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Hurricane Hondo

• Adam Moore and PJ McNerney • Season 1 • Episode 29

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If you were introducing a new toy into the franchise, would you name it after a serial killer? If your answer is yes... then you are the target demographic of this podcast. If your answer is no... I guess you'd prefer it be named after a devastating storm that claims the lives of thousands of people every year... and you would also be the target demographic of this podcast. Also, T-Bob gets squashed twice! Welcome to another episode of the Mobile Armored Podcast Show!

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Hey everyone, it's Adam here. I want to apologize for the delay in this episode. I happen to live in Los Angeles, where we were affected by those wildfires. Everyone's okay on our end, so thanks for your, your kind words and your best wishes. If you're looking to help out, consider Give in to the American Red Cross or, um, give in at your local church. Or perhaps join a rogue paramilitary organization funded by a billionaire. here's the episode. Enjoy.

Adam:

Welcome to the mobile armored podcast show, the podcast that transforms into a mid eighties serial killer. My name is Adam Moore alongside my co host and best friend, PJ McNerney. How's it going PJ?

PJ:

Uh, I'm doing well. I look forward to unpacking that serial killer comment at the end of the episode.

Adam:

Indeed.

PJ:

I have to give a general mea culpa,

Adam:

Okay. Hmm.

PJ:

and it's an assertion we've made several times on this podcast that, uh, regarding the identity of who constructed T Bob, the UK comic letters section said it was Alex Sector, which I guess is just bullshit because it's confirmed in the cartoon episodes, not too far off from here that it was in fact, Scott. So Scott, yeah, Scott built T Bob. Now I love to explore this in a later episode, but this really indicates how much of a genius Scott is as well as how incredibly sad and lonely a boy must be to construct his own robot companion slash nanny. So.

Adam:

Yeah.

PJ:

that.

Adam:

Okay, well, we're just going to put a pin in that, but I will just take issue with you calling him a genius. Well, it is a genius that he's able to construct an autonomous robot with its own AI. I would say there are many issues with T Bob that make the genius title a bit Troublesome.

PJ:

Fair. And that's why we'll explore this a little bit more when we get to it.

Adam:

All right. Well, we are diving into episode 29 of Mask, A Matter of Gravity. Firecracker is destroyed in a battle with Venom and Hondo gets a new replacement vehicle, Hurricane, in the end. And a brief note that Hurricane was called Night Stalker in this episode.

PJ:

I love how they telegraph the ending of this, which is like new toy.

Adam:

Yep. So you're going to get a new toy, kids. And initially we're going to name it after a serial killer. So we'll get to that. So anyways, we open on a train yet again, barreling down the tracks. I wonder if Matt invested in this one. and we're just outside Philadelphia. And did you notice that the two engineers sound just like Brad and Matt?

PJ:

I didn't notice until you pointed it out to me, and like, I was like, you're right, like, they're 100 percent are their voices, and so I was wondering, were the voice actors just kind of tired of making new voices up?

Adam:

Maybe.

PJ:

were they potentially getting some pushback regarding how bad their Japanese characters were last episode?

Adam:

Uh huh.

PJ:

Cause they were bad, and it's like, you know what, we're gonna go vanilla vanilla at this point in time, and just fall back on what works.

Adam:

Suddenly, a red ray shines down on the train and it basically starts melting and the two conductors run out of the train.

PJ:

So I don't know if you had this concern and we're going to find out it's a gravity gun in a second, like they running out into the path of that gravity gun, which is currently crushing metal so much. It's melting, but they're briefly exposed to it. Like, wouldn't they be pulped?

Adam:

Yeah, you know, It's a great point, and we do see a character later on struggling against the gravity. So I'm kind of confused about how it actually works. If you can crush a multi ton train engine, does it work on organics different than it works on metal?

PJ:

It's a good question. I, I, I mean, we'll see evidence of it working on, on and lasers uh,

Adam:

a gravity ray that only works on metal and lasers.

PJ:

and circumstantial evidence that it works on coal,

Adam:

Ah, indeed. Yep.

PJ:

carbon, which is one of the major elements that we're made up of.

Adam:

Yeah. Well, let's see what happens.

PJ:

There's an interesting transition in this that I really liked a lot they had a shot of the train, it being crushed, and then they zoom back as if it's a well, it's, it's a news report, which is how we're brought basically the tracker mansion. I was like, you know what, this is a cool transition. Like you don't

Adam:

Yep.

PJ:

it a lot. It's a little, it's kind of subtle, but it actually works really well.

Adam:

Meanwhile, at the Tracker Mansion, Scott's just chilling out on a green couch watching the smallest TV I have ever seen. And we grew up in the 80s and we saw some little TVs. This is a very small TV. Surely Matt has the money to pay for something bigger for Scott. Then again, he's always in the same pair of clothes. And in fact, did you notice in this shot, Scott has like patches on his knees as, as if the pants have been mended.

PJ:

I love this. I did notice that. And I, I thought of Matt basically like scolding and be like, you know, Scott, small TVs and patch pants builds character. Besides, I heard you made fun of some kid's last episode for being poor, at the end of it, so, time for you to feel like what that's like.

Adam:

Quick question, PJ, who do you think sewed the patches on the pants?

PJ:

I mean, it's either Scott T Bob,

Adam:

It's totally,

PJ:

did not do that.

Adam:

it's totally Scott. Scott absolutely was forced to sew the patches on his own pants. And I'm not actually sure if Matt even told him to, it's just that his knees were getting. holes in them. And so Scott had no choice but to mend his own pants.

PJ:

I wonder where Scott got the cloth for that. he have another pair of pants he had to sacrifice? Or did he like, cut up one of old suits?

Adam:

Oh boy, that's bad news. well, the TV news is showing the story about the mysterious crushed train. And Scott gets like really excited by it. he runs out of the room to tell Matt and we sort of see a shot of T Bob bringing Scott his lunch. And as Scott slams the door open, T Bob gets smashed by the door. And Scott just keeps on going. Roy Batty moment number one.

PJ:

Roy Batty 100 percent like

Adam:

Does not care. Well, we find Matt and Hondo playing chess in the library, and they're both wearing suits. What's up with that?

PJ:

I kind of wondered about this like I I had sort of like said Matt's always wearing his blue suit.

Adam:

Yeah.

PJ:

that's his leisure suit basically

Adam:

Mm hmm.

PJ:

relaxes and maybe Hondo had just gotten back from teaching.

Adam:

Yeah, sure, okay.

