Transformers: Generation 1 - The Burden Hardest to Bear - S03 E27 - 1986

The Burden Hardest to Bear | Transformers: Generation 1 | Season 3 | E27 |

Feeling the pressures of leadership, Rodimus Prime is attacked by the Decepticons, who steal the Matrix of Leadership from him. As a result, Rodimus becomes Hot Rod once again, preferring to rather be the carefree Autobot he once was than the Autobot leader. Eventually, he will learn to accept his obligation to reclaim the Matrix from Scourge, who has been mutated by its mystical energies and is using its power to launch an assault on Earth.