Autopod Decepticast: A bi-weekly retrospective of the G1 Transformers animated movie and cartoon.

The hot stays hot and the cool stays cool!!! ALF, crack and heroin! Kenny Loggins! Unicron gives Galvatron a migraine!! Perceptor bores the crew! The planet of junk is in this vicinity!! More Dicola talk!! Script Deviations: Magnitude Zeta, and “Let’s get us gone while tha gonnin’ is good! Yeow!!!”

More Australian stereotypes!!! Hot Rod & Kup crash land on a tumor planet, and Ultra Magnus can’t deal with that now!! Saucer separation!! More moleculon missiles! Script Deviations: Daniel patches holes, 62% deficit in structure, survival factor, minus 3!! “We’ve got to die!!” This episode is ripper!!!

Listener Appreciation... is it going to happen?! Kup & Hot Rod take evasive action! The history of reverse polarity! Cyclonus attacks... he’s super fast!! Crash landing on Quintessa! We bastardize Australian culture!! Script Deviations: moleculon missiles and lobster-claw grabbers!! Galvatron: One down, one to go!!!

Listener appreciation… wrap it up!! Autobots’ Ship of Fools!! Kup tell story! Ick-Yaks!! Hot Rod rips off Luke Skywalker!! Ladybird Johnson?! Galvatron pushes a green button! Hod Rod Go-Karts!!! Script Deviations: Metal tongue raspberries, semi-conductor chess, and an optimistic adventure with the suggestion that all dreams might not happen!!!

Join the APDC crew for a very special Christmas Eve episode while they discuss minute 40 of the 1986 animated masterpiece, “The Transformers: The Movie.” We’re the worst gift-givers ever!! Caleb’s voice is the only good one!! Lunar turds!! 3rd bite at the booster animation apple!! Daniel needs seatbelts!! The only appropriate wrist-grab!! DiCola still rules!! Prepare to hyper-vault!! All this plus...

The Thimble & the Wheelbarrow!! Ultra-Magnus delegates! Hot Rod lassos Grimlock! Kup pushes Slag! Sweeps are swooping! Springer springs!! Blur blurs!!! YAHOOOO, WE’RE AIRBORNE!! Tell me about the petro-rabbits!! Flint Dille vs Ron Friedman! Fuzion Fritters & Lazer Latkes!!!

Aaron did not lose his virginity in the 80’s!! VHS vs Beta!! Personal Pan Pizzas!!!! The return of Da85BearsRules76!! Galvatron: Ultra Magnus is mine! Daniel ... still in danger! Hot Rod says something dumb again! Get those Dinobots on the shuttle!! Ryan: Why fly a kite when you can pop a pill? Caleb: Optic Dazzler Gas!!!! Please participate in our listener appreciation event now through Dec 25! I...

Shout out to the UK! Listener appreciation season continues! Autobots: Hearts of gold… and brains of gold!! Snarl makes a quick cameo! Hot Rod’s got a feeling!! Ultra Magnus can’t wait to whip out the Matrix! Galvatron attacks Autobot City!! Voice Actor: Roger C. Carmel as Cyclonus! Script Deviations: Moonbase 1 is Moonbase 3!! “I don’t think this is going to be my favorite day!!!”

Wheelie swirlies & Wheeljack wedgies!!! Happy Post-Thanksgiving! Spike earns that PG rating! Caleb talks about wired jaws and liquid diets! Voice Actor: Gordon Stanley!! “Slurp” Deviations!! Galvatron: “I belong to nobody!” Scourge: “We belong to him!!” Unicron: “Slurp, chomp, munch!!!”

We’re #18... or something!!! Jazz & Cliff Jumper consumed! Spike & Bumblebee too!! Is Daniel an orphan now!?! Voice actors: more Dan Gilvezan!! Buster/Spike dynamic explained! Script Deviations: Juicy slurping & infesting!! Iconic Moments! Hurry, it’s gonna blow!!! PLUS! Our first attempt at listener bribery, er... "contest."

Ninety years of friendship! Unicron... sneaks up on everything! Jazz & Cliffjumper... so incompetent!! Meanwhile back on Earth... Blaster gets a signal! Ultra Magnus... lots to deal with! Police Academy... is all felonies!!! Voice Actors... Casey Kasem revisited!! Drunk Megatron... “Cybertron, the Land of Metal Moon”!! Script Deviations... prepare an offering of energon for Ingestor... like soda o...

Join the APDC team as they discuss minute 34 of Transformers: The Movie in this super-special POST HALLOWEEN EPISODE. Who disrupts my coronation?... Here’s a hint!! Megatronian auras! Starscream’s monochromatic death!!! The crown bounces! Script Deviations: Here’s a clue!! What did he say his name was!?! Plus a visit from Casey Kasem, Starscream’s ghost, and more!! HAPPY HALLOWEEN PART 2.

