Synopsis
Rewatching post-G1 Transformers cartoons with analysis and fandom insights.
Episodes
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Stasis Pod Episode #337: More Than Meets The Eye
18/02/2023 Duration: 58minChase gets injured and has to stay at the firehouse -- so he takes up residence in front of their highly questionable panopticon so he can "help out"! But when Doc Greene's stage-magician sister's hotel room is broken into, will he do more harm than good? Is there ANOTHER criminal at work in Griffin Rock!? And can we convince David to give "It's a Wonderful Life" a chance? Join us this week for an episode that is absolutely named "More Than Meets The Eye"! #Transformers #RescueBots #Podcast
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Stasis Pod Episode #336: Endangered Species
12/02/2023 Duration: 55minBoulder, Kade, Cody, and Frankie discover a family of woodpeckers in Blossom Vale that were thought to be extinct! Can they protect the birds from the greatest threat Griffin Rock has apparently ever faced: birdwatchers? Why is Kade so terrible at keeping secrets? And seriously, why does this episode hate birdwatchers so much!? Join us this week for "Endangered Species"! #podcast #StasisPod #Transformers #RescueBots
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Stasis Pod Episode #335: Four-Legged Hero
31/01/2023 Duration: 49minServo needs to learn how to act like a robot in disguise — but when Mrs. Luskey's dog Poopsie runs away from home and pulls Servo into a whole lot of trouble, can he protect her without blowing the Rescue Bots' cover? How frustrating must it be for Servo to be so smart but unable to communicate? And why does Cody have access to a police-state panopticon? Join us this week for "Four-Legged Hero"! #podcast #StasisPod #Transformers #RescueBots
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Stasis Pod Episode #334: A New Hero
15/01/2023 Duration: 55minAs Blurr decides to leave Griffin Rock and the Earth behind, the planet is hit by a coronal mass ejection that sends a satellite plummeting conveniently toward the island! Can he find it in himself to be the hero the Rescue Bots need him to be? Or will he *checks notes* die horribly while trying? Join us this week for "A New Hero"! #transformers #RescueBots #podcast
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Stasis Pod Episode #333: Rescue Bots Academy
08/01/2023 Duration: 42minNew recruits Blurr and Salvage (especially Blurr) need to learn what it takes to live as an Autobot on Earth and be a Rescue Bot — so it's time for a clip show! But will a charming retrospective on the Rescue Bots' adventures be enough when Blurr just wants to go back to Cybertron? Can a clip show actually be kind of fun? And why DOES Cody attract falling objects? Join us this week for a title drop for a series yet to happen, "Rescue Bots Academy"! #transformers #RescueBots #podcast
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Stasis Pod Episode #332: The New Recruits
02/01/2023 Duration: 57minThe Bots find a crashed Autobot ship on Wayward Isle -- with two stasis pods inside! But are their newfound friends Rescue Bots material? What's their connection to that unfrozen caveman Ira? And WHY DOES THE FIREHOUSE HAVE A HOT WHEELS TRACK!? Join us this week as we meet "The New Recruits"!
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Stasis Pod Episode #331: The Last of Morocco
20/12/2022 Duration: 53minAn estranged friend of Doctor Morocco's arrives in Griffin Rock to help him replace the Verne Device that's kept him young all these years -- and it's Jules Verne himself! Can the time-traveling author convince everyone to give his old friend a chance to reform? Will he get some very exciting story ideas from the adventure? And do we ship it? Join us this week as we finally see "The Last of Morocco"!
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Stasis Pod Episode #330: Turning the Tide
11/12/2022 Duration: 49minOptimus Prime's old friend High Tide arrives on Earth to help train the Rescue Bots, but he needs to learn some things too -- like how not to be such a jerk! Can he learn to work with the younger bots in time for a high-seas rescue? He's got a great big new toy to sell, doesn't he? And what G1 voice actor has returned to grace us with his presence? Join us this week for "Turning the Tide"!
