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When Kade accidentally swallows some bacteria-cleaning nanites, the Rescue Bots have to shrink down to microscopic size to round them up before they destroy his digestive microbiome! Can they get them out before Kade suffers a grosser digestive fate than this show wants to discuss? Will there be EVIL BRAIN IMPULSES? And what were our favorite sci-fi comedies that we absolutely should not have been...

Streets of Fire is a noir musical simultaneously set in the ‘50s, the ‘80s, and never. It’s a movie of brooding tough guys, icy dames, savage biker gangs, and Rick Moranis. It was designed to be a blockbuster, but it became a cult classic Cyberpunk movie without the Cyber.

A freak accident in SPACE leaves everyone (but Graham) body-swapped! Can the humans get used to being robots and the robots get used to being humans before Griffin Rock needs its rescue team to come rescue something? Can Heatwave survive a trip to the dentist? Why does Dani have a Blades-colored dress? And will we ever recover from hearing Chase's voice say "Daddy"? Join us this week for "Switcher...

A charmingly nerdy new resident named Amy has Graham all flustered! Can SCIENCE help him find the courage to talk to her (after Kade totally fails at it)? How will his solution tie in with Doctor Morocco's ant-assisted escape from jail? Why didn't they put Doctor Morocco in a fancy Magneto cell to begin with? WHY ISN'T HE IN FEDERAL CUSTODY!? Join us this week for "Bugs in the System"!

Doc Greene's plan to enclose Griffin Rock in a giant dome to protect it from hurricanes backfires when the overzealous AI Vigil returns to take over! With Vigil putting the town to sleep for their own "safety", can the Bots and their remaining human friends stop it and turn off the dome? How many callbacks to old episodes can they fit in here? And how many Stephen King references can WE fit in her...

Bothered by the memory of a mission the Rescue Bots never got to finish before arriving on Earth, Chase takes Boulder back into space in search of a derelict ship and the Energon-sucking space monster threatening it! But will things turn out to be *drumroll* more than meets the eye ? How bad are Blades and Heatwave at filling Chase and Boulder's roles with the Burns family? How does the Energon ea...

It's said that once every 10 years, the ghostly S.S. Phantom Voyage r appears off the coast of Griffin Rock -- and this time, the Greene and Burns families are ready! But when ship disappears with the Rescue Bots and their human friends on board, can they solve the mystery and make it back home before another 10 years pass? How far into singing "My Heart Will Go On" will Rob get? And HOW DOES TIME...

Scheduling nonsense has us off on another diversion this week! The boys watch an old HBO original movie with a problematic element, and it's not just that the main character is named H.P. Lovecraft. It's Cast a Deadly Spell , a detective tale with magic starring Fred Ward, David Warner, a cast of character actors, and monstrous muppets. It's a made-for-cable 90s movie, set in the noir 40s, based u...

Doc Greene's Imagine Device malfunctions and creates four extra Kades, each with a different aspect of his personality! Can they pull themselves back together before the town burns down without its firefighter -- and before his relationship with Hayley is wrecked? How many extremely important ethical questions fail to get answered? And did Optimus Prime just take off between episodes without sayin...

Optimus Prime's dino mode attracts the attention of big game hunter Quint Quarry, who botnaps him to hunt on his private island! But with the Autobot leader stuck in dino mode mentally as well as physically, it's up to the Rescue Bots to save him! Can they keep from getting captured themselves? How much dino DNA is Doc Greene sitting on? And how much have current events ruined both private islands...

We're back to the Very Good Boys of Rescue Bots! While showing Optimus Prime how much progress they've made, the Bots discover a pterodactyl perched on Mount Griffin! But where did it come from? Can Optimus help Cody decide what to do for his Lad Pioneers merit project? And how cute are all these dinosaurs!? Join us this week as we return to Griffin Rock for "Land Before Prime"!

Before we head back to Griffin Rock, it's time for a little side trip to the Flipside! That's right, it's finally time for KIDD VIDEO! When the band ends up in a town with a mysterious Pink Sphinx that wakes up to grant a single wish once a year, Whiz is intent on using it to get home -- and if Kidd, Carla, and Ash are too busy awkwardly breakdancing to come with him, he'll just go alone! Will the...

Time for the mini-season finale! Can the Autobots keep Starscream from getting all the Weaponizer Mini-Cons and giving himself a fancy anime power-up? Can Sideswipe get himself un-cancelled? And who is the bestest tiny robot dino? Join us this week as we wrap up the Mini-Con mini-season with "Worthy"!

