The Transformers Wiki TFWiki.net has posed the first image of Animated’s incarnation of Hot Shot who will be appearing in the show’s 3rd season. The character Hot Shot was first introduced with Transformers Armada which this version appears to be based on. Supposedly while Animated was still in the planning stages, Bumblebee was originally conceived as Hot Shot but with the popularity of the live-action film featuring Bumblebee, this was changed for Animated.