Nimoy vs Welker Galvatron . . . we love them both!!! Unicron’s friendly reminder . . . destroy the Autobot Matrix! Starscream’s Coronation!!! Cartoony Trumpets!! The Decepticon Hall of Heroes! Leonard Nimoy's classic spooky roles! Iconic Moment! Script Deviations!! Aaron meets American rapper, actor, and activist Killer Mike!! Happy Halloween!!!

Unicron gets down to BUSINESS!! Is the Honky Tonk Man a LIAR?! The Megatron metamorphosis!!! Unicron throws in some Minions... and a COOL SHIP!! We want Skywarp to become Cyclonus, but Unicron could CARE LESS about our feelings!! The roots of Galvatron’s PSYCHOSIS! Iconic Moments! Script Deviations! It’s a BONK TOWN!!!

Aaliyah R.I.P.!! DQ Nostalgia! Aaron’s Real World audition!! Unicron’s guts are weird! Megatron plays hardball ... and? ... and NOTHING!!! Script Deviations: return of the Slab Planet! Iconic Moment! Proceed on your way ... to OBLIVION!!

State your business!! Not a lot of meat, but a good conversation! Welcome, Megatron! Unicron be frontin’ and snappy with the comebacks!! Jeff Koons! Script deviations: Ingestor, the Absorber of Unicron! “Call of the Primitives” is bonkers!! Why did Aaron make us watch that?! Why???!!! All this, plus the team explores the mystery of Aaron's busted cabinet doors in this pearl of a 30th episode.

It's a Decepticon brawl! How can Devestator fit inside Astrotrain?! How does Soundwave shuffle his cassettes?! What's a squeezebox for cows?!?! Unicron breathes on Megatron! Orson Welles: Acerbic... not bitter! Script deviations: life sparks and menace-whispering!! Shit shouts, shout outs, and shut downs!!

Join the APDC team as they discuss minute 28 of the 1986 animated classic, *The Transformers: The Movie*. The Decepticons take a vote! The "ayes" have it!! Megatron: "I still function!" Starscream: "Wanna bet?!" Soundwave: doesn't give a shit?! Voice actors: Michael Bell! Script Deviations: the Decepticon Hall of Heroes is a Nazi rally?!? Oh how it pains us!!!

Prime... greyed out! Daniel cries... "D" is for "despair"! Unicron observes... gets pissed... why?! Unicron: The yen to Primus' yang! The Decepticons need to jettison weight... why not get out and push!! Vince DiCola: Audition, method, greatness!! Script Deviations: Arcee: "Only a she-bot"?!?! Grab a Diet Vince DiCola and tune in ... DiColicious!!! Plus the team shares their lost toy tales as they...

Get the tissues!! Prime: still dying! Hot Rod: nice catch! Ultra Magnus: a perfect Matrix hole! The Matrix: explained! Flatline!!! Voice actors: Jack Angel! Script deviations: No Matrix?!? Tiny Primes?! Tiny Ultra Magnuses?! "'Til all life sparks are one!!" Plus, Ryan pitches Casey Kasem to be our new sign-off announcer as we cover the 26th minute of Transformers: The Movie.

The wounds are fatal!!! Soon Prime will be one with the Matrix! Ultra Magnus: Not worthy! Pocket universes! Wally "8 Hour" Burr: Voice Director! Each minute has at least one gem! Script deviations! We're ALL worthy of our mommy's love and affection! All this, plus lessons for musicians on recreational drug use as we discuss minute 25 of Transformers: The Movie!

The return of contest winner Cuban B from Wyoming! Robot Boy Car Show!!! Optimus turned the tide!! The Decepticon's side-scroll retreat! The Autobots' marksmanship is atrocious! Derailment galore!!! Astrotrain ... take off!!! Optimus in ICU ... WILL PRIME DIE!?! No voice actors! Script deviations! Aaron & Cuban B: memories of Target! Caleb: memories of CB tag! Ryan: what?!?! All this, plus we actu...

Join the APDC team as they review minute 23 of Transformers: The Movie. This is the first of two episodes recorded in front of a LIVE studio audience. The heat of the battle!! Smashin’, thrashin’ and slashin’!! SPECIAL GUEST: contest winner CUBAN B from Wyoming!! Hot Rod fucks everything up! Prime gets fucked up! It’s over Prime!! Megatron fucks him up! Prime fucks Megatron up! How do you feel, mi...

The Optimus/Megatron brawl continues! A grotesque abdominal injury! An uppercut to the face! A kick to the chest! A plea for mercy?! Hot Rod human shield! Voice actors: Ted Schwartz as Hot Rod! Dick Gautier ... also as Hot Rod! Script Deviations! All this, plus an exclusive, behind-the-scenes snipfit among our esteemed hosts! Tune in, or we'll rip out your optics!!

Optimus/Megatron ultimate battle!! Prepare for child PTSD! Stay away, Hot Rod, this is Prime's fight! Laser daggers! Shard to the abdomen! Orson Welles' cinematography techniques! Voice actors: more Clive Reville! George "Bud" Davis is Dirge (and more)! Script deviations: spinning, whirling and fiery nimbuses!! One shall stand, and one shall fall!!! All this, plus a special segment of "Autopod Dec...