John and Paul are best friends who have, for whatever reason, decided to watch the entire 1984 Transformers cartoon and make a podcast about it. This is that podcast.
John Sobey and Paul MacPherson
Originally aired: August 12th, 2019 Contact John on Bluesky or email Paul and John at transformersnitpickers@gmail.com. Full episode archive
Originally aired: August 29th, 2022 Contact John on Bluesky or email Paul and John at transformersnitpickers@gmail.com. Full episode archive
Originally aired: October 14th, 2024 Contact John on Bluesky or email Paul and John at transformersnitpickers@gmail.com. Full episode archive
Originally aired: March 28th, 2022 Contact John on Bluesky or email Paul and John at transformersnitpickers@gmail.com. Full episode archive
Paul and John are taking a small hiatus. Contact John on Bluesky or email Paul and John at transformersnitpickers@gmail.com. Full episode archive
Unda da sea! Contact John on Bluesky or email Paul and John at transformersnitpickers@gmail.com. Full episode archive
In lieu of a Decepticon-of-the-week, we give you the world's dumbest tank. Contact John on Bluesky or email Paul and John at transformersnitpickers@gmail.com. Full episode archive
That Sideswipe. He'd lose his head if it weren't bolted on. Contact John on Bluesky or email Paul and John at transformersnitpickers@gmail.com. Full episode archive
A new Decepticon, a new challenge, a returning left-arm. Contact John on Bluesky or email Paul and John at transformersnitpickers@gmail.com. Full episode archive
The return of Frank Stallone. Contact John on Bluesky or email Paul and John at transformersnitpickers@gmail.com. Full episode archive
What a waste of Peter Cullen. Contact John on Bluesky or email Paul and John at transformersnitpickers@gmail.com. Full episode archive
The Autobots take a back seat so we can watch Drift and Fracture duke it out. Contact John on Bluesky or email Paul and John at transformersnitpickers@gmail.com. Full episode archive
The Decepticon-of-the-week turns Bumblebee into everyone's annoying little brother. Contact John on Bluesky or email Paul and John at transformersnitpickers@gmail.com. Full episode archive
Jazz shows up just in time to help with a nerd. Contact John on Bluesky or email Paul and John at transformersnitpickers@gmail.com. Full episode archive
Boi-oi-oi-oi-oing! Contact John on Bluesky or email Paul and John at transformersnitpickers@gmail.com. Full episode archive
Grimlock turns against the Autobots and the team has to figure out why. Contact John on Bluesky or email Paul and John at transformersnitpickers@gmail.com. Full episode archive
Merry Christmas, Dear Listeners! Paul and John are going back to the 1980s for the holidays and reviewing a legitimate Christmas special. Contact John on Bluesky or email Paul and John at transformersnitpickers@gmail.com. Full episode archive
The new Decepticon-of-the-week allows Grimlock to deliver some solid jokes. Contact John on Bluesky or email Paul and John at transformersnitpickers@gmail.com. Full episode archive
Frank Stallone is the younger brother of Sylvester Stallone. He wrote and performed four songs in the 1983 film Staying Alive. His filmography includes "The Roller Blade Seven", "Legend of the Roller Blade Seven", and "Return of the Roller Blade Seven". Contact John on Bluesky or email Paul and John at transformersnitpickers@gmail.com. Full episode archive
Yeehaw! Contact John on Bluesky or email Paul and John at transformersnitpickers@gmail.com. Full episode archive
There sure don't seem to be many Earthlings here on Earth. Contact John on Bluesky or email Paul and John at transformersnitpickers@gmail.com. Full episode archive
Two new Decepticons are located, so the team has to split up. Contact John on Bluesky or email Paul and John at transformersnitpickers@gmail.com. Full episode archive
Now on Earth, Bumblebee and his allies must try to capture a dangerous, escaped Decepticon. Contact John on Bluesky or email Paul and John at transformersnitpickers@gmail.com. Full episode archive
Three years after the events of Predacons Rising, Bumblebee receives a quest from an apparition of Optimus Prime. Contact John on Bluesky or email Paul and John at transformersnitpickers@gmail.com. Full episode archive
Paul and John look back at the shows they watched this season and decide if they'd watch them again. Titlecard left image: John receiving Optimus Prime for his fifth birthday in 1985 Titlecard right image: Paul receiving He-Man and Battle Cat for Christmas 1984 Contact John on Bluesky or email Paul and John at transformersnitpickers@gmail.com. Full episode archive
