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The Animorphs encounter the Mercora, a lovable, crablike people attempting to build a home on Earth, and immediately become conscripted into someone else's war.  What does the introduction of the Mercora tell us about the series' stance on nonviolence? Is Cassie doomed to be hardened to violence and harming others over the course of this series? Is Tobias inevitably going to become an Alloran type, willing to sacrifice the well-being of the few for the needs of the many? Are the Mercora more or less huggable than the Taxxons?Support the showSupport us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/anidorks@anidorkspod on twitter! Send questions to anidorkspod@gmail.comHey! For real though: Leave us a 5 star review and we'll read it on the air! New episodes every Wednesday!!!

The Animorphs continue their dinosaur journey!! We meet a an alien race of ant-like beings, the Nesk. Dino-Tobias hunts human Rachel. Jake morphs into a T-Rex while inside the throat of a T-Rex. Why does KA Applegate hate ants so much? Could the Nesk have possibly learned English that quickly? Did eating T-Rex meat upset Jake's tummy? The Nesk fly pyramidal spacecrafts-- are those pyramids with sharp corners or smooth corners? And how did Miranda possibly manage to edit around all of Eddy's technical difficulties this episode?Support the showSupport us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/anidorks@anidorkspod on twitter! Send questions to anidorkspod@gmail.comHey! For real though: Leave us a 5 star review and we'll read it on the air! New episodes every Wednesday!!!

The Animorphs get nuked back in time to the Age of Dinosaurs. Rachel and Tobias get eaten. Cassie rolls a nat 20 on a survival check.How will Tobias deal with being attracted to humans in the body of a hawk? Are CheesePuffs good? Who taught Eddy about vore? What's with that volcano? Is there anything to the fact multiple characters in this book are rescued by external manifestations of themselves? Support the showSupport us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/anidorks@anidorkspod on twitter! Send questions to anidorkspod@gmail.comHey! For real though: Leave us a 5 star review and we'll read it on the air! New episodes every Wednesday!!!

*Heads up!! We will be off next Wed, April 30th and plan to begin releasing MegaMorphs 2 (not Book 19!) on Wed, May 7th.*The AniCool Kids went together to see an immersive theater performance and now they can't stop imagining what an Animorphs immersive theater experience might be like. Escape from the Yeerk Pool? A simulation of a morph gone wrong? A day in the life of Eileen the Dolphin Trainer??We read your emails about Books 16 and 17 and discuss: What if Fenestre is just taking little bites here and there of preserved Yeerks rather than gobbling the whole thing in one bit? Which character has changed the most by this point? Chris says Cassie, Eddy says Ax, and Miranda is torn between the two— or maybe Tobias? Do Andalites ever morph into their crushes? Support the showSupport us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/anidorks@anidorkspod on twitter! Send questions to anidorkspod@gmail.comHey! For real though: Leave us a 5 star review and we'll read it on the air! New episodes every Wednesday!!!

Book 18 concludes with the reveal of the City of Worms (!!!) and a journey to a Bright Hole. Ax laughs. Do rebellious Andalites ever run away to join the Andalites circus? Should we explore the human instinct to slap a mosquito as a solution to waking coma patients? What is Andalite art like? What are the implications of how Z-space is deployed in this book? If the Andalites have Z-space tech, why the hell are they taking so long? And in the alternate timeline where the Andalites successfully land on earth, how do they handle interacting with humans?Support the showSupport us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/anidorks@anidorkspod on twitter! Send questions to anidorkspod@gmail.comHey! For real though: Leave us a 5 star review and we'll read it on the air! New episodes every Wednesday!!!

The Animorphs chomp on some Leerans and are weirded out when they suddenly can read each other's minds. For once the kids solve their problems through actually just talking about their feelings. When is it appropriate to touch someone's face without asking? Will we ever meet an Andalite who isn't a jock? Why haven't the Animorphs questioned whether the Ellimist is interfering in this book yet? And what might the Animorphs have learned if they uncovered some genuinely juicy secrets during the Leeran mind-meld....?Support the showSupport us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/anidorks@anidorkspod on twitter! Send questions to anidorkspod@gmail.comHey! For real though: Leave us a 5 star review and we'll read it on the air! New episodes every Wednesday!!!

