2 Mikes 2 Furious - Animated Transformers

The gang's all here! Your Tireless Mechanical Mikes are back in the saddle again, this time joined by a full posse of Transformers Animated alum. Prolific writer and story editor of Transformers Animated Marty Isenberg returns...with friends! Please welcome to the show Allspark Almanac co-writer Jim Sorenson (AKA Archivist Magnus) , lead toy designer of the original TFA toys Eric Siebenaler, and t...

"Death of the Author" is so 2023, so the Mikes are giving him life once again! Please welcome back to the show the Transformers Animated story editor/writer/legend Marty Isenberg. Marty graciously lets us pick his processor as we dig deep into some of TFA's connected media (including The Arrival), strike at the heart of Autobot corruption, and discuss the origins of the battle cry that became Mike...

The Mikes...return?!  Your tireless mechanical hosts may have been finished with Transformers Animated, but Transformers Animated was not finished with them! Hear the mysterious email that surfaced at the end of our run, leading to a meeting with the man, the myth, the legend himself: Marty [Freakin'] Isenberg! Join us as we sit down with the very gracious head writer of Transformers Ani...

Just One More Thing! Call us Columbo, but it didn't seem fair that after nearly 3 years of pondering plot points out loud, we didn't give some of our repeat mailbag offenders a chance to chime in...especially now that Mike Seibert has graduated from First-Time Viewer to Serial Rewatcher. With the spoiler embargo lifted, we welcome to the show Ed, Blake, Stuart, Irish Mike and returning 2M2F superf...

We came, we saw, we achieved something! Your Tireless Mechanical Mikes--the Spark Soul Brothers themselves--return for one last episode review proper, discussing the final episode of Transformers Animated ever, "Endgame, Part II." No more flashbacks, folks! In fact, we're flashing forward to the execution of Megatron's big plan--or is it Starscream's? It's the final battle for New Detroit, the Ear...

It's a bittersweet symphony as the Mikes arrive at the first half of the Transformers Animated series finale, "Endgame, Part I." A flashback-heavy tale unfolds, setting up the origins of the Autobot team we know and love--the trial of Optimus Prime, the final commission of Ratchet, the friendship of Bee and Bulk, and the fate of Prowl. In the present, Optimus earns his wings (and maybe hammer) whi...

The Mikes have been chewed up and spit out by these mean streets, so they're jumping into the Space Bridge Nexus, along with the enigmatic nicknameless Abbey, to unwrap the hardest-boiled episode of Transformers Animated yet: Season 3's "This Is Why I Hate Machines." Of all the Space Bridges mounted on top of inventor's towers in New Detroit, why did Fanzone have to walk into his? Ratchet and...

Your favorite pair of Broken Lances are back, covering the Transformers Animated season 3 episode "Decepticon Air." (And if you thought we weren't going to dive deep into its high-flying 1997 source material, then you better put up your tray table, cuz it's gonna be a bumpy ride!)  As we head to space with Sentinel Prime and all the Decepticons baddies aboard the Steelhaven, we navigate throu...

WHERE IS BLACKARACHNIA?? Oh, there she is. Worlds collide as the arcs for Wasp and the Spider-lady herself in[ter]sect in a story from the acclaimed Beast Wars writers Larry DiTillio and Bob Forward! That's right, the Mikes are spinning up the Transformers Animated Season 3 episode "Predacons Rising"... We're joined by Fugitive Lita, our favorite Can-Am rogue and #1 Elita-1 fan on the WEB to break...

Nothing good happens in a flashback... Put on your Trauma shirts, cogs, we're doing "Five Servos of Doom!" It's the seminal Transformers Animated season 3 episode that gives us the Prowl origin story we didn't even know we needed. Now with 80% more DEEP HURTING!* Yoketron, the protoform vault, P over M--this one really has it all! We dive deep into the Arrival comics written by the Man, The Myth,...

Live from New Detroit...it's Saturday Night! The Mikes are once again joined by the triplet (not trio) of Autopod Decepticast to discuss the seminal sequel to their last appearance. That's right, the reunion that was once just a gleam in Caleb's eye has come to fruition...we're breaking down Transformers Animated season 3's "Where Is Thy Sting?" The fugitive Wasp sets his sights on our resident Bu...

So a damaged Headmaster unit, a forklift, and an Allspark fragment fall into a pit...stop us if you've heard this one before! Join the night crew of the Tired Transformers Meme Graveyard as we discuss the Animated season 3 episode "Three's A Crowd!" There's a new boss in town, crime has ravaged the once peaceful streets of New Detroit, and the only one who can clean it up is Bulkhead. But a famili...

Lets do the TransWarped again!! We're back for a third bite of this TransWarped sandwich, discussing Part 3 of Animated's final season opener. Rodimus and the Rock Lords are in the rearview. All eyes are on Starscream and Megatron, Cybertron's Hottest Divorcées, as they grapple for control of Omega Supreme. Prowl DiCaprio tries some processor inception...but Optimus will be Axe King the questions...

