Stasis Pod

The rising reaches its peak! Can this Optimus Prime light Earth’s darkest hour? Or will Unicron-shaped rocks fall, everyone dies? Join us this week for the final part of the Transformers Prime season 1 finale, “One Shall Rise”! We want to hear your questions! Email us at stasispod@iaconunderground.net and we might answer them on the show!

Unicron has awakened! But can the Autobots stop him from destroying all life on Earth without destroying it themselves? How well will Megatron take being snubbed by the Chaos Bringer? Is this the most dangerous rocks have been since Beast Wars? Join us this week for the second part of the season 1 finale, “One Shall Rise”! We want to hear your questions! Email us at stasispod@iaconunde...

Something evil’s watching over you, coming from the sky above, and there’s nothing you can do! For this month’s Patreon Special, Rob, Jen, and David talk the original The Transformers: The Movie, with fandom insights and advice on the best place to score a copy circa 1993! Become a Patron for as little as a dollar a month and you can get access to this and all our past and future...

The Autobots rescue Prime from his heavy metal album cover smackdown with Megatron, but can they save themselves from the wrath of June Darby? And just why is all this “blood of Unicron” on Earth, anyway? Will Unicron welcome Megatron as his new herald? Tornadoes: How do they work? Join us this week for the first part of “One Shall Rise”! We want to hear your questions! Ema...

We’re closing in on the end of the first season, and that means it’s time for the metaplot to kick into overdrive! Both Prime and Megatron realize a prophesied celestial alignment is nearly at hand — and Megatron is determined to make that doomsday happen! How many quotes from Transformers: The Movie will it take to stop him? How easy is it to hack into a WordPress site? And how...

…more alive! Ratchet tests a new synthetic energon and turns himself into the Autobots’ new ultimate warrior! But can the Autobots get him in check before his newfound aggression gets him in trouble? How does he suddenly know martial arts? How much fun did Jeffrey Combs have making this episode? How long will we digress into talking about early 90s techno? Join us this week for “...

The Autobots unearth a Cybertronian data cylinder, but when Knock Out and Breakdown show up to claim it, the ensuing battle ends with Bulkhead getting Cybertron’s Golden Age Wikipedia uploaded into his head! But is all that knowledge worth losing everything else in Bulkhead’s brain? Are we going to get some Technobots out of this? What kind of garbage data storage device self-erases an...

Bonus extra filler episode! David and Rob talk about The Meg! A movie about a very big fish in a little fist fight with Jason Statham as Jason Statham. We talk about all kinds of random things like usual, such as how it’s impossible to get the version of Hey Mickey in the movie in any kind of format, other shark movies, other killer animal movies, that guy from Heroes, bad child actors, and...

Starscream and Airachnid face off against the Autobots while trying to find a MacGuffin straight out of G1, but when Starscream gets captured, he’s all too willing to sell out the Decepticons and switch sides! But can he be trusted? What kind of question even is that? He’s Starscream! I mean, really… Join us this week for “Partners”! We want to hear your questions! Em...

Rocks fall, everyone dies. Okay, not really. But when Arcee, Bulkhead, Jack, and Miko get trapped in a mine cave-in with Megatron and Starscream, can they dig their way out without getting killed? How has Miko survived this long? And how many title drops can they get in? Join us this week for “Rock Bottom”! We want to hear your questions! Email us at stasispod@iaconunderground.net and...

Bulkhead and Arcee are sent after a recently-unearthed MacGuffin, but not only is Breakdown after it, Airachnid wants it too! But will this “polarity gauntlet” turn out to be more trouble than it’s worth? Is Jack’s mom seriously trying to flirt with Optimus? And just how satisfying is it to have Gina Torres’s character beating up on Adam Baldwin’s? (Very.) Join...

When Airachnid teams up with MECH to get revenge on Arcee and Jack, just how low are they willing to go? Turning a child over to a sadistic alien robot low? Kidnapping moms low? Can Arcee and Jack escape with their lives — and Jack’s mom? Will this episode make you jump, jump? Join us this week for “Crisscross”! We want to hear your questions! Email us at stasispod@iaconund...