PJ:

But

Adam:

Well,

PJ:

guys,

Adam:

teaching.

PJ:

teaching. Yes, right. Quote, unquote, teaching. I was like, guys, come on, take off the jackets kick back. a scotch maybe like enjoy, enjoy yourselves.

Adam:

Matt's like, this is the game of kings. You must wear a suit and tie. so Scott comes running in and he drags them into the computer room to show them the news story about the train. And we learn that the only thing that got taken was coal. So Scott wants to know if Matt is going to look into the mystery. Now, do you think Matt suspected Venom was involved? Or was he just bored and wanted to get into the action?

PJ:

So if I had to take a guess, actually thought he had investments in the train.

Adam:

Okay.

PJ:

Cause that, that seems to be his, like, there seems to be three prime motivators, you know, venom easily, the world peace. Association or,

Adam:

Yep. The Peaceful Nations Alliance. Yep.

PJ:

nations alliance, like

Adam:

Mm-hmm

PJ:

him, or if he has an investment, he gets so pissed. so I kind of thought given the sort of connection to the last episodes, train is like, Hey, we want to try and bring the electric train here.

Adam:

Mm-hmm

PJ:

I can imagine having a significant interest in trains like literal interest. So, and there's a few episodes ahead where he'll get involved without direct proof of Venom. I also think it's the case to be made that he's just losing the chess match against Hondo and wants to save face by, ah, we Gotta

Adam:

well,

PJ:

was taken from the train except coal, tons of coal. And then they cue that shot of the train with empty coal bins. What was else on that train besides coal?

Adam:

Right.

PJ:

I just wish there was like a line like, Despite carrying much more precious cargo, like fanny packs, the coal was stolen.

Adam:

We'll think about what would be on those trains in the 1980s. Like Teddy Rupskins,

PJ:

Yeah,

Adam:

Nintendo's, spandex.

PJ:

Sanka. It was all, it was coal and Sanka.

Adam:

Oh, thank goodness. They only took the coal. So Matt asks Scott, Why do I have the distinct feeling you think you're going along? My answer is, because you bring him to every dangerous investigation, Matt. That's why.

PJ:

So it's a totally reasonable assumption.

Adam:

Scott's response though, is that he has to do a report on money and that one of the U S mints is in, Philadelphia. So he could go there and do research. Matt says, Hmm, not bad. And he looks at Hondo and they both nod.

PJ:

it's a decent argument from Scott.

Adam:

I get how many other kids though at Scott school are traveling to Philly to do research for their, I'm sorry, what is it? A report on money.

PJ:

Do you wonder like what Scott's first couple of reports on money might sound like, like he gets up in front of the class and be like money, have a lot of it, a lot of it. Like one

Adam:

Ha ha ha ha ha ha

PJ:

yacht with our money because the first one got burned. Do you know how hard it is to buy a yacht? dad didn't like the yacht I bought, so he made me research and buy another one. Then he said it wasn't worth his time to return or sell the first

Adam:

ha. I

PJ:

our money. So much money. Any questions? Like, uh,

Adam:

have a question. Why can't you afford any other outfit?

PJ:

my dad says it builds character. I

Adam:

The teacher asked to see him after class.

PJ:

have a special meeting with Matt afterwards. Matt's like indignant, like what, was something factually incorrect about it?

Adam:

Well, sir, you can't come in and force me to change your son's grade. It's not like you own the school. I do now.

PJ:

It's a public school, I bought the municipality.

Adam:

Oh, boy. Well, Scott's super happy. Cause he's going on a mission. So he runs out of the computer room and as he does, the door smashes T Bob a second time. another Roy Batty moment. And also as we'll see, T Bob gets trashed like multiple times in this episode.

PJ:

would be fully within his right to go ape shit if he needed to.

Adam:

Well, cut to the scene of the train accident. Matt and Hondo, they just stroll right up. No police stopped them. Just two strangers are allowed to wander into an active crime scene.

PJ:

100%. I thought the same thing. And I was like, wondering if the chief called ahead and just be like, look, two guys are coming in. Let them in. One of them's a major investor in the line. You have to let him look at this

Adam:

let the guy in, trust me, you don't want trouble with him. so, in the investigation, we see that you would need a lot of trucks to steal all that coal. But there are no tracks. One of the engineers thinks it's aliens from some planet quote, where they don't get enough coal. And that engineer was fired for being drunk again.

PJ:

So, I think it's the railroad's fault for letting Jerry talk to anyone, I don't think he got fired. I think Matt asked the railroad company to fire him because he keeps drinking and talking about aliens. And his response is like, nope, long time union man, can't get rid of him.

Adam:

T Bob in looking at the crushed train says, whoever was driving this thing will have to be retrained.

PJ:

Ugh.

Adam:

And the dad jokes begin,

PJ:

This episode's replete with them.

Adam:

sadly, T Bob is told to, quote, Use your chemical sensors and search for signs of coal. So, T Bob has chemical sensors now?

PJ:

Yeah, we haven't seen this before, so

Adam:

Mm hmm.

PJ:

had them installed? Like, but why? Like, don't know, was it some raccoon? And they had to try and track it with its urine? And so, like, Scott basically, like, installs these chemical sensors to try and, like, Suss out the ammonia that's there.

Adam:

Here's my question. At what age did Scott build T Bob?

PJ:

I don't know, because like he's supposed to be what, 10, somewhere between 10 and 13,

Adam:

Yeah, yeah. I mean, cause Scott might have night terrors or do sleepwalking and wets himself and so put the chemical sensors in T Valve so he could find Scott when he wanders off.

PJ:

are you saying he has deep seated trauma from nearly dying time after time? Like that he might revisit it in his, uh, his nightmares.

Adam:

Yes. That's what I'm saying.

PJ:

Like when he fell off the cliff after trying to like keep T Bob from being stolen by venom.

Adam:

Yeah. That's exactly what I'm saying. Yep.

PJ:

Okay.

Adam:

Um, but instead of seeing a therapist, he builds a chemical sensor into his robot

PJ:

I like the idea of him trying to go to a therapist, he tells him all the stories, which the therapist doesn't believe, and things he's just made up bullshit, tells him to stop lying, so he's like, okay, I can't go see this therapist anymore.

Adam:

Well, Matt wouldn't let, not to get off on a tangent here, but Matt would not let. Scott tell the truth about anything to a therapist. So if Scott does go to a therapist, Matt has paid this therapist off. Cause there's some stuff that Scott would say that that therapist as a mandated reporter would have to bring to the authority. Well, let's go back to the case here. They do find traces of carbon with T Bob's chemical sensors.

