Anidorks: An Animorphs Podcast!!

We finally conclude the second part of Andalite Chronicles with a big showdown involving Elfangor, Loren, Visser 3(2), and... living asteroids? Does every Visser have their own blade shape, and how did Visser 32 receive one so quickly after his promotion? Is Andalite space travel going to be forever changed by the discovery of these living asteroids? And how can Elfangor say that he does not belie...

In which our heroes spend too much time doing donuts in Z-space and we spend too much time talking about this scrumptious feast of Time Matrix lore. Just how old are Loren and Chapman supposed to be, and does this explain why Chapman is such an emotional terrorist? What do you call a combination of a hiss and a snort? And just how many bandages will Loren be able to create out of her increasingly...

In which Elfangor learns a little bit too much about Team Andalite and our favorite Visser finally becomes himself.  Is Chapman to the Yeerks what Arbron is to the Living Hive? Do these book think Alloran is one bad egg or that the entire Andalite system is the problem? And why is Sub-Visser 7 finally infesting Alloran so goddamn satisfying?  Support the show Support us on Patreon: https://www.pat...

Elfangor learns that Arbron has been indoctrinated into a cult, experiences the joys of Taxxon mass transit, and drives a Mustang to the frontline of a revolution.  Is the Living Hive the Taxxon planet’s version of Earth’s Great Ones (aka whales)? How did Arbron manage to undergo an entire series’ worth of emotional growth in fifteen minutes? And does tragedy + suck tunnels= comedy?  Support the s...

Elfangor had a midlife crisis in the middle of a Taxxon desert and stumbles into the stuff of Anidorks dreams. Miranda theorizes that the Time Ship made an appearance in the very first scene of this series, Chris can’t tell if Elfangor driving a Mustang is silly or stupid, and Eddy could not solve a riddle if his life depended on it. Support the show Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/...

Elfangor and Arbron take flight in a Skrit Na ship! That leads to a fun podracing interlude, but also things get a bit heavy. Is Elfangor so prejudiced against Taxxons that he no longer recognizes his friend Arbron?  What does Taxxon hunger tell us about KA Applegate’s hatred of swarms? Does history contain all of the secrets we seek, or is that just the Ellimist?  Support the show Support us on P...

After a lore-heavy Part 1, Part 2 of Andalite Chronicles switches gears into a true pageturner! And yet— we’re still talking about hoofkissing, whether Morph-Capables have the ability to edit their morphs, and the exact moment when the Skrit becomes a Na. Support the show Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/anidorks @anidorkspod on twitter!  Send questions to anidorkspod@gmail.com Hey!...

Chris calls Eddy to DTR (Define The Relationship). A quick update this week! Thank you to our newest Patreon subscribers! We can't do it without you! <3 Support the show Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/anidorks @anidorkspod on twitter!  Send questions to anidorkspod@gmail.com Hey! For real though: Leave us a 5 star review and we'll read it on the air! New episodes every...

Reading 5 star reviews and responding to a fan [sic] email in this week's episode!! Support the show Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/anidorks @anidorkspod on twitter!  Send questions to anidorkspod@gmail.com Hey! For real though: Leave us a 5 star review and we'll read it on the air! New episodes every Wednesday!!! 

Terrifying light rail technology! Swaggering Hork Bajir! Andalite mystics! Mountain Taxxons!!!! Do Gedd really make the most sense as entry-level hosts for Yeerks? How does a burst Taxxon demorph? And who is that charismatic Hork-Bajir over there that sounds oddly like Julia Childs? Support the show Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/anidorks @anidorkspod on twitter!  Send questions to...

How important is it to distinguish between a creep like Alloran and a sicko like Visser 3? Does the liquid of a Yeerk pool look like grey SoftSoap? Did Ax pass his morphing proficiency test? Which alien species has the tastiest heart? And will we ever manage to finish part 1 of this book? (Yes!! Next week.) Support the show Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/anidorks @anidorkspod on tw...

We dig into Andalite bigotry, their general condescension towards the rest of the universe, and wonder when we’ll finally meet a character critical of the Andalites who isn't an asshole. Is it possible that we like Chapman better once he’s Yeerked? Will Alloran's wife be detectable by Taxxon scanners? Did Arbron and Elfangor make out?   Support the show Support us on Patreon: https://www...

Andalite Chronicles might seem like an indie meet-cute about Elfangor and Loren, but maybe it's actually about Elfangor meeting Alloran. Are Loren and Chapman prisoners of the Andalites, or just unhappy guests? Can an Andalite harmonize with themself through their four hooves? Would anyone watch Chris' Cheers-in-space sitcom Docking Bay 7? Support the show Support us on Patreon: https://...

