_Primitives"&gt;Call of the
Primitives&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


Rodimus Prime faced numerous bizarre challenges in the year 2010. In one instance, Rodimus and his troops were taken under siege by a horde of Megatron clones calling themselves the [[Megatron Military]].  The Megatron Military made short work of Rodimus, leaving him to wonder how he could defeat a whole horde of the baddie, when Optimus Prime could barely deal with ''one''. Rodimus eventually realized that Galvatron was secretly controlling the clones and singled him out. With Galvatron defeated, the Megatron Military ceased to function.
After a particularly strenuous series of Decepticon attacks on Japan, Rodimus  
Prime was in no mood to be chewed out by the Japanese government for "not
helping enough". When &lt;A title="Marissa Faireborn"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Marissa_Faireborn"&gt;Marissa Faireborn&lt;/A&gt; stopped by
at just the wrong time with yet another problem, Rodimus blew her off and went
racing on the backroads to let off some exhaust. Unfortunately, he was spotted
by the Stunticons &lt;A title="Dead End (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Dead_End_(G1)"&gt;Dead End&lt;/A&gt; and &lt;A title=Wildrider
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Wildrider"&gt;Wildrider&lt;/A&gt;, who knocked him for a  
loop and (surprisingly) shook the Matrix of Leadership loose from his chest
cavity. After the Stunticons made off with the Matrix, Rodimus woke up as &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt;. Shockingly to Springer
and Ultra Magnus, Roddy was in no hurry to go after the thieves and recover the  
Matrix. His ''giri'' had become too burdensome, and &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; was hardly interested in
reclaiming the burden so soon. He returned to a dojo that had been upset by &lt;A
title="Bruticus (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Bruticus_(G1)"&gt;Bruticus&lt;/A&gt;
during the earlier attacks, and observed the sensei and his pupils. After
finding his center again, &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; returned to the city,
where the huntsman known as Scourge had been mis-using the Matrix as a source of
raw power to destroy everything around him. After a brief fight, &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; reclaimed the Matrix
from Scourge and became Rodimus Prime once more, accepting his path in life.  


During another battle, he was forced to team with his arch-nemesis, Galvatron, to defeat the all-powerful [[Guiltar]].  Guiltar was a creation built by the [[Quintesson]]s utilizing the powers of both Optimus Prime and Megatron.  Together, Rodimus and Galvatron defeated their foe (who it turned was being controlled by the ghost of [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]) and called off the truce.


====''The Headmasters'' anime and manga====
Oh, and Kup was nodding sagely on the sidelines this entire time. I'm sure
that helped, somehow. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="The Burden Hardest to Bear"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Burden_Hardest_to_Bear"&gt;The Burden Hardest to
Bear&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


[[Image:DoubleConvoy1.jpg |left|200px|thumb|"Race ya to the Matrix!" "Yer on!"]]
&lt;DIV class="thumb tright"&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 202px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
title='"Does my thumb look infected to you?"'
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:HotRodReturnOfOptimusPrime1.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
class=thumbimage height=152 alt='"Does my thumb look infected to you?"'
src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/200px-HotRodReturnOfOptimusPrime1.jpg" width=200
border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbcaption&gt;
&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:HotRodReturnOfOptimusPrime1.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
height=11 alt="" src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/magnify-clip.png"
width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;"Does my thumb look infected to you?"&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
As it turned out, far from being destroyed, Optimus Prime had been retrieved
by a team of human scientists who were hoping to use him (again) as a weapon
against the Autobots—this time as the bearer of a malignant "Hate Plague" that
would cause them to destroy each other. When he learned of this, Rodimus swiftly
formed a rescue party and led them to retrieve Optimus's body so that their
former leader could rest in peace. When all of the rest of the Autobots with him
were exposed to the Hate Plague, only Rodimus was able to escape unharmed—and
with the still uninfected body of Optimus. Returning to Autobot City, Rodimus
ordered &lt;A title="Sky Lynx (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Sky_Lynx_(G1)"&gt;Sky-Lynx&lt;/A&gt; to find a Quintesson to
repair Optimus, then risked his life to shut down &lt;A title="Metroplex (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Metroplex_(G1)"&gt;Metroplex&lt;/A&gt; before the Plague
could spread to it. Attacked by Ultra Magnus and Wreck-Gar in the process, he
succumbed to the plague and became infected with hate. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Return_of_Optimus_Prime,_Part_1"&gt;The Return of
Optimus Prime, Part 1&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; In order to stop the Plague, the resurrected
Optimus had to defeat the crazed Rodimus and forcibly extract the Matrix from
him, changing him back into &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; once more. This time, as
Optimus had decided to stick around, the change was a permanent one. &lt;SPAN
class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Return_of_Optimus_Prime,_Part_2"&gt;The Return of
Optimus Prime, Part 2&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


One year after the Hate Plague affair and the resurrection of Optimus Prime, Hot Rod maintained a high-level position among the Autobots as well as a new sense of duty and responsibility.  Hot Rod was stationed on [[Athenia]] when the Decepticons, bolstered with the addition of new Headmaster wariors, attacked Cybertron in an attempted to take control of [[Vector Sigma]], which had become destabilized as a result of the Matrix's energy being released. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come Out Of The Sky}}  When a group of Autobot Headmasters arrived to help, Optimus Prime broke off from the battle and ventured into Cybertron's depths, hoping to find a way to stabilize Vector Sigma. This, however, would require the sacrifice of his own life if attempted without the Matrix, which was hidden somewhere on Earth, recharging. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}}  Hot Rod and the Autobot Headmasters searched the Matrix out and returned to Cybertron with it, where the spirit of [[Alpha Trion]] recharged its empty shell, transforming Hot Rod back into Rodimus Prime. Optimus and Rodimus defeated the Decepticons together, but Optimus still wound up sacrificing himself to stabilize Vector Sigma, leaving Rodimus Prime in command of the Autobots once again. {{storylink|A Dream is Born, Double Prime}}
Even after losing his position as Autobot leader, &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; was not the sort to rest
on his laurels. In 2007, he was among a group of Autobots who were caught in a  
blast from the &lt;A title="Plasma energy"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Plasma_energy"&gt;Plasma Energy Chamber&lt;/A&gt; and shot
across the galaxy to the planet &lt;A title=Nebulos
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Nebulos"&gt;Nebulos&lt;/A&gt;. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="The Rebirth, Part 1"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Rebirth,_Part_1"&gt;The Rebirth, Part 1&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
There, the Autobots fell in with a group of native rebels and aided them in
opposing the tyrannical rule of the dictatorial &lt;A title="Hive (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hive_(G1)"&gt;Hive&lt;/A&gt;—a partnership that ultimately
evolved into &lt;A title="Binary bonding"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Binary_bonding"&gt;binary bonding&lt;/A&gt;, the fusion of  
Transformer and Nebulan into &lt;A title="Headmaster (technology)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Headmaster_(technology)"&gt;Headmasters&lt;/A&gt; and &lt;A
title=Targetmaster href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Targetmaster"&gt;Targetmasters&lt;/A&gt;.
&lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="The Rebirth, Part 2"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Rebirth,_Part_2"&gt;The Rebirth, Part 2&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; was linked to the  
Nebulan sharpshooter Firebolt, and went on to aid in the defence of Cybertron as
Galvatron attempted to use the Plasma Energy Chamber to destroy it. &lt;SPAN
class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A  
title="The Rebirth, Part 3"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Rebirth,_Part_3"&gt;The Rebirth, Part 3&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


[[Image:Ep14.jpg|right|150px|thumb|He's so dreeeaaaaamyyyy.]]


Not long thereafter, a plot by Decepticon leader [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] resulted in a massive planetary explosion devastating Cybertron, leaving it a burnt-out husk. Deciding that his time was over, and that newer, younger Transformers should take over, Rodimus passed leadership of the Autobots to [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]], and departed for space with Kup and Blurr to search for a new planet that the Transformers could make their own. Arcee asked if she could go, too, but Rodimus instructed her to stay behind to look after Daniel and Wheelie.
Rodimus has a tendency to say insensitive, stupid things to people in dire
situations, such as joking about humans suffocating to death, &lt;SPAN
class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Dark Awakening" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Dark_Awakening"&gt;Dark
Awakening&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; or ripping on someone's home planet while it's being
destroyed &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Fight or Flee" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Fight_or_Flee"&gt;Fight or
Flee&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;.
&lt;A name=Japanese_cartoon_continuity&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;H3&gt;&lt;SPAN class=editsection&gt;[&lt;A
title="Edit section: Japanese cartoon continuity"
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Hot_Rod&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5"&gt;edit&lt;/A&gt;]&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN class=mw-headline&gt;Japanese cartoon continuity&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H3&gt;
&lt;DIV
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #eeeeee 2px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 2px; BORDER-TOP: #eeeeee 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 2px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; MARGIN: 0px auto 0.2em; BORDER-LEFT: #eeeeee 2px solid; WIDTH: 90%; PADDING-TOP: 2px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #eeeeee 2px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #efefef; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;'''Note:'''
&lt;I&gt;The events of the Generation 1 cartoon occur in Japanese animated continuity
as described above, except that the events of "The Rebirth" do not occur.
Additionally, this continuity moves the events of 2006 forward to 2010, and  
inserts several additional events into the newly-created intervening
years.&lt;/I&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;A name=Kiss_Players&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;H4&gt;&lt;SPAN class=editsection&gt;[&lt;A title="Edit section: Kiss Players"
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Hot_Rod&amp;action=edit&amp;section=6"&gt;edit&lt;/A&gt;]&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN class=mw-headline&gt;''Kiss Players''&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H4&gt;


On his journey through space, Rodimus faced many dangers and hardships, but was supported by the wisdom with the Matrix and the energy of the Earth that now coursed within it. Learning a new admiration for the human race and the planet Earth, he returned to Earth in the wake of the defeat of Scorponok, and reunited with the Autobots.
:''Voice actors:'' &lt;A class=new title="Ryōtarō Okiayu"
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Ry%C5%8Dtar%C5%8D_Okiayu&amp;action=edit"&gt;Ryōtarō
Okiayu&lt;/A&gt; (Japanese)
When Rodimus Prime hurled Galvatron into space at the conclusion of their
battle within Unicron, he could not have predicted the tragic result of this
action. Galvatron crash-landed on Earth, on top of &lt;A title=Tokyo
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Tokyo"&gt;Tokyo&lt;/A&gt;, &lt;A title=Japan
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Japan"&gt;Japan&lt;/A&gt;, devastating the city and sparking
off a massive anti-Transformer movement spearheaded by the &lt;A
title="Earth Defense Command"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Earth_Defense_Command"&gt;Earth Defense Command&lt;/A&gt;.
Horrified by what his actions had wrought, Rodimus gave up the Matrix to Ultra
Magnus, reverted to &lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt;
&lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; once more, and  
returned to the human homeworld.  


====The Battlestars====
&lt;DIV class="thumb tleft"&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 182px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
title="Flames on his arms and a naked girl in his tummy."
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:HotRodKP.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG class=thumbimage
height=219 alt="Flames on his arms and a naked girl in his tummy."
src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/180px-HotRodKP.jpg" width=180 border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbcaption&gt;
&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:HotRodKP.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG height=11 alt=""
src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;Flames on his arms
and a naked girl in his tummy.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
As he descended to Earth, &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; was badly damaged by the
&lt;A title=Anti-electron
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Anti-electron"&gt;anti-electron&lt;/A&gt; field that the
E.D.C. had set up around the planet. Arriving at the E.D.C. headquarters, &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; interrupted a grotesque
experiment in a basement laboratory involving the severed heads of various &lt;A
title=Legion href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Legion"&gt;Legion&lt;/A&gt; (monstrous
creatures created by Galvatron's scattered cells) and former E.D.C. operative &lt;A
title="Shaoshao Li" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Shaoshao_Li"&gt;Shaoshao Li&lt;/A&gt;.
The Legion attacked &lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt;
&lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; and began to &lt;A
title=ParasiTech href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/ParasiTech"&gt;fuse&lt;/A&gt; with him, but
a &lt;A title=Kiss href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Kiss"&gt;kiss&lt;/A&gt; from Shaoshao—one of
the E.D.C.'s &lt;A title="Kiss Player"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Kiss_Player"&gt;Kiss Player&lt;/A&gt; operatives, also given
fusing powers by Galvatron's cells—saved him, reformatting him into a Ford GT
body. Now partnered with Shaoshao, he traveled around &lt;A title=Japan
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Japan"&gt;Japan&lt;/A&gt; battling the E.D.C., Legion, and
the resurrected Optimus Prime.


It would be many years before Rodimus resurfaced. He eventually returned at the same time as Optimus Prime was resurrected as Star Convoy, and was shown to have reverted back into Hot Rod, and been converted into a [[Micromaster]]. As a Micromaster, Hot Rod took up residence in [[Optimus Prime (G1)#The Battlestars|Star Convoy's]] chest, boosting his Supreme Commander's power.
&lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; was cocky and confident
in his speed and sharpshooting skills, and often weathered his human partner's
complaints that he was slacking off on his hand-to-hand combat training. He much
preferred to practice kissing, the resulting fusion granting him Shao's  
considerable martial arts skills as well as the ability to wield his firearms as
&lt;A class=extiw title=wikipedia:tonfa
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/tonfa"&gt;tonfas&lt;/A&gt;. In return, he stole &lt;A
title="Marissa Faireborn"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Marissa_Faireborn"&gt;Marissa Faireborn&lt;/A&gt;'s  
underwear for her.  


====''15 Go! Go!'' comics====
He continued to enjoy fishing and carried a customized &lt;B
[[Image:Hotrod-micro.jpg|left|150px|thumb|This isn't the last time he'll work with a creepy-looking girl.]]
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;rod&lt;/B&gt; that he could convert
into a forearm-mounted weapon called the "Exhaust Eliminator". Shaoshao didn't  
like working with him after a fishing trip due to the smell, but she secretly
wished that he would take her with him anyway. &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; was very suspicious of
Optimus Prime, claiming that he was not the ''real'' Optimus, presumably
because he still believed his former commander to be dead following the Battle
of Autobot City.  


During her travels through time and space, [[Teletraan 15]] encountered Micromater Hot Rod, who rescued her from a strange mechanical monster, a [[Great Novaroid|Novaroid]]. Teletraan 15 noted that Hot Rod was considerably smaller than she remembered him.
&lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; had the distinction of
being the only known robot with a Kiss Player partner to have lips. This might
have contributed to Shao's feelings of excitement when she kissed him, though
the rest of the time she acted outraged that a robot would have the audacity to
talk to her like a real person.  


Hot Rod asked if she was the one responsible for all the [[Transwarp]] travel and blamed her for the wormholes that were opening everywhere. Spotting a large wormhole opening, he transformed to vehicle mode and told her to climb inside, saying that something big was coming.
After numerous battles, &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; and his human partner
settled their differences with Prime. Together, they teamed up with the E.D.C.
Kiss Player &lt;A title="Atari Hitotonari"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Atari_Hitotonari"&gt;Atari Hitotonari&lt;/A&gt; and her &lt;A
title=Autrooper href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Autrooper"&gt;Autrooper&lt;/A&gt; and
entered the secret "Genital System" facility hidden beneath E.D.C. headquarters
in Tokyo. There, they discovered Galvatron's headless body and realized that the
only way to end the current crisis was to allow the Unicron-empowered
Decepticon's cells to return to his body. When &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; did so, he was restored
to his original body. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Kiss Players (fiction)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Kiss_Players_(fiction)"&gt;Kiss Players&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


[[Star Convoy]] appeared and requested Hot Rod's assistance, telling him that [[Megatron (G1)|Ultra Megatron]] was fusing with [[Dark Nova]].


As Hot Rod said his farewells to Teletraan 15, he was suddenly struck by an immense blast from the wormhole overhead. The shadowy form of [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] descended from the rip in the sky.
&lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; went on his way, but did
not take back the Matrix and leadership of the Autobots until the year 2010. It
is unknown whether he ever discovered that the true cause of the Tokyo incident
was temporal interference by the &lt;A title=Sparkbot
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Sparkbot"&gt;Sparkbots&lt;/A&gt;.  


15 leaped in front of Hot Rod to protect him, and was rewarded for her heroism by seeing her right arm torn off by the Decepticon's power. The severed arm gripped in his teeth, Galvatron throttled the much smaller Hot Rod. As [[First Aid]] and [[Blades]] of the [[Protectobots]] raced toward her, Teletraan 15 faded into unconsciousness, leaving Hot Rod's fate and the outcome of the battle unknown.
&lt;BR clear=all&gt;
&lt;A
name=The_Story_of_Super_Robot_Lifeforms:_The_Transformers&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;H4&gt;&lt;SPAN class=editsection&gt;[&lt;A
title="Edit section: The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers"
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Hot_Rod&amp;action=edit&amp;section=7"&gt;edit&lt;/A&gt;]&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN class=mw-headline&gt;&lt;I&gt;The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The
Transformers&lt;/I&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H4&gt;
&lt;DIV
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #eeeeee 2px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 2px; BORDER-TOP: #eeeeee 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 2px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; MARGIN: 0px auto 0.2em; BORDER-LEFT: #eeeeee 2px solid; WIDTH: 90%; PADDING-TOP: 2px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #eeeeee 2px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #efefef; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;'''Note:'''
&lt;I&gt;The events of this manga occur concurrently with the events of Generation 1
cartoon, as described above.&lt;/I&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
Rodimus Prime faced numerous bizarre challenges in the year 2010. In one
instance, Rodimus and his troops were taken under siege by a horde of Megatron
clones calling themselves the &lt;A title="Megatron Military"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Megatron_Military"&gt;Megatron Military&lt;/A&gt;. The  
Megatron Military made short work of Rodimus, leaving him to wonder how he could
defeat a whole horde of the baddie, when Optimus Prime could barely deal with
''one''. Rodimus eventually realized that Galvatron was secretly controlling
the clones and singled him out. With Galvatron defeated, the Megatron Military
ceased to function. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 2"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Story_of_Super_Robot_Lifeforms:_The_Transformers_issue_2"&gt;The
Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 2&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


{{-}}
During another battle, he was forced to team with his arch-nemesis,
Galvatron, to defeat the all-powerful &lt;A title=Guiltaur
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Guiltaur"&gt;Guiltaur&lt;/A&gt;. Guiltaur was a creation
built by the &lt;A title=Quintesson
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Quintesson"&gt;Quintessons&lt;/A&gt; utilizing the powers of
both Optimus Prime and Megatron. Together, Rodimus and Galvatron defeated their
foe (who it turned out was being controlled by the ghost of &lt;A
title="Starscream (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)"&gt;Starscream&lt;/A&gt;) and called off the
truce. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 4"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Story_of_Super_Robot_Lifeforms:_The_Transformers_issue_4"&gt;The
Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 4&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;A
name=The_Headmasters_anime&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;H4&gt;&lt;SPAN class=editsection&gt;[&lt;A title="Edit section: The Headmasters anime"
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Hot_Rod&amp;action=edit&amp;section=8"&gt;edit&lt;/A&gt;]&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN class=mw-headline&gt;''The Headmasters'' anime&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H4&gt;
&lt;DIV class="thumb tleft"&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 202px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
title='"Race ya to the Matrix!" "Yer on!"'
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:DoubleConvoy1.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG class=thumbimage
height=150 alt='"Race ya to the Matrix!" "Yer on!"'
src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/200px-DoubleConvoy1.jpg" width=200 border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbcaption&gt;
&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:DoubleConvoy1.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG height=11 alt=""
src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;"Race ya to the
Matrix!" "Yer on!"&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
One year after the Hate Plague affair and the resurrection of Optimus Prime,
&lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; maintained a high-level
position among the Autobots as well as a new sense of duty and responsibility.
&lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; was stationed on &lt;A
title=Athenia href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Athenia"&gt;Athenia&lt;/A&gt; when the
Decepticons, bolstered with the addition of new Headmaster warriors, attacked
Cybertron in an attempt to take control of &lt;A title="Vector Sigma"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Vector_Sigma"&gt;Vector Sigma&lt;/A&gt;, which had become
destabilized as a result of the Matrix's energy being released. &lt;SPAN
class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Four Warriors Come out of the Sky"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Four_Warriors_Come_out_of_the_Sky"&gt;Four Warriors
Come out of the Sky&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; When a group of Autobot Headmasters arrived to
help, Optimus Prime broke off from the battle and ventured into Cybertron's
depths, hoping to find a way to stabilize Vector Sigma. This, however, would
require the sacrifice of his own life if attempted without the Matrix, which was
hidden somewhere on Earth, recharging. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="The Mystery of Planet Master"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Mystery_of_Planet_Master"&gt;The Mystery of Planet
Master&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; and the Autobot
Headmasters searched the Matrix out and returned to Cybertron with it, where the
spirit of &lt;A title="Alpha Trion (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Alpha_Trion_(G1)"&gt;Alpha Trion&lt;/A&gt; recharged its
empty shell, transforming &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; back into Rodimus Prime.
Optimus and Rodimus defeated the Decepticons together, but Optimus still wound
up sacrificing himself to stabilize Vector Sigma, leaving Rodimus Prime in
command of the Autobots once again. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Birth_of_the_Fantastic_Double_Prime"&gt;Birth of the
Fantastic Double Prime&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


===Marvel Comics continuity===
Not long thereafter, a plot by Decepticon leader &lt;A title="Scorponok (G1)"
====Generation 1====
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Scorponok_(G1)"&gt;Scorponok&lt;/A&gt; resulted in a massive
{{note|Events from the UK-only comics are in italics, and are flippin' convoluted.}}
planetary explosion devastating Cybertron, leaving it a burnt-out husk. Deciding
that his time was over, and that newer, younger Transformers should take over,
Rodimus passed leadership of the Autobots to &lt;A title="Fortress Maximus (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Fortress_Maximus_(G1)"&gt;Fortress&lt;/A&gt;, and departed
for space with Kup and &lt;A title="Blurr (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Blurr_(G1)"&gt;Blurr&lt;/A&gt; to search for a new planet
that the Transformers could make their own. Arcee asked if she could go, too,
but Rodimus instructed her to stay behind to look after Daniel and Wheelie.
&lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cybertron_Is_in_Grave_Danger,_Part_2"&gt;Cybertron Is
in Grave Danger, Part 2&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;A name=The_Headmasters_manga&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;H4&gt;&lt;SPAN class=editsection&gt;[&lt;A title="Edit section: The Headmasters manga"
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Hot_Rod&amp;action=edit&amp;section=9"&gt;edit&lt;/A&gt;]&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN class=mw-headline&gt;''The Headmasters'' manga&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H4&gt;
&lt;DIV class="thumb tright"&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 102px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
title="He's so dreeeaaaaamyyyy."
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Ep14.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG class=thumbimage height=163
alt="He's so dreeeaaaaamyyyy." src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/100px-Ep14.jpg" width=100
border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbcaption&gt;
&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Ep14.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG height=11 alt=""
src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;He's so
dreeeaaaaamyyyy.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
On his journey through space, Rodimus faced many dangers and hardships, but
was supported by the wisdom of the Matrix and the energy of the Earth that now
coursed within it. Learning a new admiration for the human race and the planet
Earth, he returned to Earth in the wake of the defeat of Scorponok, and reunited
with the Autobots. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="The Headmasters issue 8"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Headmasters_issue_8"&gt;The Headmasters issue
8&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;A name=The_Battlestars&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;H4&gt;&lt;SPAN class=editsection&gt;[&lt;A title="Edit section: The Battlestars"
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Hot_Rod&amp;action=edit&amp;section=10"&gt;edit&lt;/A&gt;]&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN class=mw-headline&gt;The Battlestars&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H4&gt;
It would be many years before Rodimus resurfaced. He eventually returned at
the same time as Optimus Prime was resurrected as &lt;A title="Optimus Prime (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Optimus_Prime_(G1)#The_Battlestars"&gt;Star
Convoy&lt;/A&gt;, and was shown to have reverted back into &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt;, and been converted into
a &lt;A title=Micromaster
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Micromaster"&gt;Micromaster&lt;/A&gt;. As a Micromaster, &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; took up residence in
Star Convoy's chest, boosting his Supreme Commander's power.
&lt;A
name=15_Go.21_Go.21_comics&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;H4&gt;&lt;SPAN class=editsection&gt;[&lt;A title="Edit section: 15 Go! Go! comics"
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Hot_Rod&amp;action=edit&amp;section=11"&gt;edit&lt;/A&gt;]&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN class=mw-headline&gt;''15 Go! Go!'' comics&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H4&gt;
&lt;DIV class="thumb tleft"&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 152px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
title="Well, at least this girl has clothes on."
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Hotrod-micro.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG class=thumbimage
height=163 alt="Well, at least this girl has clothes on."
src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/150px-Hotrod-micro.jpg" width=150 border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbcaption&gt;
&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Hotrod-micro.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG height=11 alt=""
src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;Well, at least this
girl has clothes on.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
During her travels through time and space, &lt;A title="Teletraan 15"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Teletraan_15"&gt;Teletraan 15&lt;/A&gt; encountered
Micromaster &lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt;, who rescued her from a
strange mechanical monster, a &lt;A title=Novaroid
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Novaroid"&gt;Novaroid&lt;/A&gt;. Teletraan 15 noted that &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; was considerably smaller
than she remembered him.  


''Several hundred years ago, [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] dispatched Hot Rod and [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] to search for habitable worlds. During this mission, the pair ran afoul of some unpleasant aliens who captured Blurr and pursued Hot Rod through space. While fleeing, Hot Rod crossed paths with the Autobot war veteran, Kup, living a nomadic existence wandering through space at the time, and the youth's bravado re-ignited Kup's fighting spirit. After saving Hot Rod and helping him to rescue Blurr, Kup joined the pair in returning to Cybertron.'' {{storylink|Kup's Story!}}
&lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; asked if she was the one
responsible for all the &lt;A title=Transwarp
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transwarp"&gt;Transwarp&lt;/A&gt; travel and blamed her for  
the wormholes that were opening everywhere. Spotting a large wormhole opening,  
he transformed to vehicle mode and told her to climb inside, saying that
something big was coming.  


Hot Rod was among the contingent of Transformers who ultimately accompanied Fortress Maximus in abandoning the war on Cybertron for a new world, Nebulos. The Autobots' arrival on the planet immediately stirred civil unrest, however, which led to the Decepticons being brought to the planet, and the war continuing on a smaller scale. Technological advancements developed during the conflict saw Nebulans being bio-engineered into [[binary bonding|partnerships]] with the Transformers. Hot Rod became a Targetmaster, and was bonded the Nebulan sharpshooter, Firebolt (aka Sparks), who transformed into his gun. Eventually, the Autobots determined to move their war away from Nebulos, and followed a signal sent by [[Goldbug]], received by Hot Rod, to the planet [[Earth]]. {{storylink|Brothers in Armor!!}}
&lt;A class=mw-redirect title="Star Convoy"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Star_Convoy"&gt;Star Convoy&lt;/A&gt; appeared and requested
&lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; Rod's assistance,  
telling him that &lt;A title="Megatron (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Megatron_(G1)"&gt;Ultra Megatron&lt;/A&gt; was fusing with
&lt;A title="Dark Nova" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Dark_Nova"&gt;Dark Nova&lt;/A&gt;.  


