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Life Starts at Thirty (Book 26 Wrap)
We take a victory lap around the dense, lore-heavy Book 26 and dive into matters of Crayak, the Chee, and the Iskoorts. Chris makes the case for an Animorphs tarot deck. Miranda digs into the Jungian implications of this book. Eddy wonders if something is still missing from a certain character's story.
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The Murder Dolphins of Crayak (Book 26)
Jake and Cassie smooch. The Animorphs teach the Howlers a lesson.
Can the Howlers change? Is Erek finding loopholes to thwart the Chee code? Is Jake’s narration in this book the strongest in the series so far? Are the Animorphs OP in future books if they can always use Erek’s hologram powers? And is the series anti-swarm but pro-union?
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It's Giving Me the Isk (Book 26)
The kids discover what makes the Iskoort so important to the Ellimist. Jake takes a leap of faith.
Is the Yoort solution ethically sound, or just better than Yeerk infestation? Is Jake jumping off the platform to acquire the falling Howler the coolest thing in the whole series? What right does Jake have to call Cassie's ethical pondering "happy talk"? And why the hell is everyone aware of the criminal guild's existence?
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Howler Bechdel Test (Book 26)
The Animorphs take a tour of the Iskoort city. Jake nearly dies. The kids learn the origin of the Howlers.
Why is Book 26 in particular so preoccupied with children, and what does that tell us about the intended audience for these books? Why is KA so obsessed with ideas of memory transfusion? Should the Iskoorts have been cuter? Does Iskoort society have a class structure? Does Rachel know about LL Bean’s incredible return policy?
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Hoisted by Their Own Iskoort (Book 26)
The Ellimist stops time to tell the kids a story. The scope of the series gets much bigger.
Is our beloved series growing up? Who the hell is more powerful than the Ellimist and Crayak? Is it possible that the source of all of the Animorphs' narrations are actually just these Iskoort memory viewing devices? Do the Andalites know far less about the galaxy than Ax realizes? Was Lion King even on tour when this book came out, or is KA just losing her mind from all of the time-hopping?
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Cousin Saddler, the Tribe Has Spoken (Minisode)
David hosts a new season of Survivor from his terrible little island.
Can David and Marco put aside their differences to play the game together? Who let Infested Karen from Book #19 drink a beer as a reward? Does KA Applegate enjoy stabbing all of her literary creations in the back a little too much? Can the tyrannosaurus rex from Megamorphs #2 be trusted not to eat everyone else on the island?
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Aria, aka Visser 3 (from Book #23)
Exit, Pursued by Venber (Book 25)
The Animorphs finally arrive at the secret Yeerk base. Marco and Cassie bear witness to something horrific. The kids trainhop their way home.
Why does this book have so many good ideas, and yet seem to have nothing to say in the end? Does Book 25 deliberately echo Book 11? Is Marco/Cassie possibly the Animorphs pairing with the least chemistry? Why couldn't Derek be the new Animorph instead of David? And will any of these plot threads matter in future books?
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Show Me the Weighted Blanket (Book 25)
The Animorphs flee into the Arctic. Marco gets delusional. Cassie is forced to be the moral authority. Ax shares the ominous story of The Five.
Do any of the Animorphs remember why they're even on this mission? Is Tobias getting funnier, or does Marco the narrator just make everyone funnier? How does the Five's backstory compare with that of the Howlers? Are grizzly bears more dangerous than this book makes them out to be? Is skiing a kind of scooting?
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Never Eat Your Idols (Book 25)
Marco goes on a date. Erek the Chee arrives with bad news about satellites and swimming pools. Visser 3 frolics in a field. A Taxxon eats itself.
Do the Andalites have innate psychic abilities? Can the Chee swim? Does anything that happens in these first few chapters actually matter? And is our first ghostwriter... actually pretty good at this?
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Oatmeal Handy (Minisode)
We close out the KA Applegate era of the series and catch our breath before venturing into the spooky, uncharted territory of ghostwritten books.
Heads up-- we're taking a summer break! We will return in early September with Book 25.
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A Dash of Chapman (Book 24)
Anteaters arrive. Cells explode. The kids go skydiving into the Gardens.
