Stasis Pod

In the first part of a two-part series wrap-up, we share some final thoughts on the Beast Wars show and toyline and talk about creator involvement in the fandom and recording TV shows on VHS with our special guest Ben Yee ! But our own adventure isn’t over, and we still want to hear your questions! Email us at stasispodcast@gmail.com and we might answer them on the show!

With the Decepticon ship Nemesis and a copy of the Covenant of Primus, Megatron is ready to return to Cybertron and reap some Biblical destruction! Can he be stopped? Is this truly the end of the Beast Wars? (Spoiler: Yes.) And does that mean the end of…this podcast!? (Spoilers: No!) Join us this week for the final episode of Beast Wars, Nemesis Part 2! We want to hear your questions! Email...

With Tarantulas dead, Megatron discovers that the late Predacon had found the location of the crashed Decepticon warship Nemesis!  Can he raise it from the briny depths of the ocean before the Maximals stop him? Will a seafloor battle finally mark the end of Depth Charge and Rampage’s mutual hatred? And seriously, just how good is the underwater stuff in this episode, rig...

As Megatron puts Quickstrike on trial for treason, the Vok decide to create a Tigatron/Airazor ship-baby to stop the Predacons from any further meddling in the time stream. But will this new Tigerhawk make things worse by destroying the Decepticon Megatron’s spark? Are glowing skulls actually that incomprehensible, or were the Vok just being difficult before? And where did Megatron get that...

Megatron takes control of Optimus Primal to get inside the Ark and steal the spark of the original Megatron! But will the Decepticon leader’s spark give him the same kind of upgrade it gave Optimus? When did Blackarachnia turn into Phoenix? And how many pop culture jokes can we make about the title? Join us this week for Master Blaster! We want to hear your questions! Email us at stasispodca...

Blackarachnia’s experimentation with the Transmetal driver causes her Predacon shell programming to degrade, forcing her to make a dire choice: let Rhinox attempt to remove it, or slowly lapse into madness and eventually death. But the Predacons won’t let go of their former comrade so easily! Can Rhinox carry out some super 90s VR surgery to save her even while the base...

Megatron’s latest superweapon is so unstable that he needs an organic creature to finish building it. Fortunately he knows just where to get one! But can the Maximals’ little proto-human buddy Una really be trusted to follow instructions? Can Rattrap and Depth Charge rescue her before Megatron decides she’s dispensable? And did Cheetor seriously just criticize violent cartoons in...

Convinced that Optimus Primal and Rhinox are planning to reprogram her into a Maximal against her will, Blackarachnia runs away from the base to consider her choices. But she’s not alone in the forest – Dinobot’s clone finds her, and a fight is on! Who’ll win a one-on-one between the Predacon deserter and the creepy clone of a Predacon deserter? Who decided to make Silverbo...

Cheetor “miraculously” survived being attacked by an ill-defined monster that’s totally not just him mutating into a terrible new form, but can he survive another round of weird dreams? Does Blackarachnia have some kind of snout fetish? And is somebody going to teach Cheetor to shave? Join us this week for the second half of cyber-puberty in Feral Scream pt. 2! We want to hear yo...

It’s been a long time since we’ve had an episode that revolved entirely around Cheetor being an idiot, but everyone’s second-least-favorite kid-appeal character is back to ruining everything again! Megatron captures a stasis pod with a blank protoform in order to make a clone of Dinobot using his new Transmetal 2 technology! But when Cheetor tries to take down Megatron&...

When a family of protohumans is attacked by cyborg raptors with laser eyes, it’s up to the Maximals to take care of a pair of orphaned children and return them to their tribe! But who’s making cyborg raptors with laser eyes? (Spoilers: It’s Megatron.) Can Blackarachnia be trusted to lead them back home? (Spoilers: Yes, but she won’t be happy about it.) And can Megatron&#821...

Did you have your fill of pretty CG water in Deep Metal? Well TOO BAD, because it’s time for more! Rhinox concludes that the only way to get the Ark properly secured is to retrieve the Sentinel console from the Axalon. But with the Maximal’s old base at the bottom of a river, it’s up to Rattrap to pilot a tiny submersible pod into the ruins to retrieve it before the Predacons com...

