Anidorks: An Animorphs Podcast!!

The Animorphs take a tour of the Iskoort city. Jake nearly dies. The kids learn the origin of the Howlers.  Why is Book 26 in particular so preoccupied with children, and what does that tell us about the intended audience for these books? Why is KA so obsessed with ideas of memory transfusion? Should the Iskoorts have been cuter? Does Iskoort society have a class structure? Does Rachel know about...

The Ellimist stops time to tell the kids a story. The scope of the series gets much bigger. Is our beloved series growing up? Who the hell is more powerful than the Ellimist and Crayak? Is it possible that the source of all of the Animorphs' narrations are actually just these Iskoort memory viewing devices? Do the Andalites know far less about the galaxy than Ax realizes? Was Lion King even o...

David hosts a new season of Survivor from his terrible little island.  Can David and Marco put aside their differences to play the game together? Who let Infested Karen from Book #19 drink a beer as a reward? Does KA Applegate enjoy stabbing all of her literary creations in the back a little too much? Can the tyrannosaurus rex from Megamorphs #2 be trusted not to eat everyone else on the island? B...

The Animorphs finally arrive at the secret Yeerk base. Marco and Cassie bear witness to something horrific. The kids trainhop their way home.  Why does this book have so many good ideas, and yet seem to have nothing to say in the end? Does Book 25 deliberately echo Book 11? Is Marco/Cassie possibly the Animorphs pairing with the least chemistry? Why couldn't Derek be the new Animorph instead...

The Animorphs flee into the Arctic. Marco gets delusional. Cassie is forced to be the moral authority.  Ax shares the ominous story of The Five.  Do any of the Animorphs remember why they're even on this mission? Is Tobias getting funnier, or does Marco the narrator just make everyone funnier? How does the Five's backstory compare with that of the Howlers? Are grizzly bears more dangerou...

Marco goes on a date. Erek the Chee arrives with bad news about satellites and swimming pools. Visser 3 frolics in a field. A Taxxon eats itself.  Do the Andalites have innate psychic abilities? Can the Chee swim? Does anything that happens in these first few chapters actually matter? And is our first ghostwriter... actually pretty good at this?  Support the show Support us on Patreon: https://www...

We close out the KA Applegate era of the series and catch our breath before venturing into the spooky, uncharted territory of ghostwritten books.  Heads up-- we're taking a summer break! We will return in early September with Book 25.  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...

Anteaters arrive. Cells explode. The kids go skydiving into the Gardens.  Should Ax be guarding the morph cube if he never checks behind him? How small is too small? Are the Helmacrons just a parody of petty adult politics? Have the AniCoolKids finally course-corrected from their Andalite Chronicles detour? And how will Chapman face the schoolchildren after this?  Support the show Support us on Pa...

The Animorphs redirect the Helmacrons to a new enemy: Visser 3! Cassie, Marco, and Tobias get even smaller.  Where does the morph cube get its energy from? Why was 90s media so obsessed with storylines involving shrinking? Does Ax enjoy making every dad in this series uncomfortable? And does Marco enjoy the Helmacron politics a little bit too much? Support the show Support us on Patreon: https://w...

The Helmacrons arrive on earth in search of the morphing cube. Cassie shrinks.  Are the Helmacrons descendants of the Nesk from Megamorphs 2? What part of the Yeerk is the drill? How do the Helmacrons have the technology to detect morphing power but the Yeerks do not? Is Cassie secretly the shortest Animorph? Support the show Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/anidorks @anidorkspod on...

The Ani Cool Kids dish about their first (of many!!) encounters with the author herself, KA Applegate.  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!!! 

The Animorphs stage a trap within a trap. Tobias learns the truth about his father. Rachel throws a birthday party.  Was Elfangor's letter more for him than it was for Tobias? Were Visser 3 and Elfangor madly in love? How much did the Ellimist in terms of getting this letter to Tobias? Did Elfangor broadcast his dying screams to the whole neighborhood? And can Eddy, Miranda, and Chris make it...

Tobias and Rachel clear the air. Aria saves a kid. Toby chooses to fight back.  Is the character of Tobias liminal all the way down? What is the correct way to approach a child playing in traffic? Just how many layers are there to this conversation between Tobias and Rachel? Does Toby have too much power as a seer? And is being a werewolf a good enough excuse to get out of jury duty? Support the s...

