Hot Rod

Contrary to what many 'Bots may think about him, Hot Rod is by no means a "punk." While he may appear to be just some turbo-revving young punk, you can't find an Autobot more daring or brave as Hot Rod. Sure, he might be no Prime, but he certainly has the courage of one. Perhaps that is why he was put in charge of Team Brash, nicknamed for their reputation of jumping into danger without giving it much thought. Years of studying in the Elite Guard taught him almost every form of hand-to-hand combat and all forms of Autobot weaponry. Some Autobots later begun to call him Rodimus, leading him to eventually embrace the given name.

Hot Rod is among the few Autobots to be part of Optimus Prime's Command structure, where he met a couple other Autobots as courageous as him. Hot Rod does not like to see fellow Autobots being picked on, and he would just as fast jump into a fight against Megatron to protect them.