Love for Shrapnel.

Went to the the anniversary showing of the 86 movie last night and noticed my guy Shrapnel just out there being a whipping bot for the Autobots all through the movie. (Spoilers if you haven't seen a 40 year old movie yet)

He was shot by Blitzwing when Kup redirected his tank blast. He was run into by both Hot Rod AND Kup when they entered Autobot city, he was run into by Optimus Prime upon him arriving in earth. He was thrown out of Astrotrain which led to being reformatted as a sweep, but did that stop that Shrapnel's torture? Not at all. He somehow got his body back, went to Starscream's Coronation only to get hit by Cyclonus when he and Galvatron entered. Then of all the indignity, Daniel, DANIEL! Took him out on the Planet of Junk.... and they even decided to bring him back for the short only for Optimus to smash him again.

I know in the show there were multiple of each insecticon, but in season 2 they were pared down to just one of each of them and there were not shown to be any extra "healthy" insecticons in Astrotrain. Poor guy. He needs some encouragement.