Autopod Decepticast: A bi-weekly retrospective of the G1 Transformers animated movie and cartoon.
248 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 18 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 41 ratingsThe Autopod Decepticast started in 2017 as a minute-by-minute breakdown of the 1986 masterpiece “The Transformers: The Movie.” They have since reviewed “GI Joe: The Movie” and are currently reviewing each episode of the original Transformers animated series. Each episode delivers deep analysis, facts, trivia, and inside information delivered in the APDC’s patented style of low-brow humor.
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#46: WATER WORLD
January 28, 2018 23:32 - 55 minutes - 41.5 MBGarfield’s 9 Lives, 2001 Space Odyssey, and GIFs!! Into the Robotic Ocean! A turning point for Hot Rod?! Aaron breaks his Masterpiece Hot-Rod!! Specter General!!! Script Deviations: Hugh Baroque pearls, Hot-Rod modified for undersea action!! Nothing’s Gonna Stand in Our Way!!!
#45: JUNK HUNT
January 21, 2018 16:00 - 53 minutes - 48.2 MBThe hot stays hot and the cool stays cool!!! ALF, crack and heroin! Kenny Loggins! Unicron gives Galvatron a migraine!! Perceptor bores the crew! The planet of junk is in this vicinity!! More Dicola talk!! Script Deviations: Magnitude Zeta, and “Let’s get us gone while tha gonnin’ is good! Yeow!!!”
#44: EMERGENCY SEPARATION!
January 14, 2018 18:21 - 38 minutes - 35.5 MBMore Australian stereotypes!!! Hot Rod & Kup crash land on a tumor planet, and Ultra Magnus can’t deal with that now!! Saucer separation!! More moleculon missiles! Script Deviations: Daniel patches holes, 62% deficit in structure, survival factor, minus 3!! “We’ve got to die!!” This episode is ripper!!!
#43: POLARITIES INVERTED
January 07, 2018 07:27 - 25 minutes - 23.8 MBListener Appreciation... is it going to happen?! Kup & Hot Rod take evasive action! The history of reverse polarity! Cyclonus attacks... he’s super fast!! Crash landing on Quintessa! We bastardize Australian culture!! Script Deviations: moleculon missiles and lobster-claw grabbers!! Galvatron: One down, one to go!!!
#42: ICK YACK ADVENTURES
December 31, 2017 20:16 - 41 minutes - 38.1 MBListener appreciation… wrap it up!! Autobots’ Ship of Fools!! Kup tell story! Ick-Yaks!! Hot Rod rips off Luke Skywalker!! Ladybird Johnson?! Galvatron pushes a green button! Hod Rod Go-Karts!!! Script Deviations: Metal tongue raspberries, semi-conductor chess, and an optimistic adventure with the suggestion that all dreams might not happen!!!
#41: THIS IS THE FUN PART
December 25, 2017 01:26 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MBJoin the APDC crew for a very special Christmas Eve episode while they discuss minute 40 of the 1986 animated masterpiece, “The Transformers: The Movie.” We’re the worst gift-givers ever!! Caleb’s voice is the only good one!! Lunar turds!! 3rd bite at the booster animation apple!! Daniel needs seatbelts!! The only appropriate wrist-grab!! DiCola still rules!! Prepare to hyper-vault!! All this plus some very special guest stars who try to teach the boys the error of their ways. Happy holida...
#40: WAR STORIES
December 18, 2017 01:30 - 36 minutes - 33.2 MBThe Thimble & the Wheelbarrow!! Ultra-Magnus delegates! Hot Rod lassos Grimlock! Kup pushes Slag! Sweeps are swooping! Springer springs!! Blur blurs!!! YAHOOOO, WE’RE AIRBORNE!! Tell me about the petro-rabbits!! Flint Dille vs Ron Friedman! Fuzion Fritters & Lazer Latkes!!!
#39: GET TO THE SHUTTLES!
December 10, 2017 22:45 - 44 minutes - 40.3 MBAaron did not lose his virginity in the 80’s!! VHS vs Beta!! Personal Pan Pizzas!!!! The return of Da85BearsRules76!! Galvatron: Ultra Magnus is mine! Daniel ... still in danger! Hot Rod says something dumb again! Get those Dinobots on the shuttle!! Ryan: Why fly a kite when you can pop a pill? Caleb: Optic Dazzler Gas!!!! Please participate in our listener appreciation event now through Dec 25! In exchange for a review on iTunes (and your mailing address), we'll deliver an artsy suprise to ...
#38: TO EARTH!
December 03, 2017 19:16 - 39 minutes - 36 MBShout out to the UK! Listener appreciation season continues! Autobots: Hearts of gold… and brains of gold!! Snarl makes a quick cameo! Hot Rod’s got a feeling!! Ultra Magnus can’t wait to whip out the Matrix! Galvatron attacks Autobot City!! Voice Actor: Roger C. Carmel as Cyclonus! Script Deviations: Moonbase 1 is Moonbase 3!! “I don’t think this is going to be my favorite day!!!”
#37: CURSED CONSUMPTION
November 27, 2017 01:34 - 39 minutes - 45.4 MBWheelie swirlies & Wheeljack wedgies!!! Happy Post-Thanksgiving! Spike earns that PG rating! Caleb talks about wired jaws and liquid diets! Voice Actor: Gordon Stanley!! “Slurp” Deviations!! Galvatron: “I belong to nobody!” Scourge: “We belong to him!!” Unicron: “Slurp, chomp, munch!!!”