Before time began, there was the cube...of Blurr! Once again, the extended Mikes crew gathers 'round the table, this time to discuss the "Empire" of the TransWarped trilogy. Rock lords gonna rock, Sari....*checks notes*...TRANSFORMS (?!) and things get toyetic at the Burger Bot...you know, the BURGER BOT!  We also get deep about A.I. and spill a little tea about voice casting. It's the hot di...

David Kaye Hair, Don't Care! We're back for the episode that needs no introduction, but we'll give it a [hot] shot. That's right, folks, the Mikes are finally tackling TransWarped, the Transformers Animated season 3 opener! We haven't had a first five minutes this huge since the show began! But we are not on this journey alone... Much like the TransWarped itself, we have a massive pantheon of gues...

Merry Axe-mas! Put away the sugar plums, the Mikes are sitting down to feast on the Transformers Animated Season 3 episode "Human Error, Part 2." Newsreel! Auto-Men about town! Our heroes try to free themselves from Soundwave's Matrix-style simulation! In the real world, Sari goes full Die Hard, putting together a crew: the ragtag "Substitute Autobots!" Heat up the oil nog, folks, because we're ta...

With sugar plums in our heads and oil nog in our cups, the Mikes return for a soft open to Season 3 of Transformers Animated , covering the seminal Christmas special " Human Error, Part 1 ." Nostalgia abounds, Soundwave(s) creep(s), and your Tireless Mechanical Mikes tap dance around the yule log...all leading up to the season premiere of Transwarped ! Hope you've been good this cycle! Want to be...

Welcome to the end of the end! Your Tireless Mechanical Mikes return one last time for Season 2 to talk Transformers Animated with Part 2 of "A Bridge Too Close." Starscream has played his final hand, literally blowing the roof off the underground Decepticon Lair. Optimus and Megatron find themselves back-to-back, rising and rolling respectively against relentless waves of Seekers. As the fight to...

Welcome to the beginning of the end. With CybFest NW in the rearview, the Mikes walk the space bridge less traveled to discuss the (pen)ultimate episode of Transformers Animated Season 2, "A Bridge To Close, Part 1." You haven't seen this many twists since Blade 2, folks! New allegiances, new characters, new HEADS! This one's got it all...and at the center of everything, an Energon farm boy that n...

Live from the Kevin McCallister Plain Cheese Studio, the Mikes are joined by #1 Superfan Matthew Barberio! He's outta the mailbag and into the fire as we discuss the Transformers Animated Season 2 episode "Sari, No One's Home." Prowl, go easy on the Pepsi! Little Miss Sumdac finds herself...domestically solitary when a couple of thirsty Constructicons come looking for a few pints of oil.  Sig...

Murrow. Cronkite. The 2 Mikes. These are the hard-hitting journalists of a bygone era. Joined by returning fan favorite cohost, Lita, we ask the tough questions about season 2's "Black Friday" - which is, in no way, the horniest episode of Transformers Animated ever. Looks like the Autobots should've killed Meltdown when they had the chance, because now he's back and slinking around Dinobot Island...

Enough shenanigans, cogs, it's time to get down to technomatter tacks! The 2M2F x APDC crossover continues as Aaron, Ryan, and [technically] Caleb bring their final thoughts about "Autoboot Camp" to the table.  The cadets of the Elite Guard Academy are given names by Sentinel Minor as Bumblebee's wartime flashback continues. Secret boxes and questionable spy technology abound as Long Island B...

It's the crossover you've all been waiting for! The Reunion at the Energon Pub! The boys of Autopod Decepticast join the overripe banana notes of 2 Rums 2 Furious to watch the seminal Transformers Animated season 2 episode "Autoboot Camp." The origin of Bumblebee and Bulkhead's friendship (and ours) is finally revealed! Flash back to wartime Cybertron for some academy hijinks: classic cameos, bots...

Podcastin' makes us feel good! The Spark Soul Brothers cross the streams while talking Transformers Animated s2e8 "SUV: Society of Ultimate Villainy." Nino Sexton, hero of orphans and sea creatures worldwide, is asked to join an elite team of superhumans by his *checks notes* girlfriend...but known vigilantes Bumblebee and Sari have other plans for them. Will their mysterious benefactor be able to...

Get In, Loser, We're Going Modding! You can't catch a clone without breaking a few eggs, am I right? Barn Cat Mikel Andrews and City Cat Mike Seibert take Transformers Animated s2e7 "Fistful of Energon" out for a spin--and TFA superfan Abbey is along for the ride in a samurai sidecar! Prowl reboots the Mod Squad, a fan favorite mercenary unveils a new poncho, and everyone starts seeing Seekers! Pl...