Ax finds himself more torn than ever between his allegiance to the Animorphs and to his own people. A traitor is revealed aboard the Ascalin and the kids are forced to seek out possibly the most tragic Andalite of all. What might be the translation for the Andalite curse “yaolin”? Why are the Yeerks so determined to take the only landmass on a planet inhabited by a species that lives underwater? Is anyone's backstory in this series as much of a bummer as Prince Galuit?Support the showSupport us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/anidorks@anidorkspod on twitter! Send questions to anidorkspod@gmail.comHey! For real though: Leave us a 5 star review and we'll read it on the air! New episodes every Wednesday!!!

Sometimes you have to close a door to open a window, yes, but sometimes you have to open a window to Hulk-smash out of another. The Animorphs morph into mosquitoes and develop a lust for blood. The kids go to Z-space. Is it rude  to ask an Andalite to lift their hoof to reveal what exactly is going on down there? Does Eddy know how to say the word “irreparably”? (Answer: no!!!) Do any of the Anidorks know how to say “Carnegie”? (Our working theory: the pronunciation is a PA thing!) What the hell is the Animorphs' plan for absorbing the blood after they've consumed it as mosquitoes? Are they going to squash each other? Support the showSupport us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/anidorks@anidorkspod on twitter! Send questions to anidorkspod@gmail.comHey! For real though: Leave us a 5 star review and we'll read it on the air! New episodes every Wednesday!!!

Send us a textAx tries to get a part-time job and fights Visser 3 on top of a McDonalds. Chapman hits a guy with a minivan. Who is Jane Carnegie and where is she?! If every Aristh gets a kafit morph, why is Ax so suspicious that Visser 3 has one? Where we robbed of an entire book of the Animorphs trying to prove that Chapman hit a Secret Service agent with a minivan? And isn't the roof of a McDonalds the perfect location for a one on one brawl to the death?Support the showSupport us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/anidorks@anidorkspod on twitter! Send questions to anidorkspod@gmail.comHey! For real though: Leave us a 5 star review and we'll read it on the air! New episodes every Wednesday!!!

Send us a textWe empty the mailbag and take a quiz for babies to test our knowledge of the series so far. How would Ax place the other Animorphs on his MySpace Top 8? Is Eddy being contrarian for the sake of the podcast? And is Cassie a little more comfortable with violence as a solution to the problems that the Animorphs faced than we realized?Support the showSupport us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/anidorks@anidorkspod on twitter! Send questions to anidorkspod@gmail.comHey! For real though: Leave us a 5 star review and we'll read it on the air! New episodes every Wednesday!!!

Send us a textThe kids humiliate Visser 3. He retaliates by morphing into a very slow porcupine bird with bad eye sight.Has any book in the series come together so well in the ending as this one? Shouldn't the Yeerks be cleaning all of those dead bats out of the Yeerk pool? Now that George Edelman is free, is he destined to play on the next season of Animorphs Survivor? And okay, Chris gets it, hoof tongue doesn't exist-- but what about hoof lips?Support the showSupport us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/anidorks@anidorkspod on twitter! Send questions to anidorkspod@gmail.comHey! For real though: Leave us a 5 star review and we'll read it on the air! New episodes every Wednesday!!!

Send us a textThe Animorphs return to the Yeerk pool. Rachel goes for a swim. How do Yeerks communicate in the Yeerk pool? Can the Animorphs ever go home again? What's with all the meaningful falling in this book? Did the Beach Boys invent The Sharing's aesthetic?Support the showSupport us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/anidorks@anidorkspod on twitter! Send questions to anidorkspod@gmail.comHey! For real though: Leave us a 5 star review and we'll read it on the air! New episodes every Wednesday!!!

Send us a text*trigger warning for discussions of SA and SA-related imagery*The gang orders the happiest of Happy Meals. Rachel has a terrifying dream. Morphing into moles takes the Animorphs all the way from womb to tomb. Why is Rachel's nightmare of being infested by a Yeerk so much more powerful than Jake's experience in Book 6? Who invented the Gleet Bio-Filter, and why does it feel like a trademarked product? Where is Visser 2, and do all signs point to them being a bit of a prankster? Support the showSupport us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/anidorks@anidorkspod on twitter! Send questions to anidorkspod@gmail.comHey! For real though: Leave us a 5 star review and we'll read it on the air! New episodes every Wednesday!!!

