A bit of a break from the norm; before the new characters start showing up, we’re taking a minute to discuss the many Autobots we already know, as well as their little squishy friends. Don’t worry, I edited out the 2 hours Jerzy spent crying and muttering “How is Chip so good??”
And yep, that means next time we’re covering the Decepticons. Episode coverage will resume after that with “A Prime Problem”!
First off, please forgive the audio issues this episode, we were dealing with two separate audio problems teaming up!
So THE CORE is not a PRETTY episode, but is it a BAD one?? We found it’s NOT! You might just shut your eyes and listen to it. Chip Chase is BACK, and he’s got a PLAN! But so does MEGATRON! And Starscream has a SNIPER RIFLE and 6 Autobots in his sights!! Tune in and find out why we groaned at this episode as children but have a new appreciation for it as…. older children.
Song at 54:48-55:30 is “We’re In This Together” by Nine Inch Nails covered by Tara Rice. It’s fantastic!
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Dr. Fujiyama (the famous scientist) has created a female ninja robot, which is definitely NOT an assassin, even though it has nunchucks, throwing stars, and sais! Definitely not!! Megatron MUST HAVE IT, and Starscream gets all kinds of jelly!! Good story, pretty good animation… it’s even got Rumble and Frenzy. All this, and Trailbreaker gets blasted across a huge auditorium!!
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Well… Hoover had a lot of issues with this episode. Buuuuut, at least it wasn’t animated by Akom? Thankfully there were SOME redeeming things in here that we were able to call attention to. Still didn’t stop us from talking about it for an hour and a half. It’s got Frenzy, and it’s got Skyfire, so each of our hosts had SOMETHING to like. And it’s got… Paul??? Give it a listen!
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In this exciting episode, if IMDB is to be believed, the DECEPTICONS MAKE FRIENDS UNDER THE SEA! It really doesn’t go quite that way… but there’s plenty of Autobot cars-on-waterskiis, Subatlantican telepathy, and bad guys turning on other badguys action! So grab your speedo and scuba mask like Spike and dive in!!!
There’s…. well, there’s a lot of sighing in this episode. This is another one of the AKOM-animated episodes, and it… it looks pretty bad. Very bad even. So the challenge is, can we find the good in it?? Well, we found some!! It’s got Chip Chase, so you know Jerzy ferreted some good out. And it’s got some nice Skywarp action, so Hoover was pleased with that at least. What else was there to like? LISTEN AND FIND OUT!
See: a Wheeljack invention that WORKS! Witness: Ironhide feel SAD!! Behold: a new flesh creature that can handle business Rosie-The-Riveter style!!! All this and Bumblebee visits the arcade!!!! (Sorry for Jerzy’s randomly-ramping-up-loudly audio in this one. I’ve taken away all his Bumblebee toys to punish him.)
Uh oh! Has somebody SWITCHED SIDES?? Behold: Cliffjumper cliffjump to conclusions!! Listen to young Jerzy discover the meaning of two different phrases!! And Hoover shows he appreciates easily-contented characters with no drive!!
In this episode, the Autobots attack… some jets on an airstrip?? Megatron reveals the weirdest aerosol spray ever!! Starscream has absolutely nothing to say… about ANYTHING! All this and a human smashes a window in order to jump out of it, hides in a dumpster, and has said dumpster go flying into a brick wall with her in it, but emerges unscathed! And yet I stub my toe and am bedridden for 3 months???
AVERT YOUR EYES, FOR THIS EPISODE IS NOT PRETTY. I mean the Transformers cartoon episode, not our podcast episode. But you can avert your eyes while you listen to the podcast too; that picture of the volcano doesn’t ever move. Anyway, EXPERIENCE: The return of the Constructicons! Optimus Prime CUT TO PIECES!! Season 2 music start sneaking in!!! All this and an ALLIGATOCON!!!!