Stasis Pod

Wasp finally makes it to Earth to take his revenge on Bumblebee — which involves disguising himself and switching places with Bee! Can Bumblebee convince the Autobots that the green guy with the buzzy voice is really their little buddy? Can Shockwave keep them all from blowing his cover when the Elite Guard comes looking for the escaped “traitor”? And can Hasbro work in a way to...

What do you get when you combine a busted-up Headmaster, a Constructicon-colored forklift, and an Allspark fragment? The answer is: Management! Will Mixmaster and Scrapper let Dirt Boss boss them right back into a life of crime? Can Bulkhead stop them all? Will Professor Sumdac ever learn to pick up social cues? Do the Autobots really expect Lugnut to just sit at the bottom of that crater until th...

Sari’s bursting with Allspark energy she can’t control, Shockwave is doing everything he can to keep the Earth-bound Autobots from blowing his cover, and Megatron and Starscream have taken control of Omega Supreme! It’s time for the third and final part of the season 3 opener! Join us this week for “Transwarped, Part 3”! We want to hear your questions! Email us at sta...

In part 2 of the 3-part season 3 opener, Megatron talks Omega Supreme into taking him and Starscream’s head back to Cybertron, Blurr runs headlong into a certain Decepticon spy, and Sari upgrades herself into some kind of cybernetic puberty! Who will survive? Join us this week for “Transwarped, Part 1”! We want to hear your questions! Email us at stasispod@iaconunderground.net and we might a...

Decepticons are attacking Autobot space bridges, Megatron and Starscream are floating in space, Bumblebee touches something he shouldn’t, and Optimus is trying to run interference between an angry and apparently robotic Sari and her father as we reach season 3 of Transformers Animated ! Who are all these cameo characters? Is Blurr seriously planning to just run back to Cybertron? And why doe...

This week Jen finally convinces the others to watch an episode of the infamous Omni Productions dub of Headmasters! When Galvatron sends a metal-warping meteor against the Autobots, can Danny man up to destroy it and save them all? Just how much head trauma has poor Daniel Witwickey taken since the previous season? What on Earth is Milo? And isn’t this plot just the end of “Rebirth&#82...

The arrival of Starscream and his new clone army throws a wrench in Megatron’s space bridge plans, and Ratchet finally manages to wake up the Autobots’ ship — which happens to be an old friend by the name of Omega Supreme! Can they stop Megatron and Starscream before it’s too late? Will Starscream’s clones be as loyal as their creator? And just who is Megatron’s...

To recall all his Decepticon forces and conquer Cybertron, Megatron needs a working space bridge — and Bulkhead just so happens to be the Autobots’ foremost expert on space bridges! Can Bulkhead take advantage of this to sabotage Megatron’s plans? Or will his pride in a job well done be used for evil? And will Jen ever be satisfied with Animated episode titles? Join us this week...

It’s Home Alone with Scrapper and Mixmaster as Sari has to hold down the base while the Autobots are out! Can she keep the place from getting destroyed? Or will she be the one to destroy it? And just what are the Autobots feeding her, anyway? Join us this week for “Sari, No One’s Home”! We want to hear your questions! Email us at stasispod@iaconunderground.net and we might...

This is the last episode we recorded before we lost our co-host and dear friend Alex to a fatal pulmonary embolism . A full blog post is forthcoming here on IaconUnderground.net; until then, take this chance to remember Alex as the warm, caring, funny person he was.

When an Autobot who Bumblebee got arrested for being a spy escapes from prison, Bee and Bulkhead remember their boot camp days while trying to track him down. But was he really the spy, or was it someone else? Is Bumblebee just the worst friend ever? And why did they let Sentinel of all people name recruits? Join us this week for “Autoboot Camp”! We want to hear your questions! Email u...

Detroit’s latest supervillain has team ambitions — and she drafts Nanosec, the Angry Archer, and Professor Princess for her new superteam! Can Slo-Mo get them to play well together? What will they call the team? And what’s up with the talking SUV who wants to give them a hand? Join us this week for “SUV: Society of Ultimate Villainy”! We want to hear your questions! E...

