The Decepticon scientist Vertebreak has set up a lab in Crown City’s subway tunnels! But when Sideswipe runs ahead of the rest of the Bee Team to catch him, he discovers this scientist has a freaky gimmick — when he transplants his own head onto Sideswipe’s body! Wait, didn’t we see this back in Animated? When did Crown City get this fancy shinkansen-looking subway? And wait, is this a Cybertronian scientist who actually takes notes!? Join us this week for “Some Body, Any Body”!
The Autobots face a bat-like Decepticon named Nightstrike who has the power to make them face their greatest fears while he devours their energon! Russell says he’s not afraid of anything — but is he afraid of losing his friends? Why is Grimlock so hung up on cats? How many Decepticons has this bat guy killed already? And are these, like, edited-for-TV horror movies Russell is watching, or uncut? Join us this week for “Even Robots Have Nightmares”!
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Stasis Pod Episode #251: Even Robots Have Nightmares
A scuttling snitch named Clampdown leads the Bee Team into a confrontation with Steeljaw’s Decepticons! Can they manage a rematch between Steeljaw, Thunderhoof, Underbite, and Fracture — all at the same time? What terrible secret is Strongarm hiding? What A-List voice actor plays our crabby Decepticon of the Week? And is Steeljaw capable of not being sexy for, like, two minutes? Join us this week as we tally up another entry for the wiki’s disambiguation page for “Sideways”!
The Bee Team faces not one, but FOUR Skunkticons who have holed up in the conveniently-automated dam! What does any of this have to do with Optimus Prime being hassled by one of the Thirteen in the afterlife? And how many actors from Agents of SHIELD can we fit in an episode? Join us this week for “Out of Focus”!
A pair of bounty hunters shows up looking to bring Bumblebee back to Cybertron — and they’ve each brought some adorable little Mini-Con friends along! Can Bee convince the Autobot bounty hunter that he’s not as bad as the council says he is? What longstanding tradition of the Transformers franchise does Denny suddenly have a problem with? And why is this Drift such an asshole? Join us this week for “Hunting Season”!
While trying to capture the Decepticon anarchist Quillfire, Bumblebee gets hit with one of his neurotoxin quills, and suddenly the Team Adult isn’t such an adult! Can the rest of the team pull together enough to catch the Decepticon AND deal with a prank-pulling, focus-deprived leader? Doesn’t this raise A LOT of questions about Cybertronian life cycles? And is Quillfire really wrong, though? Join us this week for “Adventures in Bumblebee-Sitting!”
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Stasis Pod Episode #247: Adventures in Bumblebee-Sitting!
Special Guest Star Jazz shows up just in time to help the Autobots deal with a scavenging Decepticon named Ped whose tunneling threatens to destroy Crown City! Will he be enough to even the odds — and to get Sideswipe to behave? How do Bumblebee and Jazz even know each other in this continuity, anyway? How much slapstick abuse can Fixit’s tiny body take? And how many special guest voices can we get in a single episode? Join us this week for “Can You Dig It?”!
Strongarm is supposed to be on her first solo mission — but Bumblebee can’t help following along to make sure she’s all right. But when they run into the Decepticon Springload in the jungle obsessively hunting for the lost city of Doradus, will Bee be able to trust her long enough to get the job done? Can Russell and the other Autobots keep Denny and Fixit from murdering each other? Would a Fountain of Energon just be like a giant fondue pot? Or more like a fountain of blood? Join us this week for a “Rumble in the Jungle”!
Grimlock’s turned on the Autobots and run off with Underbite’s stasis pod to give to Steeljaw! But has Grimlock really betrayed them — and if he hasn’t, who’s going to believe him? What’s the labor market in Crown City like if literally every piece of important infrastructure is completely automated? Why is Steeljaw so sexy? And can we stop singing Cyndi Lauper for long enough to talk about it? Join us this week for “True Colors”!
The Corvicon Filch wants to steal all the shiny things Crown City has to offer — no matter how architecturally important they are! Meanwhile, Russell and Fixit have their hands full with a reality-TV frenemy of Denny’s who’s not above trespassing to get a look at Denny’s collection! Can the Autobots stop Filch before she causes any human casualties? Can Fixit figure out how a television appearance could induce stellar fusion? And how awesomely is Grimlock holding up? Join us this week for “Collect ‘Em All”!