PJ:

they mention that it isn't coal,

Adam:

Mm hmm. Mm hmm.

PJ:

coal is carbon, for what we're about to discover in terms of what's happened to the coal, the writers are trying to be really clever here. Uh, but they're not,

Adam:

Right. Mm hmm. Right.

PJ:

and I kind of wondered if from last episode, the writers got the note. Hey guys, these jokes are going over the kids heads. Can you make them more accessible?

Adam:

And they did their best, but failed.

PJ:

Right?

Adam:

Well, Scott and T Bob do find the carbon, but turns out to be a giant diamond.

PJ:

Dun, dun, dun.

Adam:

have to work again. Uh, can we talk about this? Does T Bob not know they're wealthy? Or is this some sick joke made at the expense of people for whom this diamond truly would be life changing?

PJ:

It's a hundred percent the latter. Like T Bob's become so accustomed to money that lording it over other people. that's like, how else is he going to find his joy? Anyway.

Adam:

Matt and Hondo show up to investigate, suddenly wearing their mask uniforms, by the way, were they wearing them under their suits?

PJ:

God, it would be so hot if they were. Pennsylvania in the summer is not known to be a temperate climate.

Adam:

I hope they have good deodorant. Uh, or maybe they don't sweat, because they've been irradiated and their sweat glands no longer function. Uh, now Hondo makes a joke about wearing that diamond as a wedding ring, and Matt laughs really uncomfortably.

PJ:

So uncomfortably, it's like, Hey, you're a married man, Matt, time to start cleaning up your stuff. I do reserve the right to return at this moment later in the episode.

Adam:

Okay, Well, Matt uses Thunderhawk's computer and finds out that the diamond was made from coal that was compressed by some unnatural source Meanwhile t bob falls off the diamond Complaining that something's jamming his balance gyros.

PJ:

or he fell off the diamond because Scott keeps fucking with the circuitry,

Adam:

Yep.

PJ:

which, which seems more likely

Adam:

Much more likely, but it turns out it's some sort of a gravity well, Matt uses spectrum and discovers the source of the gravity energy and he and Hondo take off in pursuit. Scott wants to come naturally. Uh, but Matt tells him to wait back at the destroyed railroad. Also naturally.

PJ:

I want you to wait by a derailed train that was hauling coal is now possibly leaking toxic fluids,

Adam:

Oh, dad, can I come after the extremely dangerous gravity beam Nope.

PJ:

Lord.

Adam:

Toxic fluids for you, son. Uh, um, Matt comes upon a clearing with like dozens of these giant diamonds. And meanwhile, Hondo encounters Vanessa driving a truck full of the diamonds. Jackhammer appears. We have a firecracker jackhammer fight. Uh, Hondo backs up and somehow gets caught between two trees. Like, is this meant to be an excuse as to why it will be better for Hondo to get an upgrade?

PJ:

Maybe he was like tired of firecrackers. Like, you know, this F one 50 is just not my thing

Adam:

Right, right.

PJ:

Like, maybe I could just back it up over here and we can just get rid of it.

Adam:

I mean, for a vehicle capable of such destruction for it to get caught between two trees is very sad.

PJ:

It is. It really is. So I kind of agree. I think it might've been a purposeful, jamming. I really dig that prior though, to jet firecracker transforming it effort to believe that It's, you know, mask is keeping its identity secret.

Adam:

hmm. Mm hmm.

PJ:

F one 50 in the road.

Adam:

Right.

PJ:

So Jack hammer comes tearing out from behind the truck, fully transformed to just shooting.

Adam:

Right.

PJ:

and I kind of wonder like, is this standard venom operating procedure? Like just. Destroy all F 150s you find.

Adam:

Well, you talked about this in a much earlier episode, but the idea that mask hiding in plain sight just creates so many mass casualty events as Venom takes out any vehicle that might be

PJ:

Imagine the insurance rates on those vehicles, basically, all Ford F 150s, like all like, you

Adam:

All Chevy Camaros.

PJ:

Chevy Camaros, like, you know, Insurance rates through the roof. Hondo's taken on two Venom agents by himself.

Adam:

He is.

PJ:

I think this is on, this is on point for him. Like, it's hard for me to believe anyone besides Gloria doing this.

Adam:

Mm hmm.

PJ:

stealing a book from a mysterious white Bedouin from Venom.

Adam:

Dusty loves stealing books. Uh, Matt says he's going to, quote, take the elevator to pursue Venom. A dad joke there, as he takes off into the skies. Hondo uses Blaster to knock down one of the trees that was keeping Firecracker, uh, And meanwhile, Scott and T Bob are scootering along. Did you notice that the music sounded like Whip It by Devo?

PJ:

did! And it was definitely like, in that Devo universe. Uh,

Adam:

Yeah.

PJ:

thought it was maybe slightly closer to like, Dare to be Stupid.

Adam:

Uh huh. Yep.

PJ:

itself a Weird Al, I'm sorry, a Weird Al parody

Adam:

The, uh, Yeah, I

PJ:

yes, 100%.

Adam:

hadn't heard that music before in, in Mask, to be honest, so a little odd there. Suddenly, all these animals and birds come running up behind them, and T Bob says, what is this, the road to Noah's Ark? And T Bob's been getting very biblical of late. Does he sense his end is nigh? Mm hmm, right.

PJ:

I mean, he's growing as a sentient being. And he's attempting to answer the question, Why am I here? And so, like, I wonder if he's been reading a lot of religious texts.

Adam:

Mm hmm.

PJ:

on suffering.

Adam:

Uh huh.

PJ:

why do bad things happen to good robots? Like, I really feel like he's trying to, like, get in touch with something and covering it. Maybe Scott's Pharaoh to him. I don't know. I don't know.

Adam:

Well, I'll just point out that T Bob is not a good robot. So bad things happen to bad robots too. And good things happen to bad robots.

PJ:

he does take on like religious iconography very easily

Adam:

It's true.

PJ:

cultures

Adam:

He does.

PJ:

um, also, there's still questions about whether he is alive or not.

Adam:

Well, Scott doesn't think he is. That's for sure. Uh, speaking of Scott and T Bob get stuck in a deep mud puddle. Jackhammer is going to run them over, but Cliff clearly doesn't want to hurt them. And he's honking his horn like, Hey, get out of the road.

PJ:

You know, he's hilarious you think he's like a New York City taxi driver by the way he drives

Adam:

Right?

PJ:

he's honking.

Adam:

Yeah.