Should Ax be guarding the morph cube if he never checks behind him? How small is too small? Are the Helmacrons just a parody of petty adult politics? Have the AniCoolKids finally course-corrected from their Andalite Chronicles detour? And how will Chapman face the schoolchildren after this?
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Fourth Moon of the Second Planet of a Dying Star Over My Hammy (Book 24)
The Animorphs redirect the Helmacrons to a new enemy: Visser 3! Cassie, Marco, and Tobias get even smaller.
Where does the morph cube get its energy from? Why was 90s media so obsessed with storylines involving shrinking? Does Ax enjoy making every dad in this series uncomfortable? And does Marco enjoy the Helmacron politics a little bit too much?
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Clipping in Real Life (Book 24)
The Helmacrons arrive on earth in search of the morphing cube. Cassie shrinks.
Are the Helmacrons descendants of the Nesk from Megamorphs 2? What part of the Yeerk is the drill? How do the Helmacrons have the technology to detect morphing power but the Yeerks do not? Is Cassie secretly the shortest Animorph?
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Son Gay, Son Gay, Son Gay (Minisode)
The Ani Cool Kids dish about their first (of many!!) encounters with the author herself, KA Applegate.
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Quite the Daddy Drop (Book 23)
The Animorphs stage a trap within a trap. Tobias learns the truth about his father. Rachel throws a birthday party.
Was Elfangor's letter more for him than it was for Tobias? Were Visser 3 and Elfangor madly in love? How much did the Ellimist in terms of getting this letter to Tobias? Did Elfangor broadcast his dying screams to the whole neighborhood? And can Eddy, Miranda, and Chris make it through this cursed episode before the heat completely melts their brains?
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Just One More Gay Thought and Then I'll Stop (Book 23)
Tobias and Rachel clear the air. Aria saves a kid. Toby chooses to fight back.
Is the character of Tobias liminal all the way down? What is the correct way to approach a child playing in traffic? Just how many layers are there to this conversation between Tobias and Rachel? Does Toby have too much power as a seer? And is being a werewolf a good enough excuse to get out of jury duty?
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Visser-al Pleasure (Book 23)
Tobias and Rachel visit the world's saddest petting zoo. They they return to rescue a baby Hork Bajir.
Does Visser 3 enjoy being Aria? Can the Animorphs claim implied consent from Ket Halpak for using her morph after dunking on Hork Bajir intelligence all book? How many Tobias books are even left in this series? Is Marco crushing on Jake's authoritative side? Does Crazy Helen hang out at Frank's Safari Land?
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Store Brand Star Trek (Book 23)
Tobias visits the free Hork-Bajir and learns that their longterm goals do not necessarily align with those of the Animorphs. Then he and Rachel hitch a ride on the roof of a cop car.
Will the Animorphs ever become more reluctant to kill Hork Bajir Controllers? Is this the most hormonal book this far in the series? Does anyone refer to George Washington as a liberator? Can a bird be a little spoon? Is Farscape just store-brand Star Trek?
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Hawk on a Cross (Book 23)
Hungry Tobias feuds with another hawk attempting to seize his meadow. Then Tobias has to figure out how to pass as himself in order to meet with a lawyer who claims to have knowledge about his past.
Is Book 23 the most queer-coded book yet? Why is it so difficult for Tobias to ask for help? Would Marco respect Tobias' hunting method of sparing the mother rabbit and feasting on her babies? Is Tobias inherently not human because his father is Elfangor? And is Miranda correct that this book secretly about accepting oneself as a bottom?
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Punch Bowl Yeerk Pool (Mailbag: David Trilogy Edition!!)
We discuss the news of a possible Ryan Cooler-produced Animorphs series and do a very special David trilogy edition of a mailbag episode to dig into listener thoughts and questions about the worst Animorph ever.
Is morphing clothes always a conscious act? Will we ever get a prom book? What about a spooky book? Why is Rachel asked to endure so much more suffering than the other Animorphs? How do siblings even work? Are only children sort of their own middle sibling?
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Yeerk 2: Yeerk Harder (David Trilogy Wrap-up)
We talk about the David trilogy as a whole, from Rachel's character development to Marco's early suspicion of David to whatever was going on with that whole arc about Yeerking the world leaders. Then we make a wish list for what we want to see in the coming books of the series and clean out the mailbag before next week's "oops all David trilogy" mailbag ep!
