When Bumblebee lands at the Rescue Bots’ Training Center, it’s a chance to catch up on all that’s happened in the last few years, including his new voice! But his ship’s got a hitchhiker in the form of a hatchling Energon eater, and it’s on the loose! Can they catch it before it drains the whole team? Can Blades come to terms with his friend’s big changes? And how many stories are tagged “BumbleBlades” on AO3? Join us this week for “Uninvited Guest”!
Griffin Rocks continues its obsession with food-based holidays and STEM fields with a Pizza Pi Party! But can the team save the town when some experimental super-yeast makes out-of-control dough? Why is Blades judging the cooking competition when he doesn’t actually eat food? And who doesn’t care how many rocks or bugs are in his slice? Join us this week for a “Pizza Pi Party”!
This week we mash up two classic 90s movies: Chief Burns and Dani head to Rwanda to help his brother Woodrow with a gorilla problem a la Congo, and back on Griffin Rock, the remaining brothers learn that they might be royalty a la King Ralph! Can the Chief and his brother help their new gorilla friends escape menacing baboons AND a volcano? Who is way too quick to embrace monarchy? And what was Blades really hoping to see in Africa? Join us this week for “King Burns”!
Blurr feels useless being a race car on a rescue team, so he decides to take up competitive racing – but to keep from blowing their cover, he needs a driver! Can he and Dani really compete against normal human drivers? Can Mayor Luskey earn the respect of his older brother, Mayor Luskey? And are Dani and Blades in an open relationship now? Join us this week for “Hot Rod Bot”!
The new training center’s AI assistant has gone haywire! Can the Bots get things under control before Dani’s test pilot team flies over and blows their cover? Can Blurr and Quickshadow outrun a Roomba? Would a temporary flight restriction supersede a military training schedule? And who totally called this twist? Join us this week for the second part of this season’s mid-season two-parter, “The More Things Stay the Same”!
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Stasis Pod Episode #381: The More Things Stay the Same
The Rescue Bots Training Center is all ready for the bots to move in, but everybody’s having mixed feelings about the change. Will all the exciting features of the new center make the transition a little easier? What is going on with Dani’s test pilot gig? And what do you mean there was never a toy of this extremely toyetic training center? Join us this week for part 1 of the season 4 mid-seasion two-parter, “The More Things Change…”!
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Stasis Pod Episode #380: The More Things Change...
Griffin Rock’s cell tower is in dire need of replacement – but Mayor Luskey “invested” the infrastructure money in an inflatable Brash Ball stadium instead! Can the Rescue Bots and the Burns Family raise enough money with side gigs to fund a replacement? Why is this even their problem to fix? How many people watching this even remember the show Taxi? And what should you maybe not order from Temu? Join us this week for “Part-Time Heroes”!
It’s All Spark Day, and the Rescue Bots are excited to teach the people of Griffin Rock about their Cybertronian holiday! So what’s All Spark Day all about? Why doesn’t Heatwave want to celebrate? Why is there a “Parade of Metals”? And what’s that giant baby doing there!? Join us this week for “All Spark Day”!
Mayor Luskey is up for reelection, and the team convinces Chase to run against him – but when Chase wins, it turns out they’ve created a monster! How Lawful Neutral is TOO Lawful Neutral? Can the town survive Chase going Walter Peck on Doc Greene’s lab? And has Luskey learned one single lesson? Join us this week for “Mayor May Not”!
Whiskers the lion is kidnapped by a villain with a thing for problematic cultural appropriation — but with Quint Quarry still safely in jail, who could it be? Would you believe… LORD CHUMLEY!? What’s this G1 guy doing hassling the Rescue Bots? Why does he have extinct animals in his collection? And didn’t we JUST get an episode with that title? Join us this week for “Enemy of my Enemy”!