PJ:

He's mildly concerned, but he also seems okay if he ran over a kid.

Adam:

He's got somewhere to go.

PJ:

right, exactly. It's like, I don't want to run you over, but I'm not going to stop because I got someplace

Adam:

Scott manages to free himself and somehow uses superhuman strength to pull T Bob out? Like, maybe your idea that Scott has, like, adamantium bones is right after all.

PJ:

Yeah, I thought through this one. And so the adamantium bones is still on the table, but after last episode, we know that couldn't pull Matt by himself.

Adam:

Right.

PJ:

Scott went on a strict weight training regimen to really build some muscles.

Adam:

Maybe

PJ:

we also know he couldn't do that naturally, he also acquired some anabolic steroids to like help them along and that's like how he's able to achieve this feat with a T Bob this time,

Adam:

very eighties of you, Scott. maybe after the mission from last episode and Scott did the debrief and said, I needed T Bob's help to drag you out of danger. Matt said, not gonna let that happen again. Take these special pills, Scott. You'll feel super strong.

PJ:

Darbon and a fish paralyzer.

Adam:

Always, always looking out for his best interest, Matt. Well, Mask shows up and we begin the mid episode battle versus Venom, and everything seems to be going Mask's way until Firecracker gets hit with the same red beam that the train got hit with at the beginning of the episode, and Firecracker starts getting crushed, and Hondo tries to use Blaster to get out, but it's no use. He's going to be crushed to death.

PJ:

This is fucking insane when you step back and think about this. Like, there's real danger here.

Adam:

Yeah.

PJ:

does make another dad joke, which is, I'm in one bad squeeze play. come on, Hondo. like, there's real stakes here. I mean, like, this is really serious stuff.

Adam:

This is not good, and it leads to the question, what's going to happen?

PJ:

I don't know. I don't know.

Adam:

We'll find out after these messages.

We've got them in sight. Hold on. Mask will be right back. Now watch what Mask does.

Adam:

We are back. When we left you, Hondo was about to be crushed inside Firecracker, entombed for all eternity. And that which was supposed to make him powerful. The irony is thick and sad. Hondo is dead.

PJ:

Nooooooo! hey, I have a question. So like, kids,

Adam:

Mm hmm. Mm

PJ:

Oh, this is how you play with those toys, right? So it's like, you have, Switchblade and Thunderhawk the sky, and you're, rrrrrr, shroom shroom. How many kids, emulating the cartoon this time, took a rock and just crushed Firecracker

Adam:

hmm.

PJ:

emulate the show?

Adam:

A hundred percent. Absolutely. Mom, I need a new one now. well the, the next scene of. Hondo's funeral is just kidding. Thunderhawk shows up, discovers the beam is coming from Switchblade. He distracts Miles with a few missiles, giving Hondo a chance to escape.

PJ:

so, okay, so before we get to like the, the saving moment,

Adam:

Yeah.

PJ:

fucking dedicated was Miles to destroying

Adam:

Mm

PJ:

Like, last episode, Blackout fired a beam that seemed like it took out Matt,

Adam:

hmm. Mm hmm.

PJ:

but, Miles basically did the Dr. Evil thing and just assumed, Oh, it's fine, he's dead, and it all went to plan. time, Miles wants to be sure.

Adam:

Yeah.

PJ:

I'm curious, man, do you think it's because he knows that Hondo is actually one of the real threats to Venom? just wants to make sure he's dead.

Adam:

That, I also think Miles is a racist.

PJ:

Alright! Double!

Adam:

So this might actually be a BuddyHawk's nomination.

PJ:

a Buddy Hawks nomination. All right. strength wise, like you have this one shot where this gravity beam is crushing a metal car. And Hondo, like, lifts his hand outside to try HOW STRONG IS HE?!

Adam:

Yeah. Oh, he very strong to, to push back against that, that gravity beam.

PJ:

and getting onto that, so, right before he fires the missiles, Thunderhawk's lasers are used, to try and hit it, and they're bent by the gravity beam.

Adam:

is that possible?

PJ:

Well, let's go over to Science Coder and talk about this.

Adam:

Let's go.

PJ:

Can gravity alter the course of light? the answer actually is yes. While photons don't have any rest mass to them, I mean, they're massless particles, they do have like a measured momentum. And so you have this kind of weird mass equivalency to them. And that means you can do cool stuff with it. Like you can have solar sails that are propelled by light.

Adam:

Okay.

PJ:

light alone. Okay. And it also means that gravity does in fact affect light, but to get a sense of that, like you're talking about a gravity well, the size of a star a black hole bending light over huge distances. And I mean like astronomical units, like the distance between, like we're talking huge. So to have that kind of like abrupt change where it just kind of suddenly goes down means there's an amazingly powerful gravitational pull going on

Adam:

Mm-hmm

PJ:

But then you start to get other problems like time gets affected.

Adam:

Right?

PJ:

like when you have massive objects, time starts to pass slower. the person on the massive object.

Adam:

Mm-hmm

PJ:

And then it would also start to move the earth in weird ways, probably bad ones. and the missile explosion would not actually be able to hit miles because if you can move something with no rest mass, you have zero problems with an object that has

Adam:

Mm-hmm

PJ:

mass.

Adam:

Yeah,

PJ:

So we're in space magic territory right now.

Adam:

meanwhile, T Bob is running for his life, Abandoning all reason, and Scott for that matter. But he gets hit with a gravity beam and we watch horrified as T Bob gets crushed just like Firecracker. Now for me, man, this was a really difficult scene to watch as an adult. I cannot imagine. How I felt watching it as a kid.

PJ:

you listen to the sound that T Bob makes, it will haunt my dreams forever. Yeah,

Adam:

It's, it's, it's the most legitimately horrific moment I've seen in this series so far where I was really affected by it.

PJ:

it's pretty horrifying. I mean, it's like, he again, kind of looks a lot like the robot from the Disney's the black hole,

Adam:

Yeah.

PJ:

bit more. So at this point in time, like the damaged one,

Adam:

Yeah,

PJ:

pretty horrifying.

Adam:

it is. Uh, Miles turns the gravity beam on Thunderhawk and all it does is force Matt to land Thunderhawk on its tail. And Matt says, I think my day is starting to go downhill.

PJ:

I think all of these folks basically on mask just are not emotionally equipped to To deal with the life and death situations they contend

Adam:

Uh huh.

PJ:

like, they use all of this corny humor to try and, like, allay their true feelings of fear.