Tobias and Rachel visit the world's saddest petting zoo. They they return to rescue a baby Hork Bajir.  Does Visser 3 enjoy being Aria? Can the Animorphs claim implied consent from Ket Halpak for using her morph after dunking on Hork Bajir intelligence all book? How many Tobias books are even left in this series? Is Marco crushing on Jake's authoritative side? Does Crazy Helen hang out a...

Tobias visits the free Hork-Bajir and learns that their longterm goals do not necessarily align with those of the Animorphs. Then he and Rachel hitch a ride on the roof of a cop car.  Will the Animorphs ever become more reluctant to kill Hork Bajir Controllers?  Is this the most hormonal book this far in the series? Does anyone refer to George Washington as a liberator? Can a bird be a little spoo...

Hungry Tobias feuds with another hawk attempting to seize his meadow. Then Tobias has to figure out how to pass as himself in order to meet with a lawyer who claims to have knowledge about his past.  Is Book 23 the most queer-coded book yet? Why is it so difficult for Tobias to ask for help? Would Marco respect Tobias' hunting method of sparing the mother rabbit and feasting on her babies? Is...

We discuss the news of a possible Ryan Cooler-produced Animorphs series and do a very special David trilogy edition of a mailbag episode to dig into listener thoughts and questions about the worst Animorph ever. Is morphing clothes always a conscious act? Will we ever get a prom book? What about a spooky book? Why is Rachel asked to endure so much more suffering than the other Animorphs? How do si...

We talk about the David trilogy as a whole, from Rachel's character development to Marco's early suspicion of David to whatever was going on with that whole arc about Yeerking the world leaders. Then we make a wish list for what we want to see in the coming books of the series and clean out the mailbag before next week's "oops all David trilogy" mailbag ep! Support the sho...

David tries to humiliate Rachel in a Taco Bell. Then the gang dunks on him in the abandoned construction site.  Is there another character the Animorphs could recruit in David's place? Why does Jake struggle so much to address the moment after trapping David in rat morph? Is this really David's final appearance in the series? Why doesn't morphing treat a Yeerk like an infection and...

Rachel shows up for her sister while David lurks. Saddler miraculously recovers— or does he?  What the hell did David do with Saddler? What the hell was Jake's father thinking when he compared his hospitalized nephew to raw meat? What the hell was KA Applegate thinking when devised this book? Is violence really what Rachel is addicted to, or is it adrenaline? And is one person's descript...

The Great Yeerking is cancelled. David returns as an orca and exposes Rachel to her friends.  What does success look like for the raid on the Marriott-- destroying the Marriott, getting the conference cancelled? When the kids morph into animals, and are able to experience animal instincts, does that mean that the morph holds both the human consciousness and the animal consciousness? And if so, is...

Tobias returns. Rachel jams a fork into David's ear. What is David's longterm plan, if he even has one? Where did Tobias go between losing David and rescuing Rachel? Are middle children always the most talented, or is that only the case with Taylor in the band Hanson? Is Rachel's ease with using violent a problem, or does it make complete sense given that the world always seems out...

David picks the Animorphs off one by one. Or does he? Marco is in the closet.  Does Rachel referencing South Park give us a clue to when this book takes place? Would the police really call an exotic animal vet upon finding a wounded tiger? When Rachel privately thought-speaks to Marco in his bedroom, why does she reach David, disguised as Marco, and not the real Marco trapped in the closet? (After...

Jake, Ax, and Tobias stake out the barn. David breaks bad.  Did David really kill Tobias, or did David just kill another hawk to mess with Jake's head?? Would the Ellimist even allow David to kill Tobias?! Doesn't everyone suck the ketchup out of those single-serve packets? When is David just a scared kid behaving terribly, and when is he a opportunistic little worm? Who would be the Ani...

The kids learn to tie a tie. Visser 3 goes big. Marco slithers.  Can we count on the ghostwriters to pay off this storyline of Cassie becoming more and more comfortable with violence? Can weak Andalite arms even do uppies? Does Visser 3 have too much time on his hands? Do human Controllers carry pistols as well as dracon beams? Should Visser 3 and Dealin' Dan just kiss?  Support the show Supp...