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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
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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
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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?
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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
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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
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Another guest host!
The best thing humans ever invented
Is K.A. Applegate a cat person or a dog person
Memory and violence
Asimovian robot literature
Gray officially becomes skeptical of Z-Space
Food-based psychological warfare
Is Jenny an android
Spiders of the past and future
The Dumbledore of the Animorphs
CW: We use quite a bit of what Jenny calls “canon-typical mental health terminology” in this episode - words like crazy, nuts, etc. It’s something we’re working on!
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Our first guest host!
Gray's rules for morphing
How good is Cassie and Jake's relationship, really?
Cassie's philosophical struggles
Could a skunk really defeat Visser Three?
Outside references:
In Memoriam A.H.H., Tennyson
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The Animorphs grapple with death (not literally)
Ax discovers chocolate and other human oddities
Jake is the morph police
Warrior societies are almost universally real dumb
Other references:
The Prime Directive (not the Primary Objective, no matter what Gray says)
This week we discuss the first Megamorphs book: The Andalite’s Gift. (Spoiler: the Andalite’s gift is morphing.)
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Marco is a bad driver
Visser 3 is a bad manager
What does the Veleek sound like?
The return of the whale
Other references:
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Rachel + Tobias 4ever
The importance of blinders
Applegate does not like circuses
They clearly all ship it
Is the future pre-determined?
Internalized misogyny
Other references:
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What Jake’s family eats
How big is Jake, really?
Shipping that is not really justified by the book
Incredibly gross morphs
The Yeerk invasion plan
Jake commits war crimes
What it’s like to fight the Animorphs