Adam:

Now, Matt, Scott, and Hondo are all okay, but T Bob comes waddling over to them in his crushed state and says, I'm glad everyone is okay. I feel like a garbage lid. And this continues to be very disturbing, like just watching him, and it's just horrifying. How?

PJ:

is. But later, he's OK inside of Thunderhawk.

Adam:

Like that, is that a continuity, that's gotta be a continuity thing, right?

PJ:

I, I suspect basically this is the animation

Adam:

Yeah,

PJ:

noting problem. I think they said, Hey, You know, Matt's in the driver's seat, Hondo's in the passenger's seat, and then Scott and T Bob are in the back seat. And they just neglected to be like, oh yeah, it's damaged T Bob.

Adam:

right. Right. Well, Matt calls up the mask computer and it is the agent selection scene. First up is Bruce Sato. Invented mechanical skills, essential. Let's see about that. Bruce is riding on a boat. No telling how far offshore they are, by the way. But when he gets the call, he just dives into the water and swam. Swims away. However many miles they are, because this is a big boat. This is not a little, like, dinghy. They're out somewhere, so he's going to swim miles to shore.

PJ:

Yeah, I was thinking this was a fairy of some sort. imagine like there's a whole bunch of onlookers who are watching Bruce jump off this. So how scared is everyone else at seeing this guy apparently commit suicide?

Adam:

a hundred percent, but even, I mean, obviously he's not committing suicide, but he's gonna be pretty darn tired by the time he swims, wherever he's going, how useful is he really going to be on a mission? It would seem to be like, just let the boat get to wherever it's going. If it's a ferry, just get to wherever it's going. And then figure out your way from the other shore. This makes no sense at all. number two on the team, Alex sector, broad base scientific knowledge needed. Now, he's taking a bath. A big ol bubble bath. He's even got a pillow in the tub. It's very bizarre. So he gets the call and he jumps out. Totally naked. Now the suds do cover the private parts, but it still feels somewhat inappropriate for a kid's show.

PJ:

It, it does. And the bathroom itself's kind of weird.

Adam:

Oh, yeah, it is weird.

PJ:

it is, it is weird because like, there's a giant shower curtain that's like way outside the tub. So like,

Adam:

a hospital or something.

PJ:

Like, or, or, it's at his, where he keeps the animals, and this is normally where he bathes the animals.

Adam:

Sure. Yep. I think you're right about that. Yep.

PJ:

also has complete disregard for the book he's reading, he just like tosses it to the side.

Adam:

What do you think the book was?

PJ:

I think it was how to treat animals well, like he was, he really wanted to like lean into this. Yeah,

Adam:

but he will never read it. Next up on the team. Gloria Baker, champion race driver, black belt in Kung Fu, team hottie, Matt's wife. Driving skills and shark's weapons may be of value. I like how the computer conditions it.

PJ:

does.

Adam:

May be of value. Mostly though, Matt wants you there.

PJ:

Well, I actually, I'm the prosecution is going to recall that earlier scene.

Adam:

Okay.

PJ:

I think the computer was like, also Matt, I heard an exchange between you and Hondo regarding marriage. So I think it's important for Gloria to come along to remind you that you are married now.

Adam:

so Gloria is teaching a Kung Fu class and then she gets the call and just runs away.

PJ:

Everyone's in complete shock. And do you think there's something here where they interpreted that she's just failed their entire class?

Adam:

I just, I still can't get over this woman is a champion race driver and a black belt in Kung Fu. So she races cars for a living. She also has a side hustle as a Kung Fu instructor at the dojo. And. She happens to be part of a rogue paramilitary group

PJ:

I mean,

Adam:

run by her husband.

PJ:

run by, she's an adrenaline junkie. Yeah, I mean.

Adam:

Well, the whole team is gathered at Boulder Hill. Of course, not Matt or Hondo. Uh, and Matt's briefing the team via the video link and his face is huge on this giant screen. I mean, this seems to be how he wants to be treated. I think like the wizard of Oz.

PJ:

Uh, or big brother.

Adam:

Yeah,

PJ:

And here's a question I had for you. all very well versed on zoom and all sorts of

Adam:

uh huh.

PJ:

Where's the opposing camera situated where he sees them? Because if it's at the level of the table, then they're all looking up at him and maybe he wants that kind of adoration.

Adam:

Uh huh.

PJ:

it's from the vantage that Matt is displaying there, they all seem really small.

Adam:

Either way, it's what Matt wants. So, having been fully briefed, Alex says, Sounds like a matter of some gravity, Matt. And Gloria responds, Oh, you've been hanging around T Bob too much, Alex.

PJ:

do you think Gloria is saying that this dad joke thing that Alex has is. tbo level of communication.

Adam:

Gloria's not on board with it.

PJ:

Yeah.

Adam:

She's just fed up with it.

PJ:

It's like, come on.

Adam:

So, they go into the radiation chamber of death, get their helmets, and away we go. we're on the case, and Alex is investigating one of the crystals. He's trying to drill through it, but the drill bit snaps. And says, this is the hardest substance I've ever seen.

PJ:

I really wanted Gloria to chime in and say something like, you mean besides Matt's dick

Adam:

Well, she loves him.

PJ:

She does. She does.

Adam:

Finding no answers, Matt takes to the sky to scan for the gravity beam. Meanwhile, back at what looks like a mansion So maybe Matt owns another property in Pennsylvania. He probably does. Uh, Scott is hammering T Bob's body back into shape. Now in the animation, they make a point not to show T Bob without his body. Like, what do you think they're hiding under there?

PJ:

Pbob's giant dong, his robotic dong, to

Adam:

Why would Scott install that in T Bob?

PJ:

have a full featured life.

Adam:

Okay.

PJ:

regarding the mansion, I think they bought it from the Duke brothers, who were made paupers in trading places, so, which came out in 83, so

Adam:

Sure. Okay.

PJ:

for Matt to kind of swoop in and oh, this is nice.

Adam:

For sure. Well, now that he's fixed, T Bob and Scott head off to the Philadelphia Mint, and they're taking a tour. Suddenly, T Bob senses the gravity beam again.

PJ:

so I want to pause on their tour of the Mint because know, the reason that Scott's going to mint is that he wants to start working on a report, which means that he's pretty conscientious about his schoolwork and Matt never asks about it.

Adam:

No.

PJ:

T Bob makes the whole like, you know, dumb dad joke spear mint or peppermint. And I feel like Scott would just be like, fuck you T Bob. But then when they're actually watching the coins being minted. T Bob says, if I had all those, I could nickel and dime people to death.

