>>5273644Even as a kid when I saw the movie, I was sad as fuck that Optimus died, but I didn't hate Hot Rod for it. He did try to help, and Megatron might've killed Prime either way with the hidden blaster he was reaching for. His only fault was being really shitty at trying to grapple with an opponent almost twice his size, which, lets face it, unless you're some kind of muscle freak, someone bigger than you has a huge advantage.
Also Hot Rod has a cool as fuck robot and alt mode, the only thing that isn't that great is his Prime mode, because it's a fucking camper minivan. How shitty is that to go from a baller as fuck hot rod to a goddamn minivan?