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Rat F*** Island (Book 22)
David tries to humiliate Rachel in a Taco Bell. Then the gang dunks on him in the abandoned construction site.
Is there another character the Animorphs could recruit in David's place? Why does Jake struggle so much to address the moment after trapping David in rat morph? Is this really David's final appearance in the series? Why doesn't morphing treat a Yeerk like an infection and expel it from a Controller's body? And who is coming to dinner?
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Don't Look, I'm Resetting My Morph Cycle (Book 22)
Rachel shows up for her sister while David lurks. Saddler miraculously recovers— or does he?
What the hell did David do with Saddler? What the hell was Jake's father thinking when he compared his hospitalized nephew to raw meat? What the hell was KA Applegate thinking when devised this book? Is violence really what Rachel is addicted to, or is it adrenaline? And is one person's description another's descrippy-ippy?
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One Person's Phalanx is Another Person's Conga Line (Book 22)
The Great Yeerking is cancelled. David returns as an orca and exposes Rachel to her friends.
What does success look like for the raid on the Marriott-- destroying the Marriott, getting the conference cancelled? When the kids morph into animals, and are able to experience animal instincts, does that mean that the morph holds both the human consciousness and the animal consciousness? And if so, is morphing for combat sort of cruel to the morphed animal? How do we even begin to talk about the horrible dynamic between Rachel and David? And who even is Stanley Tucci?
A Tiger Playing Chicken with Death (Book 22)
Tobias returns. Rachel jams a fork into David's ear.
What is David's longterm plan, if he even has one? Where did Tobias go between losing David and rescuing Rachel? Are middle children always the most talented, or is that only the case with Taylor in the band Hanson? Is Rachel's ease with using violent a problem, or does it make complete sense given that the world always seems out to get her?
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Darko Marco (Book 22)
David picks the Animorphs off one by one. Or does he? Marco is in the closet.
Does Rachel referencing South Park give us a clue to when this book takes place? Would the police really call an exotic animal vet upon finding a wounded tiger? When Rachel privately thought-speaks to Marco in his bedroom, why does she reach David, disguised as Marco, and not the real Marco trapped in the closet? (After all, the Animorphs have previously contacted each other via thought-speak without being able to see one another.) Is David’s primary goal truly to kill the...
Hella Bad Vibes (Book 21)
Jake, Ax, and Tobias stake out the barn. David breaks bad.
Did David really kill Tobias, or did David just kill another hawk to mess with Jake's head?? Would the Ellimist even allow David to kill Tobias?! Doesn't everyone suck the ketchup out of those single-serve packets? When is David just a scared kid behaving terribly, and when is he a opportunistic little worm? Who would be the Animorphs' designated "executioner": Rachel because of her capacity for violence, or Ax because of his experience as a soldier? How the hell are the Animorphs going to solve this??
Sloppy Yeerk Pool Fun (Book 21)
The kids learn to tie a tie. Visser 3 goes big. Marco slithers.
Can we count on the ghostwriters to pay off this storyline of Cassie becoming more and more comfortable with violence? Can weak Andalite arms even do uppies? Does Visser 3 have too much time on his hands? Do human Controllers carry pistols as well as dracon beams? Should Visser 3 and Dealin' Dan just kiss?
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Flaw in the Flea Flan (Book 21)
Cassie nearly dies and then talks Marco down from being stuck as a giant flea. David the Lion behaves badly beneath a fancy table. Something something force field enforced holograms.
How sanitary are Yeerk pools if they're always exposed to the open air? We’ve already seen Rachel the bat fall into one in a cave and now there's one beneath a gaping hole in a roof! Is saying "bite me" to someone antagonistic or flirtatious? How is anyone in the fandom so critical of Cassie when she has amazing moments like saving Marco from his flea mor...
Daddy Often Eepy (Book 21)
The gang bites Jake. David just wants to watch tv.
How would Tobias narrate David’s violence against birds? Why is this book sort of like watching the Rugrats crawl into a cannon? Has David even seen Tobias in his human form? How do we balance David's genuinely terrible situation with the fact that he's kind of an asshole? Where is Ax?!