Hot Rod and the other Autobots of Nebulos were soon incorporated into the larger Autobot force on Earth, under the command of Optimus Prime. On one occasion, Hot Rod and several Autobots accompanied Prime on what appeared to be a simple mission to stop some Decepticon [[Micromaster]]s from attacking MacDill Air Force Base. {{storylink|Back from the Dead!}} In fact, the attack was part of a much larger scheme by the deposed Decepticon leader [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], luring Prime and his forces away from the Ark and setting them against his rival for Decepticon leadership, the mighty [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. Once Prime realized the greater threat at issue, he ordered his troops to immediately take the shuttle back to the Ark, but Hot Rod recklessly chose to stay behind at Optimus's side to face the Decepticons. {{storylink|All the Familiar Faces!}}  He was therefore on-hand when the newly resurrected [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] arrived, and began tearing through all Transformers present, in the name of Megatron. He managed to take a shot at Starscream's new [[Pretender]] shell, causing enough neural feedback to temporarily weaken the Decepticon, and give Scorponok time to strike and end the threat. {{storylink|Skin Deep}}
As &lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; said his farewells to  
Teletraan 15, he was suddenly struck by an immense blast from the wormhole
overhead. The shadowy form of &lt;A title="Galvatron (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Galvatron_(G1)"&gt;Galvatron&lt;/A&gt; descended from the
rip in the sky.  


The cost was still high, though, as Optimus Prime returned to the Ark and learned that his good friend, [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], had sacrificed himself to help stop Megatron's schemes. This sent the Autobot leader into a depression, and Hot Rod took it upon himself to snap Optimus out of it. He had the crazy scheme of  creating a mock threat with a [[Guardian|Guardian Mark V battle droid]], with predictable results. The robot proceeded to ''actually'' malfunction and endanger the Autobots, but Hot Rod's plan worked when Prime eventually snapped out of his funk and defeated the droid to save the day. Hot Rod needed to find a replacement hand after the Guardian snapped it off, but hey, all's well that ends well.{{storylink|Yesterday's Heroes!}}
15 leaped in front of &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; to protect him, and was  
rewarded for her heroism by seeing her right arm torn off by the Decepticon's  
power. The severed arm gripped in his teeth, Galvatron throttled the much
smaller &lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt;. As &lt;A title=Safety
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Safety"&gt;Safety&lt;/A&gt; and &lt;A title=Fly-Up
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Fly-Up"&gt;Fly-Up&lt;/A&gt; of the &lt;A title="Guard City"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Guard_City"&gt;Guard City&lt;/A&gt; team raced toward her,  
Teletraan 15 faded into unconsciousness, leaving &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; Rod's fate and the  
outcome of the battle unknown. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="15 Go! Go!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/15_Go!_Go!"&gt;15 Go!
Go!&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


Hot Rod continued to operate with Earth's Autobot forces aboard the Ark, and was present during Thunderwing's rampage through the shuttle bay. He took some damage, but remained functional enough to continue on, and was later seen speeding into the battle with Unicron himself on a [[hoverscooter]]), {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}} He was also one of many Autobots destroyed by the Decepticons on [[Klo]], only to be revived by the [[Last Autobot]]. {{Storylink|End of the Road! (Marvel US comic)|End of the Road!}}
&lt;BR clear=all&gt;
&lt;A name=Marvel_Comics_continuity&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;H3&gt;&lt;SPAN class=editsection&gt;[&lt;A title="Edit section: Marvel Comics continuity"
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Hot_Rod&amp;action=edit&amp;section=12"&gt;edit&lt;/A&gt;]&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN class=mw-headline&gt;Marvel Comics continuity&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H3&gt;&lt;A
name=Generation_1&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;H4&gt;&lt;SPAN class=editsection&gt;[&lt;A title="Edit section: Generation 1"
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Hot_Rod&amp;action=edit&amp;section=13"&gt;edit&lt;/A&gt;]&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN class=mw-headline&gt;Generation 1&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H4&gt;
&lt;DIV
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #eeeeee 2px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 2px; BORDER-TOP: #eeeeee 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 2px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; MARGIN: 0px auto 0.2em; BORDER-LEFT: #eeeeee 2px solid; WIDTH: 90%; PADDING-TOP: 2px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #eeeeee 2px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #efefef; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;'''Note:'''  
&lt;I&gt;Events from the UK-only comics are in italics, and are flippin'  
convoluted.&lt;/I&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;I&gt;Several hundred years ago, &lt;A title="Fortress Maximus (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Fortress_Maximus_(G1)"&gt;Fortress Maximus&lt;/A&gt;
dispatched &lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; and &lt;A
title="Blurr (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Blurr_(G1)"&gt;Blurr&lt;/A&gt; to search
for habitable worlds. During this mission, the pair ran afoul of the &lt;A
title=Tyroxian href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Tyroxian"&gt;Tyroxians&lt;/A&gt; — unpleasant
&lt;A title=Alien href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Alien"&gt;aliens&lt;/A&gt; who captured Blurr
and pursued &lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; through space. While
fleeing, &lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; crossed paths with the  
Autobot war veteran, Kup, living a nomadic existence wandering through space at
the time, and the youth's bravado in attacking &lt;A title=Tyroxia
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Tyroxia"&gt;Tyroxia&lt;/A&gt; single-handed re-ignited Kup's
fighting spirit. After saving &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; and helping him to
rescue Blurr, Kup joined the pair in returning to Cybertron.&lt;/I&gt; &lt;SPAN
class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Kup's Story!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Kup's_Story!"&gt;Kup's
Story!&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


In an alternate future timeline, Hot Rod arose to become Rodimus Prime. However, the planet-eater known as Unicron managed to destroy Cybertron, leaving Rodimus to lead a failed Autobot/human defense of Earth when [[Galvatron II|that timeline's Galvatron]] attacked and eventually conquered it. Rodimus perished during the conflict, and his body was strung up between the ruined towers of the World Trade Center. In the year 2009, Galvatron returned to Manhattan to survey its devastated landscape, and fired upon Rodimus's corpse, demanding to know how many times he would have to kill him to erase his legacy. {{storylink|Rhythms of Darkness!}}
&lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; was among the contingent
of Transformers who ultimately accompanied Fortress Maximus in abandoning the
war on Cybertron for a new world, Nebulos. The Autobots' arrival on the planet
immediately stirred civil unrest, however, which led to the Decepticons being
brought to the planet, and the war continuing on a smaller scale. Technological
advancements developed during the conflict saw Nebulans being bio-engineered
into &lt;A title="Binary bonding"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Binary_bonding"&gt;partnerships&lt;/A&gt; with the
Transformers. &lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; became a Targetmaster,  
and was bonded to the Nebulan sharpshooter, Firebolt (aka Sparks), who
transformed into his gun. Eventually, the Autobots determined to move their war
away from Nebulos, and followed a signal sent by &lt;A class=mw-redirect
title=Goldbug href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Goldbug"&gt;Goldbug&lt;/A&gt;, received by &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt;, to the planet &lt;A
title=Earth href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Earth"&gt;Earth&lt;/A&gt;. &lt;SPAN
class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Brothers in Armor!!"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Brothers_in_Armor!!"&gt;Brothers in Armor!!&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


=====Marvel UK future timelines=====
[[Image:M1988 rodimusprime runlikehell.jpg|thumb|250px|I'M KID FRIENDLY, DAMN IT!]]


''Hot Rod rose to greater prominence in the alternate future timeline of [[Earth-120185]]. In 1990, he, Kup and Blurr were captured by Megatron; although rescued by a double-agent named [[Warmonger]], Hot Rod was recaptured and bore witness first hand to Megatron's mercilessness when he executed Warmonger. Then, in 1991, he was part of a unit that escorted the captive [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], only to lose the Decepticon leader when forced to defend a human settlement against an attack by the [[Air Strike Patrol]].'' {{storylink|Aspects of Evil!}} ''On another occasion in 1995, Hot Rod was present when Optimus Prime first unveiled the female Autobot, Arcee, to a dubious crowd of human feminists. Hot Rod was more than a little flustered by Arcee's presence on the battlefield.'' {{storylink|Prime's Rib!}} ''In 2003, he and Blurr were given "Ark duty," assigned to stand guard over the [[Ark|Autobots' spaceship]] while construction on [[Autobot City]] began. Kup was apparently instructed to deliver the plans of the city to the American government, and when Hot Rod saw him being jumped by the [[Stunticon]]s, he disobeyed orders and sped out to the rescue. The Stunticons brutally beat on Hot Rod and took the plans, but Hot Rod learned a hard lesson when Kup informed him that it was meant to happen that way because the plans were a fake.'' {{storylink|Ark Duty}} ''When the city was completed in 2004, [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] attacked it on its opening day, and Hot Rod repelled him by attacking in a wildly illogical manner, tackling him down a mountain repeatedly.'' {{storylink|Aspects of Evil!}} ''Also, at some unknown point in the past, Hot Rod's Targetmaster partner Firebolt was killed in action. {{storylink|Headhunt}}
&lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; and the other Autobots
of Nebulos were soon incorporated into the larger Autobot force on Earth, under
the command of Optimus Prime. On one occasion, &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; and several Autobots
accompanied Prime on what appeared to be a simple mission to stop some
Decepticon &lt;A title=Micromaster
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Micromaster"&gt;Micromasters&lt;/A&gt; from attacking
MacDill Air Force Base. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
class=mw-redirect title="Back from the Dead!"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Back_from_the_Dead!"&gt;Back from the Dead!&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
In fact, the attack was part of a much larger scheme by the deposed Decepticon
leader &lt;A title="Megatron (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Megatron_(G1)"&gt;Megatron&lt;/A&gt;, luring Prime and his
forces away from the &lt;A title="Ark (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ark_(G1)"&gt;Ark&lt;/A&gt; and setting them against his
rival for Decepticon leadership, the mighty &lt;A title="Scorponok (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Scorponok_(G1)"&gt;Scorponok&lt;/A&gt;. Once Prime realized
the greater threat at issue, he ordered his troops to immediately take the &lt;A
title="Ark shuttlecraft"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ark_shuttlecraft"&gt;shuttle&lt;/A&gt; back to the Ark, but
&lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; recklessly chose to stay
behind at Optimus's side to face the Decepticons. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="All the Familiar Faces!"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/All_the_Familiar_Faces!"&gt;All the Familiar
Faces!&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; He was therefore on-hand when the newly resurrected &lt;A
title="Starscream (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)"&gt;Starscream&lt;/A&gt; arrived, and began
tearing through all Transformers present, in the name of Megatron. He managed to
take a shot at Starscream's new &lt;A title=Pretender
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Pretender"&gt;Pretender&lt;/A&gt; shell, causing enough
neural feedback to temporarily weaken the Decepticon, and give Scorponok time to
strike and end the threat. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Skin Deep" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Skin_Deep"&gt;Skin Deep&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


''In the year 2006, when the new Decepticon leader [[Galvatron]] travelled back in time to 1986 as part of a plan to free himself from the control of Unicron, the chaos-bringer used his mental powers to plan knowledge of Galvatron's plan into the minds of Hot Rod, Kup and Blurr and transported them to Cybertron, where they used Galvatron's equipment to follow him into the past. There, with help from the present-day incarnation of Ultra Magnus, they were able to convince Galvatron that he had, in fact, traveled back in time to a parallel universe, where his actions would have no effect on the future. Believing this, Galvatron returned to his own time, and after setting any remaining wrongs to right, the trio of Autobots also returned to 2006.'' {{storylink|Target 2006}} ''Back in his native timeline, Hot Rod was subsequently involved in a battle with Galvatron inside Unicron's body, during which he opened the sacred Autobot talisman, the [[Creation Matrix]], and was transformed into Rodimus Prime. With this new strength, he hurled Galvatron through Unicron's hide and opened the Matrix, destroying the planet-eater.'' {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}


[[Image:Rodimusprimerequestdenied.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Rodimus learned the ''wrong'' lesson from Optimus's death.]]
The cost was still high, though, as Optimus Prime returned to the Ark and
learned that his good friend, &lt;A title="Ratchet (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ratchet_(G1)"&gt;Ratchet&lt;/A&gt;, had sacrificed himself
to help stop Megatron's schemes. This sent the Autobot leader into a depression,
and &lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; took it upon himself to
snap Optimus out of it. He had the crazy scheme of creating a mock threat with a
&lt;A title="Guardian (Marvel)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Guardian_(Marvel)"&gt;Guardian Mark V battle
droid&lt;/A&gt;, with predictable results. The robot proceeded to ''actually''  
malfunction and endanger the Autobots, but &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; Rod's plan worked when
Prime eventually snapped out of his funk and defeated the droid to save the day.
&lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; needed to find a
replacement hand after the Guardian snapped it off, but hey, all's well that
ends well. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Yesterday's Heroes!"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Yesterday's_Heroes!"&gt;Yesterday's Heroes!&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


''As the new Autobot leader, Rodimus became paranoid about Galvatron's eventual return, since no body was ever recovered from space. He led the Autobot forces high and low searching the universe for the Decepticon leader, neglecting Cybertron in the process. As a result, Shockwave arose as the new Decepticon leader, and total war broke out on Cybertron once again. Unable to take the time to find Galvatron himself anymore, Rodimus rashly placed a bounty on the Decepticons' head. What Rodimus did not realize, however, was that Galvatron had time-jumped again, traveling back to 1987.'' {{storylink|Wanted - Galvatron Dead or Alive}} ''In 2007, when the freelance peace-keeping agent [[Death's Head]] pursued Galvatron back to the 80s, Rodimus was informed of this fact by an Autobot double-agent named [[Nautilus]], and, dismayed at the danger he had unleashed on the past, promptly headed back in time himself to stop the dual threats.'' {{storylink|Burning Sky!}} ''Once again teaming up with the present-day Ultra Magnus, Rodimus and his team of Kup, Blurr and Wreck-Gar tracked Galvatron down to [[Mount Verona]], where he was attempting to harness the volcano's molten energy. While arguing with Death's Head, Rodimus and the bounty hunter were both attacked, but when Ultra Magnus opened fire on his power siphon, Galvatron was distracted long enough for Rodimus to escape.'' {{storylink|Hunters!}} ''Rodimus then arranged a plan that saw the Autobots capture Galvatron's time-jump mechanism, in order to have [[Wreck-Gar]] re-engineer it to return all the time-travelers to their point of origin. Rodimus engaged Galvatron in a protracted battle to buy Wreck-Gar time, but when the device was activated, Rodimus, Death's Head and the other Autobots were returned to 2007—but Galvatron was left behind.'' {{storylink|Fire on High!}}


''Some time later, a disgruntled Death's Head accepted a contract from the Decepticons on Rodimus Prime's head, and ambushed him while he was inspecting Autobot lines. Their battle subsequently went underground, where [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] and [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] intervened, downing Death's Head in hopes of being the ones to defeat Rodimus, in order to reclaim their lost standing in the Decepticons ranks. Rodimus was able to lead Death's Head through the underground tunnels, right into the heart of the Autobot camp, where he offered him advance payment for a different contract—on Cyclonus and Scourge.'' {{storylink|Headhunt}} ''Death's Head proceeded to track the two Decepticons for the remainder of the year, until the three of them fell under the mental control of Unicron when they discovered his disembodied head on the planet of [[Junk]] in the early days of 2008. Under his control, they assassinated Decepticon leader Shockwave and reignited the stalemated Cybertronian civil war in order to keep the Autobots busy while Unicron worked on rebuilding his body. Rodimus, however, learned of the situation thanks to [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]], and lead a small Autobot force to Junk, where Death's Head fought against Unicron's control long enough to project Rodimus's mind into a battle with the demi-god on the astral plane. During the battle, explosives planted by Wreck-Gar destroy Unicron's head, and his mind is sealed within the Matrix.'' {{storylink|The Legacy of Unicron!}}
&lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; continued to operate
with Earth's Autobot forces aboard the Ark, and was present during &lt;A
title="Thunderwing (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Thunderwing_(G1)"&gt;Thunderwing&lt;/A&gt;'s rampage through
the shuttle bay. He took some damage, but remained functional enough to continue
on, and was later seen speeding into the battle with Unicron himself on a &lt;A
title=Hoverscooter href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hoverscooter"&gt;hoverscooter&lt;/A&gt;,  
&lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="On the Edge of Extinction!"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/On_the_Edge_of_Extinction!"&gt;On the Edge of  
Extinction!&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; He was also one of many Autobots destroyed by the  
Decepticons on &lt;A title=Klo href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Klo"&gt;Klo&lt;/A&gt;, only to  
be revived by the &lt;A title="Last Autobot"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Last_Autobot"&gt;Last Autobot&lt;/A&gt;. &lt;SPAN
class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="End of the Road! (US)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/End_of_the_Road!_(US)"&gt;End of the Road!&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


[[Image:Targetmaster-nomore.jpg|thumb|right|"''I'm'' not being melodramatic, ''you're'' being insensitive!"]]


''Later in 2008, the alien Quintessons targeted Cybertron for colonization, and attacked the Autobots with a two-pronged assault on both Cybertron and Earth. When [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] shirked her guard duty at Autobot City, the Quintessons were given an opening that allowed them to take over the city, and when she returned, they gunned her down as bait for a trap for Rodimus Prime. Arriving at the city, Rodimus discovered the injured Arcee and opened his chest compartment to heal her with the Matrix, only to have it yanked from his grasp by the Quintesson general, [[Ghyrik]], causing him to revert to Hot Rod. Liberating [[Blaster]]'s cassettes for back-up, Hot Rod and Arcee proceeded to fight their way through the Quintessons to Autobot City's control room, where Hot Rod activated [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] to smash the alien threat. In battle with Ghyrik, Hot Rod duped the Quintessons with a bit of amateur ventriloquism and reclaimed the Matrix; transformed back into Rodimus Prime again, he routed the Quintessons.'' {{storylink|Space Pirates!}}
&lt;DIV class="thumb tleft"&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 202px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
title='"Do you expect me to talk?" "No, Mr Prime, I expect you to die!"'  
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:GalvatrondeadrodimusUS67.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
class=thumbimage height=102
alt='"Do you expect me to talk?" "No, Mr Prime, I expect you to die!"'
src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/200px-GalvatrondeadrodimusUS67.jpg" width=200
border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbcaption&gt;
&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:GalvatrondeadrodimusUS67.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG height=11
alt="" src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;"Do you expect
me to talk?"&lt;BR&gt;"No, Mr Prime, I expect you to die!"&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
In an alternate future timeline, &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; arose to become Rodimus  
Prime. However, the planet-eater known as Unicron managed to destroy Cybertron,  
leaving Rodimus to lead a failed Autobot/human defense of Earth when &lt;A
title="Galvatron II" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Galvatron_II"&gt;that timeline's
Galvatron&lt;/A&gt; attacked and eventually conquered it. Rodimus perished during the  
conflict, and his body was strung up between the ruined towers of the World
Trade Center. In the year 2009, Galvatron returned to Manhattan to survey its
devastated landscape, and fired upon Rodimus's corpse, demanding to know how
many times he would have to kill him to erase his legacy. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Rhythms of Darkness!"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Rhythms_of_Darkness!"&gt;Rhythms of
Darkness!&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


''Unbeknowst to Rodimus, the Quintessons had sought to colonize Cybertron because their own homeworld was being destroyed by a rift in space and time caused by the Transformers' repeated time-travel. The rift continued to grow in size until it threatened both Earth and Cybertron at the beginning of both 2009 and 1989. To put an end to the threat, Rodimus and a squad of Autobots traveled back to 1989, only to wind up mass-displacing Optimus Prime (since the Matrix could not exist in two time periods at once) and a group of other Autobots to [[limbo]], leading to a brief but violent misunderstanding with the present-day Autobots. Optimus Prime was able to stabilize the situation by communicating with all involved through the power of the Matrix. Subsequently, Autobots and Decepticons from both the present and future teamed up to battle Galvatron and [[Straxus|Megatron]], but one by one they fell, until Optimus Prime used the Matrix to return himself to reality for a final showdown. After absorbing Galvatron, Cyclonus and Scourge, however, the rift was sealed by Shockwave, and Rodimus and the other future Autobots returned to 2009, vowing to destroy their time machines to prevent this from ever happening again.'' {{storylink|Time Wars}}
&lt;BR clear=all&gt;
&lt;A name=Marvel_UK_future_timelines&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;H5&gt;&lt;SPAN class=editsection&gt;[&lt;A title="Edit section: Marvel UK future timelines"
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Hot_Rod&amp;action=edit&amp;section=14"&gt;edit&lt;/A&gt;]&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN class=mw-headline&gt;Marvel UK future timelines&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H5&gt;
&lt;DIV class="thumb tright"&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 252px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
title="I'M KID FRIENDLY, DAMN IT!"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:M1988_rodimusprime_runlikehell.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
class=thumbimage height=275 alt="I'M KID FRIENDLY, DAMN IT!"
src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/250px-M1988_rodimusprime_runlikehell.jpg" width=250
border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbcaption&gt;
&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:M1988_rodimusprime_runlikehell.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
height=11 alt="" src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;I'M
KID FRIENDLY, DAMN IT!&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;I&gt;&lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; rose to greater
prominence in the alternate future timeline of &lt;A title=Earth-120185
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Earth-120185"&gt;Earth-120185&lt;/A&gt;. In 1990, he, Kup
and Blurr were captured by Megatron; although rescued by a double-agent named &lt;A
title=Warmonger href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Warmonger"&gt;Warmonger&lt;/A&gt;, &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; was recaptured and bore
witness first hand to Megatron's mercilessness when he executed Warmonger. Then,
in 1991, he was part of a unit that escorted the captive &lt;A
title="Scorponok (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Scorponok_(G1)"&gt;Scorponok&lt;/A&gt;, only to lose the  
Decepticon leader when forced to defend a human settlement against an attack by
the &lt;A title="Air Strike Patrol"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Air_Strike_Patrol"&gt;Air Strike Patrol&lt;/A&gt;.&lt;/I&gt; &lt;SPAN
class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Aspects of Evil!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Aspects_of_Evil!"&gt;Aspects
of Evil!&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;I&gt;On another occasion in 1995, &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; was present when Optimus  
Prime first unveiled the female Autobot, Arcee, to a dubious crowd of human
feminists. &lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; was more than a little
flustered by Arcee's presence on the battlefield.&lt;/I&gt; &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Prime's Rib!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Prime's_Rib!"&gt;Prime's
Rib!&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;I&gt;In 2003, he and Blurr were given "Ark duty," assigned to  
stand guard over the &lt;A title="Ark (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ark_(G1)"&gt;Autobots' spaceship&lt;/A&gt; while
construction on &lt;A title="Autobot City"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Autobot_City"&gt;Autobot City&lt;/A&gt; began. Kup was  
apparently instructed to deliver the plans of the city to the American
government, and when &lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt;
&lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; saw him being jumped
by the &lt;A title=Stunticon
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Stunticon"&gt;Stunticons&lt;/A&gt;, he disobeyed orders and  
sped out to the rescue. The Stunticons brutally beat on &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; and took the plans, but  
&lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; learned a hard lesson
when Kup informed him that it was meant to happen that way because the plans
were a fake.&lt;/I&gt; &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Ark Duty" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ark_Duty"&gt;Ark Duty&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;I&gt;When the city was completed in 2004, &lt;A title="Shockwave (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Shockwave_(G1)"&gt;Shockwave&lt;/A&gt; attacked it on its
opening day, and &lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; repelled him by
attacking in a wildly illogical manner, tackling him down a mountain
repeatedly.&lt;/I&gt; &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Aspects of Evil!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Aspects_of_Evil!"&gt;Aspects
of Evil!&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;I&gt;Also, at some unknown point in the past, &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; Rod's Targetmaster
partner Firebolt was killed in action. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title=Headhunt href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Headhunt"&gt;Headhunt&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/I&gt;


''As it transpired, however, things would not be that easy. In the wake of the massive chronal damage caused by the rift, time had attempted to heal its wounds, but reality was no longer as it had been. The future that Rodimus and the other Autobots came from no longer existed—in its place was a world where Galvatron had never traveled back in time, and had conquered Cybertron after Unicron's destruction. Rodimus quickly established a rebellion, but when Galvatron tracked down their headquarters, he killed Blurr and all others present, goading Rodimus into a ferocious battle in hopes of corrupting the Matrix within him. Rodimus realized what he was doing, however, and ended the fight before more damage could be done.'' {{storylink|Aspects of Evil!}}


''Rodimus and the Autobots escaped to Earth via hyperspace, only to find that their craft's guidance systems had been damaged. During the flight, Rodimus Prime vanished'' {{storylink|The Void! (UK)}}, ''and Kup discovered that he was the saboteur,'' {{storylink|Edge of Impact}} ''deducing that he had been corrupted by an evil force from within the Matrix.'' {{storylink|Shadow of Evil}} ''Inside the Matrix, Rodimus battled with the essence of Unicron, trapped there since the events of 2008, until Kup wrenched the Matrix from his chest, freeing from the chaos-bringer's influence. But now, Rodimus knew that the evil of Unicron will be waiting for him within it...'' {{storylink|White Fire}} ''...and in 2010, Unicron's essence succeeded in taking over Rodimus's body, transforming it into a duplicate of his own and attacking Cybertron once more, until Rodimus was able to defeat him from within and re-seal him within the Matrix.'' {{storylink|Aspects of Evil!}}
&lt;I&gt;In the year 2006, when the new Decepticon leader &lt;A title="Galvatron (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Galvatron_(G1)"&gt;Galvatron&lt;/A&gt; travelled back in
time to 1986 as part of a plan to free himself from the control of Unicron, the
chaos-bringer used his mental powers to plant knowledge of Galvatron's plan into
the minds of &lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt;, Kup and Blurr and
transported them to Cybertron, where they used Galvatron's equipment to follow
him into the past. There, with help from the present-day incarnation of Ultra
Magnus, they were able to convince Galvatron that he had, in fact, traveled back
in time to a parallel universe, where his actions would have no effect on the  
future. Believing this, Galvatron returned to his own time, and after setting
any remaining wrongs to rights, the trio of Autobots also returned to 2006.&lt;/I&gt;
&lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Target: 2006" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Target:_2006"&gt;Target:
2006&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;I&gt;Back in his native timeline, &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; was subsequently
involved in a battle with Galvatron inside Unicron's body, during which he
opened the sacred Autobot talisman, the &lt;A class=mw-redirect
title="Creation Matrix" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Creation_Matrix"&gt;Creation
Matrix&lt;/A&gt;, and was transformed into Rodimus Prime. With this new strength, he
hurled Galvatron through Unicron's hide and opened the Matrix, destroying the
planet-eater.&lt;/I&gt; &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="The Transformers: The Movie"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Transformers:_The_Movie"&gt;The Transformers: The
Movie&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