Send us a text*content warning for self-harm and sexual assault imagery*The Animorphs survive a fruity, Freudian hellscape  and infiltrate a mental institution. Meanwhile Miranda, Eddy, and Chris try to figure out what, if anything, in Rachel's past led to her self-destructive tendency to throw herself into harm's way. What do you mean the nail is as tall as a tall woman? Are the chefs union-approved to help carry the boxes from the truck to  the kitchen? Miranda wonders if sweet and sticky banana goo is ever just sweet and sticky banana goo. Eddy enters his Zordon era. Chris stumbles upon three kids, each smaller than a slightly larger child.Support the showSupport us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/anidorks@anidorkspod on twitter! Send questions to anidorkspod@gmail.comHey! For real though: Leave us a 5 star review and we'll read it on the air! New episodes every Wednesday!!!

Send us a textBook 17!! Rachel and the others head downtown to attend the grand opening of a Planet Hollywood, but end up saving a man's life instead.Why doesn't Ax thought-speak in his human morph? Could six raptors really carry a man falling from a skyscraper? Is Rachel the first of the Animorphs to say that she would give her life to save another of the Animorphs-- in this case Cassie? And since when does Bruce Willis play the harmonica? Support the showSupport us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/anidorks@anidorkspod on twitter! Send questions to anidorkspod@gmail.comHey! For real though: Leave us a 5 star review and we'll read it on the air! New episodes every Wednesday!!!

Send us a textAs Chris would say: hellooooo Anidorks! We've printed out all of your letters (one-sided! double spaced!) and stuffed the mailbag full of that wonderful paper— just so that we can empty it.If the uncontrollable urges of the animal morphs speak to a fear of puberty, does the threat of losing control to a Yeerk speak to fears of growing up and conforming? What makes Marco such a compelling character? What are our predictions for what will happen with Visser 1? Just how special is Chris' OCD diagnosis?Note: we'll be taking a few weeks off to rest and record a bunch of new content! We will return mid-January with Book 17. We love you all!Support the showSupport us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/anidorks@anidorkspod on twitter! Send questions to anidorkspod@gmail.comHey! For real though: Leave us a 5 star review and we'll read it on the air! New episodes every Wednesday!!!

Send us a textBook 16 ends with Joe Bob Fenestre revealing that he's been slurping Yeerk. Jake's mother shares that she is in possession of two weapons, though unfortunately neither of them is a broad sword. Are we the only ones who find the ending of this book to be incredible, but the beginning and middle to be a bit forgettable? How disappointed was Jake to learn that his mom's secret “weapons” were figurative?  Is Gump doomed to die trying to pet a wolf now that Cassie approached him as one? Is a plunger or a thick boba straw more useful for getting a Yeerk out of a brain? Support the showSupport us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/anidorks@anidorkspod on twitter! Send questions to anidorkspod@gmail.comHey! For real though: Leave us a 5 star review and we'll read it on the air! New episodes every Wednesday!!!

Send us a textThe gang wrecks a mansio. Jake the Tiger radicalizes some armed guards. Joe Bob Fenestre shows off his very cool bedroom. How is it that these books can pivot between a deranged millionaire confessing to Yeerk cannibalism and the cartoon antics of Jake trampling humans as a rhino without harming anyone? Does Jake's movement speed as a tiger obey the rules of 5E? Is any species better designed for Slip N' Slide than Yeerks? Is Fenestre, like his brother, just an artist in search of an audience? Support the showSupport us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/anidorks@anidorkspod on twitter! Send questions to anidorkspod@gmail.comHey! For real though: Leave us a 5 star review and we'll read it on the air! New episodes every Wednesday!!!

Send us a textIn which Rachel gets tased, Ax gets shot, and Jake morphs into a battering ram. Why is Fenestre more capable of fending off the Animorphs than the US military or even Visser 3 himself? Is Jake's failure to delegate tasks his fatal flaw? Just how many butt slaps are there in sports nowadays? What type of video game makes most sense for an Animorphs adaptation: a visual novel, a Telltale game? Would Marco be a Fortnite kid, flossing his way to Fenestre? What generic office title would be most appropriate for each Animorph?  And does Marco really hate Tobias, or is he just jealous that he and Jake didn't do their first morph together, that the two of them never played with a string? Support the showSupport us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/anidorks@anidorkspod on twitter! Send questions to anidorkspod@gmail.comHey! For real though: Leave us a 5 star review and we'll read it on the air! New episodes every Wednesday!!!

