Jack, Miko, and Raf come to the rescue when the Autobot’s base gets infested with scraplets! Can they get things under control before Ratchet, Bulkhead, and Bumblebee are eaten alive and Optimus and Arcee freeze on their recon mission to the Arctic? How dark and messed-up is this? Where can we get toys of these adorable monsters? Who still isn’t over Stranger Things 2? Join us this week for “Scrapheap”!
Podcast: Stasis Pod
Stasis Pod Episode 141: Masters and Students
Starscream unearths an old Decepticon in stasis in hopes of having someone he can boss around, Soundwave plays a mean guilt trip game, and Ratchet helps the kids with their science projects! Will any of this go well for anyone? Will the theme presented in the title be proverbially beaten into the ground? Is that scene with Starscream and Megatron the single kinkiest moment in canon Transformers history? Join us this week for “Masters and Students”!
Stasis Pod Episode 140: Darkness Rising, Pt. 5
The darkness reaches its climax! Will Megatron succeed in bringing an army of undead Cybertronians to Earth? Is there anything more metal than raising an entire planet of undead robots? Will the writers meet their quota of Transformers: The Movie quotes? Join us this week for the finale of the Transformers Prime five-part opener, “Darkness Rising, Part 5”!
Stasis Pod Episode 139: Darkness Rising, Pt. 4
The darkness has nearly reached its pinnacle! Go, darkness, go! Optimus and Ratchet fight zombies, the kids act like a bunch of unruly ferrets, and Megatron reveals his ultimate plan! Join us this week for the penultimate episode of Prime’s kickoff, “Darkness Rising, Part 4”!
Stasis Pod Episode 138: Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt: Trans-homers
It’s April Fool’s, and that means it’s time for David to subject Jen and Rob to another new Japanese horror! When Panty and Stocking, Heaven’s shittiest angels, gain the powers of a pair of warring alien robots, they turn everything around them into transforming robot soldiers in their eternal battle of petty bickering! Join us for a concentrated dose of non-stop anime robot homages as we watch “Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt: Trans-homers”!
Stasis Pod Episode 137: Darkness Rising, Pt. 3
More Darkness, More Rising! Fowler is captured by the Decepticons, the kids and the Autobots totally fail to follow orders, and Optimus Prime knows where a lot of bodies are buried! Join us this week for “Darkness Rising Part 3”!
Stasis Pod Episode 136: Darkness Rising, Pt. 2
The darkness continues its slow ascent! Megatron uses a sample of Dark Energon to demonstrate to Starscream just how dark this show is going to get, the kids get assigned babysitters, and is that Ernie Hudson? Join us this week for “Darkness Rising, Part 2”!
Stasis Pod Episode 135: Darkness Rising, Pt. 1
This week we jump into the epic five-parter that started it… well, started Transformers Prime, at least. The Autobots’ patrol on Earth heats up as Cliffjumper runs straight into trouble and Arcee’s cover is blown. Can the Autobots protect their secret and the human kids who now know it? What kind of tone is set for this new series? And can you smell what Cliffjumper is cooking? Join us this week for Darkness Rising, Part 1!
Stasis Pod Episode 134: A Prime Primer
Before we jump into Transformers Prime, this week we discuss the setting in which the series was released. What connection does Prime have to the live-action movies? What show that spawned a notorious fandom launched alongside it? And what was the deal with the Hub anyway? Join us this week for a pre-show primer on Transformers Prime!
Stasis Pod Episode 133: Mighty Orbots – Magnetic Menace
Before we tackle Transformers Prime, we take a look at a forgotten 80s robot cartoon called Mighty Orbots! Why is the animation in this show so darn good? Will the plural singular of the combiner’s name break Jen’s editor brain? Magnets: How do they work? Join us this week for the first episode of this obscure gem, “Magnetic Menace”!