Rodimus (Energon)
| The name or term "Rodimus" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Rodimus (disambiguation). |
- Rodimus is an Autobot from the Energon portion of the Unicron Trilogy continuity family.
Much like Optimus Prime, Rodimus is a great military commander and a superior warrior, yet is a 'bot that strives for peace and freedom.
First at odds with Optimus Prime for his conduct of the war against the Decepticons, Rodimus eventually became Optimus' right-hand man and defacto commander of the Autobots when Optimus himself was unavailable.
- Japanese name: Rodimus Convoy
Fiction
Cartoon continuity
Energon
- Voice actor: Paul Dobson (US), Ryōtarō Okiayu (Japan), Anders Öjebo (Sweden)
On Cybertron, Rodimus was a great military commander during the war against the Decepticons, on a par with Optimus Prime. However, he became disillusioned with the endless war and so, accompanied by Prowl, Landmine, and the ancestors of the Omnicons. They travelled across the galaxy, righting wrongs and defending the innocent; for this, they gained the eternal admiration of Hot Shot and Ironhide The Legend of Rodimus. Most of this crew eventually chose a peaceful life of mining energon; Rodimus, Prowl, and Landmine continued to wander the galaxy Survival Instincts.
During his travels, he learned that the world known as Planet Q was under threat from Unicron. Rodimus promised the planet's ruler that he would come and help defend the planet, but by the time Rodimus and company arrived, it was too late. Planet Q was destroyed by its grand chamberlain in an attempt to destroy Unicron.
Rodimus re-entered the Autobot/Decepticon conflict around the year 2020, when he prevented Scorponok from stealing a cache of energon on Mars The Legend of Rodimus. Following this, he learned that Scorponok was in fact the resurrected chamberlain of Planet Q, and decided to atone for failing to save Alpha Quintesson in the past by helping him in the present. Even so, Alpha Q did not readily trust him Go for Unicron!.
Rodimus chose not to get involved in a battle at the ruins of Lunar City Kicker Beware!, and subsequently revealed himself to Optimus Prime's crew when Megatron sent three comets to destroy Earth. Rodimus, commanding a large fleet of Blackout Terrorcon drones, was successfully able to destroy one of the comets, leaving the others to detonate on the energon grid Energon Grid.
Seeking allies for the restoration of Planet Q, he contacted Hot Shot and called him to a secret meeting at the ruins of Mars City. Rodimus attempted to recruit both Hot Shot and Kicker for his mission, but they each turned down his offer due to Rodimus' refusal to reveal important information for the sake of dramatic tension Rodimus: Friend or Foe?. Rodimus went on to rescue Scorponok when the latter was used as bait in a trap to ensnare Alpha Q Go for Unicron!.
Dreamwave comics continuity
Energon
Rodimus was seen on Cybertron, ten years after the triumphant battle against Unicron. This Evil Reborn He was performing basic labor and engineering work before the rise of the Terrorcons. Aftershock When the invasion struck Earth, Rodimus was among the Autobots recruited by Jetfire to strike back against Scorponok's horde. Multiplicity, Pt. 2 He was placed under Hot Shot's command in Toronto, Canada. The battle against the Terrorcons went poorly until the Autobots received help from an unlikely source: Megatron. Multiplicity, Pt. 3
No one tells legends about Rodimus here.
Timelines
With the Unicron Singularity forcing the evacuation of Cybertron, Rodimus and a number of other Autobot leaders were summoned to the Iron Hope, where Ultra Magnus dispatched them across the galaxy to locate the lost Autobot colony worlds. Rodimus was given command of the Longbow and sent to Beta Aquarii. Force of Habit
Toys
Energon
- Rodimus (Deluxe, 2004)
- Japanese ID number: SC-10
- Accessories: Spring-loaded cannon, flame-missile
- Rodimus transforms into a rocket-powered Cybertronic long-nose truck cab. He can also form the top or bottom half of a larger robot mode, compatible with any Energon Combat- or Mega-class Autobot combiner robot. He comes with a large flame-cannon with spring-loaded "flame" missile. His design is an homage to Rodimus Prime from Generation 1.
- The Takara version of Rodimus has a few notable differences, including a darker shade of red, and a flame deco on his truck-mode spoiler, which was removed from Hasbro version due to cost considerations.
- However, both the Hasbro and Takara versions are missing the gold paint decos on the sculpted pipe details next to his exhaust smokestacks, presumably because those parts also form the soles of his feet, making them susceptible to paint chipping. They were originally painted in most promotional and packaging photos from both companies.
- This mold was used to make Energon Checkpoint and Timelines Thunder Clash. The mold was also used in BotCon 2009's customization class to make Shattered Glass Thunderclash.
- Black Rodimus Convoy (Deluxe, 2004)
- Accessories: Spring-loaded cannon, flame-missile
- An exclusive black and red version of Rodimus was made available as a mail-away from Tele-V Magazine in Japan, sent out in September of 2004. This was a companion piece to the "Fire SL Grand Convoy" exclusive offered by the same magazine that was released a month earlier.
Attacktix
- Rodimus (Boster, 2006)
| ID number: | TF05 |
| Rarity: | |
| Faction: | Autobot |
| Class: | Captain |
| Special: | Recruit - 12/26 (46%) success ratio |
| Point Cost: | 20 |
| Base Speed: | 6 |
| Attack Type: | Shooter (Small Missile) |
- Unlike his larger counterpart, Attacktix Rodimus has molded flames on his chest. Fortunately, these gnarly flames don't get in the way of his massive four points of articulation, which let him move at the waist, shoulders and head. If the glue comes loose on his gun (and it will) you may even score another point of (useless) articulation.
- Rodimus is a large-based figure with pretty good defense, especially when hugging another Rodimus figure. His recruit special allows him to put any Trooper class figure into play from your back-ups. If you're feeling particularly silly you could have a swarm of Rodimi summon a swarm of Insecticons.
- This piece was going to be redecoed into Attacktix Checkpoint, but the line was canceled before it came out.
Trivia
- According to his toy bio, Rodimus is the brother of Inferno. Uh... okay!