Send us a textThe gang breaks into an office building and puts on a little show for the employees. Jake nearly dies and then has a totally normal dinner with his totally normal family. In this book, Jake is the leader of the Animorphs, but he's also pretending to be a leader, as well as a son and a brother. In a different way, Tom is Jake's brother, but he's also a Yeerk pretending to be his brother. What is this book (and the series generally) trying to tell us about performance??Better question,  why does no one send telegrams any more? Has anyone ever seen a fly on an airplane? If the Animorphs acquire human morphs without consent, is that as bad as what the Yeerks are doing by infesting humans? Should the Animorphs also be an improv comedy team??Support the showSupport us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/anidorks@anidorkspod on twitter! Send questions to anidorkspod@gmail.comHey! For real though: Leave us a 5 star review and we'll read it on the air! New episodes every Wednesday!!!

Send us a textBook 16 is gross and dark, with everything from Yeerk cannibalism to Jake getting eviscerated as a fly to dirty diapers to... Tobias almost getting crushed by poop in an airport toilet? The Animorphs meet the Internet and talk to strangers in a chatroom who may or may not all be Yeerked. Did they seriously almost kill Tobias in a toilet? Does Chris still hate Eddy and Miranda? What would be a better Animorphs party game: Swat the Jake or Pin the Nipple on the Andalite? Is it Michael Grant or KA Applegate that hates flying so much that they used "disgorging" to describe passengers leaving an airplane? And is this the first book in a very long time that none of the Anidorks are really sold on??Support the showSupport us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/anidorks@anidorkspod on twitter! Send questions to anidorkspod@gmail.comHey! For real though: Leave us a 5 star review and we'll read it on the air! New episodes every Wednesday!!!

Send us a textThe concusion of Survivor: Dorks Vs Cool Kids!!Will Captain Torelli finally catch those pesky Animorphs now that he has them trapped on the island? Will Cassie's mother Michelle leave her husband Walter for the Living Hive? Will Rachel's father Dan find love after Naomi on the island? Is Arbron a Challenge Beast? Can the Shack Lady from Megamorpha 1 survive through Tribal Council? And will the Living Hive be able to survive on the island if it is itself the size of an island?Support the showSupport us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/anidorks@anidorkspod on twitter! Send questions to anidorkspod@gmail.comHey! For real though: Leave us a 5 star review and we'll read it on the air! New episodes every Wednesday!!!

Send us a textA new round of NPCs (also known as Minor Humans) go up against the Animorphs in Survivor: Dorks Vs. Cool Kids. Part 2 will be released tomorrow!!Will Captain Torelli finally catch those pesky Animorphs now that he has them trapped on the island? Will Cassie's mother Michelle leave her husband Walter for the Living Hive? Will Rachel's father Dan find love after Naomi on the island? Is Arbron a Challenge Beast? Can the Shack Lady from Megamorpha 1 survive through Tribal Council? And will the Living Hive be able to survive on the island if it is itself the size of an island?Support the showSupport us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/anidorks@anidorkspod on twitter! Send questions to anidorkspod@gmail.comHey! For real though: Leave us a 5 star review and we'll read it on the air! New episodes every Wednesday!!!

Send us a textBook 15 concludes with a standoff between Vissers 1 and 3, Marco finally revealing the truth about his mom to the rest of the Animorphs, and the question of whether Marco will remain a prisoner of hope.  What do you mean this is a book for children?!Why does this book feel like it has the emotional weight of a main series book, but the self-containment of a bubble episode? Rachel is mad at Marco for not killing Visser 1 when he had the chance, but doesn't she  miss an opportunity to do the same with Visser 3 in the same book? Did Jake secretly force Marco's hand on revealing the secret of his mother's identity to the others? Does having a Yeerk inside of your head make you hotter? Is it ever funny to ask your friends not to kill your mom? And will Marco Support the showSupport us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/anidorks@anidorkspod on twitter! Send questions to anidorkspod@gmail.comHey! For real though: Leave us a 5 star review and we'll read it on the air! New episodes every Wednesday!!!