The year is 1998, and Mainframe Entertainment has finally gotten the hang of really nice CG water. So it’s time for something new and exciting: a character with an aquatic beast mode! But why does newcomer Depth Charge have a revenge boner for Rampage? How many fish-based nicknames can Rattrap come up with? And do Transmetal cats hate water? Join us as we get into some Deep Metal! We wa...

It’s a new season, and that means new toys to sell! To save the universe as they know it, the Maximals have to save Optimus Prime! But what effect will storing Prime’s spark have on Optimus Primal’s body? How many of us shot ourselves in the eyes with his toy’s missiles? And how did the Predacons manage to survive the last episode? Join us as we find the Optimal Situation!...

Meanwhile, in Japan… We hate it when you leave, Optimus, but we love to watch you go. A mysterious ship crashes on Planet Actually Not Earth, and the Cybertrons and Destrons race to capture the time-travel warp gate inside so they can summon a great hero or weapon from the past to help defeat the other side once and for all! Can a character really be more annoying than Tazmania Kid? Did that...

Say goodbye to the universe, Maximals! The future has changed. Yessssss. The Autobots lose! Evil triumphs! And you… YOU… NO LONGER EXIST!

With Megatron in Ravage’s custody, the Beast Wars are pretty much over, right? But Megatron has a trick up his sleeve in his CD drive that may sway the old Decepticon to his side! Meanwhile, Optimus tries to ground Silverbolt for consorting with the enemy, but can even a big metal monkey stand in the way of true love? How can Megatron retrieve a continuous data file from a shard of spinning...

Cybertron finally learns the location of the time-lost Maximals and Predacons! But the Tripredicus Council hides this information from the Maximals, preferring to deal with the renegade Megatron on their own. When their agent shows up on prehistoric Earth and offers his help, will Optimus accept — even if he’s a Decepticon? Will Ravage finally bring an end to the Beast Wars? And why is...

This week we continue Season 2’s Final Five with Transmutate! When a damaged stasis pod produces a deeply flawed but powerful Cybertronian, Rampage declares the creature his sparkmate and runs away with it. But Silverbolt wants to protect it from both Rampage and the Maximals who want to power it down for its own good. Is a creature like Transmutate too pure for this cruel world? We want to...

“The question that once haunted my being has been answered. The future is not fixed, and my choices are my own. And yet, how ironic… for I now find that I have no choice at all! I am a warrior… let the battle be joined.”

Don’t look in the basement! When Cheetor finds a giant stasis pod marked with a big X, Rhinox and Optimus fear that the science experiment gone wrong known as Protoform X has escaped! Can the Maximals or the Predcons get the monster under control before it hunts them down and kills them all? Is Silverbolt’s thing for Blackarachnia cute or hella creepy? And when did Megatron get a 3D pr...

Megatron gets control of the latest alien weapon, but instead of using it to unquestionably destroy the Maximals, he decides to head straight for a bigger target: Cybertron itself! Can Optimus Primal and his sweet hoverboard stop him? Is Tarantulas a better Evil Bro than underling? And what is Megatron’s obsession with his own head? Join us this week for a second helping of Other Visits...

Tigatron and Airazor stop scouting each other for long enough to stumble onto another alien site — which attacks them mid-romantic moment! Will the Maximals or the Predacons get there to secure the location first? Have Megatron’s jamming towers replaced falling boulders as the most effective weapon against the Predacons? And will Jen survive the loss of her ship? Join us as we set the d...

The realization that Megatron’s side may be the winning one causes Dinobot to rethink his loyalties. But are the Predacons the same team he remembers, or is Megatron’s plan worse than Dinobot realized? If he changes his mind, will the Maximals take him back? And is Rattrap the most tsundere character in Transformers canon? Find out as we become Maximal, No More! We want to hear your qu...

With his old lair destroyed in the quantum surge, Tarantulas is in the market for some new real estate. Megatron sends him to scout out a possible new source of stable energon with Blackarachnia and Quickstrike in tow, and the location seems like just the place he’s looking for. But will Blackarachnia thwart his plans? Just how gullible is Quickstrike? And was the whole scouting mission just...