When MECH captures Breakdown, it’s not his fellow Decepticons who come to the rescue — it’s the Autobots! Can they get him out before MECH cracks him open for the sweet, sweet alien tech inside? Is Miko just the single worst influence ever? How many humans did Bulkhead just kill? Join us this week for robot body horror as we watch “Operation Breakdown”! We want to hea...

A GroundBridge accident leaves the kids in a dimensional shift — and they’re not alone! Can they keep from being caught by the zombie Skyquake long enough for the Autobots to find them and bring them back? Is it some kind of pocket dimension that’s like a freaky circle, or are the kids just terrible at directions? And can the whole Megatron/Starscream thing get any kinkier? Join...

Megatron has managed to escape from his own comatose body by hitching a ride in Bumblebee! Will the rest of the Autobots catch on before he returns to the Nemesis to resurrect himself? Is he even going to try to fit in? Can we at least get some angry, evil beeps first? And what G1 nonsense is Starscream up to while all this is going on? Join us this week for “Out Of His Head”! We want...

Remember that metaplot about Megatron being inside Bumblebee’s head? We didn’t! How did that happen again? Join us this week for “Sick Mind”! We want to hear your questions! Email us at stasispod@iaconunderground.net and we might answer them on the show!

A crashed Decepticon ship brings Arcee face to face with some demons from her past — specifically, the sadistic Airachnid! Can she overcome her trauma and save Jack from becoming another of the Decepticon’s trophies? Can Jack prove he’s not a liability? Will Cliffjumper ever get a speaking role again? Whose kink is 100% this episode? Join us this week as we get all webbed up for...

When a classmate goads Jack into joining a late-night drag race with Bumblebee in tow, they discover Bee isn’t the only Cybertronian there — Knock Out’s racing too! Can they escape the Decepticon without blowing the Autobots’ cover? What’s the most insulting thing you can call a motorcycle? And who’s going to need a buffing when the smoke clears? Join us this we...

The Autobots locate a clue to a hidden Cybertronian artifact in Greece, but a new pair of Decepticons are after it too! Can the kids help the Autobots steal the Energon Harvester from a conveniently located museum before Knock Out and Breakdown get to it? Why does that museum even have a genuine ancient Greek statue? Why did Starscream bring these two on board? What character being sexualized is a...

It’s time to hit the road when Agent Fowler needs an escort for a highly explosive nuclear device! But it’s not Decepticons who are after the D.I.N.G.U.S. — it’s humans! Can Optimus and the Autobots keep it out of MECH’s hands? Can Prime shame Fowler out of his road rage? Will the kids manage to find a way to put themselves in terrible danger? Join us this week for &#...

When Bulkhead’s BFF Wheeljack shows up on Earth, the Decepticons seize the opportunity to capture him and replace him with the shapeshifting (even more than usual) Makeshift! Will Makeshift discover the location of the Autobots’ base before they discover he’s not who he seems? Can Wheeljack escape from Starscream and Soundwave? Will they have a race? Will we ever see Makeshift ag...

Jack, Miko, and Raf come to the rescue when the Autobot’s base gets infested with scraplets! Can they get things under control before Ratchet, Bulkhead, and Bumblebee are eaten alive and Optimus and Arcee freeze on their recon mission to the Arctic? How dark and messed-up is this? Where can we get toys of these adorable monsters? Who still isn’t over Stranger Things 2? Join us this wee...

Starscream unearths an old Decepticon in stasis in hopes of having someone he can boss around, Soundwave plays a mean guilt trip game, and Ratchet helps the kids with their science projects! Will any of this go well for anyone? Will the theme presented in the title be proverbially beaten into the ground? Is that scene with Starscream and Megatron the single kinkiest moment in canon Transformers hi...

The darkness reaches its climax! Will Megatron succeed in bringing an army of undead Cybertronians to Earth? Is there anything more metal than raising an entire planet of undead robots? Will the writers meet their quota of Transformers: The Movie quotes? Join us this week for the finale of the Transformers Prime five-part opener, “Darkness Rising, Part 5”! We want to hear your question...

The darkness has nearly reached its pinnacle! Go, darkness, go! Optimus and Ratchet fight zombies, the kids act like a bunch of unruly ferrets, and Megatron reveals his ultimate plan! Join us this week for the penultimate episode of Prime ‘s kickoff, “Darkness Rising, Part 4”! We want to hear your questions! Email us at stasispod@iaconunderground.net and we might answer them on t...