Send us a textThe gang successfully infiltrates Visser 1's underwater base only to find themselves in immediate danger of being slaughtered. Rachel's head nearly explodes. Marco hangs out with his mom. And Chris announces that it's official: the Anidorks are  fighting!!Are tuna the Hork-Bajir of the sea? How exactly does Eddy define "inappropriate stretching"? Do Andalites have ears simply so that Yeerks can infest them? Where did Marco learn the word "festoon"? Is Cassie an anti-vaxxer? Sure, Visser 1 may be a more effective boss, but isn't Visser 3 more fun to work for? Not that the Anidorks need to announe yet another project that will never be realized, but wouldn't Council of 13 be an incredible social deduction game?Support the showSupport us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/anidorks@anidorkspod on twitter! Send questions to anidorkspod@gmail.comHey! For real though: Leave us a 5 star review and we'll read it on the air! New episodes every Wednesday!!!

The kids break into a off brand Sea World and then destroy it. Marco confronts his fear with a big hug. Chris and Miranda give Eddy a science lesson. Are the Leerans OP and why do we keep forgetting about them in their first book? How heavy is water? What's Marco's deal with pity, and what feeling is he chasing when he becomes obsessed with the shark morph? Who brings guns to an aquarium?Support the showSupport us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/anidorks@anidorkspod on twitter! Send questions to anidorkspod@gmail.comHey! For real though: Leave us a 5 star review and we'll read it on the air! New episodes every Wednesday!!!

Tobias acquires a dolphin morph and the gang goes swimming. When Marco asks Jake to promise him that they'll never change, no matter what happens in the war, is he talking about the Animorphs or is he talking about his mother? Do Leerans look like Drowzee? When does pointy feel smooth? Why are there dolphins in this book but not Eileen the dolphin trainer? And how hard is it to give the Taxxons their beep-boop buttons??Support the showSupport us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/anidorks@anidorkspod on twitter! Send questions to anidorkspod@gmail.comHey! For real though: Leave us a 5 star review and we'll read it on the air! New episodes every Wednesday!!!

Our sweet prince Marco is facing his worst fear (sharks!!) and breaking our hearts all over again in Book 15. Will this boy's troubles never end?Who are these mysterious new aliens, the Leerans, and why are they so silly looking? If this very memorably described Royan Island is never going to come up again, could we at least turn it into a Hitman level? Where did Marco learn to stage whisper if not at theater camp? And will the day ever come when he and Tobias can finally connect over their trauma and become friends?Also: the return of Erek King!!Support the showSupport us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/anidorks@anidorkspod on twitter! Send questions to anidorkspod@gmail.comHey! For real though: Leave us a 5 star review and we'll read it on the air! New episodes every Wednesday!!!

We read listener emails and a few new reviews in our biggest mailbag episode yet!! We discuss whether Marco has synesthesia given that he believes cheese tastes blue, argue about which of the other Animorphs each member is least connected to, and learn the truth about whether raccoons, our lovely little washing bears, really do wash their food.Support the showSupport us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/anidorks@anidorkspod on twitter! Send questions to anidorkspod@gmail.comHey! For real though: Leave us a 5 star review and we'll read it on the air! New episodes every Wednesday!!!

The ending of Book 14 might be the wackiest one in the series yet. The Animorphs exit the Tunnel of Love, pursued by Captain Torrelli! They foil Visser 3's plan to infest the US military in a haunted house ride! They chase Visser 3 through a marching band parade filled with Looney Tunes characters! This book is bonkers in the best way. We have so many questions!! Why can't the adults chasing after children at this amusement park just simply ask an attendant to stop the rides? When it comes to the laws of morphing, we've established that the piss goes with, but does the poop stay put? Do Tunnel of Love rides even exist anymore, and if not, is it acceptable to make out on It's a Small World instead? And what if there is a there, there, but it's a toilet??We will be off the next two weeks!! We'll return with a mailbag episode on Wed, 9/25. Support the showSupport us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/anidorks@anidorkspod on twitter! Send questions to anidorkspod@gmail.comHey! For real though: Leave us a 5 star review and we'll read it on the air! New episodes every Wednesday!!!