Adam:

Whoa.

PJ:

And I was like, this is a Roy Batty moment, right? He's talking about actively murdering people. And Scott's reply is like, if you don't stop those puns, I'm going to confine you to quarters. And I'm like, the pun that T Bob said, Scott? He's, he's talking about murdering people. Like,

Adam:

well, Matt picks up the gravity weapon in Philadelphia and they all roll out. But back at the Mint, you know, T Bob having picked up on the gravity ray in the area. T Bob, he runs outside the Mint, and he once again gets very disturbingly crushed by the gravity beam. And Scott is standing at the door of the Mint. He sees what's happening to T Bob, and then he turns back and he hides. Like Way to save your friend there, Scott.

PJ:

to be fair, the gravity gun would have mushed Scott. uh, he might be strong out on steroids, but he's not Hondo strong. Okay.

Adam:

well, Venom is indeed. Robbing the mint. So while the gravity weapon is, you know, causing havoc in the front door, Venom's stealing coins through the back door. And so this goes back to my point earlier, this gravity weapon that seems to defy time and space seems to play no part in robbing the mint. However, am I wrong about that?

PJ:

I mean, is super underutilized. I was trying hard to defend the writers to earn a writer's defense fund here. this cracks in the concrete. So maybe it was used to crack the walls. Maybe it was used to shape the crystal shielding we're about to see, but it's also it's all standard fare. It's like not utilized at all.

Adam:

No.

PJ:

not pick up the coins using the gravity gun?

Adam:

Well, that's what they got vacuums for.

PJ:

Giant vacuums from Vegas,

Adam:

That would be like, like, Sly's thing. Mayhem, why don't we just use the gravity, right, uh, You idiot! It only crushes things, it doesn't pick things up! I didn't spend money on all those vacuums! To use a gravity ray to pick things up. by the way, Cliff and Vanessa are the ones who are, you know, extracting the money and Cliff says, this is great. Nobody can touch us. And Vanessa says, no one would want to touch you, dagger. Whoa.

PJ:

so brutal. I have to believe that Cliff engages in therapy. just for the help, for the abuse he takes on a regular basis.

Adam:

Well, but I could see him complaining to HR about Vanessa and they're like, look, we hear you, but. She's the most competent agent we have. We can't really do anything about it. So you can either file a formal complaint and you know how that's going to go. You can put up with it or you can quit. The choice is really yours, but for a one eyed terrorist. It's going to be hard finding a new job. well here comes mask and they engage venom, but jackhammer and Manta are covered in that crystal shield. You mentioned, and it makes their lasers useless. So for an organization whose whole offensive Platform is built on lasers. This is a bad thing for Mask. Um, Venom jacks up Mask in a major way. Thunderhawk gets one of its doors shot off. Rhino's battering ram gets destroyed. and uh, Matt says, This is embarrassing, Alex. Any ideas? Uh, giving credence to the theory that Matt only cares about appearances, not whether they win or lose.

PJ:

I mean, this is a credible threat from venom, but you're right. A hundred percent. Matt only cares about looking good. And it's, it shows off in what the teams talks about too, because like condos, like isn't looking good. And Bruce responds with, when did venom look good?

Adam:

Yeah. It's not whether we win or lose, it's whether we look good doing whatever we're doing.

PJ:

Right. It's like, we know we look good and that's what matters. after, uh, rhinos battering ram gets chewed off, Hondo says, better do something, Bruce, or she'll be in here with us and all I can think of that is like, we know Bruce wouldn't mind having Vanessa in there

Adam:

Yeah. He, he is like, oh, yes, must do something

PJ:

and he does do something,

Adam:

He does.

PJ:

he actually does a really cool maneuver that sends both Manta and Rhino flying. I mean,

Adam:

Mm-hmm

PJ:

does this kind of like reversing, which is kind of hard with a big rig. And I was like, ah,

Adam:

Oh, yeah,

PJ:

But who's not impressed, Adam?

Adam:

yeah. Hondo is not impressed.

PJ:

He's like, I'd rate that move a 5. And how much is Hondo shitting on Bruce's driving?

Adam:

no, seriously. I mean, you try to do that with a big rig Hondo, speaking of, uh, of great work though, Gloria, uh, is doing some real good work with Aura, sending Vanessa flying over Shark. Meanwhile, Alex figures out that the crystal shields have a weak point. The target area is only two meters wide. It's a small thermal exhaust port, right below the main port.

PJ:

That's impossible. Even for a computer. That's Wedge's response. Gloria fucking doesn't flinch.

Adam:

Yeah, she did some sharpshooting, firing a bolo type device at each of the Venom vehicles, cracking the crystal shields. mean, great work.

PJ:

Manta, but she, she does it for Jackhammer as well.

Adam:

Yeah. and after knocking out Jackhammer and Manta, Mask reconnects to figure out a plan to defeat the gravity weapon. Bruce says, the ugly one cannot bear to see its own face. Mask knows what he's saying right away. But I have no idea what he means.

PJ:

I mean, I was wondering basically, it's like, Oh, like, are we saying that someone should accept their inner beauty, in order to like, accept themselves fully? cause I really feel like that's where that should have gone,

Adam:

No, I think Bruce is not commenting on the mission. I think he's working through something with the whole Vanessa getting into the cabin and Hondo there and the,

PJ:

Uh,

Adam:

dissed him. And so I actually think it's a complete non sequitur for Bruce, but Matt thinks. He's saying something about the mission,

PJ:

right. I see what you're saying. Yeah.

Adam:

but hey, by the way, the plan is pretty good. Uh, Thunderhawk and Rhino sit there as bait while Gloria sneaks up behind and fires Aura at the beam weapon causing it to turn back on Switchblade. Switchblade crashes, we've got a great ragdoll award nominee here, uh, and it gets crushed by the gravity beam.

PJ:

Yeah. I kind of wondered cause like, it didn't seem like Rhino and Thunderhawk were getting crushed. So I actually wondered if they were actually being picked up. Okay. The

Adam:

Yeah.

PJ:

bit dodgy that I couldn't quite tell. One way or another, because you'd expect to see like, you know, some, some stressors on those vehicles.

Adam:

Yeah. I agree with that. But Miles runs away, and he's like really huffin and puffin Like, he's out of shape. Um, but then he climbs into Manta and escapes.

PJ:

Miles, you got to do more cardio and lay off the sugar.

Adam:

Yeah.

PJ:

do not care how many fat free snacks you think you're having. You're going to have a coronary.