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Stasis Pod Episode #329: Pirates Ahoy
05/12/2022 Duration: 54minHuxley Prescott interrupts a ceremony honoring the Burns family with some late-breaking news: Their ancestor Bertha was a PIRATE! Can Dani clear her family's name -- or will Kade and Uncle Woodrow get their way and find some ancestral pirate treasure? Who will Mayor Luskey get to protect the town while the actual trained rescue squad is busy being disgraced? And just how many little islands does the sea around Griffin Rock HAVE? Join us this week for "Pirates Ahoy"!
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Stasis Pod Episode #328: Earthspark
20/11/2022 Duration: 43minThis week we're taking a little road trip to Witwickey, PA to check in on the premier of the newest Transformers series, Earthspark! When siblings Robby and Mo Malto find a strange glowing stone, they accidentally trigger the creation of the first Earth-born Transformers! Can they learn to fit in with a human family? How nice is it to have real voice acting again? And which of us "accidentally" binged the whole series already, and can they avoid spoiling? Join us this week for the Earthspark two-part premier, "Secret Legacy"!
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Stasis Pod Episode #327: Time After Time
13/11/2022 Duration: 40minThe dedication of the town's new clock tower locks Cody into an hour-long time loop — but why is it only Cody, and how can he escape his own personal Groundhog Day? Does it have something to do with the clock using something called "magno-fusion" to keep time?Or maybe that suspiciously industrious little squirrel? And who did Cody THNIK left a pocket watch in the jail's Lost and Found!? Join us this week for "Time After Time"!
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Stasis Pod Episode #326: All Bots Great and Small
07/11/2022 Duration: 43minMayor Luskey declares a festival for Bot Appreciation Week, complete with 3D-printed "souvenirs" of the Rescue Bots! But when something inevitably goes wrong and the tiny toy bots are reprogrammed to do crimes by Evan and Myles, can the Bots get things under control without their human partners? How many campaign finance laws is the mayor breaking with these toys? And how wrecked is Kade's digestive system going to be after all that shrimp? Join us this week for "All Bots Great and Small"!
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Stasis Pod Episode #325: The Attack of Humungado
30/10/2022 Duration: 53minDoc's attempt to upgrade the drive-in's projector unleashes a kaiju menace on Griffin Rock! But Kade knows all about Humangado and his frenemy Rayvenous, and what he knows is that they hate dinosaurs! Good thing the Rescue Bots know where they can get some Dinobots! Join us this week for an episode we promise was not written by David, "The Attack of Humungado"!
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Stasis Pod Episode #324: Did You See What I Thaw?
23/10/2022 Duration: 48minWhile checking out an Energon reading on Wayward Isle, the crew finds a caveman frozen in ice -- and he's alive! But why is the caveman so excited to see the Rescue Bots? Why does this take a sharp turn into old-school farce? Has anyone in the target audience even heard of the Marx Brothers? Join us this week for "Did You See What I Thaw?"!
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Stasis Pod Episode #323: Quarry’s Quarry
17/10/2022 Duration: 47minIt's time for everyone to get dino modes! The uncomfortably Q-obsessed Quint Quarry returns, and this time he wants more than just a single robot dinosaur - he wants all the Rescue Bots, and he'll hold Professor Baranova hostage until he gets them! So who's gonna turn into what? How did Optimus get there so fast? And has anyone explained the idea of "cultural appropriation" to ol' Quint? Join us this week for "Quarry's Quarry"!
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Stasis Pod Episode #322: Bot-Tastic Voyage
09/10/2022 Duration: 55minWhen 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 watching as kids? Join us this week for "Bot-Tastic Voyage"!
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Stasis Pod Extra #8: Streets of Fire
03/10/2022 Duration: 47minStreets 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.
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Stasis Pod Episode #321: Switcheroo
26/09/2022 Duration: 59minA 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 "Switcheroo"!
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Stasis Pod Episode #320: Bugs in the System
19/09/2022 Duration: 57minA 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"!
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Stasis Pod Episode #319: No Place Like Dome
12/09/2022 Duration: 56minDoc 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 here? Join us this week for "There's No Place Like Dome"!