We learn the secret at the center of Zone 91. Cassie has a *very* endearing conversation with her parents. Chris is convinced that the military would shoot suspicious horses on sight. Miranda wants to know more about this mysterious person eating an open container of yogurt in the middle of Zone 91 (could it be our beloved Eileen, graduated to the role of Minor Researcher??). Eddy learns the true purpose of the prostate.Support the Show.Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/anidorks@anidorkspod on twitter! Send questions to anidorkspod@gmail.comHey! For real though: Leave us a 5 star review and we'll read it on the air! New episodes every Wednesday!!!

The Animorphs need to continue scouting Zone 91 and so they go to the horse track to acquire morphs. When things inevitably go south, Cassie is forced to morph into her new horse morph and ends up competing in a very close race. Do the Yeerks infesting humans ever come to truly love the human jobs that they're performing? Since Tobias is no longer in school, shouldn't Ax be spending all his free time in the woods tutoring him? Did Ax just murder two innocent men? And what will happen when Miranda, Chris and Eddy try out a little thing called structure? Support the Show.Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/anidorks@anidorkspod on twitter! Send questions to anidorkspod@gmail.comHey! For real though: Leave us a 5 star review and we'll read it on the air! New episodes every Wednesday!!!

Does this book confirm that a culture of modesty around pooping exists in every culture across the universe? Why hasn't Ax told the rest of the gang about the Skrit-Na and their contributions to human conspiracies about aliens? Can one solemnly flirt? Can we rhyme “one day younger” with “Taxxon hunger”? And as editors of this podcast, how much do Miranda and Chris really control Eddy?Support the Show.Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/anidorks@anidorkspod on twitter! Send questions to anidorkspod@gmail.comHey! For real though: Leave us a 5 star review and we'll read it on the air! New episodes every Wednesday!!!

We kick off the controversial Book 14 with the realization that we actually— all kind of love it? Yes, it's goofy, but in the best kinds of way!! Things get strange right away as Cassie and Rachel investigate a mysterious, payphone-using horse and meet an all-time great NPC in Crazy Helen. What is with all of the pooping in this book? Can we possibly summon the spirit of Crazy Helen into the room with us? Does cheese taste green, does rice taste lavender? Support the Show.Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/anidorks@anidorkspod on twitter! Send questions to anidorkspod@gmail.comHey! For real though: Leave us a 5 star review and we'll read it on the air! New episodes every Wednesday!!!

We answer a few emails and read new reviews!!What happened to Chapman between Book 2 and Andalite Chronicles? Why can't our wonderful Marco and lovely Tobias just get along when they have so much in common? And why does Eddy have that suspicious twinkle in his eye— is that his spoiler face??Support the Show.Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/anidorks@anidorkspod on twitter! Send questions to anidorkspod@gmail.comHey! For real though: Leave us a 5 star review and we'll read it on the air! New episodes every Wednesday!!!

How in the hell is Tobias gonna love somebody else if he can't love this slightly younger version of himself? We finish Book 13.Why do none of the Animorphs ever morph into Ax to disguise themselves as Andalites? Why does Tobias speak like a prospector from the 1800s? And will one of you cowards please just give him a hug? Tobias is our special boy!! Support the Show.Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/anidorks@anidorkspod on twitter! Send questions to anidorkspod@gmail.comHey! For real though: Leave us a 5 star review and we'll read it on the air! New episodes every Wednesday!!!

The free Hork Bajir teach Tobias all about the many flavors of bark while he figures out what he wants to eat for lunch.Why are the Yeerks spending all of these resources to track down two Hork Bajir? Salad tossers or salad shooters? Do the Hork Bajir have the most depressing backstory in the entire series? And how are the themes of violence different in Tobias' books than in Cassie's books?Support the Show.Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/anidorks@anidorkspod on twitter! Send questions to anidorkspod@gmail.comHey! For real though: Leave us a 5 star review and we'll read it on the air! New episodes every Wednesday!!!

Miranda, Chris, and Eddy enter into the back half of Book 13, but you wouldn't know it from all of the tangents they're pursuing. Tobias wrestles with enormous existential  questions while the Animorphs try to figure out what to do with the only two free Hork-Bajir in the galaxy.How far along in his Andalite deprogramming is Ax at this point? Is there anything sadder than Tobias' backstory? How many judges would get eaten at a Taxxon Dog Show? How long have the Yeerks been selectively breeding Taxxons if the war has only been going for twenty years? Where does Chris hide their emotional support spoon?Support the Show.Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/anidorks@anidorkspod on twitter! Send questions to anidorkspod@gmail.comHey! For real though: Leave us a 5 star review and we'll read it on the air! New episodes every Wednesday!!!

