Hot Rod and Shaoshao fight Scourge for Blowpipe.

Synopsis

In the year2021 in theG1 World,MicromasterHot Rod is called fromMicro to theUniversal Peace Alliance's new headquarters by his old partnerShaoshao Li, who has leftEarth Defense Command and become an Alliance agent. She explains the latest findings regarding the disappearedTargetmasters, revealing that they were mutated by theplasma energy bombs and blown into theLegends World. The duo's mission is to covertly travel there and recover them.

In the Legends World, Hot Rod's new job as police officer has netted him atranstector, if only a small one that to Shaoshao's annoyance doesn't fit both of them comfortably in vehicle mode. (Ai explains that they're on a budget as the vehicle was paid for with taxpayer money, and warns him to be careful with it.) WhenScourge resurfaces, having cloned himself usingBlowpipe's ability, Hot Rod merges with the transtector and confronts the villain. Shaoshao is grabbed by one of the clones, but Hot Rod takes it on and reminds his partner that she can fight as well using a new type ofMaster-Braces, which let her clothe herself inFirebolt-type Targetmaster armor. Scourge uses Blowpipe to create three evil Hot Rod clones to back him up, but Hot Rod defeats them all with aJinchōkon Power blast from Shaoshao's gun mode. As they celebrate their successful recovery of Blowpipe, however, the two learn that Shaoshao ends up buck naked when she transforms back. Hot Rod is reminded of theirKiss Player days and theorizes that her clothes turned into part of the energy that she fired.

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Notes

• Hot Rod was revealed to have settled the planet Micro in "Transformers 2015 Tailgate/G1 Mini-Con Chapter".
• Hot Rod mentions that the Universal Peace Alliance has grown considerably since theGalactic Olympics of 2010, which he attended in "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1".
• Hot Rod and Shaoshao were, of course, partners inKiss Players. He calls back to it by noting that they don't need to kiss to fight together anymore, and is reminded of how she used to end up naked after their battles back then as well.
• Scourge's clones make use of the two-headed monster mode Scourge transformed into during "Bonus Edition Vol. 27."