Adam:

Well with venom defeated mass gathers and scott rolls a crushed t bob over to the team And matt says hi scott taking t bob out for a spin I mean just roy baddy nominations all over the place in this episode and also t bob's response is Cut the cracks, I heard it the first time, it really sounded like cut the crap, which is exactly what T Bob should be saying.

PJ:

Yeah. A hundred percent. It's like, stop the shit guys. Fix me up. Don't be dicks.

Adam:

Just wait till you go to sleep at night. Well, back at Boulder Hill, Matt and Hondo pull up in Thunderhawk and Hondo says, Matt, I really have to get going. I got classes to teach, you know, Matt knows Hondo. You barely teach as it is

PJ:

Wait a second. So this is my thing. Like the shot is clearly taken at sunset.

Adam:

Yeah.

PJ:

it's a gorgeous orange

Adam:

Mm hmm. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

PJ:

So what class is he teaching? Is he teaching night school? did they just get back from Philly to Colorado and Thunderhawk has its wing fixed?

Adam:

Yeah, a lot of time has passed. We didn't do any time checks in this episode, but clearly they have also broken the laws of space and time here.

PJ:

I mean, getting between Colorado and Philly is probably a four or five hour flight.

Adam:

Yeah. I mean, if Thunderhawk can, I think we've established can go multiple times the speed of sound.

PJ:

Thunderhawk could do it. I wonder if like they had the jet though, have to go back and

Adam:

Oh, sure. Yep.

PJ:

Thunder, cause firecracker was there.

Adam:

Well, but it turns out that we're all gathered at Boulder Hill for the big unveiling of Hurricane. The whole team is there, by the way. Every single member of M. A. S. C. is there, but they don't have any dialogue. And they unveil this Chevy that transforms into a tank. Now, they do call it Night Stalker here. But Hondo, when he watches it transform, he's just speechless. And he almost cries here and he says, I don't know what to say. Yes, I do. Thanks, Matt. And I love that Honda was speechless with emotion over a weapon of mass destruction. Like that is Honda.

PJ:

I'll be able to kill so many more people down that, yeah, it's, it's a pretty emotional scene right here. interesting cause like, he is much more appreciative of the new vehicle. Like he doesn't seem like he's that broken up over firecracker, but this is actually a really big thing is that this is like a new toy and it's a consequential change to the series. So.

Adam:

Right. Well, and it's interesting too, that it's a replacement. They didn't do that for any of the other toys necessarily. They were introduced with new characters or in a future season. Yeah. This is the one and only time where a toy is purposely destroyed in the show and replaced with a new toy. So it's a weird decision.

PJ:

it is, I mean, in second season, a lot of characters have new vehicles, and it, it is really interesting because like they've been telegraphing this since the very first, you know, the, the opening credits of the first episode, So, yeah, it's, it's pretty, it's fascinating because like, you know, it's again, it's an actual change. one thing I'm really grateful for for the cartoon show is that I never liked Hondo's, armor. In hurricane, the purple and yellow, like, disco where,

Adam:

Yeah.

PJ:

like, like, I kind of dig that. He keeps kind of the, the jumpsuit or

Adam:

Mhm.

PJ:

like the adventure where he's got going on.

Adam:

Yeah, agreed.

PJ:

so yeah, Matt had a Chevy Bel Air and 57 car converted into a tank.

Adam:

Makes sense. American steel can slice through anything like a knife through butter.

PJ:

Yes, I agree.

Adam:

So I have some, a question. Why was Night Stalker renamed to Hurricane?

PJ:

So I did a little research on this one because I was wondering about this and I had heard two theories and I think I actually think both of them are actually true. so let's get the corporate one out of the way. So Night Stalker was a name that was owned by Mattel.

Adam:

Mm hmm.

PJ:

is like Skeletor's robotic purple horse that is the name. So Kenner actually had to change it from a corporate perspective. So they

Adam:

Yep.

PJ:

It was probably fine for the cartoon. Cause I don't think you can copyright it that way, but I think it was not okay for the toy.

Adam:

toy itself. Yeah.

PJ:

sync, that's why it's Night Stalker for a few episodes and then flips to Hurricane. Um,

Adam:

interesting how out of sync though, that the show was with the, the corporate entity.

PJ:

Now I said there were two theories about Night Stalker

Adam:

Right?

PJ:

and, this one, let me, let me be very honest. I recommend people research. I mean, look, you can, you can find this very easily on Wikipedia. I recommend you not read this article. Okay. But the reality is from April of 84 to August of 85,

Adam:

Mm hmm.

PJ:

was a name named Richard Ramirez, who was a serial killer and rapist in the LA and San Francisco areas who was nicknamed dah, dah, dah, dah. The Night Stalker, and it really begged the question for me. Why was either of these toys ever named Night Stalker?

Adam:

Right.

PJ:

like very clearly like in the time when you're kind of like formulating a lot of this stuff, and

Adam:

It was in the news. I mean, it was clearly in the news as they're writing this, and someone said, Oh, we should call this Night Stalker.

PJ:

and it wasn't as if they're writing this series in like Ontario, or maybe they are actually, maybe that is, maybe that's the issue is like, I don't know. But what if, what if they're not writing this thing in LA? I Because like, if you're in the LA area, you probably aren't naming a character, the Night Stalker.

Adam:

No. Um, something we've established, however, for both of us is that Hurricane is like one of the best toys in the entire series.

PJ:

Easily. Super great transformation. everything about it was just a cool concept.

Adam:

yeah. I love that toy.

PJ:

terms of just like, if you think about like, what vehicle do you want to be in, pound for pound, probably tougher than Rhino. It's a, a, as cool, if not cooler transformation than switch blade. and like, you know, it's a, it's a literal tank. I mean, it's a, it's an awesome toy to play with.

Adam:

It's great.

PJ:

Does the name Hurricane actually fit this thing?

Adam:

Yeah, I find that really interesting like there's nothing hurricane about it it doesn't swirl around.

PJ:

I mean, it's a replacement name, but then again, does Night Stalker? I mean, the vehicle's painted neon blue, which would easily show up at night.

Adam:

With, with flames, with, you know, true. Yes. is what

PJ:

except that's a DC character. Juggernaut would be great, except that's a Marvel character. Or blue steel.

Adam:

Hondo wanted to call it. Cause that's what they call him sometimes. but anyways, it's a great day for everyone. Hurricane is introduced. And we cut to the more, you know, now Scott is cooking for Matt for himself because no one else will for him, but a fork gets stuck in the garbage disposal and T Bob goes to reach his hand in to get it. But Scott stops him. The lesson being don't stick your hand in a garbage disposal. But if not T Bob, then who should be getting the fork?