Book 13 continues! Would Andalites be cuter without arms? Do memories come with morphs, or just instincts, and how can we tell the difference? Do the Animorphs continue to age while they're morphed, or does the healing power of morphing actually slow down the aging process? And which rides would we include in a hypothetical Animorphs amusement park?Support the Show.Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/anidorks@anidorkspod on twitter! Send questions to anidorkspod@gmail.comHey! For real though: Leave us a 5 star review and we'll read it on the air! New episodes every Wednesday!!!

Book 13 escalates with one of our favorite action sequences yet in the series!!  Have we mentioned that we love this book?When the Yeerks sound the alarm about the the escaping Hork-Bajir, KA Applegate tells us that "up from the hole in the ground humans poured." Miranda wants to know if it's accurate to say that something can pour up, or if things can only pour down. After hearing that said human Controllers are disguised in an array of normal-looking human clothing, Eddy is curious what the Yeerks consider "normal-looking": business casual? various authoritative uniforms? Crocs? Chris, meanwhile, just wants to know about how they're pouring: are they climbing ladders, or is this more of a gradual ramp situation? As always, the Anidorks are on the case!!Support the Show.Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/anidorks@anidorkspod on twitter! Send questions to anidorkspod@gmail.comHey! For real though: Leave us a 5 star review and we'll read it on the air! New episodes every Wednesday!!!

We kick off our third season by finally returning to our beloved morph-capable children with Book 13. Is Tobias our new favorite child? (Don't tell the others!!) Does anything feel more queer in this series than Tobias having to watch from the sidelines as his friends experience the childhood that he's missing out on? And how many people can we piss off by claiming that Book 13 is a contemporary retelling of Macbeth? Support the Show.Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/anidorks@anidorkspod on twitter! Send questions to anidorkspod@gmail.comHey! For real though: Leave us a 5 star review and we'll read it on the air! New episodes every Wednesday!!!

We're back!! We'll begin releasing Book 13: The Change next week, but we're kicking things off with a mailbag episode. We hear from a new listener, speculate about why KA Applegate hasn't called into the podcast yet, and discuss whether that mysterious dark force from the end of Andalite Chronicles has influenced Miranda to deny the existence of hoof tongue.  Support the Show.Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/anidorks@anidorkspod on twitter! Send questions to anidorkspod@gmail.comHey! For real though: Leave us a 5 star review and we'll read it on the air! New episodes every Wednesday!!!

We interviewed the creator of the iconic Animorphs covers, David Mattingly!! A few weeks ago, David was generous enough to spend an hour talking to us about everything from his process of designing the book covers to his prized framed bug collection to the rise of AI art and what it means for visual artists.  More importantly, we press him with our conspiracy: if his father invented the Waterpik, why is it that he never asks his models to reveal their teeth?David was genuinely a joy to chat with, warm and approachable from the moment that he signed on to a call with three Anidorks conducting their very first interview.  Despite being known for the Animorphs covers, David has had a tremendous and prolific career, beginning as a matte artist in Hollywood (including on films such as Tron and the miniseries adaptation of Stephen King's The Stand) before going on to produce more than 2,000 (!!) book covers. He teaches digital matte painting and compositing at the School of Visual Arts and Pratt Institute in NYC. Support David Mattingly!! Buy your favorite cover!!https://www.davidmattingly.com/https://www.etsy.com/market/david_mattingly Support the showSupport us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/anidorks@anidorkspod on twitter! Send questions to anidorkspod@gmail.comHey! For real though: Leave us a 5 star review and we'll read it on the air! New episodes every Wednesday!!!

We wrap up our second season with a conversation covering the first Megamorphs book, books 8-12, and Andalite Chronicles. If the first seven books asked why the Animorphs fight, is this portion of the series asking what the cost of fighting is? Miranda wonders what the original Spider-Man movies tell us about what's to come in the series, Eddy is still trying to figure out how we ended up in the Amazon a few books ago, and Chris is ready to fully commit to being an Andalite Chronicles podcast.Support the showSupport us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/anidorks@anidorkspod on twitter! Send questions to anidorkspod@gmail.comHey! For real though: Leave us a 5 star review and we'll read it on the air! New episodes every Wednesday!!!