The Mini-Cons are going it alone, Bumblebee has been captured by Starscream, and Optimus Prime arrives on Earth! Can his heroic presence convince the Minis to work with the Autobots instead of just hijacking their bodies? Is this a Very Special Episode about consent? And when an evil sword decides you're not worthy of it, does that mean you're not evil enough? Join us this week for "Mini-Con Madne...

The Decepticon scavengers dig up an artifact that attracts a little TOO much attention: Megatron's old Dark Star Saber! But when Starscream shows up to claim "his" Mini-Cons AND his old master's weapon, the scavenger Minis are going to need more help than a rag-tag bunch of scroungers! Can they force the Autobots to help them? Can Sideswipe get himself un-cancelled after punching down at his own s...

While scouting for Decepticon scavengers near an old European monastery, Grimlock meets up with its seemingly sole resident, a monk with a lot of time on his hands and some valuable lessons about patience. But when the piratical Thermidor and his Mini-Con partner Tricerashot show up looking for a Cybertronian artifact, can those lessons help Grimlock stop them? Who's the unexpected writer on this...

Fixit reveals that he's been assigning grades to all the Autobots - and somehow Strongarm has the lowest score! But she's totally okay with that, right? Can taking him on a mission to check for scavenger activity at Mount St. Hilary convince him to give her a few more points? What absolutely not-kid-appropriate TV series is our Decepticon of the week inspired by? And who decided Mount St. Hilary w...

With the Decepticons on Earth all rounded up, the Bee Team is free to do some sightseeing! But when Bumblebee takes them back to the Autobots' old base, they run into the Decepticon scavenger Paralon and his Mini-Con partner Buzzstrike! Can the Autobots stop them before they get any of the many, many dangerous artifacts they left lying around? Why are we having ANOTHER all-brown episode? And what...

Before we move on to Robots in Disguise's awkward little half-season, we're taking a break to appreciate an old favorite from the 90s: Gargoyles! With Xanatos in jail, Goliath believes his clan is free to enjoy modern life -- like television! But when Lexington meets the Pack, a team of "heroic" fighters from his favorite show, he learns that you can't believe everything you see on the picture box...

With their cover blown, the Autobots split up to free the enslaved Mini-Cons and set off their cryo bomb! But when Steeljaw combines the power of THREE Decepticon Hunters, will he be too much for any of them to handle? How many exciting guest Decepticons will they run into? And can Optimus and Bumblebee stop fighting for five minutes? Join us this week for the final episode of Robots in Disguise s...

The Autobots are finally ready to take on the Decepticons who've been gathering on Earth -- but with the Away Team back home, can Optimus and Bumblebee agree on who's leading this mission? What exciting Special Guest Star will be joining them? What's Steeljaw got up his sleeve? And WHAT ARE THEY DOING TO THOSE POOR LITTLE MINI-CONS!? Join us this week for the first part of the season 2 finale, "De...

When the Away Team is ambushed by the Decepticon general Stockade and his Mini-Con army at one of Windblade's supply caches, they find themselves pinned down and outmaneuvered! Can they defeat a master tactician? Can Drift's Mini-Cons prove they're ready to graduate from his mentorship? What special guest voice actor does this have in common with our May Patreon special? And why are the Away Team...

While trying to fix the GroundBridge, Fixit accidentally opens a portal to the Shadowzone -- and releases the long-lost Decepticon Soundwave! But when Bumblebee gets sucked into the Shadowzone himself, can he help Fixit, Denny, and Russell take on a Decepticon who's way out of their league? Was Soundwave spending all those years composing his own sweet dubstep soundtrack? And what's up with Steelj...

After Grimlock is accidentally seen by humans yet again, Bumblebee decides it's time for the Dinobot to be grounded from missions in Crown City. But when Bee and Strongarm get quill-poisoned, towed, and booted, Grimlock is the only one who can stop Quillfire! Will his dino-crane costume work? How many laws will Denny and Russell break to get the bots out of the impound lot? And how long will we sp...

For our 300th official episode, we're leaning into the number 3 with a classic original Transformers episode! Blitzwing and Astrotrain have a brilliant plan to get Megatron and Starscream out of the way so they can take over the Decepticons -- but once they succeed, they turn out to be pretty bad at it! Can the Autobots stop them, or will their own blundering cut their reign short? Are the humans...