Book 23: The Pretender
In this episode:
Title talk
Visser Three’s method acting
Yeerk gender
What does Rachel’s confession mean for the Tobias/Rachel relationship?!?
Shorms
Tobias realizes that humans are animals too
The Council of Animorphology votes on the pocket universe theory
What is a metaphor…
Rabbit vision
Jake is less ruthless than a four-month old
As always, some 90s moments
The Hork-Bajir Chronicles (part 1)
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We share our feelings on Dak & Aldrea’s romance
How important is intelligence, really?
The Andalite patriarchy is not our fave
Hork-Bajir children grow up suspiciously fast
Visser Three is perhaps a nerd
Can you ever go home again?
Gray uncovers all the Animorphs Easter eggs
We have a surprise two-parter!
Book 22: The Solution
In this episode:
What happened to Germany?
David continues to be the worst
The Animorphs find a solution
A fate worse than death?
Rachel and Jake’s relationship
A dramatic reading
Toxic masculinity strikes again
What Would Gray Do?
The importance of solidarity
In this episode:
The morphing cube is found; a new Animorph is created; and everyone makes truly terrible decisions.
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Jenny, Ted, Gray, and guest host Claire closely read The Departure, discussing premise rejection and what we owe to each other
Why is this one so good, you guys??
The toll that war is taking on Cassie and the Animorphs
Cassie’s moral instincts and the imperative to change
Plot holes and earned happy endings
Yeerk empathy, society, and gender
Ableism in character, metaphor and worldbuilding
Parasite morality, predator morality, android morality, and humanism
In this episode:
Dinosaurs!
Gray has been confidently mispronouncing “deinonychus” for years
Is this the best Rachel book?
Revisiting the Band of Five roles
More time travel philosophy
Outer space provided broccoli and ants
K.A. Applegate keeps up with scientific theories
A song about Deinonychus
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Which Animorph is which Disney princess?
Is Animorphs sci fi or magic?
How DOES Visser Three visit the Yeerk Pool?
The debate rages on about Andalite truth
We rank our favorite (and least favorite) books
Gray predicts the ending of the series
In this episode:
Another guest star; Ax struggles with his loyalties; Andalite job-hunting advice; Jake attempts to make a joke; and was that really the easiest way to get the group into Z-space?
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Some exciting announcements!
Discussions about bad decisions, the difference between being a killer and a warrior, whether the Animorphs can go back to being normal kids, and leadership
What is tiramisu?
A deep dive into Cassie/Jake
True neutral stances on murder and privacy
90s internet and airports
Eventually, why Jake morphs a rhino
Plus, another long-hidden truth about Andalite exo-biology
In this episode:
Marco’s issues with vulnerability
Marco’s obvious crush on Jake
Visser One as a cool villain
Gray’s true identity
What animals will the Yeerks try to take over next?
In this episode:
Another guest host!
What does a robot horse sound like?
The Yeerks make bad plans
Mental health language
Identical twin animals
A comparison to Tamara Pierce’s Wild Magic series
In this episode:
Overall thoughts on the Andalite Chronicles
A solid thirty minutes about time travel
Did Tobias lay the Time Matrix?
Andalite communism
Forgiving Elfangor
Hoobers and Mortrons
The importance of grass on Earth
SOFTBALL!
Up close and personal with Z-Space
Ellimist update: Gray still hates him
Gray predicts the Hork-Bajir Chronicles
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We are extremely happy about so many things!
Rachel and Tobias are amazing
The Hork-Bajir are also amazing
Gray still hates the Ellimist
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We read the second part of The Andalite Chronicles!
There are cool Star Wars-esque space battles
How does Elfangor’s moral compass develop?
We learn more about the Andalites - including the horrible truth about what they REALLY look like
The Ellimist’s birthday cake
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The most 90s thing that has happened since the 90s
Scapecrocs
Skepticism around the things teenage girls like
The sexual and longevity implications of morphing
Gray adds another morphing rule
Every balloon of mass has a story
Andalites don’t sneeze
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The jungle is HORRIFYING
Time travel is confusing
Animorphology leadership lessons
Ax becomes a hot-looking monkey
Gray figures out the name of her rock band