''Centuries later, in the year 2356, Rodimus, his body withered and weakened from the continuous harmful influence of Unicron from within the Matrix, lectured a young Autobot student on the nature of evil, unwittingly setting the youth on the path towards villainy himself.'' {{storylink|Aspects of Evil!}}
&lt;DIV class="thumb tleft"&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 302px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
title="Rodimus learned the wrong lesson from Optimus's death."
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Rodimusprimerequestdenied.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
class=thumbimage height=162
alt="Rodimus learned the wrong lesson from Optimus's death."
src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/300px-Rodimusprimerequestdenied.jpg" width=300
border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbcaption&gt;
&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Rodimusprimerequestdenied.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG height=11
alt="" src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;Rodimus
learned the ''wrong'' lesson from Optimus's death.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;I&gt;As the new Autobot leader, Rodimus became paranoid about Galvatron's
eventual return, since no body was ever recovered from space. He led the Autobot
forces high and low searching the universe for the Decepticon leader, neglecting
Cybertron in the process. As a result, Shockwave arose as the new Decepticon
leader, and total war broke out on Cybertron once again. Unable to take the time
to find Galvatron himself anymore, Rodimus rashly placed a bounty on the  
Decepticon's head. What Rodimus did not realize, however, was that Galvatron had
time-jumped again, traveling back to 1987.&lt;/I&gt; &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Wanted:Galvatron — Dead or Alive!"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Wanted:Galvatron_—_Dead_or_Alive!"&gt;Wanted:Galvatron
— Dead or Alive!&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;I&gt;In 2007, when the freelance peace-keeping agent
&lt;A title="Death's Head" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Death's_Head"&gt;Death's
Head&lt;/A&gt; pursued Galvatron back to the '80s, Rodimus was informed of this fact
by an Autobot double-agent named &lt;A title=Nautilus
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Nautilus"&gt;Nautilus&lt;/A&gt;, and, dismayed at the danger
he had unleashed on the past, promptly headed back in time himself to stop the
dual threats.&lt;/I&gt; &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Burning Sky!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Burning_Sky!"&gt;Burning
Sky!&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;I&gt;Once again teaming up with the present-day Ultra Magnus,
Rodimus and his team of Kup, Blurr and &lt;A title="Wreck-Gar (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Wreck-Gar_(G1)"&gt;Wreck-Gar&lt;/A&gt; tracked Galvatron
down to &lt;A title="Mount Verona" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Mount_Verona"&gt;Mount
Verona&lt;/A&gt;, where he was attempting to harness the volcano's molten energy.
While arguing with Death's Head, Rodimus and the bounty hunter were both
attacked, but when Ultra Magnus opened fire on his power siphon, Galvatron was
distracted long enough for Rodimus to escape.&lt;/I&gt; &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title=Hunters href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hunters"&gt;Hunters!&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;I&gt;Rodimus then arranged a plan that saw the Autobots capture Galvatron's
time-jump mechanism, in order to have Wreck-Gar re-engineer it to return all the
time-travelers to their point of origin. Rodimus engaged Galvatron in a
protracted battle to buy Wreck-Gar time, but when the device was activated,
Rodimus, Death's Head and the other Autobots were returned to 2007—but Galvatron
was left behind.&lt;/I&gt; &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Fire on High!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Fire_on_High!"&gt;Fire on
High!&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


''In an unidentified timeline in the year 2510, a healthy Rodimus Prime was overjoyed to announce that the Cybertronian war was finally over, and planned to step down as leader to allow [[Springer]] to take over. The sole remaining Decepticon, a double-agent named [[Triton]], spoke out against the decision to cause dissension, and succeeded—as Rodimus could only watch in dismay, arguments escalated into conflict, and the war was born again as [[Technobot]] fought [[Wrecker]], and the Autobot Civil War began.'' {{storylink|Peace}}
&lt;I&gt;Some time later, a disgruntled Death's Head accepted a contract from the
Decepticons on Rodimus Prime's head, and ambushed him while he was inspecting
Autobot lines. Their battle subsequently went underground, where &lt;A
title="Cyclonus (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cyclonus_(G1)"&gt;Cyclonus&lt;/A&gt;
and &lt;A title="Scourge (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Scourge_(G1)"&gt;Scourge&lt;/A&gt; intervened, downing
Death's Head in hopes of being the ones to defeat Rodimus, in order to reclaim
their lost standing in the Decepticons' ranks. Rodimus was able to lead Death's
Head through the underground tunnels, right into the heart of the Autobot camp,  
where he offered him advance payment for a different contract—on Cyclonus and  
Scourge.&lt;/I&gt; &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title=Headhunt href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Headhunt"&gt;Headhunt&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;I&gt;Death's Head proceeded to track the two Decepticons for the remainder of the
year, until the three of them fell under the mental control of Unicron when they
discovered his disembodied head on the planet of &lt;A class=mw-redirect title=Junk
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Junk"&gt;Junk&lt;/A&gt; in the early days of 2008. Under his
control, they assassinated Decepticon leader Shockwave and reignited the
stalemated Cybertronian civil war in order to keep the Autobots busy while
Unicron worked on rebuilding his body. Rodimus, however, learned of the
situation thanks to &lt;A title="Smokescreen (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Smokescreen_(G1)"&gt;Smokescreen&lt;/A&gt;, and led a small
Autobot force to Junk, where Death's Head fought against Unicron's control long
enough to project Rodimus's mind into a battle with the demi-god on the astral
plane. During the battle, explosives planted by Wreck-Gar destroyed Unicron's
head, and his mind was sealed within the Matrix.&lt;/I&gt; &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="The Legacy of Unicron!"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Legacy_of_Unicron!"&gt;The Legacy of
Unicron!&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


====Generation 2====
&lt;DIV class="thumb tright"&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 182px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
title="&quot;I'm not being melodramatic, you're being insensitive!&quot;"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Targetmaster-nomore.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
class=thumbimage height=135
alt="&quot;I'm not being melodramatic, you're being insensitive!&quot;"
src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/180px-Targetmaster-nomore.jpg" width=180 border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbcaption&gt;
&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Targetmaster-nomore.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG height=11
alt="" src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;"''I'm''
not being melodramatic, ''you're'' being insensitive!"&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;I&gt;Later in 2008, the alien Quintessons targeted Cybertron for colonization,
and attacked the Autobots with a two-pronged assault on both Cybertron and
Earth. When &lt;A title="Arcee (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Arcee_(G1)"&gt;Arcee&lt;/A&gt; shirked her guard duty at
Autobot City, the Quintessons were given an opening that allowed them to take
over the city, and when she returned, they gunned her down as bait for a trap
for Rodimus Prime. Arriving at the city, Rodimus discovered the injured Arcee
and opened his chest compartment to heal her with the Matrix, only to have it
yanked from his grasp by the Quintesson general, &lt;A class=mw-redirect
title=Ghyrik href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ghyrik"&gt;Ghyrik&lt;/A&gt;, causing him to
revert to &lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt;. Liberating &lt;A
title="Blaster (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Blaster_(G1)"&gt;Blaster&lt;/A&gt;'s
cassettes for back-up, &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; and Arcee proceeded to
fight their way through the Quintessons to Autobot City's control room, where &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; activated &lt;A
title="Metroplex (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Metroplex_(G1)"&gt;Metroplex&lt;/A&gt; to smash the alien
threat. In battle with Ghyrik, &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; duped the Quintessons
with a bit of amateur ventriloquism and reclaimed the Matrix; transformed back
into Rodimus Prime again, he routed the Quintessons.&lt;/I&gt; &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Space Pirates!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Space_Pirates!"&gt;Space
Pirates!&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


After the defeat of the Decepticons on [[Klo]], the Autobots' forces scattered throughout the galaxy as virtually independent splinter cells. A small group under Optimus Prime's command encountered Bludgeon and his soldiers on a desolate world, both sides looking for new weapons or technology, and were in danger of being overrun. Prime sent Hot Rod into a nearby mausoleum building in the hopes that he could conjure up some form of "graven image" to distract the superstitious Decepticon leader. Hot Rod emerged empty-handed from the ruins, only to find that just such a graven image had conjured ''itself'', chased off the trespassing Decepticons, and was now prepared to do the same to the Autobots. They managed a dignified, if rushed, scramble to safety. {{storylink|All or Nothing!|Ghosts}}
&lt;I&gt;Unbeknownst to Rodimus, the Quintessons had sought to colonize Cybertron
because their own homeworld was being destroyed by a rift in space and time
caused by the Transformers' repeated time-travel. The rift continued to grow in
size until it threatened both Earth and Cybertron at the beginning of both 2009
and 1989. To put an end to the threat, Rodimus and a squad of Autobots traveled
back to 1989, only to wind up mass-displacing Optimus Prime (since the Matrix
could not exist in two time periods at once) and a group of other Autobots to &lt;A
title=Limbo href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Limbo"&gt;limbo&lt;/A&gt;, leading to a brief
but violent misunderstanding with the present-day Autobots. Optimus Prime was
able to stabilize the situation by communicating with all involved through the
power of the Matrix. Subsequently, Autobots and Decepticons from both the  
present and future teamed up to battle Galvatron and &lt;A title="Straxus (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Straxus_(G1)"&gt;Megatron&lt;/A&gt;, but one by one they
fell, until Optimus Prime used the Matrix to return himself to reality for a  
final showdown. After absorbing Galvatron, Cyclonus and Scourge, however, the  
rift was sealed by Shockwave, and Rodimus and the other future Autobots returned
to 2009, vowing to destroy their time machines to prevent this from ever
happening again.&lt;/I&gt; &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Time Wars" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Time_Wars"&gt;Time Wars&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


Sometime after, Hot Rod was operating somewhere in the universe with Optimus Prime and Kup when Grimlock summoned them to deal with the threat of [[Jhiaxus]] and his Cybertronians. Together, they formed the initial Autobot resistance to the Liege Centuro. {{storylink|War Without End (US)|War Without End}} Once Optimus's visions convinced him there was a much greater threat at work in the universe, however, he took the Autobots into hiding until they were ready to deal with the bigger picture. Stuck on a distant asteroid base, Hot Rod amused himself by running training with the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s, [[Aerialbot]]s, and other soldiers as the army slowly regrouped and reorganized, but chafed at the lack of real action. {{Storylink|The Power and the Glory}} Luckily, the Autobots soon joined forces with the old Decepticons, the fight ramped up to epic proportions...and Hot Rod proceeded to do nothing of import for the rest of the war.


===Ladybird Books continuity===
&lt;I&gt;As it transpired, however, things would not be that easy. In the wake of
the massive chronal damage caused by the rift, time had attempted to heal its
wounds, but reality was no longer as it had been. The future that Rodimus and
the other Autobots came from no longer existed—in its place was a world where
Galvatron had never traveled back in time, and had conquered Cybertron after
Unicron's destruction. Rodimus quickly established a rebellion, but when
Galvatron tracked down their headquarters, he killed Blurr and all others
present, goading Rodimus into a ferocious battle in hopes of corrupting the
Matrix within him. Rodimus realized what he was doing, however, and ended the
fight before more damage could be done.&lt;/I&gt; &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Aspects of Evil!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Aspects_of_Evil!"&gt;Aspects
of Evil!&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


Hot Rod was one of several troops stationed on Earth when [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] was in charge and the Transformer's war was still a secret one. He got on well with [[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}}
&lt;I&gt;Rodimus and the Autobots escaped to Earth via hyperspace, only to find
that their craft's guidance systems had been damaged. During the flight, Rodimus
Prime vanished&lt;/I&gt; &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="The Void! (UK)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Void!_(UK)"&gt;The
Void!&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;, ''and Kup discovered that he was the saboteur,'' &lt;SPAN
class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Edge of Impact" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Edge_of_Impact"&gt;Edge of
Impact&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;I&gt;deducing that he had been corrupted by an evil force from
within the Matrix.&lt;/I&gt; &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Shadow of Evil" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Shadow_of_Evil"&gt;Shadow of
Evil&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;I&gt;Inside the Matrix, Rodimus battled with the essence of
Unicron, trapped there since the events of 2008, until Kup wrenched the Matrix
from his chest, freeing him from the chaos-bringer's influence. But now, Rodimus
knew that the evil of Unicron would be waiting for him within it...&lt;/I&gt; &lt;SPAN
class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="White Fire" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/White_Fire"&gt;White
Fire&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;I&gt;...and in 2010, Unicron's essence succeeded in taking over
Rodimus's body, transforming it into a duplicate of his own and attacking
Cybertron once more, until Rodimus was able to defeat him from within and
re-seal him within the Matrix.&lt;/I&gt; &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Aspects of Evil!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Aspects_of_Evil!"&gt;Aspects
of Evil!&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


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']] Decepticons before the return of Optimus Prime. At one point, he prevented the Decepticons causing Nebulos' destruction via cosmic radiation. {{storylink|Decepticons at the Pole}}
&lt;I&gt;Centuries later, in the year 2356, Rodimus, his body withered and weakened
from the continuous harmful influence of Unicron from within the Matrix,  
lectured a young Autobot &lt;A title=Student
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Student"&gt;student&lt;/A&gt; on the nature of evil,  
unwittingly setting the youth on the path towards villainy himself.&lt;/I&gt; &lt;SPAN
class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Aspects of Evil!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Aspects_of_Evil!"&gt;Aspects
of Evil!&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


===Dreamwave comics continuity===
&lt;I&gt;In an unidentified timeline in the year 2510, a healthy Rodimus Prime was
overjoyed to announce that the Cybertronian war was finally over, and planned to
step down as leader to allow &lt;A title="Springer (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Springer_(G1)"&gt;Springer&lt;/A&gt; to take over. The sole
remaining Decepticon, a double-agent named &lt;A title=Triton
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Triton"&gt;Triton&lt;/A&gt;, spoke out against the decision
to cause dissension, and succeeded—as Rodimus could only watch in dismay,
arguments escalated into conflict, and the war was born again as &lt;A
title=Technobot href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Technobot"&gt;Technobot&lt;/A&gt; fought &lt;A
title=Wrecker href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Wrecker"&gt;Wrecker&lt;/A&gt;, and the Autobot
Civil War began.&lt;/I&gt; &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title=Peace href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Peace"&gt;Peace&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;A
name=Generation_2&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;H4&gt;&lt;SPAN class=editsection&gt;[&lt;A title="Edit section: Generation 2"
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Hot_Rod&amp;action=edit&amp;section=15"&gt;edit&lt;/A&gt;]&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN class=mw-headline&gt;Generation 2&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H4&gt;
After the defeat of the Decepticons on &lt;A title=Klo
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Klo"&gt;Klo&lt;/A&gt;, the Autobots' forces scattered
throughout the galaxy as virtually independent splinter cells. A small group
under Optimus Prime's command encountered Bludgeon and his soldiers on a
desolate world, both sides looking for new weapons or technology, and were in
danger of being overrun. Prime sent &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; into a nearby mausoleum
building in the hopes that he could conjure up some form of "graven image" to
distract the superstitious Decepticon leader. &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; emerged empty-handed
from the ruins, only to find that just such a graven image had conjured
''itself'', chased off the trespassing Decepticons, and was now prepared to
do the same to the Autobots. They managed a dignified, if rushed, scramble to
safety. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="All or Nothing!"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/All_or_Nothing!"&gt;Ghosts&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


Hot Rod joined an underground Autobot cell led by [[Kup]] after [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave's]] takeover of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Among the members of the cell was [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], who Hot Rod became attached to.
Sometime after, &lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; was operating somewhere
in the universe with Optimus Prime and Kup when Grimlock summoned them to deal
with the threat of &lt;A title=Jhiaxus
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Jhiaxus"&gt;Jhiaxus&lt;/A&gt; and his Cybertronians.
Together, they formed the initial Autobot resistance to the Liege Centuro. &lt;SPAN
class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="War Without End!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/War_Without_End!"&gt;War
Without End!&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; Once Optimus's visions convinced him there was a much
greater threat at work in the universe, however, he took the Autobots into
hiding until they were ready to deal with the bigger picture. Stuck on a distant
asteroid base, &lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; amused himself by  
running training with the &lt;A title="Dinobot (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Dinobot_(G1)"&gt;Dinobots&lt;/A&gt;, &lt;A
title="Aerialbot (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Aerialbot_(G1)"&gt;Aerialbots&lt;/A&gt;, and other soldiers
as the army slowly regrouped and reorganized, but chafed at the lack of real
action. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="The Power and the Glory"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Power_and_the_Glory"&gt;The Power and the
Glory&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; Luckily, the Autobots soon joined forces with the old
Decepticons, the fight ramped up to epic proportions... and &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; proceeded to do nothing
of import for the rest of the war.
&lt;A name=S.T.A.R.S._pack-in_flyers&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;H3&gt;&lt;SPAN class=editsection&gt;[&lt;A title="Edit section: S.T.A.R.S. pack-in flyers"
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Hot_Rod&amp;action=edit&amp;section=16"&gt;edit&lt;/A&gt;]&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN class=mw-headline&gt;S.T.A.R.S. pack-in flyers&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H3&gt;
Rodimus Prime remembered the Transformers' &lt;A
title="Digital Doom on the Highway to Destruction"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Digital_Doom_on_the_Highway_to_Destruction"&gt;greatest
battle on Earth&lt;/A&gt;. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Rodimus Prime remembers the Transformers greatest battle on Earth."
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Rodimus_Prime_remembers_the_Transformers_greatest_battle_on_Earth."&gt;Rodimus
Prime remembers the Transformers greatest battle on Earth.&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;A
name=Ladybird_Books_continuity&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;H3&gt;&lt;SPAN class=editsection&gt;[&lt;A title="Edit section: Ladybird Books continuity"
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Hot_Rod&amp;action=edit&amp;section=17"&gt;edit&lt;/A&gt;]&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN class=mw-headline&gt;Ladybird Books continuity&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H3&gt;
&lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; was one of several
troops stationed on Earth when &lt;A title="Ultra Magnus (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ultra_Magnus_(G1)"&gt;Ultra Magnus&lt;/A&gt; was in charge
and the Transformers' war was still a secret one. He got along well with &lt;A
title="Spike Witwicky" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Spike_Witwicky"&gt;Spike
Witwicky&lt;/A&gt;, the two spending their downtime looking at car magazines together,  
and was quite pleased to receive some snazzy gold wheel-trims from the boy.
&lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Decepticon Hideout"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Decepticon_Hideout"&gt;Decepticon Hideout&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


From the [[Wastelands]], Hot Rod, [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]], and [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] observed an incoming Decepticon shuttle carrying the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]].  Shortly afterward, the cell rescued [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] from [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]] and [[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]], and took him to their base.  After awakening, Prime attacked [[Gnaw]], Blurr, and [[Wheelie]], forcing Hot Rod (who didn't recognize him) to hold the Autobot leader at gunpoint.  After being <strike>bitch slapped</strike> admonished by Kup, Hot Rod apologized. 


After Shockwave unleashed the [[Guardian Robots]] on [[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 him 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.
In the time following this campaign, &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; would mature into a more
sensible warrior and even a team leader. During the early stages of the war on  
&lt;A title=Nebulos href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Nebulos"&gt;Nebulos&lt;/A&gt;, &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; was Autobot commander
against &lt;A title="Cyclonus (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cyclonus_(G1)"&gt;Cyclonus'&lt;/A&gt; Decepticons before the
return of Optimus Prime. At one point, he prevented the Decepticons causing
Nebulos' destruction via cosmic radiation. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Decepticons at the Pole"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Decepticons_at_the_Pole"&gt;Decepticons at the  
Pole&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;A name=Dreamwave_comics_continuity&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;H3&gt;&lt;SPAN class=editsection&gt;[&lt;A
title="Edit section: Dreamwave comics continuity"
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Hot_Rod&amp;action=edit&amp;section=18"&gt;edit&lt;/A&gt;]&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN class=mw-headline&gt;Dreamwave comics continuity&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H3&gt;
&lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; joined an underground
Autobot cell led by &lt;A class=mw-redirect title=Kup
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Kup"&gt;Kup&lt;/A&gt; after &lt;A title="Shockwave (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Shockwave_(G1)"&gt;Shockwave's&lt;/A&gt; takeover of &lt;A
title="Cybertron (planet)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cybertron_(planet)"&gt;Cybertron&lt;/A&gt;. Among the
members of the cell was &lt;A title="Arcee (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Arcee_(G1)"&gt;Arcee&lt;/A&gt;, who &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; became attached to. From
the &lt;A class=new title=Wastelands
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Wastelands&amp;action=edit"&gt;Wastelands&lt;/A&gt;,  
&lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt;, &lt;A title="Blurr (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Blurr_(G1)"&gt;Blurr&lt;/A&gt;, and &lt;A title="Springer (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Springer_(G1)"&gt;Springer&lt;/A&gt; observed an incoming
Decepticon shuttle carrying the &lt;A title="Dinobot (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Dinobot_(G1)"&gt;Dinobots&lt;/A&gt;. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Cold War" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cold_War"&gt;Cold War&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
Shortly afterward, the cell rescued &lt;A title="Optimus Prime (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Optimus_Prime_(G1)"&gt;Optimus Prime&lt;/A&gt; from &lt;A
title="Runamuck (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Runamuck_(G1)"&gt;Runamuck&lt;/A&gt;
and &lt;A title=Runabout href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Runabout"&gt;Runabout&lt;/A&gt;, and
took him to their base. After awakening, Prime attacked &lt;A title=Gnaw
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Gnaw"&gt;Gnaw&lt;/A&gt;, Blurr, and &lt;A title=Wheelie
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Wheelie"&gt;Wheelie&lt;/A&gt;, forcing &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; (who didn't recognize
him) to hold the Autobot leader at gunpoint. After being &lt;STRIKE&gt;bitch
slapped&lt;/STRIKE&gt; admonished by Kup, &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; apologized. &lt;SPAN
class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Passive Aggression"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Passive_Aggression"&gt;Passive Aggression&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


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 [[Wreckers]], the [[Autobot High Council]], and [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]].  The unified Autobot group soon breached the citadel.


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 his victory did Hot Rod remember that he'd promised to take Arcee to see an [[Earth]]-bound shuttle launch—a duty Springer was happy to relieve him of. Soon afterward, he was assigned to perimeter guard duty at [[Autobase]] with Gnaw and Wheelie, separating him from Arcee.
After Shockwave unleashed the &lt;A class=mw-redirect title="Guardian Robots"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Guardian_Robots"&gt;Guardian Robots&lt;/A&gt; on &lt;A
title=Iacon href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Iacon"&gt;Iacon&lt;/A&gt;, Prime organized the
resistance cell and other Autobot forces on the planet in an assault on
Shockwave's citadel. Fighting alongside the Autobot leader, &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; was amazed that the
stories Kup had told him about Prime's courage and heroism had all been true. As
an injured Prime breached the citadel, &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt;, Ironhide and &lt;A
title="Springer (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Springer_(G1)"&gt;Springer&lt;/A&gt;
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 &lt;A
title="Matrix of Leadership"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Matrix_of_Leadership"&gt;Autobot Matrix of
Leadership&lt;/A&gt; when Shockwave activated it. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Countdown to Extinction (comic issue)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Countdown_to_Extinction_(comic_issue)"&gt;Countdown to
Extinction&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


===''Universe: The Wreckers''===
As Prime and &lt;A title="Ultra Magnus (G1)"
[[Image:Hotrodg1.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Undergoing the [[Maximal Upgrade]] mostly involves applying your stickers.]]
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ultra_Magnus_(G1)"&gt;Ultra Magnus&lt;/A&gt; battled
Shockwave within the citadel, &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; and &lt;A
title="Grimlock (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Grimlock_(G1)"&gt;Grimlock&lt;/A&gt;
took down &lt;A title="Astrotrain (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Astrotrain_(G1)"&gt;Astrotrain&lt;/A&gt; and &lt;A
title="Blitzwing (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Blitzwing_(G1)"&gt;Blitzwing&lt;/A&gt;. 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 &lt;A title=Wrecker
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Wrecker"&gt;Wreckers&lt;/A&gt;, the &lt;A class=new
title="Autobot High Council"
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Autobot_High_Council&amp;action=edit"&gt;Autobot
High Council&lt;/A&gt;, and &lt;A title="Defensor (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Defensor_(G1)"&gt;Defensor&lt;/A&gt;. The unified Autobot
group soon breached the citadel. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
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A few months after the destruction of [[Unicron]] in 2005, Rodimus Prime spearheaded an effort to establish multiple recon posts to watch for advancing threats... even though some of his scientists said he shouldn't.  When only two of the five launched ships were ever heard from again, Rodimus felt like a schmuck.  Guy can't catch a break. {{storylink|Betrayal}}


After the Great Wars ended and the [[Pax Cybertronia]] was signed, he changed his name to simply "Rodimus" and decided to check out the new "[[Maximal]] upgrade". His relationship with [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] effectively ended shortly after, as the latter went through dark gripping emo depression over the death of [[Daniel Witwicky]] and vanished.
Some time later, &lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt;
&lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; 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 his victory did &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Hot&lt;/B&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff"&gt;Rod&lt;/B&gt; remember that he'd
promised to take Arcee to see an &lt;A title=Earth
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Earth"&gt;Earth&lt;/A&gt;-bound shuttle launch—a duty
Springer was happy to relieve him of. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
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title="Lost and Found (comic issue)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Lost_and_Found_(comic_issue)"&gt;Lost and  
Found&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; Soon afterward, he was assigned to perimeter guard duty at &lt;A
title="Autobase (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Autobase_(G1)"&gt;Autobase&lt;/A&gt;
with Gnaw and Wheelie, separating him from Arcee. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
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href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Route_of_All_Evil"&gt;The Route of All
Evil&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
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&lt;SPAN class=mw-headline&gt;''Universe: The Wreckers''&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H3&gt;
&lt;DIV class="thumb tleft"&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 152px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
title="Undergoing the Maximal Upgrade mostly involves applying your stickers."
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Hotrodg1.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG class=thumbimage
height=245
alt="Undergoing the Maximal Upgrade mostly involves applying your stickers."
src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/150px-Hotrodg1.jpg" width=150 border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbcaption&gt;
&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Hotrodg1.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG height=11 alt=""
src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;Undergoing the &lt;A
class=mw-redirect title="Maximal Upgrade"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Maximal_Upgrade"&gt;Maximal Upgrade&lt;/A&gt; mostly
involves applying your stickers.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
A few months after the destruction of &lt;A title=Unicron
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Unicron"&gt;Unicron&lt;/A&gt; in 2005, Rodimus Prime
spearheaded an effort to establish multiple recon posts to watch for advancing
threats... even though some of his scientists said he shouldn't. When only two
of the five launched ships were ever heard from again, Rodimus felt like a
schmuck. Guy can't catch a break. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
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title=Betrayal href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Betrayal"&gt;Betrayal&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


Rodimus joined the [[Wreckers]] at some undetermined point afterward. After [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] took over Cybertron with his [[Vehicon]] drones, Wrecker leader [[Apelinq]] got stranded on prehistoric [[Earth]], leaving Rodimus in charge. True to form, he ditched leadership duties to [[Primal Prime]] as soon as possible.
After the Great Wars ended and the &lt;A title="Pax Cybertronia"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Pax_Cybertronia"&gt;Pax Cybertronia&lt;/A&gt; was signed, he
changed his name to simply "Rodimus" and decided to check out the new "&lt;A
title=Maximal href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Maximal"&gt;Maximal&lt;/A&gt; upgrade". His
relationship with &lt;A title="Arcee (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Arcee_(G1)"&gt;Arcee&lt;/A&gt; effectively ended shortly
after, as the latter went through dark gripping emo depression over the death of
&lt;A title="Daniel Witwicky" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Daniel_Witwicky"&gt;Daniel
Witwicky&lt;/A&gt; and vanished.  


