Marvelous! Fire Shark Fishing!!

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"Marvelous! Fire Shark Fishing!!" 豪快! ファイアーサメ釣り!! (Gōkai! Fire Same Tsuri!!)
Publisher	Kodansha
Published in	TV Magazine
First published	May 30, 2022
Manga	Haruka Oda
Editor	Minoko

Hot Rod and Bumblebee go fishing.

Synopsis

While driving, Bumblebee and Hot Rod spy a giant mechanical shark off the coast—although Bumblebee realizes they can't outfight it, Hot Rod has a different idea—go fishing! After a while, Hot Rod finally get a bite and hauls up the titanic creature... only for the shark to promptly swallow the red Autobot. The monster might've bit off more than it can chew, however; inside its belly, Hot Rod promptly burns up and cooks it from the inside out, allowing him to season, fillet, and serve his catch.

Featured characters

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Autobots	Others
Hot Rod (1) Bumblebee (2)	Giant mechanical shark (3)

Notes

• This story was published as the second May 2022 issue of the web comic and advertised the Studio Series '86 Hot Rod figure.
• It constitutes both the web comic's first fully-original story not derived from the print version of Go! Go! as well as the final issue on the web comic's original bi-monthly schedule.
• This issue was later included in the first collected edition of Transformers Go! Go!, wherein it gained a proper title. Kodansha subsequently took the rather cynical step of replacing its page on the TV Magazine website with a redirect to an issue advertising the physical release.

Transformers references

• Hot Rod sports a design based on his Studio Series '86 figure being advertised.
• Hot Rod's penchant for angling stems from his debut scene in The Transformers: The Movie, where he went fishing with Daniel Witwicky. In a cute touch, his fishing rod sports a Matrix of Leadership-themed lure, alluding to his eventual transformation into Rodimus Prime.
• After defeating the shark, Hot Rod uses the circular saw that came with his Studio Series figure to slice it up, itself a reference to the gadget Hot Rod used during the film's underwater Quintessa sequence.

Reprints

• Transformers Go! Go! (July 26, 2023) ISBN 4065320852 / ISBN 978-4065320853
  • Collects 19 select issues of Transformers Go! Go!
  • Bonus material includes character profiles and new 4-koma backup strips.
  • Tankōbon format.

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  Transformers Go! Go! - cover art by Haruka Oda

External links

• "Marvelous! Fire Shark Fishing!!" at TV Magazine (archived)
• "Marvelous! Fire Shark Fishing!!" on Comic-Days (dead link)