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If you’ve gotta make a clip episode, you can do worse than making one focused on Starscream. Will Megatron allow his traitorous second back into the fold after taking a stroll through his memories? Who else does Starscream have incriminating memories of? Remember that time he desecrated Dreadwing’s brother’s corpse? Awkward! Join us this week … Continue reading

The show takes a sudden turn toward body horror as the Autobots and Decepticons alike learn the location of the final Cyber Planet Omega Key is INSIDE SMOKESCREEN. WHAT THE HELL!? Will learning he was Alpha Trion’s drug mule make him more or less insufferable? What’s the most Rodimus thing he could do to escape … Continue reading

This week we talk Hasbro giving up on scale, old IDW writers in unexpected places, and Transformers (2019) #5-6!

Convinced that Yuta is on to her, Akane gives up all pretense of secrecy about her kaiju and… takes him out for a nice dinner with Alexis Kerib? But if both of them are at the restaurant with Yuta, who sent that kaiju to attack the city!? This week we’re joined by Greg Sepelak, another … Continue reading

As the search for the Omega Keys continues, Smokescreen has become insufferable, Knock Out gets a chance to shine, and Megatron tries to figure out why the Autobots are after these things anyway. Can Smokescreen learn some humility before Arcee teaches him with her fists? What’s Starscream planning for that red Energon? And can Bulkhead … Continue reading

The entire actual voice cast returns as Optimus Prime finds a voice mail from Alpha Trion telling him to seek out a new MacGuffin: the Omega Keys! Does this mean it’s time to visit a bunch of strictly themed planets? (Sadly, no.) Can Megatron rules-lawyer his way to being able to use the Forge of … Continue reading

This week we talk Japanese hobby show news, then get technical about storytelling as we discuss Transformers (2019) #4!

Smokescreen needs someone to show him how things work on Earth, but when he heads out for a day on the town with Jack, the pair get along perfectly in the worst way! Can they get their act together well enough to stop Megatron when he uses a dummy beacon to draw the other Autobots … Continue reading

The Gridman Alliance kids go their separate ways for the day, but an episode with no kaiju fight doesn’t mean they’re safe! Utsumi runs into Shinjo at a book store and gets grilled on his friend Yuta, Rikka gives Anti some special dogs and a bath, and a familiar kaiju child shows Yuta that their … Continue reading

MECH manages to resurrect Silas by merging him with Breakdown’s dead body, but their leader has bigger plans than just working with boring old humans — he’s going to be a Decepticon! But will Megatron accept a horrifying mismash of man and machine into his ranks? Would it help if he has a superweapon for … Continue reading

Rob from Stasis Pod joins us for a special bonus episode about Tom Scioli’s Go-Bots!

This week we talk toys that may or may not exist, Transformers (2019) #3, and then don’t actually talk to Rob about Tom Scioli’s Go-Bots despite saying we will — watch for that as a standalone bonus episode soon!

The Autobots find an orphaned kitten Autobot cadet in a crashed Decepticon escape pod, but between their trust issues and their old dog’s Bulkhead’s fear he’s being replaced, can Smokescreen convince them to keep him? What if he just happens to know a lot about the Iacon artifact database? Did it seriously take them until … Continue reading

As Miko tries to come to terms with Bulkhead’s long road to recovery, Arcee shares the story of how she met Cliffjumper — and reminds her that among the Autobots, they all understand what she’s going through. But who can fill The Rock’s shoes for a flashback episode? Did they really make a new character … Continue reading

We begin our long road to recovery from watching Turbo Teen as Ratchet struggles to save Bulkhead and Wheeljack and Miko go beat up some Insecticons to make themselves feel better. But have they bit off more than they can chew? Or has Hardshell? And who did it better, Nine Inch Nails or Johnny Cash? … Continue reading

Will Bulkhead survive? Guess you’ll have to wait to find out, because surprise! It’s April Fool’s! The same 1984 fall TV season that brought us Transformers also brought us another show about someone turning into a car — horribly, grotesquely turning into a car, in a way no child at the time would ever unsee. … Continue reading

This week we tell you what to start looking for at retail, Jen explains why we care about Death’s Head, and we make frustrated sounds at NuIDW Transformers #2!

It’s time for a fanservice episode as the Gridman Alliance takes a class trip to go river rafting! How much phys ed can Akane Shinjo put up with before it’s time to call in a kaiju? How can Yuta Access Flash with Gridman so far from the city? Why does everyone keep falling asleep on … Continue reading

Bulkhead follows his set of coordinates to a cache of toxic Tox-En, but Hardshell and his Insecticons are on his tail! Can Bulkhead get rid of it for good before it kills him? Do they seriously not have a description field in this Iacon Database? And can we stop talking about System of a Down … Continue reading

This week we discuss another chance to watch the Prime Trilogy, G1-ified movie characters, and Go Nagai, then we have a lot to say about Transformers (2019) #1!

Ratchet has to team up with Wheeljack to search for another artifact, but Soundwave is on the hunt for it as well! Will Prime’s crack-ship work out? Are they just on an old Beast Wars set? And what is the deal with Cybertronian drones anyway? Isn’t Laserbeak people? Join us this week for “Triage”! We … Continue reading

Akane thinks she’s figured out who Gridman is — and in hopes of confirming her suspicions, she joins Rikka on the most relatable group date ever! Will she learn Yuta’s secret? Can Rikka get this show past the Bechdel test despite how determined Akane is to talk about a boy? And wait, are all those … Continue reading

Starscream catches up on the season’s meta-plot when he runs into Dreadwing and Optimus tracking down another artifact in Antarctica! Can he talk his way out of this one? How can they break into a research base without paying for any new human models? And is Optimus using this meta-plot as an excuse to pair … Continue reading

Iacon Underground Radio returns to talk Toy Fair 2019, IDW’s reboot, and cartoons cartoons cartoons!

Jack, Miko, Arcee, and Bumblebee head for New York City in search of one of the Iacon artifacts — but Knock Out and a team of Vehicon miners are already there! Can Special Guest Star John DiMaggio help them stop the Decepticons? What’s the power of this week’s MacGuffin? And how much abuse can poor … Continue reading