After Primal Prime got his marching orders from the [[Oracle]], he met Rodimus deep inside Cybertron's caverns, where an even more gothy-emo Arcee --in a new Maximal body-- lurked and stewed in her depression. Realizing he couldn't convince her to give a damn about anything, he 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}}
Rodimus joined the &lt;A title=Wrecker
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Wrecker"&gt;Wreckers&lt;/A&gt; at some undetermined point
afterward. After &lt;A title="Megatron (BW)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Megatron_(BW)"&gt;Megatron&lt;/A&gt; took over Cybertron
with his &lt;A title="Vehicon (BM)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Vehicon_(BM)"&gt;Vehicon drones&lt;/A&gt;, Wrecker leader &lt;A
title=Apelinq href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Apelinq"&gt;Apelinq&lt;/A&gt; got stranded on
prehistoric &lt;A title=Earth href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Earth"&gt;Earth&lt;/A&gt;,  
leaving Rodimus in charge. True to form, he ditched leadership duties to &lt;A
title="Primal Prime" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Primal_Prime"&gt;Primal Prime&lt;/A&gt;
as soon as possible.  


Rodimus recognized the homing beacon emitting from [[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]], 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]] 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've really done ''so well'' by the Wreckers so far. {{storylink|Betrayal}}
After Primal Prime got his marching orders from the &lt;A class=mw-redirect
title=Oracle href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Oracle"&gt;Oracle&lt;/A&gt;, he met Rodimus  
deep inside Cybertron's caverns, where an even more gothy-emo Arcee — in a new
Maximal body — lurked and stewed in her depression. Realizing he couldn't
convince her to give a damn about anything, he left, rejoining the main Wrecker
force in battle. Making it onto an ancient Autobot shuttle, the Wreckers blasted
off... with late-arrival Arcee. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
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title=Departure href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Departure"&gt;Departure&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


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 (G1)|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}}


{{charfictstub}}
Rodimus recognized the homing beacon emitting from &lt;A class=mw-redirect
title="Archa Nine" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Archa_Nine"&gt;Archa Nine&lt;/A&gt; 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 &lt;A class=new title=Akalouthan
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Akalouthan&amp;action=edit"&gt;Akalouthan&lt;/A&gt;
village, where Rodimus was reunited with &lt;A title=Glyph
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Glyph"&gt;Glyph&lt;/A&gt;, who took them to see the artifact
known as the &lt;A title="Divine Light"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Divine_Light"&gt;Divine Light&lt;/A&gt;. The Wreckers'
analysis of the item was cut short, as it was stolen by the traitor &lt;A
title="Cyclonus (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cyclonus_(G1)"&gt;Cyclonus&lt;/A&gt;.
Rodimus saw the back-in-his-old-body &lt;A title=Devcon
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Devcon"&gt;Devcon&lt;/A&gt; 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. &lt;SPAN
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title=Betrayal href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Betrayal"&gt;Betrayal&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


===IDW comics continuity===
Upon landing on the frozen planet, Rodimus was part of the search party
[[Image:Spotlight03HotRod.jpg|right|thumb|WHEEEEEEE! AWESOME! TUBULAR! COWABUNGA! REAGANOMICS!]]
immediately dispatched to look for... something. Primal Prime wasn't too
specific. They came across &lt;A title=Al-Badur
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Al-Badur"&gt;Al-Badur&lt;/A&gt;, an exiled &lt;A
title=Quintesson href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Quintesson"&gt;Quintesson&lt;/A&gt;, who
gave them a little history lesson. They were then promptly attacked by a school
of &lt;A title="Sharkticon (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Sharkticon_(G1)"&gt;Sharkticons&lt;/A&gt;, 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... &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
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title=Disclosure href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Disclosure"&gt;Disclosure&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


Years ago, Hot Rod was put in charge of a mission to the planet [[Ki-Aleta]] to obtain a powerful artifact named the [[Magnificence]] so as to keep it out of the hands of the Decepticons.  Though the mission started off smoothly enough, with [[Gizmo]] using a [[holomatter]] generator to distract the defense systems while the rest of the team went after the Magnificence.  Unfortunately, everything that could go wrong did go wrong.  First, the generator malfunctioned, then [[Download]] tripped the security lasers around the Magnificence itself.  Gizmo, Download, and [[Backbeat]] were destroyed by the security systems while Hot Rod and [[Doubledealer|Dealer]] fled.  Hot Rod, nearing the exit tunnels they had previously drilled, got a call from Dealer{{m-}}he had been ambushed by a Decepticon attack squad and needed help.  Unfortunately, Hot Rod had been given his own, top secret orders: the Magnificence was to be the top priority of the mission, and placed before all else.  With a heavy heart, Hot Rod abandoned Dealer to his fate as he left Ki-Aleta with the Magnificence.


Years later, Hot Rod learned that Dealer had not died that day; he was being held prisoner at the Decepticon penal colony known as [[Styx]].  Hot Rod stealthily infiltrated the prison complex, using a holomatter generator to disguise himself as a guard and then short-circuiting the power grid to cause all the cell doors to unlock.  During the chaos he snuck in, extracted Dealer, and took off while the Decepticons were busy getting the prisoners under control. {{storylink|Spotlight: Hot Rod}}
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Recently, Hot Rod was called to Earth to aid the crew of the ''[[Ark-19]]'' in procuring a Decepticon [[facsimile]] from a former Soviet state in eastern Europe. {{Storylink|Escalation issue 3}} He and [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] went down to Earth from the ''[[Ark-32]]'' against [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]]'s wishes, and proceeded to join the battle unannounced. As Hardhead went to support the main battle, Hot Rod went after the facsimile... which led to him colliding with [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] as they both tried to stop the [[Georgi Koska]] facsimile from letting himself get gunned down by Soviet soldiers. {{Storylink|Escalation issue 4}} Prowl and Hot Rod managed to defuse the situation and secure the facsimile in the end {{Storylink|Escalation issue 5}}, but before he could return to his ship he was attacked by [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] and [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]], unable to defend himself because he had to keep the facsimile alive. After returning to the ''Ark-32'', he had to be put in a [[CR Chamber]] to recover. His injuries were for nothing, as the facsimile melted during the bounce. {{storylink|Escalation issue 6}}
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&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 202px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
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href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:GIJoeTFHotRod70s.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG class=thumbimage
height=284
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really doesn't feel right. How do Prowl and Jazz live with
it?"&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
When &lt;A title="Teletran 3" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Teletran_3"&gt;Teletran
3&lt;/A&gt; malfunctioned and sent many Cybertronians into different Earth eras, Hot  
Rod ended up in the 1970s, mode-locked as a hot rodded muscle car. When some
young punk hotwired him, &lt;A title="Lady Jaye"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Lady_Jaye"&gt;Lady Jaye&lt;/A&gt; challenged the driver to a
race inside &lt;A title="Jazz (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Jazz_(G1)"&gt;Jazz&lt;/A&gt; to lure him someplace isolated
to reactivate him. In the end they raced all the way to a hangar where a drug
bust took place around a &lt;A title="Blitzwing (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Blitzwing_(G1)"&gt;large cargo plane&lt;/A&gt;. Hot Rod was
promptly reactivated, but had little time to gain his bearings as the plane, who
turned out to be a Decepticon, was reactivated. Before any battle could begin,
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title="G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 1"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/G.I._Joe_vs._the_Transformers_II_issue_1"&gt;G.I. Joe
vs. the Transformers II issue 1&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


After Hot Rod was repaired and reformatted into a Dodge Viper, his "friend" Dealer tried to convince him to pull some strings to get him to Earth, but Hot Rod and Wheeljack had the more important task of rescuing [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]. {{storylink|Devastation issue 1}} They ran into a bit of trouble with the [[Machination]]'s [[Headmaster]]s. {{storylink|Devastation issue 2}} They managed to escape temporarily, but were found and Wheeljack was incapacitated. Hot Rod easily held his own with the Headmasters {{storylink|Devastation issue 5}}, and noted that for [[Sunstreaker|some]] [[Hunter O'Nion|reason]] they had lost their "edge". He received a little help from Hardhead, who was mainly there to take Hot Rod and the others back to the ''Ark-32'' for evacuation to [[Garrus-9]]. Hot Rod refused to go, wanting to see the Headmaster mystery through to the end. Hardhead reluctantly let him go. {{storylink|Devastation issue 6}}
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===Binaltech===
&lt;I&gt;This article is a &lt;A title=Category:Stub
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Category:Stub"&gt;stub&lt;/A&gt; and is missing
information. You can help '''Transformers Wiki''' by &lt;SPAN
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Referred to only as "The Protector", Rodimus Prime sent a special spark back in time in order to ensure the survival of the Binaltech timeline created by [[Ravage (G1)|Battle Ravage]]'s machinations. It seems the Binaltech project was destined to produce warriors of considerable merit and power, who would do much good in the universe. To accomplish his goals, Rodimus had the time-traveling spark possess the [[Nemesis Prime (Alternators)|"Black Optimus"]] Binaltech body that [[Doctor Arkeville]] had been creating. Once it has physical form, the new "Black Optimus" intervened on [[Operation: Distant Thunder]], bisecting the timeline to both restore the original history and allow the Binaltech history to continue. The evil Binaltech body soon rejected the purely good spark possessing it, however, and vanished. Optimus Prime recovered the spark sent by the Protector and encased it in a preserving crystal...
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{{note|While "The Protector" from the future is never explicitly mentioned as Rodimus Prime, "Protector" is Rodimus's official function, and a Rodimus/Hot Rod figure was under production at the time the Binaltech/Alternators line went on indefinite hiatus, so it's not too big a leap. The real question, though, is the exact nature of the time-traveling spark -- it is alternately referred to as "the Protector's spark" and as being sent back from the future by the Protector, which suggests it is not Rodimus's own spark. The story for the cancelled Binaltech [[Ginrai]] figure may shed some new light on the subject.}}


==Toys==
{{main|Hot Rod toys}}


==Trivia==
* 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" appear to be how he will be for a while, as Hasbro appears to be unable to secure the [[trademark]] on "Hot Rod".


* Aside from the ''[[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 ''[[Armada]]'', the "[[Powerlinx]]" upgrade of [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] was given a very Hot-Rod-inspired deco.  In ''[[Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]'', [[Takara]] made a redeco of Hot Shot (well, "Exillion"), who already had some Hot Rod homage elements in his 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]].


* Outside the Unicron Trilogy, [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] was released in a color scheme that also resembles Hot Rod.


* One of the first concepts for Classics Rodimus was based around the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagani_Zonda Pagani Zonda] super car, before the [http://www.supercarnet.jp/File/File-Japan/File-Dome.htm Dome Zero] design was decided upon.


* At [[BotCon 2002]], Dick Gautier "confirmed", jokingly, that Rodimus Prime is gay.


* In [[The Transformers: The Movie]], Hot Rod does not transform the same way twice.


{{-}}


==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/HotRod/hotrod.htm Hot Rod at TFU.info]


* [http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Hot_Rod Hot Rod's Universe profile at NTFA.net]
&lt;A name=IDW_comics_continuity&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;H3&gt;&lt;SPAN class=editsection&gt;[&lt;A title="Edit section: IDW comics continuity"
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Hot_Rod&amp;action=edit&amp;section=21"&gt;edit&lt;/A&gt;]&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN class=mw-headline&gt;IDW comics continuity&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H3&gt;
&lt;DIV class="thumb tright"&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 182px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
title="WHEEEEEEE! AWESOME! TUBULAR! COWABUNGA! REAGANOMICS!"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:SpotlightHotRod_rush.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
class=thumbimage height=217
alt="WHEEEEEEE! AWESOME! TUBULAR! COWABUNGA! REAGANOMICS!"
src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/180px-SpotlightHotRod_rush.jpg" width=180 border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbcaption&gt;
&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:SpotlightHotRod_rush.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG height=11
alt="" src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;WHEEEEEEE!
AWESOME! TUBULAR! COWABUNGA! REAGANOMICS!&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
Years ago, Hot Rod was put in charge of a mission to the planet &lt;A class=new
title=Ki-Aleta
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Ki-Aleta&amp;action=edit"&gt;Ki-Aleta&lt;/A&gt;
to obtain a powerful artifact named the &lt;A title=Magnificence
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Magnificence"&gt;Magnificence&lt;/A&gt; so as to keep it out
of the hands of the Decepticons. The mission started off smoothly enough, with
&lt;A title=Gizmo href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Gizmo"&gt;Gizmo&lt;/A&gt; using a &lt;A
title=Holomatter href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Holomatter"&gt;holomatter&lt;/A&gt;
generator to distract the defense systems while the rest of the team went after
the Magnificence. Unfortunately, after that everything that could go wrong did
go wrong. First, the generator malfunctioned, then &lt;A title=Download
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Download"&gt;Download&lt;/A&gt; tripped the security lasers
around the Magnificence itself. Gizmo, Download, and &lt;A title=Backbeat
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Backbeat"&gt;Backbeat&lt;/A&gt; were destroyed by the
security systems while Hot Rod and &lt;A title=Doubledealer
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Doubledealer"&gt;Dealer&lt;/A&gt; fled. Hot Rod, nearing the
exit tunnels they had previously drilled, got a call from Dealer—he had been
ambushed by a Decepticon attack squad and needed help. Unfortunately, Hot Rod
had been given his own, top secret orders: the Magnificence was to be the top
priority of the mission, and placed before all else. With a heavy heart, Hot Rod
abandoned Dealer to his fate as he left Ki-Aleta with the Magnificence.


* [http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Rodimus_Prime Rodimus Prime's profile at NTFA.net]
Years later, Hot Rod learned that Dealer had not died that day; he was being
held prisoner at the Decepticon penal colony known as &lt;A title=Styx
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Styx"&gt;Styx&lt;/A&gt;. Hot Rod stealthily infiltrated the
prison complex, using a holomatter generator to disguise himself as a guard and
then short-circuiting the power grid to cause all the cell doors to unlock.
During the chaos he snuck in, extracted Dealer, and took off while the
Decepticons were busy getting the prisoners under control. &lt;SPAN
class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Spotlight: Hot Rod"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Spotlight:_Hot_Rod"&gt;Spotlight: Hot Rod&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;




[[Category: Autobot leaders]]
&lt;DIV class="thumb tleft"&gt;
[[Category: Autobots]]
&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 172px"&gt;&lt;A class=image title=Mine!
[[Category: Classics characters]]
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Escalation6_HotRod_Koska.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
[[Category: Generation 1 characters]]
class=thumbimage height=220 alt=Mine!
[[Category: Generation 2 characters]]
src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/170px-Escalation6_HotRod_Koska.jpg" width=170
[[Category: Headmasters characters]]
border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
[[Category: Kiss Players characters]]
&lt;DIV class=thumbcaption&gt;
[[Category: Matrix bearers]]
&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
[[Category: Micromasters]]
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Escalation6_HotRod_Koska.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG height=11
[[Category: Return of Convoy characters]]
alt="" src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/magnify-clip.png"
[[Category: Robot Heroes]]
width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;Mine!&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
[[Category: Targetmasters]]
Recently, Hot Rod was called to &lt;A title=Earth
[[Category: Universe characters]]
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Earth"&gt;Earth&lt;/A&gt; to aid the crew of the &lt;I&gt;&lt;A
[[Category: Wreckers]]
title=Ark-19 href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ark-19"&gt;Ark-19&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/I&gt; in procuring a
[[Category: Primus]]
Decepticon &lt;A class=mw-redirect title=Facsimile
[[Category: Rulers of Cybertron]]<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Facsimile"&gt;facsimile&lt;/A&gt; from &lt;A title=Brasnya
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Brasnya"&gt;Brasnya&lt;/A&gt;, a former Soviet state in
eastern Europe. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Escalation issue 3"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Escalation_issue_3"&gt;Escalation issue 3&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
He and &lt;A title="Hardhead (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hardhead_(G1)"&gt;Hardhead&lt;/A&gt; went down to Earth from
the ''&lt;A title=Ark-32 href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ark-32"&gt;Ark-32&lt;/A&gt;''
against &lt;A title="Nightbeat (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Nightbeat_(G1)"&gt;Nightbeat&lt;/A&gt;'s wishes, and
proceeded to join the battle unannounced. As Hardhead went to support the main
battle, Hot Rod went after the facsimile... which led to him colliding with &lt;A
title="Prowl (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Prowl_(G1)"&gt;Prowl&lt;/A&gt; as they
both tried to stop the &lt;A title="Georgi Koska"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Georgi_Koska"&gt;Georgi Koska&lt;/A&gt; facsimile from
letting himself get gunned down by Soviet soldiers. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Escalation issue 4"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Escalation_issue_4"&gt;Escalation issue 4&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
Prowl and Hot Rod managed to defuse the situation and secure the facsimile in
the end &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Escalation issue 5"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Escalation_issue_5"&gt;Escalation issue 5&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;,
but before he could return to his ship he was attacked by &lt;A
title="Thundercracker (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Thundercracker_(G1)"&gt;Thundercracker&lt;/A&gt; and &lt;A
title="Skywarp (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Skywarp_(G1)"&gt;Skywarp&lt;/A&gt;,
unable to defend himself because he had to keep the facsimile alive. After
returning to the ''Ark-32'', he had to be put in a &lt;A class=mw-redirect
title="CR Chamber" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/CR_Chamber"&gt;CR Chamber&lt;/A&gt; to
recover. His injuries were for nothing, as the facsimile melted during the
bounce. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Escalation issue 6"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Escalation_issue_6"&gt;Escalation issue 6&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
 
 
&lt;DIV class="thumb tright"&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 172px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
title="Hardhead, I'm with Arcee now. Let it go."
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Devastation6_HotRod_Hardhead.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
class=thumbimage height=148 alt="Hardhead, I'm with Arcee now. Let it go."
src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/170px-Devastation6_HotRod_Hardhead.jpg" width=170
border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbcaption&gt;
&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Devastation6_HotRod_Hardhead.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
height=11 alt="" src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/magnify-clip.png"
width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;Hardhead, I'm with &lt;A title="Arcee (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Arcee_(G1)"&gt;Arcee&lt;/A&gt; now. Let it
go.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
After Hot Rod was repaired and reformatted into a Dodge Viper, his "friend"
Dealer tried to convince him to pull some strings to get him to Earth, but Hot
Rod and &lt;A title="Wheeljack (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Wheeljack_(G1)"&gt;Wheeljack&lt;/A&gt; had the more
important task of rescuing &lt;A title="Ironhide (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ironhide_(G1)"&gt;Ironhide&lt;/A&gt;. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Devastation issue 1"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Devastation_issue_1"&gt;Devastation issue 1&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
They ran into a bit of trouble with the &lt;A title=Machination
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Machination"&gt;Machination&lt;/A&gt;'s &lt;A
title="Headmaster (technology)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Headmaster_(technology)"&gt;Headmasters&lt;/A&gt;. &lt;SPAN
class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Devastation issue 2"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Devastation_issue_2"&gt;Devastation issue 2&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
They managed to escape temporarily, but were found and Wheeljack was
incapacitated. Hot Rod easily held his own with the Headmasters &lt;SPAN
class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Devastation issue 5"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Devastation_issue_5"&gt;Devastation issue
5&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;, and noted that for &lt;A title="Sunstreaker (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Sunstreaker_(G1)"&gt;some&lt;/A&gt; &lt;A title="Hunter O'Nion"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hunter_O'Nion"&gt;reason&lt;/A&gt; they had lost their
"edge". He received a little help from Hardhead, who was mainly there to take
Hot Rod and the others back to the ''Ark-32'' for evacuation to &lt;A
title=Garrus-9 href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Garrus-9"&gt;Garrus-9&lt;/A&gt;. Hot Rod
refused to go, wanting to see the Headmaster mystery through to the end.
Hardhead reluctantly let him go. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Devastation issue 6"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Devastation_issue_6"&gt;Devastation issue 6&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
 
 
&lt;DIV class="thumb tleft"&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 202px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
title="Oh, Magic 8-Ball, will I ever be Prime in this continuity?"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:SPDHotRodM.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG class=thumbimage
height=70 alt="Oh, Magic 8-Ball, will I ever be Prime in this continuity?"
src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/200px-SPDHotRodM.jpg" width=200 border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbcaption&gt;
&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:SPDHotRodM.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG height=11 alt=""
src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;Oh, Magic 8-Ball,
will I ever be Prime in this continuity?&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
Hot Rod's search was interrupted by Dealer's arrival on Earth, with orders
for Hot Rod: find the Magnificence and use it to learn what they could about the
Expansion. Hot Rod took Dealer to his hiding spot, which turned out to be the
planet where they first found the device. As Dealer and Hot Rod closed on the
Magnificence, he went over his first visit to the planet in his mind, and how
things could have gone so wrong. Eventually he began to have suspicions, and
upon locating the Magnificence, asked it the question that haunted him: had
Dealer betrayed him? Sadly, it revealed the truth, and Hot Rod was forced to
kill Dealer as the traitor attacked. Looking down on his remains, Hot Rod
realised the truth had been staring him in the face, he just hadn't wanted to
accept it. He then used the Magnificence to find out all he could about the
Expansion, and relayed the information to the Autobots. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Spotlight: Doubledealer"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Spotlight:_Doubledealer"&gt;Spotlight:
Doubledealer&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
 
&lt;DIV class="thumb tright"&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 202px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
title="You're not fooling anyone, Bender.  The next screw that falls out will be YOU."
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:HotRodMaxDino02.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG class=thumbimage
height=156
alt="You're not fooling anyone, Bender.  The next screw that falls out will be YOU."
src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/200px-HotRodMaxDino02.jpg" width=200 border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbcaption&gt;
&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:HotRodMaxDino02.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG height=11 alt=""
src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;You're not fooling
anyone, &lt;A title="Judd Nelson"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Judd_Nelson"&gt;Bender&lt;/A&gt;. The next screw that falls
out will be YOU.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
Returning to Earth to continue his search, Hot Rod arrived at the gates of
the Machination's complex, and Scorponok prepared himself to deal with the
intruder. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Maximum Dinobots issue 1"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Maximum_Dinobots_issue_1"&gt;Maximum Dinobots issue
1&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; Unfortunately, Hot Rod found himself fighting well out of his
weight class as he was man handled by Scorponok, who cheerfully bashed his face
in, put out one of his optics and snapped his leg. The Headmasters dragged him
into Scorponok's control room where, with absolutely no prompting, the big man
explained his entire plan for the Dynobots, Skywatch and the Machination. &lt;SPAN
class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Maximum Dinobots issue 2"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Maximum_Dinobots_issue_2"&gt;Maximum Dinobots issue
2&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
 
&lt;CENTER&gt;
&lt;TABLE style="CLEAR: both" cellSpacing=0&gt;
&lt;TBODY&gt;
&lt;TR&gt;
&lt;TD
style="PADDING-RIGHT: 1em; PADDING-LEFT: 1em; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; TEXT-ALIGN: right"&gt;
&lt;DIV class=tti_messageboxdiv
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #9f9fff 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.5em; BORDER-TOP: #9f9fff 1px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 0.5em; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.5em; MARGIN: auto; BORDER-LEFT: #9f9fff 1px solid; WIDTH: 100%; PADDING-TOP: 0.5em; BORDER-BOTTOM: #9f9fff 1px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #efefff; TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;
&lt;DIV class=floatleft&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;A class=image title="Spoiler jazz.gif"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Spoiler_jazz.gif"&gt;&lt;IMG height=50 alt=""
src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/Spoiler_jazz.gif" width=56
border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;B&gt;&lt;A title="Transformers Wiki:Spoilers"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformers_Wiki:Spoilers"&gt;Spoiler
warning&lt;/A&gt;: &lt;I&gt;Plot and/or ending details for &lt;A
title="Maximum Dinobots issue 3"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Maximum_Dinobots_issue_3"&gt;Maximum Dinobots
issue 3&lt;/A&gt; follow.&lt;/I&gt;&lt;/B&gt;
&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;SMALL&gt;Spoilers expire in 11
days&lt;/SMALL&gt; &lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;/TBODY&gt;&lt;/TABLE&gt;&lt;/CENTER&gt;
Hot Rod seemed less than impressed with this rather mundane approach, which
ticked Scorponok off enough for him to point out that it was obviously just the
first stage in his master plan. He was also warned to remained awed or he'd be
of no further interest. When the Dynobots seemed to turn Scorponok's plan on its
head, Hot Rod burst out laughing, at which point, Scorponok ordered him taken
out and shot. In the lift to the surface, Hot Rod suddenly erupted in flames,
killing his captors, but draining his power supply. Weakened and with a crippled
leg, he collapsed on the floor. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Maximum Dinobots issue 3"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Maximum_Dinobots_issue_3"&gt;Maximum Dinobots issue
3&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
 
&lt;DIV class="thumb tleft"&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 252px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
title="Ironhide has waited twenty-two years to pay Hot Rod back for shooting down his shuttle."
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Ironhide_punches_Hot_Rod.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
class=thumbimage height=142
alt="Ironhide has waited twenty-two years to pay Hot Rod back for shooting down his shuttle."
src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/250px-Ironhide_punches_Hot_Rod.jpg" width=250
border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbcaption&gt;
&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Ironhide_punches_Hot_Rod.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG height=11
alt="" src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;Ironhide has
waited twenty-two years to pay Hot Rod back for &lt;A class=mw-redirect
title="Transformers The Movie"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformers_The_Movie"&gt;shooting down his
shuttle&lt;/A&gt;.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
When the Decepticons' galaxy-wide assault hit, Hot Rod and a group of other
Autobots were shot down over Cybertron. Hot Rod sent out a distress signal and
was ecstatic when he ran into some other Autobots. They must've come
specifically to save his team and... wait, why do you all look surprised about
my signal and appear beaten up and resourceless and ''oh arsebiscuits''.
&lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="All Hail Megatron issue 4"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/All_Hail_Megatron_issue_4"&gt;All Hail Megatron issue
4&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
 
Hot Rod was taken back to base and relayed the story of how he and his other
crew-mates from the &lt;A title=Trion href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Trion"&gt;Trion&lt;/A&gt;
arrived on Cybertron, having been diverted there by Decepticon ships and forced
to crash land. Once on the surface, Hot Rod sent out his distress signal and was
''so'' sure someone heard it. Kup arrives with the rest of the Trion's crew
at that point, just in time to tell Hot Rod ''of course'' no one heard his
message. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="All Hail Megatron issue 5"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/All_Hail_Megatron_issue_5"&gt;All Hail Megatron issue
5&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
 
&lt;BR clear=all&gt;
&lt;A name=Generation_1_bios&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;H3&gt;&lt;SPAN class=editsection&gt;[&lt;A title="Edit section: Generation 1 bios"
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Hot_Rod&amp;action=edit&amp;section=22"&gt;edit&lt;/A&gt;]&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN class=mw-headline&gt;''Generation 1'' bios&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H3&gt;
Hot Rod is a hotheaded, impulsive adolescent Autobot. He has a tendency to
ignore the rules and often gets into trouble. This well meaning, admirable lad
is—judging by his tech specs—a highly-skilled, highly-intelligent,
highly-ranked, combat-ready powerhouse. He has dreams of heroism and importance.
I'd wish him luck with that, but somehow I don't think he'll need it.
 