Paul and John finish their review of the 80s with The Transformers: Heavy Metal War. Contact John on Bluesky or email Paul and John at transformersnitpickers@gmail.com. Full episode archive
It's Thundercats meets Inhumanoids meets The Snorks meets He-Man meets every other cartoon of the 1980s. Contact John on Bluesky or email Paul and John at transformersnitpickers@gmail.com. Full episode archive
Activate interlocks! Dyna-therms connected! Infra-cells up! Mega-thrusters are go! Contact John on Bluesky or email Paul and John at transformersnitpickers@gmail.com. Full episode archive
It's not He-Man. It's different. This time they're bug-people. Contact John on Bluesky or email Paul and John at transformersnitpickers@gmail.com. Full episode archive
Another cartoon which was written around a preexisting toy-line. Contact John on Bluesky or email Paul and John at transformersnitpickers@gmail.com. Full episode archive
Nothing you read here can prepare you for the nonsense of Turbo Teen. Contact John on Bluesky or email Paul and John at transformersnitpickers@gmail.com. Full episode archive
Originally aired: January 29th, 2025 Contact John on Bluesky or email Paul and John at transformersnitpickers@gmail.com. Full episode archive
Originally aired: November 23rd, 2023 Contact John on Bluesky or email Paul and John at transformersnitpickers@gmail.com. Full episode archive
Originally aired: June 21st, 2021 Contact John on Bluesky or email Paul and John at transformersnitpickers@gmail.com. Full episode archive
Before Tiny Toons, there was A Pup Named Scooby-Doo. Contact John on Bluesky or email Paul and John at transformersnitpickers@gmail.com. Full episode archive
Well excuuuUUuuUuuse me, Princess! Contact John on Bluesky or email Paul and John at transformersnitpickers@gmail.com. Full episode archive
It's not a cartoon, but Paul and John both watched it... and had the toys. Contact John on Bluesky or email Paul and John at transformersnitpickers@gmail.com. Full episode archive
Almost five years to the day after they reviewed the first episode of 1984's Pole Position, Paul and John have reviewed the second episode. Contact John on Bluesky or email Paul and John at transformersnitpickers@gmail.com. Full episode archive
If Muppets age, can they die? Contact John on Bluesky or email Paul and John at transformersnitpickers@gmail.com. Full episode archive
This episode of TFNPS is outrageous. Truly, truly outrageous. Contact John on Bluesky or email Paul and John at transformersnitpickers@gmail.com. Full episode archive
Before the Bronies, there was a cartoon for little girls about magical horses. Contact John on Bluesky or email Paul and John at transformersnitpickers@gmail.com. Full episode archive
A half hour commercial for Nintendo animated by people who have clearly never played a single Nintendo game. Contact John on Bluesky or email Paul and John at transformersnitpickers@gmail.com. Full episode archive
It's another show neither Paul nor John had ever watched! Requested by Dear Listener Jason Salyer. Contact John on Bluesky or email Paul and John at transformersnitpickers@gmail.com. Full episode archive
Paul and John watch a cartoon about a wedding just before John's wedding. Contact John on Bluesky or email Paul and John at transformersnitpickers@gmail.com. Full episode archive
It's not quite G.I. Joe, it's not quite Transformers... it's M.A.S.K. Contact John on Bluesky or email Paul and John at transformersnitpickers@gmail.com. Full episode archive
If you didn't get enough Disney in the last episode, here's some more. Contact John on Bluesky or email Paul and John at transformersnitpickers@gmail.com. Full episode archive
It's a Disney classic. Requested by Dear Listener Melanie Kaklamanis. Contact John on Bluesky or email Paul and John at transformersnitpickers@gmail.com. Full episode archive
Scientists in battle armour fighting monsters from below the Earth. In theory, this should be a good show. Contact John on Bluesky or email Paul and John at transformersnitpickers@gmail.com. Full episode archive
What if Pinocchio could fly, had super strength, and fired lasers out of his butt? Contact John on Bluesky or email Paul and John at transformersnitpickers@gmail.com. Full episode archive
No... not the good one. The Filmation one. Requested by Dear Listener Ben Pearlman. Contact John on Bluesky or email Paul and John at transformersnitpickers@gmail.com. Full episode archive
Paul and John recap another episode of a cartoon they'd never watched before. Requested by Dear Listener Justin Samlal. Contact John on Bluesky or email Paul and John at transformersnitpickers@gmail.com. Full episode archive
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