We finally finished the Andalite Chronicles! In this supersized episode, Elfangor goes to college, Loren ages rapidly to a narratively convenient age, and we finally learn the extraordinary origin of a beloved character: Hedrick Chapman!! If the Yeerk invasion is just starting in the 80s, why isn't it further along in the main series books? Who is this cosmic force of evil that the Ellimist reveals to Elfangor just before returning him to the Andalites? And what exactly is Elfangor implying when he claims to have found ways of absorbing several DNA patterns in order to create his human morph? Is he having lots of casual sex? Did he just enroll in a square-dancing class?Support the showSupport us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/anidorks@anidorkspod on twitter! Send questions to anidorkspod@gmail.comHey! For real though: Leave us a 5 star review and we'll read it on the air! New episodes every Wednesday!!!

In which Loren introduces Elfy to her mother and we find ourselves confounded by conspiracy after conspiracy. Why does Elfangor insist on pretending that he has never encountered cloth, taste, or roads? Why does he not run into a single figure from his past in this pocket universe when Loren's sector is so crowded? Do Andalites have nipples? We need answers!!Support the showSupport us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/anidorks@anidorkspod on twitter! Send questions to anidorkspod@gmail.comHey! For real though: Leave us a 5 star review and we'll read it on the air! New episodes every Wednesday!!!

Elfy finds himself disoriented in a familiar but strange new world after using the Time Matrix. He ponders whether you can ever really go home again, splashes around  in the water with Loren, and meets Visser 3(2)‘s bizarre new minions.How lubricated is the Andalite musculature? Could halal falafel, made with garbanzo beans = Hala Fala, the garabah tree? And what the hell is going on with Mortons?Support the showSupport us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/anidorks@anidorkspod on twitter! Send questions to anidorkspod@gmail.comHey! For real though: Leave us a 5 star review and we'll read it on the air! New episodes every Wednesday!!!

We're in the home stretch of Andalite Chronicles! The only way for Elfy and friends to escape a very perilous situation in space is to finally use the Time Matrix. Is Elfangor blaming himself a little too much? Will the Animorphs ever acquire a living asteroid morph? And is Elfangor's central dilemma in these books that he wants to hold the very hand that he also desperately wants to slice off?Support the showSupport us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/anidorks@anidorkspod on twitter! Send questions to anidorkspod@gmail.comHey! For real though: Leave us a 5 star review and we'll read it on the air! New episodes every Wednesday!!!

A feed update! Eddy and Chris explain the birds and the bees and how they need a nap every now and then. New regular episode next week!Support the showSupport us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/anidorks@anidorkspod on twitter! Send questions to anidorkspod@gmail.comHey! For real though: Leave us a 5 star review and we'll read it on the air! New episodes every Wednesday!!!

We finally conclude the second part of Andalite Chronicles with a big showdown involving Elfangor, Loren, Visser 3(2), and... living asteroids? Does every Visser have their own blade shape, and how did Visser 32 receive one so quickly after his promotion? Is Andalite space travel going to be forever changed by the discovery of these living asteroids? And how can Elfangor say that he does not believe in psychic things when his primary means of communication is telepathic? Props to Chris for taking over editing duties from Miranda again this week!!Support the showSupport us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/anidorks@anidorkspod on twitter! Send questions to anidorkspod@gmail.comHey! For real though: Leave us a 5 star review and we'll read it on the air! New episodes every Wednesday!!!

In which our heroes spend too much time doing donuts in Z-space and we spend too much time talking about this scrumptious feast of Time Matrix lore. Just how old are Loren and Chapman supposed to be, and does this explain why Chapman is such an emotional terrorist? What do you call a combination of a hiss and a snort? And just how many bandages will Loren be able to create out of her increasingly tattered clothing?  A few  other notes: 1) Chris is taking over editing duties these next two weeks for Miranda 2) if the audio is a little off, it's because we had to edit a Zoom call for this one! Regular audio will be back the episode after next 3) the sci-fi show Eddy is talking about is Scavengers Reign (it's on Max)!! Support the showSupport us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/anidorks@anidorkspod on twitter! Send questions to anidorkspod@gmail.comHey! For real though: Leave us a 5 star review and we'll read it on the air! New episodes every Wednesday!!!