Rodimus Prime is a hotheaded, impulsive vanguard for the Autobot ranks. A
military genius, he speaks with the savvy of seasoned veteran. He is a protector
of all life. Compassion is his weakness.
 
&lt;DIV
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #eeeeee 2px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 2px; BORDER-TOP: #eeeeee 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 2px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; MARGIN: 0px auto 0.2em; BORDER-LEFT: #eeeeee 2px solid; WIDTH: 90%; PADDING-TOP: 2px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #eeeeee 2px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #efefef; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;'''Note:'''
&lt;I&gt;Although there are certain similarities between the two bios, neither of them
directly indicate that Rodimus Prime is a Matrix-enhanced version of Hot Rod.
Given the omission of similar details from Galvatron's bio, it is likely that
this was done to avoid spoiling the surprise of Rodimus Prime's origin in the
movie.&lt;/I&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;A name=Toys&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;H2&gt;&lt;SPAN class=editsection&gt;[&lt;A title="Edit section: Toys"
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Hot_Rod&amp;action=edit&amp;section=23"&gt;edit&lt;/A&gt;]&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN class=mw-headline&gt;Toys&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H2&gt;
 
:
&lt;DIV class=noprint&gt;&lt;I&gt;Main article: &lt;A title="Hot Rod toys"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hot_Rod_toys"&gt;Hot Rod
toys&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/I&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;A name=Trivia&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;H2&gt;&lt;SPAN class=editsection&gt;[&lt;A title="Edit section: Trivia"
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Hot_Rod&amp;action=edit&amp;section=24"&gt;edit&lt;/A&gt;]&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN class=mw-headline&gt;Trivia&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H2&gt;
 
*In &lt;A title="The Transformers: The Movie"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Transformers:_The_Movie"&gt;The Transformers:  
The Movie&lt;/A&gt;, Hot Rod does not transform the same way twice.
 
*Voice actor Ted Schwartz was originally cast to succeed Judd Nelson as the
voice of Rodimus Prime for the third season of the animated series, but was
subsequently replaced by &lt;A title="Dick Gautier"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Dick_Gautier"&gt;Dick Gautier&lt;/A&gt;. Before his
replacement, however, Schwartz recorded Rodimus's lines for several episodes
(most likely all five parts of "&lt;A title="Five Faces of Darkness"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Five_Faces_of_Darkness"&gt;Five Faces of
Darkness&lt;/A&gt;"), and although Gautier re-recorded the dialogue, technical
oversight led to some of Schwartz's readings making it into the finished
episodes. He can be heard delivering all of Rodimus's lines in the recap for
&lt;A title="Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Five_Faces_of_Darkness,_Part_1"&gt;part 1&lt;/A&gt; that
plays at the beginning of &lt;A title="Five Faces of Darkness, Part 2"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Five_Faces_of_Darkness,_Part_2"&gt;part 2&lt;/A&gt;, and
speaking one line during the scene on &lt;A title=Goo
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Goo"&gt;Goo&lt;/A&gt; in &lt;A
title="Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Five_Faces_of_Darkness,_Part_3"&gt;part 3&lt;/A&gt;.
 
 
*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" appear to be how he will be for a while, as
Hasbro appears to be unable to secure the &lt;A title=Trademark
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Trademark"&gt;trademark&lt;/A&gt; on "Hot Rod".
 
*&lt;A title="Side Burn (RID)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Side_Burn_(RID)"&gt;Side Burn&lt;/A&gt;'s powered up form
has a color scheme which resembles Hot Rod's.
 
*Aside from the &lt;I&gt;&lt;A title="Energon (franchise)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Energon_(franchise)"&gt;Energon&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/I&gt; &lt;A
title="Rodimus (Energon)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Rodimus_(Energon)"&gt;namesake character&lt;/A&gt;, Hot
Rod has also been &lt;A title=Homage
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Homage"&gt;homaged&lt;/A&gt; twice (or possibly thrice
depending on how you look at it) in the &lt;A title="Unicron Trilogy"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Unicron_Trilogy"&gt;Unicron Trilogy&lt;/A&gt;. For &lt;I&gt;&lt;A
title="Armada (franchise)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Armada_(franchise)"&gt;Armada&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/I&gt;, the "&lt;A
title=Powerlinx href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Powerlinx"&gt;Powerlinx&lt;/A&gt;" upgrade
of &lt;A title="Hot Shot (Armada)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hot_Shot_(Armada)"&gt;Hot Shot&lt;/A&gt; was given a very
Hot-Rod-inspired deco. In &lt;I&gt;&lt;A title="Cybertron (franchise)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cybertron_(franchise)"&gt;Cybertron&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/I&gt;, &lt;A
class=mw-redirect title=Takara href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Takara"&gt;Takara&lt;/A&gt;
made a redeco of Hot Shot (well, "Exillion"), who already had some Hot Rod
homage elements in his toy design, with Hot Rod deco as a DVD-pack-in &lt;A
title=Exclusive href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Exclusive"&gt;exclusive&lt;/A&gt;. &lt;A
title=Hasbro href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hasbro"&gt;Hasbro&lt;/A&gt; then took this
deco, altered it, and released it in the US line at mass retail as the new
character &lt;A title=Excellion
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Excellion"&gt;Excellion&lt;/A&gt;.
 
*One of the first concepts for Classics Rodimus was based around the &lt;A
class="external text" title=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagani_Zonda
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagani_Zonda" rel=nofollow&gt;Pagani Zonda&lt;/A&gt;
super car, before the &lt;A class="external text"
title=http://www.supercarnet.jp/File/File-Japan/File-Dome.htm
href="http://www.supercarnet.jp/File/File-Japan/File-Dome.htm"
rel=nofollow&gt;Dome Zero&lt;/A&gt; design was decided upon.
 
*At &lt;A title="BotCon 2002" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/BotCon_2002"&gt;BotCon
2002&lt;/A&gt;, Dick Gautier "confirmed", jokingly, that Rodimus Prime is gay.
 
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&lt;H2&gt;&lt;SPAN class=editsection&gt;[&lt;A title="Edit section: External links"
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Hot_Rod&amp;action=edit&amp;section=25"&gt;edit&lt;/A&gt;]&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN class=mw-headline&gt;External links&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H2&gt;
 
*&lt;A class="external text"
title=http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/HotRod/hotrod.htm
href="http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/HotRod/hotrod.htm" rel=nofollow&gt;Hot Rod
at TFU.info&lt;/A&gt;
 
*&lt;A class="external text"
title=http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&amp;char=Hot_Rod
href="http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&amp;char=Hot_Rod"
rel=nofollow&gt;Hot Rod's Universe profile at NTFA.net&lt;/A&gt;
 
*&lt;A class="external text"
title=http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&amp;char=Rodimus_Prime
href="http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&amp;char=Rodimus_Prime"

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<DIV id=title-factionicons style="DISPLAY: none; FLOAT: right"> <DIV style="POSITION: relative"><A title=Autobot href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Autobot"><IMG height=30 alt="" src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/30px-Symbol_autobot_reg.png" width=30 border=0></A></DIV> <DIV style="POSITION: relative"><A title=Autobot href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Autobot"><IMG height=26 alt="" src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/30px-Auto-g2.png" width=30 border=0></A></DIV> <DIV style="POSITION: relative"><A title=Wrecker href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Wrecker"><IMG height=26 alt="" src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/30px-Wreckers_symbol.png" width=30 border=0></A></DIV></DIV> <CENTER> <TABLE cellSpacing=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 1em; PADDING-LEFT: 1em; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; TEXT-ALIGN: right"> <DIV class=tti_messageboxdiv style="BORDER-RIGHT: #9f9fff 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.5em; BORDER-TOP: #9f9fff 1px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 0.5em; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.5em; MARGIN: auto; BORDER-LEFT: #9f9fff 1px solid; WIDTH: 100%; PADDING-TOP: 0.5em; BORDER-BOTTOM: #9f9fff 1px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #efefff; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> <DIV class=floatleft><SPAN><A class=image title="They're actually both looking for characterization." href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:PicsNeeded.gif"><IMG height=67 alt="They're actually both looking for characterization." src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/80px-PicsNeeded.gif" width=80 border=0></A></SPAN></DIV><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: 900; FONT-SIZE: 125%">Let's see what you can see...</SPAN> <HR>

This article is in need of images. </DIV><SMALL>Specifics: Appearances in fiction</SMALL> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></CENTER> <TABLE style="BORDER-RIGHT: #aaa thin solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.5em; BORDER-TOP: #aaa thin solid; DISPLAY: block; PADDING-LEFT: 0.5em; BACKGROUND: #f7f8ff; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.5em; MARGIN: 0px 1em 0px 2em; BORDER-LEFT: #aaa thin solid; PADDING-TOP: 0.5em; BORDER-BOTTOM: #aaa thin solid" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD><I>This article is about the turbo-revvin' young punk introduced in </I>The Transformers: The Movie<I>. For other uses of the names "Rodimus" and "<B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B>", see <A title="Rodimus (disambiguation)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Rodimus_(disambiguation)">Rodimus (disambiguation)</A>.</I> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <DIV style="BORDER-RIGHT: #aaa thin solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.5em; BORDER-TOP: #aaa thin solid; PADDING-LEFT: 0.5em; BACKGROUND: #f7f8ff; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.5em; MARGIN: 0px 1em 0px 2em; BORDER-LEFT: #aaa thin solid; PADDING-TOP: 0.5em; BORDER-BOTTOM: #aaa thin solid"><I>The name or term Prime refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see <A title="Prime (disambiguation)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Prime_(disambiguation)">Prime (disambiguation)</A>.</I></DIV>

<I><B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B

style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> is an <A title=Autobot href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Autobot">Autobot</A> from the <A title="Generation 1 (franchise)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Generation_1_(franchise)">Generation 1</A> <A title="Continuity family" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Continuity_family">continuity family</A>. He has also been known as Rodimus Prime, Rodimus, and <B>Rodimus Major</B>.</I> <DIV class="thumb tright"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 303px"><A class=image title="Opening the Matrix gives you wrinkles." href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:DVDbox3d1.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=411 alt="Opening the Matrix gives you wrinkles." src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/301px-DVDbox3d1.jpg" width=301 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:DVDbox3d1.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>Opening the Matrix gives you wrinkles.</DIV></DIV></DIV> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B></B> is brash and headstrong, with an overwhelming self-confidence that borders on arrogance. <A class=mw-redirect title=Kup href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Kup">Kup</A> has assumed the role of mentor and advisor to the impetuous young <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B>, offering him wisdom and advice when he needs it (though <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> rarely feels that he does, much to Kup's annoyance). <A title="Arcee (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Arcee_(G1)">Arcee</A> also serves as a calming influence on <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B>, and tends to either worry about him when he is not around, or deride and tease him when he is. Their relationship is antagonistic, but friendly. Exactly how deep <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> Rod's feelings for Arcee might run is unknown, whether they be friendly, romantic, or otherwise.

In contrast, his Rodimus Prime persona—while still headstrong and stubborn—seems to suffer from a severe lack of confidence, often doubting his own decisions and expressing distress over his position as an <A title="Prime (rank)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Prime_(rank)">Autobot leader</A>. Of course, much of this comes from having immediately succeeded <A title="Optimus Prime (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Optimus_Prime_(G1)">Optimus Prime</A> as commander—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 <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> nor Rodimus Prime can stand to wait around when they could be doing something instead. He is also very self-reliant, rarely sending others to do anything when he could be doing it himself. His <A title=Targetmaster href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Targetmaster">Targetmaster</A> partner is <A title=Firebolt href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Firebolt">Firebolt</A>.

<TABLE class=cquote style="BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none" align=center> <TBODY> <TR> <TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 10px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 35px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; COLOR: #b2b7f2; PADDING-TOP: 9px; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left" vAlign=top width=20>“ </TD> <TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 10px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; PADDING-TOP: 4px; FONT-FAMILY: 'lucida console', arial, sans-serif" vAlign=top>I knew you had potential, lad. </TD> <TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 10px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 35px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; COLOR: #b2b7f2; PADDING-TOP: 10px; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right" vAlign=bottom width=20>” </TD></TR> <TR> <TD style="PADDING-TOP: 0px" colSpan=3> <P style="FONT-SIZE: smaller; LINE-HEIGHT: 1em; TEXT-ALIGN: right"><CITE style="FONT-STYLE: normal">—<A class=mw-redirect title=Kup href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Kup">Kup</A> on <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> Rod's transformation into Rodimus Prime, <I><A title="The Transformers: The Movie" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Transformers:_The_Movie">The Transformers: The Movie</A></I></CITE> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

<I>Japanese name (<B

style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B>):</I> <B><B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> Rodimus</B>, except for "The Rebirth"

Japanese name (Rodimus Prime): Rodimus Convoy
<I>French-Canadian names (<B

style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B>):</I> Météorite ("Meteorite")

French-Canadian names (Rodimus Prime): Rodimus Primo

("Rodimus First", official toy name)

French-Canadian names (Rodimus Prime): Rodimus Primus

(official dub name)

Italian names: Folgore, Captain<BR>
<I>Hungarian names (<B

style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B>):</I> Nagyágyú ("<B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> Shot")

<I>Hungarian names (<B

style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B>, The Movie):</I> Peca ("Fisher"?) in the first dub of the film, 'cause he deals with marine life throughout the film, you see.

Hungarian names (Rodimus Prime): Rodimusz Fővezér ("Prime

Commander Rodimus")

<I>Chinese names (<B

style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B>, Taiwan):</I> <B><B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B></B> / Rhode

Chinese names (Rodimus Prime, Taiwan): Rhodie Jr-tsūn (羅迪至尊,

"Rodimus Prime")

<I>English-maylay Headmasters name (<B

style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">rod</B>):</I> <B>Roadimus Prime</B> (yes. ROAD-imus.)

<I>Russian TV dub name (<B

style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B>):</I> Patron ("Cartridge")

Russian TV dub name (Rodimus Prime): Rodomes Prime

<TABLE class=toc id=toc summary=Contents> <TBODY> <TR> <TD> <DIV id=toctitle> <H2>Contents</H2></DIV>

<LI class=toclevel-1><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hot_Rod#Fiction"><SPAN class=tocnumber>1</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Fiction</SPAN></A>

<LI class=toclevel-2><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hot_Rod#American_cartoon_continuity"><SPAN class=tocnumber>1.1</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>American cartoon continuity</SPAN></A>

<LI class=toclevel-3><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hot_Rod#Madman_Transformers_comic"><SPAN class=tocnumber>1.1.1</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Madman Transformers comic</SPAN></A> <LI class=toclevel-3><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hot_Rod#Generation_1_cartoon"><SPAN class=tocnumber>1.1.2</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Generation 1 cartoon</SPAN></A> <LI class=toclevel-2><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hot_Rod#Japanese_cartoon_continuity"><SPAN class=tocnumber>1.2</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Japanese cartoon continuity</SPAN></A>

<LI class=toclevel-3><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hot_Rod#Kiss_Players"><SPAN class=tocnumber>1.2.1</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Kiss Players</SPAN></A> <LI class=toclevel-3><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hot_Rod#The_Story_of_Super_Robot_Lifeforms:_The_Transformers"><SPAN class=tocnumber>1.2.2</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers</SPAN></A> <LI class=toclevel-3><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hot_Rod#The_Headmasters_anime"><SPAN class=tocnumber>1.2.3</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>The Headmasters anime</SPAN></A> <LI class=toclevel-3><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hot_Rod#The_Headmasters_manga"><SPAN class=tocnumber>1.2.4</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>The Headmasters manga</SPAN></A> <LI class=toclevel-3><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hot_Rod#The_Battlestars"><SPAN class=tocnumber>1.2.5</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>The Battlestars</SPAN></A> <LI class=toclevel-3><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hot_Rod#15_Go.21_Go.21_comics"><SPAN class=tocnumber>1.2.6</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>15 Go! Go! comics</SPAN></A> <LI class=toclevel-2><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hot_Rod#Marvel_Comics_continuity"><SPAN class=tocnumber>1.3</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Marvel Comics continuity</SPAN></A>

<LI class=toclevel-3><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hot_Rod#Generation_1"><SPAN class=tocnumber>1.3.1</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Generation 1</SPAN></A>

<LI class=toclevel-4><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hot_Rod#Marvel_UK_future_timelines"><SPAN class=tocnumber>1.3.1.1</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Marvel UK future timelines</SPAN></A> <LI class=toclevel-3><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hot_Rod#Generation_2"><SPAN class=tocnumber>1.3.2</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Generation 2</SPAN></A> <LI class=toclevel-2><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hot_Rod#S.T.A.R.S._pack-in_flyers"><SPAN class=tocnumber>1.4</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>S.T.A.R.S. pack-in flyers</SPAN></A> <LI class=toclevel-2><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hot_Rod#Ladybird_Books_continuity"><SPAN class=tocnumber>1.5</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Ladybird Books continuity</SPAN></A> <LI class=toclevel-2><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hot_Rod#Dreamwave_comics_continuity"><SPAN class=tocnumber>1.6</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Dreamwave comics continuity</SPAN></A> <LI class=toclevel-2><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hot_Rod#Universe:_The_Wreckers"><SPAN class=tocnumber>1.7</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Universe: The Wreckers</SPAN></A> <LI class=toclevel-2><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hot_Rod#G.I._Joe_vs._Transformers"><SPAN class=tocnumber>1.8</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>G.I. Joe vs. Transformers</SPAN></A> <LI class=toclevel-2><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hot_Rod#IDW_comics_continuity"><SPAN class=tocnumber>1.9</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>IDW comics continuity</SPAN></A> <LI class=toclevel-2><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hot_Rod#Generation_1_bios"><SPAN class=tocnumber>1.10</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Generation 1 bios</SPAN></A> <LI class=toclevel-1><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hot_Rod#Toys"><SPAN class=tocnumber>2</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Toys</SPAN></A> <LI class=toclevel-1><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hot_Rod#Trivia"><SPAN class=tocnumber>3</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Trivia</SPAN></A> <LI class=toclevel-1><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hot_Rod#External_links"><SPAN class=tocnumber>4</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>External links</SPAN></A> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <A name=Fiction></A> <H2><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: Fiction" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Hot_Rod&action=edit&section=1">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Fiction</SPAN></H2><A name=American_cartoon_continuity></A> <H3><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: American cartoon continuity" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Hot_Rod&action=edit&section=2">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>American cartoon continuity</SPAN></H3><A name=Madman_Transformers_comic></A> <H4><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: Madman Transformers comic" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Hot_Rod&action=edit&section=3">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Madman Transformers comic</SPAN></H4> <DIV class="thumb tleft"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 152px"><A class=image title=""You're gonna be the death of that guy, you know?"" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Madman_comic_HotRod_sigh.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=181 alt=""You're gonna be the death of that guy, you know?"" src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/150px-Madman_comic_HotRod_sigh.jpg" width=150 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Madman_comic_HotRod_sigh.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>"You're gonna be the death of that guy, you know?"</DIV></DIV></DIV> <TABLE class=cquote style="BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none" align=center> <TBODY> <TR> <TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 10px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 35px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; COLOR: #b2b7f2; PADDING-TOP: 9px; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left" vAlign=top width=20>“ </TD> <TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 10px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; PADDING-TOP: 4px; FONT-FAMILY: 'lucida console', arial, sans-serif" vAlign=top>Everyone has their time. Yours is coming! </TD> <TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 10px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 35px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; COLOR: #b2b7f2; PADDING-TOP: 10px; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right" vAlign=bottom width=20>” </TD></TR> <TR> <TD style="PADDING-TOP: 0px" colSpan=3> <P style="FONT-SIZE: smaller; LINE-HEIGHT: 1em; TEXT-ALIGN: right"><CITE style="FONT-STYLE: normal">—<A title="Spike Witwicky" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Spike_Witwicky">Spike Witwicky</A> and the <A class=mw-redirect title="Autobot Matrix of Leadership" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Autobot_Matrix_of_Leadership">Autobot Matrix of Leadership</A>, <A title="Madman Transformers Comic" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Madman_Transformers_Comic">Madman Transformers Comic</A></CITE> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> In the year 2001, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> was on guard duty at the construction site of <A title="Autobot City" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Autobot_City">Autobot City</A> on <A title=Earth href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Earth">Earth</A> while the main Autobot forces were evacuating from the Decepticon-conquered <A title="Cybertron (planet)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cybertron_(planet)">Cybertron</A>. As he was complained about his boring assignment to <A title="Spike Witwicky" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Spike_Witwicky">Spike Witwicky</A>, the Decepticon <A title="Soundwave (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Soundwave_(G1)">Soundwave</A> struck, intent on stealing the <A class=mw-redirect title="Autobot Matrix of Leadership" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Autobot_Matrix_of_Leadership">Autobot Matrix of Leadership</A> which Optimus Prime had secreted in a bunker at the building site. When he reclaimed the Matrix, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> received a vision of the future where he fought <A title="Galvatron (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Galvatron_(G1)">a powerful Decepticon</A>. After returning the Matrix to Optimus Prime, the Autobot leader considered that perhaps <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> Rod's destiny was greater than any of them realized. Kup thought differently, however. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Madman Transformers Comic" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Madman_Transformers_Comic">Madman Transformers Comic</A></SPAN>

<BR clear=all> <A name=Generation_1_cartoon></A> <H4><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: Generation 1 cartoon" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Hot_Rod&action=edit&section=4">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Generation 1 cartoon</SPAN></H4>

Voice actors: <A title="Judd Nelson"

href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Judd_Nelson">Judd Nelson</A> → <A title="Ted Schwartz" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ted_Schwartz">Ted Schwartz</A> → <A title="Dick Gautier" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Dick_Gautier">Dick Gautier</A> (English), <A title="Hiroya Ishimaru" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hiroya_Ishimaru">Hiroya Ishimaru</A> (Japanese) <CENTER> <TABLE style="WIDTH: 80%" cellSpacing=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 1em; PADDING-LEFT: 1em; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; TEXT-ALIGN: right"> <DIV class=tti_messageboxdiv style="BORDER-RIGHT: #9f9fff 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.5em; BORDER-TOP: #9f9fff 1px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 0.5em; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.5em; MARGIN: auto; BORDER-LEFT: #9f9fff 1px solid; WIDTH: 100%; PADDING-TOP: 0.5em; BORDER-BOTTOM: #9f9fff 1px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #efefff; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> <DIV class=floatleft><SPAN><A class=image title="No, really. HE WANTS TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE TRANSFORMERS." href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Rad-sm.gif"><IMG height=85 alt="No, really. HE WANTS TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE TRANSFORMERS." src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/Rad-sm.gif" width=93 border=0></A></SPAN></DIV><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: 900; FONT-SIZE: 125%">I want to tell you about the Transformers!</SPAN> <HR>

<I>This character article is a <A title="Category:Character stubs missing fiction" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Category:Character_stubs_missing_fiction">stub</A> and is missing information on their fictional appearances. You can help Transformers Wiki by <A class="external text" title=http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Hot_Rod&action=edit href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Hot_Rod&action=edit" rel=nofollow>expanding it</A>.</I> </DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></CENTER> <DIV class="thumb tright"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 202px"><A class=image title=""I'm tellin' you, Daniel, you HAD to kiss me to activate my fishing rod. STOP crying! And, uh, don't tell your dad or Optimus."" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:HotRodFishing1.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=150 alt=""I'm tellin' you, Daniel, you HAD to kiss me to activate my fishing rod. STOP crying! And, uh, don't tell your dad or Optimus."" src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/200px-HotRodFishing1.jpg" width=200 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:HotRodFishing1.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>"I'm tellin' you, Daniel, you HAD to <A title="Kiss Player" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Kiss_Player">kiss me to activate</A> my fishing <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">rod</B>. STOP crying! And, uh, don't tell your dad or Optimus."</DIV></DIV></DIV> In 2005, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> was one of the many Autobots based in the completed Autobot City. He was close friends with the young human <A title="Daniel Witwicky" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Daniel_Witwicky">Daniel Witwicky</A>, and seemed to have a reputation for being something of a trouble-maker, judging from a few of Kup's comments to him at the time. Realizing that the Decepticons were invading, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> opened fire on their stolen shuttle and exposed their ruse before Megatron could enter the city. Although this did give the rest of the Autobots time to begin transforming Autobot City and raising their defenses, it also left <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> trapped outside with Kup and Daniel. After defeating the Decepticons <A title="Blitzwing (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Blitzwing_(G1)">Blitzwing</A> and <A title="Shrapnel (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Shrapnel_(G1)">Shrapnel</A> with some help from Kup, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> managed to find a way inside the fortress city and took part in its defense. During <A title="Optimus Prime (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Optimus_Prime_(G1)">Optimus Prime's</A> battle with <A title="Megatron (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Megatron_(G1)">Megatron</A>, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> intervened in an attempt to help, but succeeded only in giving Megatron the chance he needed to mortally wound the Autobot leader.

After Prime's death, Autobot City was attacked again—by <A title="Galvatron (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Galvatron_(G1)">Galvatron</A>. While escaping, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> and Kup (and the <A title="Dinobot (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Dinobot_(G1)">Dinobots</A>) were separated from the rest of the Autobots and crashed on the planet <A title=Quintessa href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Quintessa">Quintessa</A>. There, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> met the Quintessons, an enemy who would haunt him for some time to come. After escaping their sadistic trial and attempted execution (as well as meeting <A title=Wheelie href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Wheelie">Wheelie</A>), <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> went on to the planet <A class=mw-redirect title=Junk href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Junk">Junk</A>, where he was just in time to stop <A title="Wreck-Gar (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Wreck-Gar_(G1)">Wreck-Gar</A> from destroying the rest of the Autobot City refugees with a timely use of the <A title="Universal greeting" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Universal_greeting">Universal greeting</A>. Together, they all traveled to <A title="Cybertron (planet)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cybertron_(planet)">Cybertron</A> to stop <A title=Unicron href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Unicron">Unicron</A> before he could eat more than just its moons.

