The Hot Rod

The name or term "Hot Rod" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Hot Rod (disambiguation).

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"The Hot Rod"
Original presentation	April 8, 2016 (BotCon)
Continuity	IDW Beast Wars continuity

As Megatron begins his invasion of the planet, the Maximal leaders left review events from the end of the Great War recorded by Hot Rod, hoping that the former Autobot leader's records will help them find something to stop Megatron.

Featured characters

Italics indicates characters who appear only in flashback.

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Autobots / Maximals	Decepticons / Predacons	Others
Big Convoy (1) Legend Convoy (2) Lio Convoy (3) Hot Rod (5) White Propionica (7) Sludge (8) Grimlock (11)	Soundbyte (6) Megatron (9) "Dinobot" (12)	Computer (4) Navi (10) "Smart Grimlock" AI (13)

Notes

• The cast:
  • David Kaye: Lio Convoy, Megatron
  • Gregg Berger: Big Convoy, Grimlock
  • Venus Terzo: Legend Convoy, White Propionica
  • Judd Nelson: Hot Rod
  • Frank Todaro: A Grimlock admirer, computer voice
• Characters mentioned but not seen include: Shokaract, the Blendrons, the Vehicons, the Pack, Blaster, Prowl, Daniel, Hun-Grrr, Sinnertwin, Doublecross, Cutthroat, Bristleback, Predaking, Unicron, Galvatron, Megatron, the Technobots, Primus, and the Wreckers.

Other trivia

• The script used for the reading had an additional, alternative title: "The Three Dinosaurs".