Stasis Pod

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 eater differ from a vampire? And how can an island even have the kind of flooding they're dealing with back home? Join us this week for some "Unfinished Business"!

It's said that once every 10 years, the ghostly S.S. Phantom Voyager 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 TRAVEL EVEN WORK!? Join us this week for "Phantom of the Sea"!

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 upon concepts of 20s weird horror. So there is a content warning about there being a trans character, or drag queen, the movie doesn't think about that character too much because the 90s.

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 saying goodbye? Join us this week for "Too Many Kades"!

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 and the letter Q? Join us this week for "Big Game"!

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 Copy Cats interfere and steal the wish for their boss Master Blaster? Is the band actually a polycule? What genuinely popular songs were used in the episode, guaranteeing it could never get a proper home video release? And do any of these kids still have careers? Join us this week for "The Pink Sphinx"!

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 Madness"!

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 side's Mini-Cons? And that H.E.P. Generator is absolutely a war crime, right? Join us this week as we get into some "Mighty Big Trouble"!

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 episode? Which very exciting voice actors make their returns as new characters? And seriously, is Brother Gunter a ghost or what? Join us this week for "Pretzel Logic"!

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 was a good place for a trendy mixed-use housing development? Join us this week for "Strongarm's Big Score"!

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 does any of this have to do with Tia Carrere? Join us this week for "History Lessons"!

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! Can he and Goliath escape from the mercenaries turned TV stars turned gargoyle hunters? How many moderately successful TV actors can they fit into this cast? And how many absolutely wild storylines can we remember from season 2? Join us this week for Gargoyles' "The Pack"!

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 season 2, "Decepticon Island Part 2"!

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, "Decepticon Island Part 1"!

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 episodes always so... meh? Join us this week for the last episode before the season 2 finale, "Graduation Exercises"!

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 Steeljaw's subplot? Join us this week for "Portals"!

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 spend talking about things that aren't the actual episode? Join us this week for "Impounded"!

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 who presumably live in the city they've taken over gonna put up a fight or nah? How many great lines are packed into this one episode? And is that SKIDS? This week it's back to G1 for "Triple Takeover"!