<DIV class="thumb tleft"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 202px"><A class=image title='"Stop putting in captions that are just blatantly not funny!"' href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:RodimusPrimeMovie1.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=150 alt='"Stop putting in captions that are just blatantly not funny!"' src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/200px-RodimusPrimeMovie1.jpg" width=200 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:RodimusPrimeMovie1.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>"Stop putting in captions that are just blatantly not funny!"</DIV></DIV></DIV> Inside of Unicron, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> was separated from the rest of his team when their ship crashed (something which happens to <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> a lot). Alone, he found himself facing Galvatron in a battle to the death over the Autobot Matrix of Leadership. Claiming the Matrix, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> <A title=Renaming href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Renaming">evolved into</A> "Rodimus Prime", an older, larger, and more powerful version of himself. After overpowering Galvatron and hurling him through Unicron's hide, into the void of space, he opened the Matrix and destroyed Unicron from within. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="The Transformers: The Movie" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Transformers:_The_Movie">The Transformers: The Movie</A></SPAN>

Peace reigned on Cybertron for at least long enough to put up some of the more important buildings, and Rodimus Prime began to ease into his role as the new Autobot leader. When <A title="Ultra Magnus (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ultra_Magnus_(G1)">Ultra Magnus</A> and Spike Witwicky were kidnapped during a <A title="Galactic Olympics" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Galactic_Olympics">Galactic Olympics</A>, it was Rodimus who spied on the Decepticons with <A title="Grimlock (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Grimlock_(G1)">Grimlock</A> to determine if they were the ones who had done it. The way Rodimus had it figured, the Decepticons were usually behind everything anyway, so they seemed like a good enough place to start. After getting caught and severely beaten by the Decepticons (who were innocent of the kidnapping, but not really fans of his anyway), Rodimus was able to interface with the Matrix and learned about the origins of the Transformer race. He also learned that his old enemies, the Quintessons, were back and looking to destroy every Transformer in existence. Making things worse, Galvatron soon returned as well, and the war that everyone had assumed was safely over quickly started up again. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Five Faces of Darkness" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Five_Faces_of_Darkness">Five Faces of Darkness</A></SPAN>

Throughout 2006, Rodimus Prime's greatest achievements both revolved around his predecessor, Optimus Prime. While fleeing from a Decepticon attack, Rodimus and several other Autobots took refuge in a massive <A title="Autobot Mausoleum" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Autobot_Mausoleum">Autobot Mausoleum</A> and discovered that their former leader seemed to have returned to life. Perhaps a little too trusting of Optimus (and possibly eager to relieve himself of the burden of leadership), Rodimus quickly passed the Matrix back to Optimus and, much to his glee, reverted back into <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B>. His happiness was short-lived, however, as Optimus was quickly revealed to be nothing more than a puppet of the Quintessons, sent to trick the Autobots into an ambush from which none of them would escape. With no other choice, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> was forced to do battle with Optimus Prime for the fate of the Autobots. Although their duel was clearly in the favor of the more powerful Optimus, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> was able to re-awaken the true spirit of his leader. Returning the Matrix to Rodimus, Optimus then piloted his ship into the heart of the ambush and sacrificed himself to save them all. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Dark Awakening" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Dark_Awakening">Dark Awakening</A></SPAN>

Soon after Perceptor left on a standard research mission to a nearby asteroid belt, Rodimus Prime and the Autobots received a distress call from the survey group. They arrived to find the asteroid infested with Quintessons, and managed to drive off the tentacled freaks and their Sharkticon shock troops. Perceptor was near deactivation due to injuries, however, and the rest of the Autobots were nowhere to be seen. The Quints attempted to retake the asteroid but, after failing, were soon desperate enough to tell the truth: their technology on the rock was a <A class=mw-redirect title="Time window" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Time_window">time window</A>, and leaving it open was risking the fates of all time and space. With the help of the Quintesson scientist, and a <A title="Alpha Trion (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Alpha_Trion_(G1)">mysterious stranger with a devilish moustache</A>, Rodimus Prime retrieved his lost Autobots and shut down the time window. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Forever Is a Long Time Coming" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Forever_Is_a_Long_Time_Coming">Forever Is a Long Time Coming</A></SPAN>

The Autobots learned of a lost Cybertronian colony known as <A title=Paradron href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Paradron">Paradron</A> after one of its citizens, <A title="Sandstorm (Autobot)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Sandstorm_(Autobot)">Sandstorm</A>, arrived on Cybertron begging for help. It seemed that Galvatron and the Decepticons had seized control over the planet and its vast energon reserves. Rodimus Prime and the Autobots staged a tactical infiltration, but the escalation of violence between the two forces led to total devastation. Rodimus gave the pacifistic Autobots of Paradron his impassioned "Move it or lose it!" speech before hustling them off-world so that Ultra Magnus could blow up their home. As Sandstorm sat there mourning the loss of his world, Rodimus Prime gave him some solemn advice.

<TABLE class=cquote style="BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none" align=center> <TBODY> <TR> <TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 10px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 35px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; COLOR: #b2b7f2; PADDING-TOP: 9px; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left" vAlign=top width=20>“ </TD> <TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 10px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; PADDING-TOP: 4px; FONT-FAMILY: 'lucida console', arial, sans-serif" vAlign=top>Well, no need to get all mushy. Cybertron's a better place anyway—not so...perfect. </TD> <TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 10px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 35px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; COLOR: #b2b7f2; PADDING-TOP: 10px; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right" vAlign=bottom width=20>” </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Fight or Flee" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Fight_or_Flee">Fight or Flee</A></SPAN> Rodimus and the Autobots were stumped when someone carried off <A title="Fort Knox" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Fort_Knox">Fort Knox</A> in the middle of the night. Seriously -- they detected <A title="Dinosaur transform static" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Dinosaur_transform_static">Dinosaur transform static</A> at the scene, found a small pile of <A title="Energon cube" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Energon_cube">energon cubes</A>, and had just been informed by <A title="Teletraan II" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Teletraan_II">Teletraan II</A> that Trypticon was still alive. It was a head-scratcher all right. They eventually figured it out, though, and sieged the occupied nation of <A class=mw-redirect title=Carbombya href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Carbombya">Carbombya</A> to chase Trypticon and the Decepticons away, and recovered Fort Knox and the other monuments Trypticon had stolen. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Thief in the Night" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Thief_in_the_Night">Thief in the Night</A></SPAN>


When the freelance agent named <A title=Octane href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Octane">Octane</A> was being kidnapped right off of Cybertron's surface by Cyclonus and the Sweeps, Rodimus Prime and the Autobots stormed out to save their associate. Things were more complicated than they looked, as when Rodimus confronted Cyclonus, the Decepticon lieutenant spoke with <A title="Starscream (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)">Starscream</A>'s voice! For some reason, learning Starscream was involved made Rodimus willing to let the Decepticons go. Crazy as it sounds, though, it worked -- Starscream and Octane managed to lure Galvatron into an Autobot ambush. Rodimus Prime gave a friendly wave at Starscream for a job well done as he departed. Zuh? <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Starscream's Ghost" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream's_Ghost">Starscream's Ghost</A></SPAN>


While preparing for the first annual Cybertron peace conference, Rodimus Prime got together with <A title="Spike Witwicky" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Spike_Witwicky">Spike Witwicky</A> to prepare a surprise party for Danny. They were interrupted by a <A title=Combaticon href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Combaticon">Combaticon</A> attack, as the Decepticons wanted to prevent the conference from occurring. The Combaticons were driven off, however, and only minor damage was done. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Surprise Party" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Surprise_Party">Surprise Party</A></SPAN>

During a diplomatic function, Rodimus Prime was forced to play statesman and deal with Ambassador <A title=Ynara href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ynara">Ynara</A> and the other delegates. Curiously, when Daniel Witwicky went missing and Rodimus had an excuse to duck out of the "festivities", he chose to delegate the search mission to Ultra Magnus and Blaster. Perhaps the normally action-hungry Rodimus Prime was actually becoming more accepting of his leadership duties. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Madman's Paradise" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Madman's_Paradise">Madman's Paradise</A></SPAN>


<SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Nightmare Planet" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Nightmare_Planet">Nightmare Planet</A></SPAN>

Cybertron was put on high alert after <A title="Scourge (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Scourge_(G1)">Scourge</A> broke into Metroplex on Earth, stealing his eyes and blowing up a bomb in his brain. Rodimus and the Autobots were eventually able to suss out that Scourge was working with the ghost of Starscream, and they in turn were acquiring those eyes for Unicron. Rodimus put together a strike team and sent Ultra Magnus, Springer, <A title="Hot Spot (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hot_Spot_(G1)"><B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> Spot</A> and <A title="Groove (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Groove_(G1)">Groove</A> to Unicron to investigate, but they were repulsed by the Chaos-Bringer's defenses. Their second mission was more successful, detonating a series of explosives underneath Unicron once he came down to Cybertron, intent on connecting himself to the planet and turning it into his new body. After Unicron was successfully blasted back into orbit, Rodimus congratulated his men on a job well done. As a joke, he told Magnus and the others their next mission would be to return to the head of their Living Devil and retrieve his stolen eyes. That Roddy -- he's hilarious. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Ghost in the Machine" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ghost_in_the_Machine">Ghost in the Machine</A></SPAN>

<SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="The Big Broadcast of 2006" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Big_Broadcast_of_2006">The Big Broadcast of 2006</A></SPAN>

At a galactic peace conference, Rodimus and Ultra Magnus attempted to end the centuries of war between the planets of <A title=Xetaxxis href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Xetaxxis">Xetaxxis</A> and <A title=Lanarq href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Lanarq">Lanarq</A>. They might as well have asked Galvatron "Why you so crazy?" Every attempt at straight talk and reasonable discourse broke out into a brawl, fist-fighting and eventually laser fire. The two worlds only reached an accord once Blaster and Sky Lynx arrived with a Quintesson journal, detailing how the entire war between the two planets was a "case study" in escalation manipulated by the Quints to sell bigger and better armaments to both sides. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="The Quintesson Journal" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Quintesson_Journal">The Quintesson Journal</A></SPAN>

<SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="The Dweller in the Depths" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Dweller_in_the_Depths">The Dweller in the Depths</A></SPAN>

<SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Only Human" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Only_Human">Only Human</A></SPAN>

Rodimus Prime began to struggle with the burden of leadership again during a skirmish in Europe, where the Decepticons were working in conjunction with human terrorists. The pacifistic <A title="First Aid (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/First_Aid_(G1)">First Aid</A> chose to leave the Autobots after his refusal to fight cost Metroplex his transforming cog, and Rodimus chided himself for not having the words to convince the medic to stay. He was also unsettled by Galvatron's crowing about a new "<A title="Ultimate Weapon" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ultimate_Weapon">Ultimate Weapon</A>" which would bring the Autobots to their knees. Regardless of his internal strife, Rodimus continued the fight. He came up with a plan where Spike and Daniel Witwicky posed as part of the (evil?) human repair crews working on Trypticon, and liberated the Decepticon city-bot's transforming cog just as the 'Cons had taken Metroplex's. Rodimus and Ultra Magnus had to fight off Galvatron and <A title=Stunticon href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Stunticon">Stunticons</A> in order to stall for time so that the Witwickys could complete their mission. Fortunately, the Stunticons had been off the shelves for awhile by this point, and so were utterly demolished off-screen by the two Autobots. Eventually, First Aid returned to the Autobots to finish repair work on the cog, and Rodimus ultimately called Galvatron's bluff and uncovered his "Ultimate Weapon" as the sham it was. These victories renewed Rodimus's confidence in his leadership abilities...until next time. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="The Ultimate Weapon" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Ultimate_Weapon">The Ultimate Weapon</A></SPAN>


<SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="The Face of the Nijika" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Face_of_the_Nijika">The Face of the Nijika</A></SPAN>

At the unveiling of the new power generator, Rodimus Prime got frustrated at Grimlock's gross stupidity. Things only got worse when the Autobots discovered <A title=Anti-electron href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Anti-electron">anti-electrons</A> being beamed out of the power generator, and needed to negotiate the tunnels beneath Cybertron to reach the generator core...and Grimlock broke their only map. Luckily for Rodimus's sanity, Grimlock spontaneously developed super-intelligence after biting through the cables connecting the anti-electrons to the power generator. The Autobots then went on a mission to Unicron's head to prevent the Decepticons from recovering any more anti-electrons to use against them. They were nearly overwhelmed by the animalistic <A title="Terrorcon (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Terrorcon_(G1)">Terrorcons</A>, but Grimlock constructed <A title=Computron href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Computron">Computron</A> and the <A title=Technobot href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Technobot">Technobots</A> as a counter-force against the bestial Decepticons. Rodimus and the others drove off the remaining Decepticons, and restabilized the power generator for Cybertron's use. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Grimlock's New Brain" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Grimlock's_New_Brain">Grimlock's New Brain</A></SPAN>

On a lifeless planetoid with absolutely no discernable military value, Rodimus Prime and the Autobots were engaged in trench warfare with the Decepticon to claim said planetoid. Rodimus demonstrated his keen tactical brilliance when the Decepticons attacked and he suggested the Autobots do the unexpected...and counter-attack. No, really -- Galvatron seemed utterly amazed when they did that. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Call of the Primitives" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Call_of_the_Primitives">Call of the Primitives</A></SPAN>

After a particularly strenuous series of Decepticon attacks on Japan, Rodimus Prime was in no mood to be chewed out by the Japanese government for "not helping enough". When <A title="Marissa Faireborn" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Marissa_Faireborn">Marissa Faireborn</A> stopped by at just the wrong time with yet another problem, Rodimus blew her off and went racing on the backroads to let off some exhaust. Unfortunately, he was spotted by the Stunticons <A title="Dead End (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Dead_End_(G1)">Dead End</A> and <A title=Wildrider href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Wildrider">Wildrider</A>, who knocked him for a loop and (surprisingly) shook the Matrix of Leadership loose from his chest cavity. After the Stunticons made off with the Matrix, Rodimus woke up as <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B>. Shockingly to Springer and Ultra Magnus, Roddy was in no hurry to go after the thieves and recover the Matrix. His giri had become too burdensome, and <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> was hardly interested in reclaiming the burden so soon. He returned to a dojo that had been upset by <A title="Bruticus (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Bruticus_(G1)">Bruticus</A> during the earlier attacks, and observed the sensei and his pupils. After finding his center again, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> returned to the city, where the huntsman known as Scourge had been mis-using the Matrix as a source of raw power to destroy everything around him. After a brief fight, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> reclaimed the Matrix from Scourge and became Rodimus Prime once more, accepting his path in life.


Oh, and Kup was nodding sagely on the sidelines this entire time. I'm sure that helped, somehow. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="The Burden Hardest to Bear" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Burden_Hardest_to_Bear">The Burden Hardest to Bear</A></SPAN>

<DIV class="thumb tright"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 202px"><A class=image title='"Does my thumb look infected to you?"' href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:HotRodReturnOfOptimusPrime1.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=152 alt='"Does my thumb look infected to you?"' src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/200px-HotRodReturnOfOptimusPrime1.jpg" width=200 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:HotRodReturnOfOptimusPrime1.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>"Does my thumb look infected to you?"</DIV></DIV></DIV> As it turned out, far from being destroyed, Optimus Prime had been retrieved by a team of human scientists who were hoping to use him (again) as a weapon against the Autobots—this time as the bearer of a malignant "Hate Plague" that would cause them to destroy each other. When he learned of this, Rodimus swiftly formed a rescue party and led them to retrieve Optimus's body so that their former leader could rest in peace. When all of the rest of the Autobots with him were exposed to the Hate Plague, only Rodimus was able to escape unharmed—and with the still uninfected body of Optimus. Returning to Autobot City, Rodimus ordered <A title="Sky Lynx (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Sky_Lynx_(G1)">Sky-Lynx</A> to find a Quintesson to repair Optimus, then risked his life to shut down <A title="Metroplex (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Metroplex_(G1)">Metroplex</A> before the Plague could spread to it. Attacked by Ultra Magnus and Wreck-Gar in the process, he succumbed to the plague and became infected with hate. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Return_of_Optimus_Prime,_Part_1">The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1</A></SPAN> In order to stop the Plague, the resurrected Optimus had to defeat the crazed Rodimus and forcibly extract the Matrix from him, changing him back into <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> once more. This time, as Optimus had decided to stick around, the change was a permanent one. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Return_of_Optimus_Prime,_Part_2">The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2</A></SPAN>

Even after losing his position as Autobot leader, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> was not the sort to rest on his laurels. In 2007, he was among a group of Autobots who were caught in a blast from the <A title="Plasma energy" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Plasma_energy">Plasma Energy Chamber</A> and shot across the galaxy to the planet <A title=Nebulos href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Nebulos">Nebulos</A>. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="The Rebirth, Part 1" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Rebirth,_Part_1">The Rebirth, Part 1</A></SPAN> There, the Autobots fell in with a group of native rebels and aided them in opposing the tyrannical rule of the dictatorial <A title="Hive (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hive_(G1)">Hive</A>—a partnership that ultimately evolved into <A title="Binary bonding" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Binary_bonding">binary bonding</A>, the fusion of Transformer and Nebulan into <A title="Headmaster (technology)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Headmaster_(technology)">Headmasters</A> and <A title=Targetmaster href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Targetmaster">Targetmasters</A>. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="The Rebirth, Part 2" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Rebirth,_Part_2">The Rebirth, Part 2</A></SPAN> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> was linked to the Nebulan sharpshooter Firebolt, and went on to aid in the defence of Cybertron as Galvatron attempted to use the Plasma Energy Chamber to destroy it. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="The Rebirth, Part 3" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Rebirth,_Part_3">The Rebirth, Part 3</A></SPAN>


Rodimus has a tendency to say insensitive, stupid things to people in dire situations, such as joking about humans suffocating to death, <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Dark Awakening" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Dark_Awakening">Dark Awakening</A></SPAN> or ripping on someone's home planet while it's being destroyed <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Fight or Flee" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Fight_or_Flee">Fight or Flee</A></SPAN>. <A name=Japanese_cartoon_continuity></A> <H3><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: Japanese cartoon continuity" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Hot_Rod&action=edit&section=5">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Japanese cartoon continuity</SPAN></H3> <DIV style="BORDER-RIGHT: #eeeeee 2px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 2px; BORDER-TOP: #eeeeee 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 2px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; MARGIN: 0px auto 0.2em; BORDER-LEFT: #eeeeee 2px solid; WIDTH: 90%; PADDING-TOP: 2px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #eeeeee 2px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #efefef; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Note: <I>The events of the Generation 1 cartoon occur in Japanese animated continuity as described above, except that the events of "The Rebirth" do not occur. Additionally, this continuity moves the events of 2006 forward to 2010, and inserts several additional events into the newly-created intervening years.</I></DIV><A name=Kiss_Players></A> <H4><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: Kiss Players" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Hot_Rod&action=edit&section=6">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Kiss Players</SPAN></H4>

Voice actors: <A class=new title="Ryōtarō Okiayu"

href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Ry%C5%8Dtar%C5%8D_Okiayu&action=edit">Ryōtarō Okiayu</A> (Japanese) When Rodimus Prime hurled Galvatron into space at the conclusion of their battle within Unicron, he could not have predicted the tragic result of this action. Galvatron crash-landed on Earth, on top of <A title=Tokyo href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Tokyo">Tokyo</A>, <A title=Japan href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Japan">Japan</A>, devastating the city and sparking off a massive anti-Transformer movement spearheaded by the <A title="Earth Defense Command" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Earth_Defense_Command">Earth Defense Command</A>. Horrified by what his actions had wrought, Rodimus gave up the Matrix to Ultra Magnus, reverted to <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> once more, and returned to the human homeworld.

<DIV class="thumb tleft"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 182px"><A class=image title="Flames on his arms and a naked girl in his tummy." href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:HotRodKP.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=219 alt="Flames on his arms and a naked girl in his tummy." src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/180px-HotRodKP.jpg" width=180 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:HotRodKP.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>Flames on his arms and a naked girl in his tummy.</DIV></DIV></DIV> As he descended to Earth, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> was badly damaged by the <A title=Anti-electron href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Anti-electron">anti-electron</A> field that the E.D.C. had set up around the planet. Arriving at the E.D.C. headquarters, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> interrupted a grotesque experiment in a basement laboratory involving the severed heads of various <A title=Legion href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Legion">Legion</A> (monstrous creatures created by Galvatron's scattered cells) and former E.D.C. operative <A title="Shaoshao Li" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Shaoshao_Li">Shaoshao Li</A>. The Legion attacked <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> and began to <A title=ParasiTech href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/ParasiTech">fuse</A> with him, but a <A title=Kiss href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Kiss">kiss</A> from Shaoshao—one of the E.D.C.'s <A title="Kiss Player" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Kiss_Player">Kiss Player</A> operatives, also given fusing powers by Galvatron's cells—saved him, reformatting him into a Ford GT body. Now partnered with Shaoshao, he traveled around <A title=Japan href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Japan">Japan</A> battling the E.D.C., Legion, and the resurrected Optimus Prime.

<B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> was cocky and confident in his speed and sharpshooting skills, and often weathered his human partner's complaints that he was slacking off on his hand-to-hand combat training. He much preferred to practice kissing, the resulting fusion granting him Shao's considerable martial arts skills as well as the ability to wield his firearms as <A class=extiw title=wikipedia:tonfa href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/tonfa">tonfas</A>. In return, he stole <A title="Marissa Faireborn" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Marissa_Faireborn">Marissa Faireborn</A>'s underwear for her.

He continued to enjoy fishing and carried a customized <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">rod</B> that he could convert into a forearm-mounted weapon called the "Exhaust Eliminator". Shaoshao didn't like working with him after a fishing trip due to the smell, but she secretly wished that he would take her with him anyway. <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> was very suspicious of Optimus Prime, claiming that he was not the real Optimus, presumably because he still believed his former commander to be dead following the Battle of Autobot City.

<B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> had the distinction of being the only known robot with a Kiss Player partner to have lips. This might have contributed to Shao's feelings of excitement when she kissed him, though the rest of the time she acted outraged that a robot would have the audacity to talk to her like a real person.

After numerous battles, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> and his human partner settled their differences with Prime. Together, they teamed up with the E.D.C. Kiss Player <A title="Atari Hitotonari" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Atari_Hitotonari">Atari Hitotonari</A> and her <A title=Autrooper href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Autrooper">Autrooper</A> and entered the secret "Genital System" facility hidden beneath E.D.C. headquarters in Tokyo. There, they discovered Galvatron's headless body and realized that the only way to end the current crisis was to allow the Unicron-empowered Decepticon's cells to return to his body. When <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> did so, he was restored to his original body. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Kiss Players (fiction)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Kiss_Players_(fiction)">Kiss Players</A></SPAN>


<B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> went on his way, but did not take back the Matrix and leadership of the Autobots until the year 2010. It is unknown whether he ever discovered that the true cause of the Tokyo incident was temporal interference by the <A title=Sparkbot href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Sparkbot">Sparkbots</A>.

<BR clear=all> <A name=The_Story_of_Super_Robot_Lifeforms:_The_Transformers></A> <H4><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Hot_Rod&action=edit&section=7">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline><I>The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers</I></SPAN></H4> <DIV style="BORDER-RIGHT: #eeeeee 2px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 2px; BORDER-TOP: #eeeeee 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 2px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; MARGIN: 0px auto 0.2em; BORDER-LEFT: #eeeeee 2px solid; WIDTH: 90%; PADDING-TOP: 2px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #eeeeee 2px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #efefef; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Note: <I>The events of this manga occur concurrently with the events of Generation 1 cartoon, as described above.</I></DIV> Rodimus Prime faced numerous bizarre challenges in the year 2010. In one instance, Rodimus and his troops were taken under siege by a horde of Megatron clones calling themselves the <A title="Megatron Military" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Megatron_Military">Megatron Military</A>. The Megatron Military made short work of Rodimus, leaving him to wonder how he could defeat a whole horde of the baddie, when Optimus Prime could barely deal with one. Rodimus eventually realized that Galvatron was secretly controlling the clones and singled him out. With Galvatron defeated, the Megatron Military ceased to function. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 2" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Story_of_Super_Robot_Lifeforms:_The_Transformers_issue_2">The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 2</A></SPAN>

During another battle, he was forced to team with his arch-nemesis, Galvatron, to defeat the all-powerful <A title=Guiltaur href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Guiltaur">Guiltaur</A>. Guiltaur was a creation built by the <A title=Quintesson href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Quintesson">Quintessons</A> utilizing the powers of both Optimus Prime and Megatron. Together, Rodimus and Galvatron defeated their foe (who it turned out was being controlled by the ghost of <A title="Starscream (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)">Starscream</A>) and called off the truce. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 4" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Story_of_Super_Robot_Lifeforms:_The_Transformers_issue_4">The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 4</A></SPAN> <A name=The_Headmasters_anime></A> <H4><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: The Headmasters anime" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Hot_Rod&action=edit&section=8">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>The Headmasters anime</SPAN></H4> <DIV class="thumb tleft"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 202px"><A class=image title='"Race ya to the Matrix!" "Yer on!"' href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:DoubleConvoy1.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=150 alt='"Race ya to the Matrix!" "Yer on!"' src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/200px-DoubleConvoy1.jpg" width=200 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:DoubleConvoy1.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>"Race ya to the Matrix!" "Yer on!"</DIV></DIV></DIV> One year after the Hate Plague affair and the resurrection of Optimus Prime, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> maintained a high-level position among the Autobots as well as a new sense of duty and responsibility. <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> was stationed on <A title=Athenia href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Athenia">Athenia</A> when the Decepticons, bolstered with the addition of new Headmaster warriors, attacked Cybertron in an attempt to take control of <A title="Vector Sigma" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Vector_Sigma">Vector Sigma</A>, which had become destabilized as a result of the Matrix's energy being released. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Four Warriors Come out of the Sky" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Four_Warriors_Come_out_of_the_Sky">Four Warriors Come out of the Sky</A></SPAN> When a group of Autobot Headmasters arrived to help, Optimus Prime broke off from the battle and ventured into Cybertron's depths, hoping to find a way to stabilize Vector Sigma. This, however, would require the sacrifice of his own life if attempted without the Matrix, which was hidden somewhere on Earth, recharging. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="The Mystery of Planet Master" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Mystery_of_Planet_Master">The Mystery of Planet Master</A></SPAN> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> and the Autobot Headmasters searched the Matrix out and returned to Cybertron with it, where the spirit of <A title="Alpha Trion (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Alpha_Trion_(G1)">Alpha Trion</A> recharged its empty shell, transforming <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> back into Rodimus Prime. Optimus and Rodimus defeated the Decepticons together, but Optimus still wound up sacrificing himself to stabilize Vector Sigma, leaving Rodimus Prime in command of the Autobots once again. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Birth_of_the_Fantastic_Double_Prime">Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime</A></SPAN>

Not long thereafter, a plot by Decepticon leader <A title="Scorponok (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Scorponok_(G1)">Scorponok</A> resulted in a massive planetary explosion devastating Cybertron, leaving it a burnt-out husk. Deciding that his time was over, and that newer, younger Transformers should take over, Rodimus passed leadership of the Autobots to <A title="Fortress Maximus (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Fortress_Maximus_(G1)">Fortress</A>, and departed for space with Kup and <A title="Blurr (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Blurr_(G1)">Blurr</A> to search for a new planet that the Transformers could make their own. Arcee asked if she could go, too, but Rodimus instructed her to stay behind to look after Daniel and Wheelie. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cybertron_Is_in_Grave_Danger,_Part_2">Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2</A></SPAN> <A name=The_Headmasters_manga></A> <H4><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: The Headmasters manga" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Hot_Rod&action=edit&section=9">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>The Headmasters manga</SPAN></H4> <DIV class="thumb tright"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 102px"><A class=image title="He's so dreeeaaaaamyyyy." href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Ep14.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=163 alt="He's so dreeeaaaaamyyyy." src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/100px-Ep14.jpg" width=100 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Ep14.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>He's so dreeeaaaaamyyyy.</DIV></DIV></DIV> On his journey through space, Rodimus faced many dangers and hardships, but was supported by the wisdom of the Matrix and the energy of the Earth that now coursed within it. Learning a new admiration for the human race and the planet Earth, he returned to Earth in the wake of the defeat of Scorponok, and reunited with the Autobots. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="The Headmasters issue 8" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Headmasters_issue_8">The Headmasters issue 8</A></SPAN> <A name=The_Battlestars></A> <H4><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: The Battlestars" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Hot_Rod&action=edit&section=10">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>The Battlestars</SPAN></H4> It would be many years before Rodimus resurfaced. He eventually returned at the same time as Optimus Prime was resurrected as <A title="Optimus Prime (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Optimus_Prime_(G1)#The_Battlestars">Star Convoy</A>, and was shown to have reverted back into <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B>, and been converted into a <A title=Micromaster href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Micromaster">Micromaster</A>. As a Micromaster, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> took up residence in Star Convoy's chest, boosting his Supreme Commander's power. <A name=15_Go.21_Go.21_comics></A> <H4><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: 15 Go! Go! comics" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Hot_Rod&action=edit&section=11">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>15 Go! Go! comics</SPAN></H4> <DIV class="thumb tleft"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 152px"><A class=image title="Well, at least this girl has clothes on." href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Hotrod-micro.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=163 alt="Well, at least this girl has clothes on." src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/150px-Hotrod-micro.jpg" width=150 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Hotrod-micro.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>Well, at least this girl has clothes on.</DIV></DIV></DIV> During her travels through time and space, <A title="Teletraan 15" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Teletraan_15">Teletraan 15</A> encountered Micromaster <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B>, who rescued her from a strange mechanical monster, a <A title=Novaroid href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Novaroid">Novaroid</A>. Teletraan 15 noted that <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> was considerably smaller than she remembered him.

