Book 54: The Beginning
Who lives? Who dies? Who tells their stories?
Who lives? Who dies? Who tells their stories?
As the war between the Animorphs and Yeerks comes to a head, we imagine what the kids' post-war lives look like: will Cassie and Jake stick together? Will Rachel and Tobias become international spies? Will Ax stay on Earth or rejoin the Andalites? Will Marco...actually, we're pretty sure he'll be fine.
What does Ax's character arc have in common with time? They're both a flat circle. But which Animorph would carry the Time Stone (or any of the Infinity Stones)? Plus: get ready for some property damage!
While half the Animorphs take a road trip and cause a LOT of property damage, we discuss the important things: ghombies, ghuberty, and governors' mansions.
We may be in the endgame now, but we have to ask: are Cassie and Jake endgame? Other questions relevant to this episode: who are the Seagull Squad? And CAN TIM READ?
It's time for the most important Animorphs book to date—the one with the most instances of the word Dumpster! We also discover which anthropomorphic M&M is the horniest and discuss how we would evacuate our families from mind-controling aliens. HEY! THAT GOT DARK!
Join us as we uncover the secrets that THEY don't want you to know...secrets about vampires, the moon, and dinosaurs! Plus: Alex makes the worst casting choice for the Ellimist; Tim decides to be cremated; and Meg asks, "Are we Yeerks?"
Who lives? Who dies? Who is the Ellimist telling his story? Ian R. Buck joins us to discuss memms, mones, and face-face as we excavate the Ellimist Bull$#!+ motherlode.
Cue up the fiddle music, put on your Starfleet uniforms, and prepare yourself for the hardest question we've asked yet: "Do we say [bleep] too much? Plus: don't forget our giveaway (which we have sweetened the pot for): http://bit.ly/MindsAtYeerkGiveaway
Comics creator Chris Grine joins us to talk about adapting Animorphs into graphic novels!
While Ax struggles with a difficult choice, Alex ponders the connections between various transformation-based IPs, Tim learns about SpongeBob, and Meg reveals her favorite aircraft*.
Plus: we announce a giveaway! Enter here: http://bit.ly/MindsAtYeerkGiveaway
*Citation required.
Welcome to Chee open mic night! What's the deal with fire hydrants? They aren't on fire, and they don't look like hydras or ants! Wait, what's that? Important things happen in this book? Marco's a boss? Someone naps with puppies?
We promised ourselves that we wouldn't spend this episode comparing the book and the movie. We broke that promise. Join us for A Tale of Two Ivans.
M@Y goes down under! The gang takes a trip to Australia: Alex discusses Australian history, Tim buys all the Boomerangs, and Cassie becomes all-mighty and powerful with a kangaroo morph.
Join us for a Megsday roadtrip! Tim takes us through Dumfries, Alex spots a Sasquatch Sentinel, and we try to solve the mystery of the JRTLVR! All this and more as Meg does her best to keep us on topic.
We continue BLASTING INTO THE PAST because TIME has NO MEANING.
We've cracked open the M@Y Vault and blown the cobwebs off our first pair of Animorphs TV show commentary tracks! Listen along as you watch the show, and enjoy our witty repartee (and excitement for the final season of Game of Thrones—we're VERY optimistic for how it will end). [Note: This was recorded between Megamorphs 2 and Book 19.]
We've got a short message from Meg this week about our taking a hiatus before the final stretch of books and some bonus content we've been holding onto that we'll release in the meantime.
Adal Rifai joins us this week to talk about the Animorphs' journey to the center of Marco—and we realize that after two years, we might be taking for granted just how weird and dark this series still is.
Rachel throws a sleepover to distract Melissa Chapman so Cassie and Tobias can tail her parents; Jake and Marco visit the community center with Tom (which starts with T which rhymes with P which stands for Yeerks).