We’re docking and hatching our way through Andalite Chronicles, not getting stuck in the slightest on matters of hoof mouthes or Andalite poop.  Are Andalites space cops? Do Skrit-Na seek out the most inconvenient spots to cocoon? Is Elfangor really into being called a horse boy? And why, why, why is Chapman just the absolute worst? Support the show Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/a...

We are finally reading The Andalite Chronicles and we can’t stop talking about it!! Is this the first necessary prologue we’ve read in the series? Did Loren frolic in a Dome Ship with Elfangor so Natalie Portman could change Zach Braff’s life in Garden State? If you keep a Time Matrix on a Time Ship, do you park the Time Ship in a Time Garage? And if Andalites don’t have taste, why the hell are th...

Only twelve books in and we’ve solved the series. The Howlers are secretly complicated like Daria. The Taxxons are hapless British commuters with their umbrellas turned inside out. And Jake? Jake is a grocery store. Support the show Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/anidorks @anidorkspod on twitter!  Send questions to anidorkspod@gmail.com Hey! For real though: Leave us a 5 star revie...

Are we the only Animorphs podcast to go long on Book 12? Should we feel sorry for Jeremy Jason McCole? Will we ever see Rachel have deep relationships with the other Animorphs? And is the verb “scooting” the invisible thread holding the Animorphs series together? All this and more as we finish Book 12: The Reaction! Support the show Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/anidorks @anidorks...

An especially silly book introduces some game-changing (game-breaking?) mechanics in its back half, and we have *questions*. Could Rachel’s morph allergy be exploited to produce countless clones? If Cassie can acquire Rachel as a morph, why doesn’t the gang just all start morphing their parents? Is Marco the llama our favorite thing in this series yet? Support the show Support us on Patreon: https...

Book 12!! Part 3!! We are hurtling through book 12 with the force of a lebtin javelin fish’s spear! By this point, at least one of us can confidently say child star Jeremy Jason McCole’s name from memory. Why does Marco want to wet himself? Did we just get KA Applegate’s first successful description of an alien? Does Visser 3 babysit for all of his human controllers? And why why why is no one catc...

Book 12!! Part 2!! Itchy, warm feelings and uncontrollable bodies abound in our most puberty-brained episode yet. Rachel involuntarily morphs into an elephant while reading about her crush— and then just keeps morphing…   Why do adults seem to be especially dangerous in Rachel books? Do finger guns have bisexual energy? Will any of us be able to remember Jeremy Jason McCole’s name by the end of th...

Book 12!! Part 1!! The Anidorks have gone from the ant colony to the Amazon rainforest, from a dystopian future to space itself. But nothing— nothing!!— could have prepared us for the hormonal, parasocial chaos of Book 12. Have the Anidorks ever been this divided on a book? Is Rachel stupidly brave or lovably impulsive? Is Jeremy Jason McCole just Jonathan Taylor Thomas? And what the hell do you m...

Hello fellow Anidorks,  We’re taking this week off as a little catch-up before we drop the first episode of book 12 next week. Then we’re going to end our second season with five or six episodes of The Andalite Chronicles. Assuming that we do another megasode where we talk about the season as a whole and catch up with our new friends the Veleek, the Chee, Charise, that’ll push us out to early to m...

Hey, what's that sound? Everybody look, what's going down? Eddy test Miranda and Chris's memories of sounds they've never actually heard. Lots of big text like "WHOOOOMP" and "RRRRRAAAOWOWOWOWOWRWRRRZERS". Support the show Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/anidorks @anidorkspod on twitter!  Send questions to anidorkspod@gmail.com Hey! For real t...

Book 11!! Part 4!! The Animorphs are still lost in the rainforest, and the Anidorks are still lost in Book 11. Eddy can’t tell jaguars from cheetahs, Miranda will never forget Eddie Murphy’s 2003 movie The Haunted Mansion, and Chris is convinced that the Anidorks are stuck in a (Ro)Sario (Dawson) Rip of their own.  Is Visser 3 the first character to successfully execute a plan in the series? Did w...

Book 11!! Part 3!!! Things get strange once the gang crash lands in the rainforest and Jake’s the last one to reunite with the group. Miranda believes things might be weird in a “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” kind of way, which leads Chris to ask: does being the last to show up to a party always mean that all of your friends are already dead?  Meanwhile, Eddy’s wondering if piranhas are reall...