Stasis Pod

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...

It’s April Fool’s, and that means it’s time for David to subject Jen and Rob to another new Japanese horror! When Panty and Stocking, Heaven’s shittiest angels, gain the powers of a pair of warring alien robots, they turn everything around them into transforming robot soldiers in their eternal battle of petty bickering! Join us for a concentrated dose of non-stop anime robo...

More Darkness, More Rising! Fowler is captured by the Decepticons, the kids and the Autobots totally fail to follow orders, and Optimus Prime knows where a lot of bodies are buried! Join us this week for “Darkness Rising Part 3”! We want to hear your questions! Email us at stasispod@iaconunderground.net and we might answer them on the show!

The darkness continues its slow ascent! Megatron uses a sample of Dark Energon to demonstrate to Starscream just how dark this show is going to get, the kids get assigned babysitters, and is that Ernie Hudson? Join us this week for “Darkness Rising, Part 2”! We want to hear your questions! Email us at stasispod@iaconunderground.net and we might answer them on the show!

This week we jump into the epic five-parter that started it… well, started Transformers Prime, at least. The Autobots’ patrol on Earth heats up as Cliffjumper runs straight into trouble and Arcee’s cover is blown. Can the Autobots protect their secret and the human kids who now know it? What kind of tone is set for this new series? And can you smell what Cliffjumper is cooking? J...

Before we jump into Transformers Prime, this week we discuss the setting in which the series was released. What connection does Prime have to the live-action movies? What show that spawned a notorious fandom launched alongside it? And what was the deal with the Hub anyway? Join us this week for a pre-show primer on Transformers Prime! We want to hear your questions! Email us at stasispod@iaconunde...

Before we tackle Transformers Prime, we take a look at a forgotten 80s robot cartoon called Mighty Orbots ! Why is the animation in this show so darn good? Will the plural singular of the combiner’s name break Jen’s editor brain? Magnets: How do they work? Join us this week for the first episode of this obscure gem, “Magnetic Menace”! We want to hear your questions! Email u...

And so we’ve reached the end of Transformers Animated…or have we? Join us this week as we discuss the Animated toyline, the Allspark Almanacs, and the related comic books! You can also catch David talking tentacled cryptids on this week’s Creepy Critters podcast !

It ends here! With the Lugnuts Supreme attacking Detroit, the Autobots need to stop the Decepticons for good! Can they rescue Arcee and get the activation codes to shut the giants down? Will Megatron finally remember Optimus Prime’s name? Will there be “ninja bullshit”? Who Will Survive? Join us this week for the final episode of Transformers Animated, “Endgame, Part II&#82...

Once again we reach the beginning of the end! Megatron is ready to take over Cybertron, but first he’s going to try out his new Omega Supreme clones on Detroit! But who will the new Supremes imprint on? Can Optimus figure out how flying works in time to fight them? And wasn’t this title used once already? Join us this week for “Endgame, Part I”! We want to hear your questio...

When a transwarp accident sends Ratchet and Captain Fanzone to Cybertron, one of them is happy to be there — the other not so much. But when Ratchet finds himself in the middle of the hunt for Shockwave, Fanzone’s police skills may be just what he needs! Can Fanzone handle a whole planet full of robots? How many Transformers character cameos can they fit in one episode? And seriously,...

We return to Transformers Animated this week with action-movie references, ill-advised explosions, and lots of Decepticons! Join us this week for Decepticon Air! We want to hear your questions! Email us at stasispod@iaconunderground.net and we might answer them on the show!

To finish out the holiday season, Rob and David watch a new “Christmas” “Classic” available now on Netflix. Pottersville is a movie-like object starring many character actors you have seen before: General Zod, Hellboy, that redhead from Mad Men, “say goodbye to these” of Arrested Development, cop in hotpants from Reno 911, and Lovejoy. It’s a festive film...

Not satisfied with perfect timing on the Transformers Animated Christmas episodes and then watching “The Tick Loves Santa!” for our Patreon members, we’re interrupting our regularly scheduled Transformers for yet another holiday special: The Big O! It’s Heaven’s Day in Paradigm City, and a strange old man in a Santa suit has a gift for the city that may destroy it &#8...

With the Autobots still under Soundwave’s spell, Sari needs help — any help she can get! And what she can get is…Scrapper, Wreck-Gar, and a Dinobot? But will they be enough when Soundwave gets the Autobots completely under his control? What’s the deal with Porter C. Powell’s TV spots? And is that a keytar ? Join us this week for “Human Error, Part 2”! We want to hear...

It’s Christmas in Detroit, and what every good little boy and girl is hoping to find under the tree this year is…Soundwave!? That’s right, Porter C. Powell is mass-producing the murderous little toy, and not even Isaac Sumdac can resist its musical charms! But when Optimus and the other Autobots wake up on Christmas morning to find themselves suddenly turned into humans, it&#8217...

Blackarachnia needs a test subject, and Wasp is a perfect fit! Can the Autobots track them down and stop her and her newly created Waspinator? Just how badly will Sentinel react to learning what happened to Elita? And is exploding into bits just what Waspinator does? Join us this week as we revisit the series that launched this podcast with “Predacons Rising”! We want to hear your ques...

When Sentinel Prime shows a remarkable amount of skill for capturing Decepticons, Optimus and the others just know something’s up — and Prowl thinks a sighting of his dead sensei’s helmet might be a clue! But just who is helping Sentinel capture all those “Badness-Bots”? Can Jetfire and Jetstorm possibly get any cuter? And is that George Takei? Damn, that’s awkw...