<B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> asked if she was the one responsible for all the <A title=Transwarp href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transwarp">Transwarp</A> travel and blamed her for the wormholes that were opening everywhere. Spotting a large wormhole opening, he transformed to vehicle mode and told her to climb inside, saying that something big was coming.

<A class=mw-redirect title="Star Convoy" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Star_Convoy">Star Convoy</A> appeared and requested <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> Rod's assistance, telling him that <A title="Megatron (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Megatron_(G1)">Ultra Megatron</A> was fusing with <A title="Dark Nova" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Dark_Nova">Dark Nova</A>.

As <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> said his farewells to Teletraan 15, he was suddenly struck by an immense blast from the wormhole overhead. The shadowy form of <A title="Galvatron (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Galvatron_(G1)">Galvatron</A> descended from the rip in the sky.

15 leaped in front of <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> to protect him, and was rewarded for her heroism by seeing her right arm torn off by the Decepticon's power. The severed arm gripped in his teeth, Galvatron throttled the much smaller <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B>. As <A title=Safety href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Safety">Safety</A> and <A title=Fly-Up href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Fly-Up">Fly-Up</A> of the <A title="Guard City" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Guard_City">Guard City</A> team raced toward her, Teletraan 15 faded into unconsciousness, leaving <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> Rod's fate and the outcome of the battle unknown. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="15 Go! Go!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/15_Go!_Go!">15 Go! Go!</A></SPAN>

<BR clear=all> <A name=Marvel_Comics_continuity></A> <H3><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: Marvel Comics continuity" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Hot_Rod&action=edit&section=12">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Marvel Comics continuity</SPAN></H3><A name=Generation_1></A> <H4><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: Generation 1" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Hot_Rod&action=edit&section=13">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Generation 1</SPAN></H4> <DIV style="BORDER-RIGHT: #eeeeee 2px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 2px; BORDER-TOP: #eeeeee 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 2px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; MARGIN: 0px auto 0.2em; BORDER-LEFT: #eeeeee 2px solid; WIDTH: 90%; PADDING-TOP: 2px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #eeeeee 2px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #efefef; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Note: <I>Events from the UK-only comics are in italics, and are flippin' convoluted.</I></DIV> <I>Several hundred years ago, <A title="Fortress Maximus (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Fortress_Maximus_(G1)">Fortress Maximus</A> dispatched <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> and <A title="Blurr (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Blurr_(G1)">Blurr</A> to search for habitable worlds. During this mission, the pair ran afoul of the <A title=Tyroxian href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Tyroxian">Tyroxians</A> — unpleasant <A title=Alien href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Alien">aliens</A> who captured Blurr and pursued <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> through space. While fleeing, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> crossed paths with the Autobot war veteran, Kup, living a nomadic existence wandering through space at the time, and the youth's bravado in attacking <A title=Tyroxia href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Tyroxia">Tyroxia</A> single-handed re-ignited Kup's fighting spirit. After saving <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> and helping him to rescue Blurr, Kup joined the pair in returning to Cybertron.</I> <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Kup's Story!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Kup's_Story!">Kup's Story!</A></SPAN>

<B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> was among the contingent of Transformers who ultimately accompanied Fortress Maximus in abandoning the war on Cybertron for a new world, Nebulos. The Autobots' arrival on the planet immediately stirred civil unrest, however, which led to the Decepticons being brought to the planet, and the war continuing on a smaller scale. Technological advancements developed during the conflict saw Nebulans being bio-engineered into <A title="Binary bonding" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Binary_bonding">partnerships</A> with the Transformers. <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> became a Targetmaster, and was bonded to the Nebulan sharpshooter, Firebolt (aka Sparks), who transformed into his gun. Eventually, the Autobots determined to move their war away from Nebulos, and followed a signal sent by <A class=mw-redirect title=Goldbug href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Goldbug">Goldbug</A>, received by <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B>, to the planet <A title=Earth href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Earth">Earth</A>. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Brothers in Armor!!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Brothers_in_Armor!!">Brothers in Armor!!</A></SPAN>


<B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> and the other Autobots of Nebulos were soon incorporated into the larger Autobot force on Earth, under the command of Optimus Prime. On one occasion, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> and several Autobots accompanied Prime on what appeared to be a simple mission to stop some Decepticon <A title=Micromaster href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Micromaster">Micromasters</A> from attacking MacDill Air Force Base. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A class=mw-redirect title="Back from the Dead!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Back_from_the_Dead!">Back from the Dead!</A></SPAN> In fact, the attack was part of a much larger scheme by the deposed Decepticon leader <A title="Megatron (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Megatron_(G1)">Megatron</A>, luring Prime and his forces away from the <A title="Ark (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ark_(G1)">Ark</A> and setting them against his rival for Decepticon leadership, the mighty <A title="Scorponok (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Scorponok_(G1)">Scorponok</A>. Once Prime realized the greater threat at issue, he ordered his troops to immediately take the <A title="Ark shuttlecraft" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ark_shuttlecraft">shuttle</A> back to the Ark, but <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> recklessly chose to stay behind at Optimus's side to face the Decepticons. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="All the Familiar Faces!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/All_the_Familiar_Faces!">All the Familiar Faces!</A></SPAN> He was therefore on-hand when the newly resurrected <A title="Starscream (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)">Starscream</A> arrived, and began tearing through all Transformers present, in the name of Megatron. He managed to take a shot at Starscream's new <A title=Pretender href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Pretender">Pretender</A> shell, causing enough neural feedback to temporarily weaken the Decepticon, and give Scorponok time to strike and end the threat. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Skin Deep" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Skin_Deep">Skin Deep</A></SPAN>


The cost was still high, though, as Optimus Prime returned to the Ark and learned that his good friend, <A title="Ratchet (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ratchet_(G1)">Ratchet</A>, had sacrificed himself to help stop Megatron's schemes. This sent the Autobot leader into a depression, and <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> took it upon himself to snap Optimus out of it. He had the crazy scheme of creating a mock threat with a <A title="Guardian (Marvel)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Guardian_(Marvel)">Guardian Mark V battle droid</A>, with predictable results. The robot proceeded to actually malfunction and endanger the Autobots, but <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> Rod's plan worked when Prime eventually snapped out of his funk and defeated the droid to save the day. <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> needed to find a replacement hand after the Guardian snapped it off, but hey, all's well that ends well. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Yesterday's Heroes!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Yesterday's_Heroes!">Yesterday's Heroes!</A></SPAN>


<B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> continued to operate with Earth's Autobot forces aboard the Ark, and was present during <A title="Thunderwing (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Thunderwing_(G1)">Thunderwing</A>'s rampage through the shuttle bay. He took some damage, but remained functional enough to continue on, and was later seen speeding into the battle with Unicron himself on a <A title=Hoverscooter href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hoverscooter">hoverscooter</A>, <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="On the Edge of Extinction!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/On_the_Edge_of_Extinction!">On the Edge of Extinction!</A></SPAN> He was also one of many Autobots destroyed by the Decepticons on <A title=Klo href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Klo">Klo</A>, only to be revived by the <A title="Last Autobot" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Last_Autobot">Last Autobot</A>. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="End of the Road! (US)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/End_of_the_Road!_(US)">End of the Road!</A></SPAN>


<DIV class="thumb tleft"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 202px"><A class=image title='"Do you expect me to talk?" "No, Mr Prime, I expect you to die!"' href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:GalvatrondeadrodimusUS67.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=102 alt='"Do you expect me to talk?" "No, Mr Prime, I expect you to die!"' src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/200px-GalvatrondeadrodimusUS67.jpg" width=200 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:GalvatrondeadrodimusUS67.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>"Do you expect me to talk?"<BR>"No, Mr Prime, I expect you to die!"</DIV></DIV></DIV> In an alternate future timeline, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> arose to become Rodimus Prime. However, the planet-eater known as Unicron managed to destroy Cybertron, leaving Rodimus to lead a failed Autobot/human defense of Earth when <A title="Galvatron II" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Galvatron_II">that timeline's Galvatron</A> attacked and eventually conquered it. Rodimus perished during the conflict, and his body was strung up between the ruined towers of the World Trade Center. In the year 2009, Galvatron returned to Manhattan to survey its devastated landscape, and fired upon Rodimus's corpse, demanding to know how many times he would have to kill him to erase his legacy. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Rhythms of Darkness!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Rhythms_of_Darkness!">Rhythms of Darkness!</A></SPAN>

<BR clear=all> <A name=Marvel_UK_future_timelines></A> <H5><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: Marvel UK future timelines" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Hot_Rod&action=edit&section=14">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Marvel UK future timelines</SPAN></H5> <DIV class="thumb tright"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 252px"><A class=image title="I'M KID FRIENDLY, DAMN IT!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:M1988_rodimusprime_runlikehell.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=275 alt="I'M KID FRIENDLY, DAMN IT!" src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/250px-M1988_rodimusprime_runlikehell.jpg" width=250 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:M1988_rodimusprime_runlikehell.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>I'M KID FRIENDLY, DAMN IT!</DIV></DIV></DIV> <I><B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> rose to greater prominence in the alternate future timeline of <A title=Earth-120185 href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Earth-120185">Earth-120185</A>. In 1990, he, Kup and Blurr were captured by Megatron; although rescued by a double-agent named <A title=Warmonger href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Warmonger">Warmonger</A>, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> was recaptured and bore witness first hand to Megatron's mercilessness when he executed Warmonger. Then, in 1991, he was part of a unit that escorted the captive <A title="Scorponok (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Scorponok_(G1)">Scorponok</A>, only to lose the Decepticon leader when forced to defend a human settlement against an attack by the <A title="Air Strike Patrol" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Air_Strike_Patrol">Air Strike Patrol</A>.</I> <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Aspects of Evil!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Aspects_of_Evil!">Aspects of Evil!</A></SPAN> <I>On another occasion in 1995, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> was present when Optimus Prime first unveiled the female Autobot, Arcee, to a dubious crowd of human feminists. <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> was more than a little flustered by Arcee's presence on the battlefield.</I> <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Prime's Rib!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Prime's_Rib!">Prime's Rib!</A></SPAN> <I>In 2003, he and Blurr were given "Ark duty," assigned to stand guard over the <A title="Ark (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ark_(G1)">Autobots' spaceship</A> while construction on <A title="Autobot City" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Autobot_City">Autobot City</A> began. Kup was apparently instructed to deliver the plans of the city to the American government, and when <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> saw him being jumped by the <A title=Stunticon href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Stunticon">Stunticons</A>, he disobeyed orders and sped out to the rescue. The Stunticons brutally beat on <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> and took the plans, but <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> learned a hard lesson when Kup informed him that it was meant to happen that way because the plans were a fake.</I> <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Ark Duty" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ark_Duty">Ark Duty</A></SPAN> <I>When the city was completed in 2004, <A title="Shockwave (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Shockwave_(G1)">Shockwave</A> attacked it on its opening day, and <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> repelled him by attacking in a wildly illogical manner, tackling him down a mountain repeatedly.</I> <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Aspects of Evil!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Aspects_of_Evil!">Aspects of Evil!</A></SPAN> <I>Also, at some unknown point in the past, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> Rod's Targetmaster partner Firebolt was killed in action. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title=Headhunt href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Headhunt">Headhunt</A></SPAN></I>


<I>In the year 2006, when the new Decepticon leader <A title="Galvatron (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Galvatron_(G1)">Galvatron</A> travelled back in time to 1986 as part of a plan to free himself from the control of Unicron, the chaos-bringer used his mental powers to plant knowledge of Galvatron's plan into the minds of <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B>, Kup and Blurr and transported them to Cybertron, where they used Galvatron's equipment to follow him into the past. There, with help from the present-day incarnation of Ultra Magnus, they were able to convince Galvatron that he had, in fact, traveled back in time to a parallel universe, where his actions would have no effect on the future. Believing this, Galvatron returned to his own time, and after setting any remaining wrongs to rights, the trio of Autobots also returned to 2006.</I> <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Target: 2006" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Target:_2006">Target: 2006</A></SPAN> <I>Back in his native timeline, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> was subsequently involved in a battle with Galvatron inside Unicron's body, during which he opened the sacred Autobot talisman, the <A class=mw-redirect title="Creation Matrix" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Creation_Matrix">Creation Matrix</A>, and was transformed into Rodimus Prime. With this new strength, he hurled Galvatron through Unicron's hide and opened the Matrix, destroying the planet-eater.</I> <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="The Transformers: The Movie" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Transformers:_The_Movie">The Transformers: The Movie</A></SPAN>

<DIV class="thumb tleft"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 302px"><A class=image title="Rodimus learned the wrong lesson from Optimus's death." href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Rodimusprimerequestdenied.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=162 alt="Rodimus learned the wrong lesson from Optimus's death." src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/300px-Rodimusprimerequestdenied.jpg" width=300 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Rodimusprimerequestdenied.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>Rodimus learned the wrong lesson from Optimus's death.</DIV></DIV></DIV> <I>As the new Autobot leader, Rodimus became paranoid about Galvatron's eventual return, since no body was ever recovered from space. He led the Autobot forces high and low searching the universe for the Decepticon leader, neglecting Cybertron in the process. As a result, Shockwave arose as the new Decepticon leader, and total war broke out on Cybertron once again. Unable to take the time to find Galvatron himself anymore, Rodimus rashly placed a bounty on the Decepticon's head. What Rodimus did not realize, however, was that Galvatron had time-jumped again, traveling back to 1987.</I> <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Wanted:Galvatron — Dead or Alive!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Wanted:Galvatron_—_Dead_or_Alive!">Wanted:Galvatron — Dead or Alive!</A></SPAN> <I>In 2007, when the freelance peace-keeping agent <A title="Death's Head" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Death's_Head">Death's Head</A> pursued Galvatron back to the '80s, Rodimus was informed of this fact by an Autobot double-agent named <A title=Nautilus href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Nautilus">Nautilus</A>, and, dismayed at the danger he had unleashed on the past, promptly headed back in time himself to stop the dual threats.</I> <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Burning Sky!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Burning_Sky!">Burning Sky!</A></SPAN> <I>Once again teaming up with the present-day Ultra Magnus, Rodimus and his team of Kup, Blurr and <A title="Wreck-Gar (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Wreck-Gar_(G1)">Wreck-Gar</A> tracked Galvatron down to <A title="Mount Verona" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Mount_Verona">Mount Verona</A>, where he was attempting to harness the volcano's molten energy. While arguing with Death's Head, Rodimus and the bounty hunter were both attacked, but when Ultra Magnus opened fire on his power siphon, Galvatron was distracted long enough for Rodimus to escape.</I> <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title=Hunters href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hunters">Hunters!</A></SPAN> <I>Rodimus then arranged a plan that saw the Autobots capture Galvatron's time-jump mechanism, in order to have Wreck-Gar re-engineer it to return all the time-travelers to their point of origin. Rodimus engaged Galvatron in a protracted battle to buy Wreck-Gar time, but when the device was activated, Rodimus, Death's Head and the other Autobots were returned to 2007—but Galvatron was left behind.</I> <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Fire on High!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Fire_on_High!">Fire on High!</A></SPAN>

<I>Some time later, a disgruntled Death's Head accepted a contract from the Decepticons on Rodimus Prime's head, and ambushed him while he was inspecting Autobot lines. Their battle subsequently went underground, where <A title="Cyclonus (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cyclonus_(G1)">Cyclonus</A> and <A title="Scourge (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Scourge_(G1)">Scourge</A> intervened, downing Death's Head in hopes of being the ones to defeat Rodimus, in order to reclaim their lost standing in the Decepticons' ranks. Rodimus was able to lead Death's Head through the underground tunnels, right into the heart of the Autobot camp, where he offered him advance payment for a different contract—on Cyclonus and Scourge.</I> <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title=Headhunt href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Headhunt">Headhunt</A></SPAN> <I>Death's Head proceeded to track the two Decepticons for the remainder of the year, until the three of them fell under the mental control of Unicron when they discovered his disembodied head on the planet of <A class=mw-redirect title=Junk href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Junk">Junk</A> in the early days of 2008. Under his control, they assassinated Decepticon leader Shockwave and reignited the stalemated Cybertronian civil war in order to keep the Autobots busy while Unicron worked on rebuilding his body. Rodimus, however, learned of the situation thanks to <A title="Smokescreen (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Smokescreen_(G1)">Smokescreen</A>, and led a small Autobot force to Junk, where Death's Head fought against Unicron's control long enough to project Rodimus's mind into a battle with the demi-god on the astral plane. During the battle, explosives planted by Wreck-Gar destroyed Unicron's head, and his mind was sealed within the Matrix.</I> <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="The Legacy of Unicron!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Legacy_of_Unicron!">The Legacy of Unicron!</A></SPAN>

<DIV class="thumb tright"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 182px"><A class=image title=""I'm not being melodramatic, you're being insensitive!"" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Targetmaster-nomore.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=135 alt=""I'm not being melodramatic, you're being insensitive!"" src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/180px-Targetmaster-nomore.jpg" width=180 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Targetmaster-nomore.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>"I'm not being melodramatic, you're being insensitive!"</DIV></DIV></DIV> <I>Later in 2008, the alien Quintessons targeted Cybertron for colonization, and attacked the Autobots with a two-pronged assault on both Cybertron and Earth. When <A title="Arcee (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Arcee_(G1)">Arcee</A> shirked her guard duty at Autobot City, the Quintessons were given an opening that allowed them to take over the city, and when she returned, they gunned her down as bait for a trap for Rodimus Prime. Arriving at the city, Rodimus discovered the injured Arcee and opened his chest compartment to heal her with the Matrix, only to have it yanked from his grasp by the Quintesson general, <A class=mw-redirect title=Ghyrik href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ghyrik">Ghyrik</A>, causing him to revert to <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B>. Liberating <A title="Blaster (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Blaster_(G1)">Blaster</A>'s cassettes for back-up, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> and Arcee proceeded to fight their way through the Quintessons to Autobot City's control room, where <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> activated <A title="Metroplex (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Metroplex_(G1)">Metroplex</A> to smash the alien threat. In battle with Ghyrik, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> duped the Quintessons with a bit of amateur ventriloquism and reclaimed the Matrix; transformed back into Rodimus Prime again, he routed the Quintessons.</I> <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Space Pirates!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Space_Pirates!">Space Pirates!</A></SPAN>

<I>Unbeknownst to Rodimus, the Quintessons had sought to colonize Cybertron because their own homeworld was being destroyed by a rift in space and time caused by the Transformers' repeated time-travel. The rift continued to grow in size until it threatened both Earth and Cybertron at the beginning of both 2009 and 1989. To put an end to the threat, Rodimus and a squad of Autobots traveled back to 1989, only to wind up mass-displacing Optimus Prime (since the Matrix could not exist in two time periods at once) and a group of other Autobots to <A title=Limbo href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Limbo">limbo</A>, leading to a brief but violent misunderstanding with the present-day Autobots. Optimus Prime was able to stabilize the situation by communicating with all involved through the power of the Matrix. Subsequently, Autobots and Decepticons from both the present and future teamed up to battle Galvatron and <A title="Straxus (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Straxus_(G1)">Megatron</A>, but one by one they fell, until Optimus Prime used the Matrix to return himself to reality for a final showdown. After absorbing Galvatron, Cyclonus and Scourge, however, the rift was sealed by Shockwave, and Rodimus and the other future Autobots returned to 2009, vowing to destroy their time machines to prevent this from ever happening again.</I> <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Time Wars" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Time_Wars">Time Wars</A></SPAN>


<I>As it transpired, however, things would not be that easy. In the wake of the massive chronal damage caused by the rift, time had attempted to heal its wounds, but reality was no longer as it had been. The future that Rodimus and the other Autobots came from no longer existed—in its place was a world where Galvatron had never traveled back in time, and had conquered Cybertron after Unicron's destruction. Rodimus quickly established a rebellion, but when Galvatron tracked down their headquarters, he killed Blurr and all others present, goading Rodimus into a ferocious battle in hopes of corrupting the Matrix within him. Rodimus realized what he was doing, however, and ended the fight before more damage could be done.</I> <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Aspects of Evil!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Aspects_of_Evil!">Aspects of Evil!</A></SPAN>

<I>Rodimus and the Autobots escaped to Earth via hyperspace, only to find that their craft's guidance systems had been damaged. During the flight, Rodimus Prime vanished</I> <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="The Void! (UK)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Void!_(UK)">The Void!</A></SPAN>, and Kup discovered that he was the saboteur, <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Edge of Impact" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Edge_of_Impact">Edge of Impact</A></SPAN> <I>deducing that he had been corrupted by an evil force from within the Matrix.</I> <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Shadow of Evil" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Shadow_of_Evil">Shadow of Evil</A></SPAN> <I>Inside the Matrix, Rodimus battled with the essence of Unicron, trapped there since the events of 2008, until Kup wrenched the Matrix from his chest, freeing him from the chaos-bringer's influence. But now, Rodimus knew that the evil of Unicron would be waiting for him within it...</I> <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="White Fire" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/White_Fire">White Fire</A></SPAN> <I>...and in 2010, Unicron's essence succeeded in taking over Rodimus's body, transforming it into a duplicate of his own and attacking Cybertron once more, until Rodimus was able to defeat him from within and re-seal him within the Matrix.</I> <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Aspects of Evil!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Aspects_of_Evil!">Aspects of Evil!</A></SPAN>

<I>Centuries later, in the year 2356, Rodimus, his body withered and weakened from the continuous harmful influence of Unicron from within the Matrix, lectured a young Autobot <A title=Student href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Student">student</A> on the nature of evil, unwittingly setting the youth on the path towards villainy himself.</I> <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Aspects of Evil!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Aspects_of_Evil!">Aspects of Evil!</A></SPAN>

<I>In an unidentified timeline in the year 2510, a healthy Rodimus Prime was overjoyed to announce that the Cybertronian war was finally over, and planned to step down as leader to allow <A title="Springer (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Springer_(G1)">Springer</A> to take over. The sole remaining Decepticon, a double-agent named <A title=Triton href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Triton">Triton</A>, spoke out against the decision to cause dissension, and succeeded—as Rodimus could only watch in dismay, arguments escalated into conflict, and the war was born again as <A title=Technobot href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Technobot">Technobot</A> fought <A title=Wrecker href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Wrecker">Wrecker</A>, and the Autobot Civil War began.</I> <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title=Peace href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Peace">Peace</A></SPAN> <A name=Generation_2></A> <H4><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: Generation 2" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Hot_Rod&action=edit&section=15">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Generation 2</SPAN></H4> After the defeat of the Decepticons on <A title=Klo href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Klo">Klo</A>, the Autobots' forces scattered throughout the galaxy as virtually independent splinter cells. A small group under Optimus Prime's command encountered Bludgeon and his soldiers on a desolate world, both sides looking for new weapons or technology, and were in danger of being overrun. Prime sent <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> into a nearby mausoleum building in the hopes that he could conjure up some form of "graven image" to distract the superstitious Decepticon leader. <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> emerged empty-handed from the ruins, only to find that just such a graven image had conjured itself, chased off the trespassing Decepticons, and was now prepared to do the same to the Autobots. They managed a dignified, if rushed, scramble to safety. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="All or Nothing!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/All_or_Nothing!">Ghosts</A></SPAN>

Sometime after, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> was operating somewhere in the universe with Optimus Prime and Kup when Grimlock summoned them to deal with the threat of <A title=Jhiaxus href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Jhiaxus">Jhiaxus</A> and his Cybertronians. Together, they formed the initial Autobot resistance to the Liege Centuro. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="War Without End!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/War_Without_End!">War Without End!</A></SPAN> Once Optimus's visions convinced him there was a much greater threat at work in the universe, however, he took the Autobots into hiding until they were ready to deal with the bigger picture. Stuck on a distant asteroid base, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> amused himself by running training with the <A title="Dinobot (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Dinobot_(G1)">Dinobots</A>, <A title="Aerialbot (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Aerialbot_(G1)">Aerialbots</A>, and other soldiers as the army slowly regrouped and reorganized, but chafed at the lack of real action. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="The Power and the Glory" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Power_and_the_Glory">The Power and the Glory</A></SPAN> Luckily, the Autobots soon joined forces with the old Decepticons, the fight ramped up to epic proportions... and <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> proceeded to do nothing of import for the rest of the war. <A name=S.T.A.R.S._pack-in_flyers></A> <H3><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: S.T.A.R.S. pack-in flyers" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Hot_Rod&action=edit&section=16">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>S.T.A.R.S. pack-in flyers</SPAN></H3> Rodimus Prime remembered the Transformers' <A title="Digital Doom on the Highway to Destruction" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Digital_Doom_on_the_Highway_to_Destruction">greatest battle on Earth</A>. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Rodimus Prime remembers the Transformers greatest battle on Earth." href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Rodimus_Prime_remembers_the_Transformers_greatest_battle_on_Earth.">Rodimus Prime remembers the Transformers greatest battle on Earth.</A></SPAN> <A name=Ladybird_Books_continuity></A> <H3><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: Ladybird Books continuity" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Hot_Rod&action=edit&section=17">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Ladybird Books continuity</SPAN></H3> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> was one of several troops stationed on Earth when <A title="Ultra Magnus (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ultra_Magnus_(G1)">Ultra Magnus</A> was in charge and the Transformers' war was still a secret one. He got along well with <A title="Spike Witwicky" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Spike_Witwicky">Spike Witwicky</A>, the two spending their downtime looking at car magazines together, and was quite pleased to receive some snazzy gold wheel-trims from the boy. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Decepticon Hideout" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Decepticon_Hideout">Decepticon Hideout</A></SPAN>