When Megatron puts a bounty on Starscream’s head, Lockdown arrives on Earth to claim it. But is the offer of a few fancy upgrades all it’ll take for him to get Prowl working alongside him? Just how many Starscreams are there? And where does a deposed warlord get enough money to offer the biggest bounty a career bounty hunter’s ever seen? Join us this week for A Fistful of Energon...

Allspark fragments bring a pair of construction vehicles to life — with all the charm and manners of their human operators! Can Bulkhead befriend the new Constructicons without falling into their catcalling, oil-guzzling ways? Will Megatron lure them over to his side to help him build his space bridge? And how are they “Rise”ing, exactly? Join us this week for “Rise of the...

When Bumblebee is outpaced by a mysterious blue speeder, he has to get a rematch to prove that he’s the fastest thing on Earth. But meeting up with the mystery car again means joining an underground street racing league — and Sari won’t let him go without her! Who’s behind the wheel of this mystery car? Can Bulkhead convince Bumblebee to set a better example for Sari? And a...

When an Allspark fragment brings a garbage truck to life, Ratchet’s surliness sends the impressionable new Transformer on a mission to bring garbage to all the nice people of Detroit! Can he be nice enough to convince Wreck-Gar to be a hero? Why is Wreck-Gar Weird Al? And what magic powers his garbage-filled backpack? Join us this week for Garbage In, Garbage Out! We want to hear your questi...

With Decepticons taking potshots at Autobot outposts, Ultra Magnus is in a hurry to sweep Optimus’s talk of Megatron and the Allspark under the rug and get the Earthbound Autobots back to Cybertron. But while Optimus fights against the Elite Guard’s political pressure, Starscream awakens to discover that Megatron killed him, but he’s not quite dead! Will he be able to use this se...

Powell not only takes Sumdac Systems from Sari, he kicks her out of her home too — and moving into her pink princess room is none other than the newly rehired Henry Masterson! As Sari deals with Bumblebee and Bulkhead’s dubious attempts to make her feel more at home in their base, the Headmaster sets his sights on Sentinel Prime! Is Optimus a good enough guy to help out his asshole of...

Word of the Allspark’s discovery and Megatron’s resurrection on Earth finally reaches Cybertron, so it’s time to send in…management! Are Ultra Magnus, Sentinel Prime, and Jazz ready to meet some organic life? Will they get cooties? And is this Megatron like the absolute most manipulative jerk or what? Join us this week for the arrival of The Elite Guard! We want to hear you...

For our between-seasons special, we take a look at another great battle between giant robots voiced by Peter Cullen and Frank Welker — in an episode of the mid-’00s love letter to all things robots, superheroes, and anime, Megas XLR! After accidentally destroying a robotic alien society’s sacred monument, Coop, Jamie, and Kiva become prime targets! Can they escape an army of &#82...

This week we take a look at a handful of animated shorts that were released online and on some of the Transformers Animated DVDs. Join us for creative uses of the POKE, Peak Starscream, and lil’ Daniel Witwicky asking the questions we’ve all been wondering! We want to hear your questions! Email us at stasispod@iaconunderground.net and we might answer them on the show!

With a reformed body and the Allspark key, Megatron is ready to return to Cybertron — but not without taking out his anger on Earth first! Can the Autobots stop him? Will Isaac Sumdac fess up to helping him? And is this Megatron actually going to — Gasp! — kill Starscream? Join us this week for the final episode of Transformers Animated season 1, Megatron Rising, Part 2! We want...

(Hey, check out our new Patreon exclusive episode , where we talk Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2! Not a patron? $1 a month will fix that!) With his body found and freedom nearly at hand, Megatron starts rallying his Decepticons! Can the Autobots keep them from getting Sari’s key? What crawled up Optimus’s tailpipe? And what’s Starscream going to do about it all? Join us this...

(Hey, check out our new Patreon exclusive episode , where we talk Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2! Not a patron? $1 a month will fix that!) When Optimus notices an unusual energy reading from the Michigan wilderness, he sends Prowl, Bumblebee, and Sari on a camping trip to investigate. But what they find is a space monster! Can they survive both the monster and the camping? Just what lurks under th...