PJ:

I mean, I think like, I think a running garbage disposal is what they meant. And they were kind of. like, otherwise, it's like, uh, there's a fork down there. I was told not to, not to get it, but it's off. Nope. Never put your hand in the garbage disposal.

Adam:

it's like mom comes home and there's like three spoons and a fork just sitting there in the garbage disposal. Like, why didn't you get these out? Well, cause I learned on Masked that I'm not supposed to reach my hand into a garbage disposal. There might be some other stuff in there too. I think T Bob and Scott also ended up down there when I was playing Masked in the kitchen. Sorry, mom.

PJ:

You think Matt would have a chef

Adam:

Oh, he definitely has one.

PJ:

just doesn't let him

Adam:

Yeah. He has one.

PJ:

in. Gloria gets magnificent meals cooked for them all the

Adam:

Yeah. Yeah. Scott's making craft macaroni and cheese. Well, let's look at the skills. Uh, Bruce Sato was brought into the team for his inventive mechanical skills. did he use them? Yeah. Uh, no, that's a fail.

PJ:

the gravity gun two miles? I couldn't think of any other thing. Cause like he doesn't use lifter. He does that cool driving thing, but that wasn't why he was like brought on board.

Adam:

No, no,

PJ:

D minus as far as I'm concerned.

Adam:

well. Now Alex Sector is brought on for his broad based scientific knowledge.

PJ:

Uh, well he did come up with the hit the crystal in this spot thingy.

Adam:

He did. That's useful.

PJ:

yeah, solid B plus

Adam:

And then Gloria was brought into the team for driving skills and shark's weapons may be a value.

PJ:

this. I love how like the computer was the least certain out of all of them,

Adam:

Yeah,

PJ:

the, without Gloria, the rest of the team would in fact be dead.

Adam:

right,

PJ:

So it's crack shots with both aura and sharks, bola and driving

Adam:

Yeah.

PJ:

the day. So a plus,

Adam:

A plus well done. So looking at our awards here, father of the year. What do you got?

PJ:

you know, I it's as always, it's kind of hard because like, there's a lot of stuff that's off screen. Like Scott go to the mansion and just.

Adam:

Yeah.

PJ:

to yourself, but I kind of thought Matt telling Scott to go back through the woods of Pennsylvania to the crash site of the train

Adam:

Yeah.

PJ:

my father of the year award.

Adam:

Yeah. I agree with you a hundred percent on that. And just also Scott being allowed to go off to the mint and all these other things. Like once again, there's a terrorist organization at large

PJ:

Right,

Adam:

and around Philadelphia, maybe send them home. So the Slyrax Ragdoll Award. What do you got?

PJ:

I kind of thought miles with crashing switchblade again, You know, Hondo was able to kind of like get out of his situation,

Adam:

Mm hmm.

PJ:

miles comes crashing down and should just be dead.

Adam:

Yeah, I agree. I think also T Bob getting squashed twice of could be a ragdoll award though He is not alive as we know so it doesn't really count so I agree with you in terms of miles there Now the Buddy Hawks Award. What do you think?

PJ:

didn't have one, but I guess it really depends upon what you said earlier. If you think that if miles was being racially motivated,

Adam:

Uh huh.

PJ:

I thought it was a skills thing, whereas like, I'd try to kill the most effective mask agent,

Adam:

Sure.

PJ:

can, I can understand if you think it's like, actually, there's some underlying racism there. Yeah.

Adam:

I mean, get one look at Miles. I think it's, he certainly could have some racial bias. I mean, also look at his team.

PJ:

it's true, but I will point out we've awarded, we have awarded far more Buddy Hawks awards to Mask, including to Hondo himself,

Adam:

It's true.

PJ:

to Venom. Okay, so

Adam:

Yeah, it's true.

PJ:

it's like, you know, There's a balance of, uh, that's here and, uh, that, that's why I'm not sure

Adam:

All right. Well, we'll leave that one unfilled for this episode. Roy Batty moment. Oh my goodness. So many to choose from.

PJ:

It's replete with Roy Batty moments.

Adam:

Yeah.

PJ:

my pick is when he actually threatened death to people with nickels and dimes in the mint. Like

Adam:

Yeah.

PJ:

really on point that that was like, okay, well, you just said you wanted to murder people,

Adam:

Yeah. your goal has become clear now.

PJ:

kill.

Adam:

So what do we think? Is this a, is this episode Pandapoo?

PJ:

I don't think so. I mean, it's, uh, we're back to the, you know, the underutilized tech trope

Adam:

so underutilized.

PJ:

But it is like a really consequential episode. In fact,

Adam:

Yeah.

PJ:

consequential episode to date.

Adam:

Okay.

PJ:

in the canon and not us sort of hunting around the edges. not panda poo.

Adam:

All right. Well, that is it for episode 29. Next up is episode 30. The Lost Riches of Rio. Get a load of this. I love this log line. Venom steals a worthless painting. We've just ended at that. That's it. Cause that's, that is Miles M. O. I'm gonna steal this painting. How much is it worth? Nothing! But it gets even better. Venom steals a worthless painting, but Mask learns it really contains a secret map to lost Nazi treasure. We're back with the Nazis!

PJ:

So I think it's what's funny. So I watched this episode

Adam:

Yeah.

PJ:

having read the tagline.

Adam:

Uh huh.

PJ:

And so I actually went into it, not knowing. Like what was to come.

Adam:

Yeah.

PJ:

in the middle of the episode, I get surprised all of a sudden, like, whoa, it feels like a little bit unexpected, like in the middle of the episode and it's kind of the first time, like, again, we've talked about like how they kind of dance around like these German scientists in South America, the billionaire who's

Adam:

Mm hmm.

PJ:

the dinosaur blood. We had the, who is unfreezing people,

Adam:

Yeah.

PJ:

it's like straight up on point. And it's,

Adam:

Yeah.

PJ:

interesting because again, it, it's like talks about the milieu of the time where it was like, this was like, okay,

Adam:

Yep.

PJ:

cartoon and you probably wouldn't expect it today.

Adam:

Well, I'm looking forward to it. But for now, this podcast has to transform and head back to HQ. I am Adam Moore.

PJ:

And I am PG McNerney.

Adam:

Buh bye!

PJ:

Bye bye.

The mobile armored podcast show is written, produced and edited. Bye Adam Moore. And PJ McNerney.