In the time following this campaign, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> would mature into a more sensible warrior and even a team leader. During the early stages of the war on <A title=Nebulos href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Nebulos">Nebulos</A>, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> was Autobot commander against <A title="Cyclonus (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cyclonus_(G1)">Cyclonus'</A> Decepticons before the return of Optimus Prime. At one point, he prevented the Decepticons causing Nebulos' destruction via cosmic radiation. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Decepticons at the Pole" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Decepticons_at_the_Pole">Decepticons at the Pole</A></SPAN> <A name=Dreamwave_comics_continuity></A> <H3><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: Dreamwave comics continuity" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Hot_Rod&action=edit&section=18">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Dreamwave comics continuity</SPAN></H3> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> joined an underground Autobot cell led by <A class=mw-redirect title=Kup href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Kup">Kup</A> after <A title="Shockwave (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Shockwave_(G1)">Shockwave's</A> takeover of <A title="Cybertron (planet)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cybertron_(planet)">Cybertron</A>. Among the members of the cell was <A title="Arcee (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Arcee_(G1)">Arcee</A>, who <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> became attached to. From the <A class=new title=Wastelands href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Wastelands&action=edit">Wastelands</A>, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B>, <A title="Blurr (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Blurr_(G1)">Blurr</A>, and <A title="Springer (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Springer_(G1)">Springer</A> observed an incoming Decepticon shuttle carrying the <A title="Dinobot (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Dinobot_(G1)">Dinobots</A>. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Cold War" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cold_War">Cold War</A></SPAN> Shortly afterward, the cell rescued <A title="Optimus Prime (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Optimus_Prime_(G1)">Optimus Prime</A> from <A title="Runamuck (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Runamuck_(G1)">Runamuck</A> and <A title=Runabout href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Runabout">Runabout</A>, and took him to their base. After awakening, Prime attacked <A title=Gnaw href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Gnaw">Gnaw</A>, Blurr, and <A title=Wheelie href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Wheelie">Wheelie</A>, forcing <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> (who didn't recognize him) to hold the Autobot leader at gunpoint. After being <STRIKE>bitch slapped</STRIKE> admonished by Kup, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> apologized. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Passive Aggression" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Passive_Aggression">Passive Aggression</A></SPAN>


After Shockwave unleashed the <A class=mw-redirect title="Guardian Robots" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Guardian_Robots">Guardian Robots</A> on <A title=Iacon href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Iacon">Iacon</A>, Prime organized the resistance cell and other Autobot forces on the planet in an assault on Shockwave's citadel. Fighting alongside the Autobot leader, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> was amazed that the stories Kup had told him about Prime's courage and heroism had all been true. As an injured Prime breached the citadel, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B>, Ironhide and <A title="Springer (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Springer_(G1)">Springer</A> 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 <A title="Matrix of Leadership" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Matrix_of_Leadership">Autobot Matrix of Leadership</A> when Shockwave activated it. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Countdown to Extinction (comic issue)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Countdown_to_Extinction_(comic_issue)">Countdown to Extinction</A></SPAN>

As Prime and <A title="Ultra Magnus (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ultra_Magnus_(G1)">Ultra Magnus</A> battled Shockwave within the citadel, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> and <A title="Grimlock (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Grimlock_(G1)">Grimlock</A> took down <A title="Astrotrain (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Astrotrain_(G1)">Astrotrain</A> and <A title="Blitzwing (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Blitzwing_(G1)">Blitzwing</A>. 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 <A title=Wrecker href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Wrecker">Wreckers</A>, the <A class=new title="Autobot High Council" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Autobot_High_Council&action=edit">Autobot High Council</A>, and <A title="Defensor (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Defensor_(G1)">Defensor</A>. The unified Autobot group soon breached the citadel. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Revelation (comic issue)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Revelation_(comic_issue)">Revelation</A></SPAN>


Some time later, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> 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 his victory did <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Hot</B> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #a0ffff">Rod</B> remember that he'd promised to take Arcee to see an <A title=Earth href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Earth">Earth</A>-bound shuttle launch—a duty Springer was happy to relieve him of. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Lost and Found (comic issue)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Lost_and_Found_(comic_issue)">Lost and Found</A></SPAN> Soon afterward, he was assigned to perimeter guard duty at <A title="Autobase (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Autobase_(G1)">Autobase</A> with Gnaw and Wheelie, separating him from Arcee. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="The Route of All Evil" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Route_of_All_Evil">The Route of All Evil</A></SPAN> <A name=Universe:_The_Wreckers></A> <H3><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: Universe: The Wreckers" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Hot_Rod&action=edit&section=19">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Universe: The Wreckers</SPAN></H3> <DIV class="thumb tleft"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 152px"><A class=image title="Undergoing the Maximal Upgrade mostly involves applying your stickers." href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Hotrodg1.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=245 alt="Undergoing the Maximal Upgrade mostly involves applying your stickers." src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/150px-Hotrodg1.jpg" width=150 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Hotrodg1.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>Undergoing the <A class=mw-redirect title="Maximal Upgrade" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Maximal_Upgrade">Maximal Upgrade</A> mostly involves applying your stickers.</DIV></DIV></DIV> A few months after the destruction of <A title=Unicron href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Unicron">Unicron</A> in 2005, Rodimus Prime spearheaded an effort to establish multiple recon posts to watch for advancing threats... even though some of his scientists said he shouldn't. When only two of the five launched ships were ever heard from again, Rodimus felt like a schmuck. Guy can't catch a break. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title=Betrayal href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Betrayal">Betrayal</A></SPAN>

After the Great Wars ended and the <A title="Pax Cybertronia" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Pax_Cybertronia">Pax Cybertronia</A> was signed, he changed his name to simply "Rodimus" and decided to check out the new "<A title=Maximal href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Maximal">Maximal</A> upgrade". His relationship with <A title="Arcee (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Arcee_(G1)">Arcee</A> effectively ended shortly after, as the latter went through dark gripping emo depression over the death of <A title="Daniel Witwicky" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Daniel_Witwicky">Daniel Witwicky</A> and vanished.

Rodimus joined the <A title=Wrecker href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Wrecker">Wreckers</A> at some undetermined point afterward. After <A title="Megatron (BW)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Megatron_(BW)">Megatron</A> took over Cybertron with his <A title="Vehicon (BM)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Vehicon_(BM)">Vehicon drones</A>, Wrecker leader <A title=Apelinq href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Apelinq">Apelinq</A> got stranded on prehistoric <A title=Earth href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Earth">Earth</A>, leaving Rodimus in charge. True to form, he ditched leadership duties to <A title="Primal Prime" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Primal_Prime">Primal Prime</A> as soon as possible.

After Primal Prime got his marching orders from the <A class=mw-redirect title=Oracle href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Oracle">Oracle</A>, he met Rodimus deep inside Cybertron's caverns, where an even more gothy-emo Arcee — in a new Maximal body — lurked and stewed in her depression. Realizing he couldn't convince her to give a damn about anything, he left, rejoining the main Wrecker force in battle. Making it onto an ancient Autobot shuttle, the Wreckers blasted off... with late-arrival Arcee. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title=Departure href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Departure">Departure</A></SPAN>


Rodimus recognized the homing beacon emitting from <A class=mw-redirect title="Archa Nine" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Archa_Nine">Archa Nine</A> 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 <A class=new title=Akalouthan href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Akalouthan&action=edit">Akalouthan</A> village, where Rodimus was reunited with <A title=Glyph href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Glyph">Glyph</A>, who took them to see the artifact known as the <A title="Divine Light" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Divine_Light">Divine Light</A>. The Wreckers' analysis of the item was cut short, as it was stolen by the traitor <A title="Cyclonus (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cyclonus_(G1)">Cyclonus</A>. Rodimus saw the back-in-his-old-body <A title=Devcon href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Devcon">Devcon</A> 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. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title=Betrayal href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Betrayal">Betrayal</A></SPAN>

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 <A title=Al-Badur href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Al-Badur">Al-Badur</A>, an exiled <A title=Quintesson href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Quintesson">Quintesson</A>, who gave them a little history lesson. They were then promptly attacked by a school of <A title="Sharkticon (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Sharkticon_(G1)">Sharkticons</A>, 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... <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title=Disclosure href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Disclosure">Disclosure</A></SPAN>


<CENTER> <TABLE style="WIDTH: 80%" cellSpacing=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 1em; PADDING-LEFT: 1em; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; TEXT-ALIGN: right"> <DIV class=tti_messageboxdiv style="BORDER-RIGHT: #9f9fff 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.5em; BORDER-TOP: #9f9fff 1px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 0.5em; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.5em; MARGIN: auto; BORDER-LEFT: #9f9fff 1px solid; WIDTH: 100%; PADDING-TOP: 0.5em; BORDER-BOTTOM: #9f9fff 1px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #efefff; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> <DIV class=floatleft><SPAN><A class=image title="No, really. HE WANTS TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE TRANSFORMERS." href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Rad-sm.gif"><IMG height=85 alt="No, really. HE WANTS TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE TRANSFORMERS." src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/Rad-sm.gif" width=93 border=0></A></SPAN></DIV><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: 900; FONT-SIZE: 125%">I want to tell you about the Transformers!</SPAN> <HR>

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<A name=IDW_comics_continuity></A> <H3><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: IDW comics continuity" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Hot_Rod&action=edit&section=21">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>IDW comics continuity</SPAN></H3> <DIV class="thumb tright"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 182px"><A class=image title="WHEEEEEEE! AWESOME! TUBULAR! COWABUNGA! REAGANOMICS!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:SpotlightHotRod_rush.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=217 alt="WHEEEEEEE! AWESOME! TUBULAR! COWABUNGA! REAGANOMICS!" src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/180px-SpotlightHotRod_rush.jpg" width=180 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:SpotlightHotRod_rush.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>WHEEEEEEE! AWESOME! TUBULAR! COWABUNGA! REAGANOMICS!</DIV></DIV></DIV> Years ago, Hot Rod was put in charge of a mission to the planet <A class=new title=Ki-Aleta href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Ki-Aleta&action=edit">Ki-Aleta</A> to obtain a powerful artifact named the <A title=Magnificence href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Magnificence">Magnificence</A> so as to keep it out of the hands of the Decepticons. The mission started off smoothly enough, with <A title=Gizmo href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Gizmo">Gizmo</A> using a <A title=Holomatter href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Holomatter">holomatter</A> generator to distract the defense systems while the rest of the team went after the Magnificence. Unfortunately, after that everything that could go wrong did go wrong. First, the generator malfunctioned, then <A title=Download href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Download">Download</A> tripped the security lasers around the Magnificence itself. Gizmo, Download, and <A title=Backbeat href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Backbeat">Backbeat</A> were destroyed by the security systems while Hot Rod and <A title=Doubledealer href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Doubledealer">Dealer</A> fled. Hot Rod, nearing the exit tunnels they had previously drilled, got a call from Dealer—he had been ambushed by a Decepticon attack squad and needed help. Unfortunately, Hot Rod had been given his own, top secret orders: the Magnificence was to be the top priority of the mission, and placed before all else. With a heavy heart, Hot Rod abandoned Dealer to his fate as he left Ki-Aleta with the Magnificence.

Years later, Hot Rod learned that Dealer had not died that day; he was being held prisoner at the Decepticon penal colony known as <A title=Styx href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Styx">Styx</A>. Hot Rod stealthily infiltrated the prison complex, using a holomatter generator to disguise himself as a guard and then short-circuiting the power grid to cause all the cell doors to unlock. During the chaos he snuck in, extracted Dealer, and took off while the Decepticons were busy getting the prisoners under control. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Spotlight: Hot Rod" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Spotlight:_Hot_Rod">Spotlight: Hot Rod</A></SPAN>


<DIV class="thumb tleft"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 172px"><A class=image title=Mine! href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Escalation6_HotRod_Koska.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=220 alt=Mine! src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/170px-Escalation6_HotRod_Koska.jpg" width=170 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Escalation6_HotRod_Koska.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>Mine!</DIV></DIV></DIV> Recently, Hot Rod was called to <A title=Earth href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Earth">Earth</A> to aid the crew of the <I><A title=Ark-19 href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ark-19">Ark-19</A></I> in procuring a Decepticon <A class=mw-redirect title=Facsimile href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Facsimile">facsimile</A> from <A title=Brasnya href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Brasnya">Brasnya</A>, a former Soviet state in eastern Europe. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Escalation issue 3" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Escalation_issue_3">Escalation issue 3</A></SPAN> He and <A title="Hardhead (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hardhead_(G1)">Hardhead</A> went down to Earth from the <A title=Ark-32 href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ark-32">Ark-32</A> against <A title="Nightbeat (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Nightbeat_(G1)">Nightbeat</A>'s wishes, and proceeded to join the battle unannounced. As Hardhead went to support the main battle, Hot Rod went after the facsimile... which led to him colliding with <A title="Prowl (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Prowl_(G1)">Prowl</A> as they both tried to stop the <A title="Georgi Koska" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Georgi_Koska">Georgi Koska</A> facsimile from letting himself get gunned down by Soviet soldiers. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Escalation issue 4" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Escalation_issue_4">Escalation issue 4</A></SPAN> Prowl and Hot Rod managed to defuse the situation and secure the facsimile in the end <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Escalation issue 5" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Escalation_issue_5">Escalation issue 5</A></SPAN>, but before he could return to his ship he was attacked by <A title="Thundercracker (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Thundercracker_(G1)">Thundercracker</A> and <A title="Skywarp (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Skywarp_(G1)">Skywarp</A>, unable to defend himself because he had to keep the facsimile alive. After returning to the Ark-32, he had to be put in a <A class=mw-redirect title="CR Chamber" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/CR_Chamber">CR Chamber</A> to recover. His injuries were for nothing, as the facsimile melted during the bounce. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Escalation issue 6" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Escalation_issue_6">Escalation issue 6</A></SPAN>


<DIV class="thumb tright"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 172px"><A class=image title="Hardhead, I'm with Arcee now. Let it go." href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Devastation6_HotRod_Hardhead.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=148 alt="Hardhead, I'm with Arcee now. Let it go." src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/170px-Devastation6_HotRod_Hardhead.jpg" width=170 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Devastation6_HotRod_Hardhead.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>Hardhead, I'm with <A title="Arcee (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Arcee_(G1)">Arcee</A> now. Let it go.</DIV></DIV></DIV> After Hot Rod was repaired and reformatted into a Dodge Viper, his "friend" Dealer tried to convince him to pull some strings to get him to Earth, but Hot Rod and <A title="Wheeljack (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Wheeljack_(G1)">Wheeljack</A> had the more important task of rescuing <A title="Ironhide (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ironhide_(G1)">Ironhide</A>. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Devastation issue 1" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Devastation_issue_1">Devastation issue 1</A></SPAN> They ran into a bit of trouble with the <A title=Machination href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Machination">Machination</A>'s <A title="Headmaster (technology)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Headmaster_(technology)">Headmasters</A>. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Devastation issue 2" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Devastation_issue_2">Devastation issue 2</A></SPAN> They managed to escape temporarily, but were found and Wheeljack was incapacitated. Hot Rod easily held his own with the Headmasters <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Devastation issue 5" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Devastation_issue_5">Devastation issue 5</A></SPAN>, and noted that for <A title="Sunstreaker (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Sunstreaker_(G1)">some</A> <A title="Hunter O'Nion" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hunter_O'Nion">reason</A> they had lost their "edge". He received a little help from Hardhead, who was mainly there to take Hot Rod and the others back to the Ark-32 for evacuation to <A title=Garrus-9 href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Garrus-9">Garrus-9</A>. Hot Rod refused to go, wanting to see the Headmaster mystery through to the end. Hardhead reluctantly let him go. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Devastation issue 6" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Devastation_issue_6">Devastation issue 6</A></SPAN>


<DIV class="thumb tleft"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 202px"><A class=image title="Oh, Magic 8-Ball, will I ever be Prime in this continuity?" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:SPDHotRodM.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=70 alt="Oh, Magic 8-Ball, will I ever be Prime in this continuity?" src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/200px-SPDHotRodM.jpg" width=200 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:SPDHotRodM.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>Oh, Magic 8-Ball, will I ever be Prime in this continuity?</DIV></DIV></DIV> Hot Rod's search was interrupted by Dealer's arrival on Earth, with orders for Hot Rod: find the Magnificence and use it to learn what they could about the Expansion. Hot Rod took Dealer to his hiding spot, which turned out to be the planet where they first found the device. As Dealer and Hot Rod closed on the Magnificence, he went over his first visit to the planet in his mind, and how things could have gone so wrong. Eventually he began to have suspicions, and upon locating the Magnificence, asked it the question that haunted him: had Dealer betrayed him? Sadly, it revealed the truth, and Hot Rod was forced to kill Dealer as the traitor attacked. Looking down on his remains, Hot Rod realised the truth had been staring him in the face, he just hadn't wanted to accept it. He then used the Magnificence to find out all he could about the Expansion, and relayed the information to the Autobots. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Spotlight: Doubledealer" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Spotlight:_Doubledealer">Spotlight: Doubledealer</A></SPAN>

<DIV class="thumb tright"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 202px"><A class=image title="You're not fooling anyone, Bender. The next screw that falls out will be YOU." href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:HotRodMaxDino02.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=156 alt="You're not fooling anyone, Bender. The next screw that falls out will be YOU." src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/200px-HotRodMaxDino02.jpg" width=200 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:HotRodMaxDino02.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>You're not fooling anyone, <A title="Judd Nelson" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Judd_Nelson">Bender</A>. The next screw that falls out will be YOU.</DIV></DIV></DIV> Returning to Earth to continue his search, Hot Rod arrived at the gates of the Machination's complex, and Scorponok prepared himself to deal with the intruder. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Maximum Dinobots issue 1" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Maximum_Dinobots_issue_1">Maximum Dinobots issue 1</A></SPAN> Unfortunately, Hot Rod found himself fighting well out of his weight class as he was man handled by Scorponok, who cheerfully bashed his face in, put out one of his optics and snapped his leg. The Headmasters dragged him into Scorponok's control room where, with absolutely no prompting, the big man explained his entire plan for the Dynobots, Skywatch and the Machination. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Maximum Dinobots issue 2" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Maximum_Dinobots_issue_2">Maximum Dinobots issue 2</A></SPAN>

<CENTER> <TABLE style="CLEAR: both" cellSpacing=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 1em; PADDING-LEFT: 1em; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; TEXT-ALIGN: right"> <DIV class=tti_messageboxdiv style="BORDER-RIGHT: #9f9fff 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.5em; BORDER-TOP: #9f9fff 1px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 0.5em; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.5em; MARGIN: auto; BORDER-LEFT: #9f9fff 1px solid; WIDTH: 100%; PADDING-TOP: 0.5em; BORDER-BOTTOM: #9f9fff 1px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #efefff; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> <DIV class=floatleft><SPAN><A class=image title="Spoiler jazz.gif" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Spoiler_jazz.gif"><IMG height=50 alt="" src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/Spoiler_jazz.gif" width=56 border=0></A></SPAN></DIV> <B><A title="Transformers Wiki:Spoilers" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformers_Wiki:Spoilers">Spoiler warning</A>: <I>Plot and/or ending details for <A title="Maximum Dinobots issue 3" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Maximum_Dinobots_issue_3">Maximum Dinobots issue 3</A> follow.</I></B> </DIV><SMALL>Spoilers expire in 11 days</SMALL> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></CENTER> Hot Rod seemed less than impressed with this rather mundane approach, which ticked Scorponok off enough for him to point out that it was obviously just the first stage in his master plan. He was also warned to remained awed or he'd be of no further interest. When the Dynobots seemed to turn Scorponok's plan on its head, Hot Rod burst out laughing, at which point, Scorponok ordered him taken out and shot. In the lift to the surface, Hot Rod suddenly erupted in flames, killing his captors, but draining his power supply. Weakened and with a crippled leg, he collapsed on the floor. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Maximum Dinobots issue 3" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Maximum_Dinobots_issue_3">Maximum Dinobots issue 3</A></SPAN>

<DIV class="thumb tleft"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 252px"><A class=image title="Ironhide has waited twenty-two years to pay Hot Rod back for shooting down his shuttle." href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Ironhide_punches_Hot_Rod.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=142 alt="Ironhide has waited twenty-two years to pay Hot Rod back for shooting down his shuttle." src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/250px-Ironhide_punches_Hot_Rod.jpg" width=250 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Ironhide_punches_Hot_Rod.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Hot_Rod_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>Ironhide has waited twenty-two years to pay Hot Rod back for <A class=mw-redirect title="Transformers The Movie" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformers_The_Movie">shooting down his shuttle</A>.</DIV></DIV></DIV> When the Decepticons' galaxy-wide assault hit, Hot Rod and a group of other Autobots were shot down over Cybertron. Hot Rod sent out a distress signal and was ecstatic when he ran into some other Autobots. They must've come specifically to save his team and... wait, why do you all look surprised about my signal and appear beaten up and resourceless and oh arsebiscuits. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="All Hail Megatron issue 4" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/All_Hail_Megatron_issue_4">All Hail Megatron issue 4</A></SPAN>

Hot Rod was taken back to base and relayed the story of how he and his other crew-mates from the <A title=Trion href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Trion">Trion</A> arrived on Cybertron, having been diverted there by Decepticon ships and forced to crash land. Once on the surface, Hot Rod sent out his distress signal and was so sure someone heard it. Kup arrives with the rest of the Trion's crew at that point, just in time to tell Hot Rod of course no one heard his message. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="All Hail Megatron issue 5" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/All_Hail_Megatron_issue_5">All Hail Megatron issue 5</A></SPAN>

<BR clear=all> <A name=Generation_1_bios></A> <H3><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: Generation 1 bios" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Hot_Rod&action=edit&section=22">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Generation 1 bios</SPAN></H3> Hot Rod is a hotheaded, impulsive adolescent Autobot. He has a tendency to ignore the rules and often gets into trouble. This well meaning, admirable lad is—judging by his tech specs—a highly-skilled, highly-intelligent, highly-ranked, combat-ready powerhouse. He has dreams of heroism and importance. I'd wish him luck with that, but somehow I don't think he'll need it.

Rodimus Prime is a hotheaded, impulsive vanguard for the Autobot ranks. A military genius, he speaks with the savvy of seasoned veteran. He is a protector of all life. Compassion is his weakness.

<DIV style="BORDER-RIGHT: #eeeeee 2px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 2px; BORDER-TOP: #eeeeee 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 2px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; MARGIN: 0px auto 0.2em; BORDER-LEFT: #eeeeee 2px solid; WIDTH: 90%; PADDING-TOP: 2px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #eeeeee 2px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #efefef; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Note: <I>Although there are certain similarities between the two bios, neither of them directly indicate that Rodimus Prime is a Matrix-enhanced version of Hot Rod. Given the omission of similar details from Galvatron's bio, it is likely that this was done to avoid spoiling the surprise of Rodimus Prime's origin in the movie.</I></DIV><A name=Toys></A> <H2><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: Toys" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Hot_Rod&action=edit&section=23">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Toys</SPAN></H2>

<DIV class=noprint><I>Main article: <A title="Hot Rod toys" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hot_Rod_toys">Hot Rod toys</A></I></DIV><A name=Trivia></A> <H2><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: Trivia" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Hot_Rod&action=edit&section=24">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Trivia</SPAN></H2>

  • In <A title="The Transformers: The Movie"

href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Transformers:_The_Movie">The Transformers: The Movie</A>, Hot Rod does not transform the same way twice.

  • Voice actor Ted Schwartz was originally cast to succeed Judd Nelson as the

voice of Rodimus Prime for the third season of the animated series, but was subsequently replaced by <A title="Dick Gautier" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Dick_Gautier">Dick Gautier</A>. Before his replacement, however, Schwartz recorded Rodimus's lines for several episodes (most likely all five parts of "<A title="Five Faces of Darkness" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Five_Faces_of_Darkness">Five Faces of Darkness</A>"), and although Gautier re-recorded the dialogue, technical oversight led to some of Schwartz's readings making it into the finished episodes. He can be heard delivering all of Rodimus's lines in the recap for <A title="Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Five_Faces_of_Darkness,_Part_1">part 1</A> that plays at the beginning of <A title="Five Faces of Darkness, Part 2" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Five_Faces_of_Darkness,_Part_2">part 2</A>, and speaking one line during the scene on <A title=Goo href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Goo">Goo</A> in <A title="Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Five_Faces_of_Darkness,_Part_3">part 3</A>.


  • 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" appear to be how he will be for a while, as Hasbro appears to be unable to secure the <A title=Trademark href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Trademark">trademark</A> on "Hot Rod".

  • <A title="Side Burn (RID)"

href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Side_Burn_(RID)">Side Burn</A>'s powered up form has a color scheme which resembles Hot Rod's.

  • Aside from the <I><A title="Energon (franchise)"

href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Energon_(franchise)">Energon</A></I> <A title="Rodimus (Energon)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Rodimus_(Energon)">namesake character</A>, Hot Rod has also been <A title=Homage href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Homage">homaged</A> twice (or possibly thrice depending on how you look at it) in the <A title="Unicron Trilogy" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Unicron_Trilogy">Unicron Trilogy</A>. For <I><A title="Armada (franchise)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Armada_(franchise)">Armada</A></I>, the "<A title=Powerlinx href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Powerlinx">Powerlinx</A>" upgrade of <A title="Hot Shot (Armada)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hot_Shot_(Armada)">Hot Shot</A> was given a very Hot-Rod-inspired deco. In <I><A title="Cybertron (franchise)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cybertron_(franchise)">Cybertron</A></I>, <A class=mw-redirect title=Takara href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Takara">Takara</A> made a redeco of Hot Shot (well, "Exillion"), who already had some Hot Rod homage elements in his toy design, with Hot Rod deco as a DVD-pack-in <A title=Exclusive href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Exclusive">exclusive</A>. <A title=Hasbro href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hasbro">Hasbro</A> then took this deco, altered it, and released it in the US line at mass retail as the new character <A title=Excellion href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Excellion">Excellion</A>.

  • One of the first concepts for Classics Rodimus was based around the <A

class="external text" title=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagani_Zonda href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagani_Zonda" rel=nofollow>Pagani Zonda</A> super car, before the <A class="external text" title=http://www.supercarnet.jp/File/File-Japan/File-Dome.htm href="http://www.supercarnet.jp/File/File-Japan/File-Dome.htm" rel=nofollow>Dome Zero</A> design was decided upon.

2002</A>, Dick Gautier "confirmed", jokingly, that Rodimus Prime is gay.

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