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The Axhibitionist in Me (Book 21)
The gang gets ray-gunned by a man in Ray-Bans. David goes missing.
Is the David trilogy the prestige tv of the Animorphs series? Why do these book feature so much falling? Is holding hands more or less intimate than locking arms? And who the hell is cousin Saddler?
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Ellimist Speed-Dial (Mail Bag)
We empty out the mailbag and discover emails from all the way back in May, giving us a chance to revisit the dinosaurs of MegaMorphs 2 and the ethical quandaries of Book 19. Plus, we bring in the most special guest of all, the Ellimist!
What dinosaur morphs do we all wish that we could have seen in MegaMorphs 2? How would Visser 3 do on an episode of Undercover Boss? Could someone die of natural causes if they morphed into an elderly animal? And were the Ani Cool Kids too hard on Aftran?
Please Don't Talk About My Underbelly Hatch (Book 20)
Yeerk stealth technology returns. David freaks out.
How do you fire an Animorph? What is a locker but a kind of closet? Why is Marco so preoccupied with transitions and the moment when one thing becomes another? Did David wet the bed at Marco's house? What are the ingredients of a Slim Jim?
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The Yeerks of Being a Wallflower (Book 20)
The Animorphs learn the importance of having on-boarding procedures in place before making your first hire.
Who is the war-daddiest of all war daddies? Is David’s reaction to the news of the Yeerk invasion actually kind of normal? Are Apple products the secret weapon that the Animorphs need? Is an Animorph handshake ever just an Animorph handshake?
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Escafil Me Up! (Book 20)
The Animorphs and the Yeerks have a house party in David's bedroom. The kids debate whether David should join the team.
Can someone become a nothlit mid-morph? Is David's father the kind of parent to attend PTA meetings? Should the Animorphs be incorporating more cute dogs into their morph rotation? Is any population more Yeerkable than kindergartners? And when Visser 3 morphs into a human, does he have his own morph jumpsuit, or is he just... naked?
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Spy-Stomping the Spy-Floor (Book 20)
The kids bungle their first attempt to burgle the Escafil Device. Marco becomes Spawn.
Is David Boy-Rachel? Are the Animorphs fundamentally different from David as people they acquired their powers in Book 1? What does David naming his cobra Spawn tell us about him as a character, and how bad is it own a cobra? And is Marco really as ditzy as he seems this book, or is he just looking for more excuses to hang out with Ax?
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KA Works in Mysterious Ways (Book 20)
Marco flirts with everyone at school and meets a totally unremarkable boy named David.
Should T’shrondra be our new Animorph instead of David? Will Erek King only show up for mission briefs from now on or will we eventually get another Chee book? Has Rachel not learned anything about bursting through windows after her close call in Book 16? Does "the dark triad" refer to a theory of personality types or the cloaked polycule living next to Chris? And wait— this obnoxious little boy is the David you all have been talking about?
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Minisode: Nothlited Skrit (featuring special guest CJ!)
Longtime listener and mailbag mainstay CJ discusses us to wrap Book 19! We discuss Cassie as a controversial character in the fandom, whether you can get nothlited as a skrit and then regain your morph powers as a na, and what we can expect in the coming years as we venture out of the Golden Era of Animorphs books into the spooky-scary era of ghostwritten books.
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A Caterpillar Named Forever (Book 19)
Cassie makes the ultimate sacrifice. Then she comes back.
Who is Cassie proving something to in this book: to herself, to the other Animorphs, to the Yeerks? Why wouldn't the Yeerks just re-infest Karen once Aftran frees her? Are Controllers a kind of flesh mech? Does Jake spend the time between each book just journaling about his fellow Animorphs? Red or blue?!
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Two Yeerks, One Ear (Book 19)
Cassie gets Yeerked. Aftran delivers an ultimatum.
Whose plan was the Yeerking of the Unibank President: the methodical Visser 1, the theatrical Visser 3, or the zany but mysterious Visser 2? Does having Visser One as his mother mean that Marco is a nepo baby? And even if he is, wouldn't he be a wonderful Sub-Visser? Just think of the uniforms he could implement with the Yeerk budget! Have we ever seen Visser 3 morph into a creature smaller than a Yeerk?
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