#36: BID ADIEU TO MOON 2
November 20, 2017 02:14 - 33 minutes - 30.4 MBWe’re #18... or something!!! Jazz & Cliff Jumper consumed! Spike & Bumblebee too!! Is Daniel an orphan now!?! Voice actors: more Dan Gilvezan!! Buster/Spike dynamic explained! Script Deviations: Juicy slurping & infesting!! Iconic Moments! Hurry, it’s gonna blow!!! PLUS! Our first attempt at listener bribery, er... "contest."
#35: EATIN' MOONPIES
November 12, 2017 21:00 - 44 minutes - 40.4 MBNinety years of friendship! Unicron... sneaks up on everything! Jazz & Cliffjumper... so incompetent!! Meanwhile back on Earth... Blaster gets a signal! Ultra Magnus... lots to deal with! Police Academy... is all felonies!!! Voice Actors... Casey Kasem revisited!! Drunk Megatron... “Cybertron, the Land of Metal Moon”!! Script Deviations... prepare an offering of energon for Ingestor... like soda oil... through a straw!!! Moonbase One, is DONE!!!
#34: STARSCREAM'S CORPSE
November 05, 2017 17:25 - 38 minutes - 35.4 MBWho disrupts my coronation?... Here’s a hint!! Megatronian auras! Starscream’s monochromatic death!!! The crown bounces! Script Deviations: Here’s a clue!! What did he say his name was!?! Plus a visit from Casey Kasem, Starscream’s ghost, and more!! HAPPY HALLOWEEN PART 2.
#33: TO CYBERTRON!!!
October 29, 2017 18:30 - 50 minutes - 45.8 MBNimoy vs Welker Galvatron . . . we love them both!!! Unicron’s friendly reminder . . . destroy the Autobot Matrix! Starscream’s Coronation!!! Cartoony Trumpets!! The Decepticon Hall of Heroes! Leonard Nimoy's classic spooky roles! Iconic Moment! Script Deviations!! Aaron meets American rapper, actor, and activist Killer Mike!! Happy Halloween!!!
#32: BEHOLD, GALVATRON!
October 22, 2017 08:06 - 46 minutes - 42.6 MBUnicron gets down to BUSINESS!! Is the Honky Tonk Man a LIAR?! The Megatron metamorphosis!!! Unicron throws in some Minions... and a COOL SHIP!! We want Skywarp to become Cyclonus, but Unicron could CARE LESS about our feelings!! The roots of Galvatron’s PSYCHOSIS! Iconic Moments! Script Deviations! It’s a BONK TOWN!!!
#31 DUBIOUS BARGAINING 2: ELECTRIC ROBOBOOGALOO
October 15, 2017 15:19 - 47 minutes - 43.2 MBAaliyah R.I.P.!! DQ Nostalgia! Aaron’s Real World audition!! Unicron’s guts are weird! Megatron plays hardball ... and? ... and NOTHING!!! Script Deviations: return of the Slab Planet! Iconic Moment! Proceed on your way ... to OBLIVION!!
#30: DUBIOUS BARGAINING
October 08, 2017 14:30 - 39 minutes - 36.1 MBState your business!! Not a lot of meat, but a good conversation! Welcome, Megatron! Unicron be frontin’ and snappy with the comebacks!! Jeff Koons! Script deviations: Ingestor, the Absorber of Unicron! “Call of the Primitives” is bonkers!! Why did Aaron make us watch that?! Why???!!! All this, plus the team explores the mystery of Aaron's busted cabinet doors in this pearl of a 30th episode.
#29: MANAGEMENT SHAKEUP
October 01, 2017 17:48 - 35 minutes - 26.1 MBIt's a Decepticon brawl! How can Devestator fit inside Astrotrain?! How does Soundwave shuffle his cassettes?! What's a squeezebox for cows?!?! Unicron breathes on Megatron! Orson Welles: Acerbic... not bitter! Script deviations: life sparks and menace-whispering!! Shit shouts, shout outs, and shut downs!!
#28: THE AYES HAVE IT
September 24, 2017 16:49 - 38 minutes - 35.4 MBJoin the APDC team as they discuss minute 28 of the 1986 animated classic, *The Transformers: The Movie*. The Decepticons take a vote! The "ayes" have it!! Megatron: "I still function!" Starscream: "Wanna bet?!" Soundwave: doesn't give a shit?! Voice actors: Michael Bell! Script Deviations: the Decepticon Hall of Heroes is a Nazi rally?!? Oh how it pains us!!!
#27: A TOUCH OF GREY
September 17, 2017 17:00 - 47 minutes - 43.4 MBPrime... greyed out! Daniel cries... "D" is for "despair"! Unicron observes... gets pissed... why?! Unicron: The yen to Primus' yang! The Decepticons need to jettison weight... why not get out and push!! Vince DiCola: Audition, method, greatness!! Script Deviations: Arcee: "Only a she-bot"?!?! Grab a Diet Vince DiCola and tune in ... DiColicious!!! Plus the team shares their lost toy tales as they cover minute 27 of Transformers: The Movie.
#26: THE MATRIX MINUTE
September 10, 2017 13:00 - 37 minutes - 34.6 MBGet the tissues!! Prime: still dying! Hot Rod: nice catch! Ultra Magnus: a perfect Matrix hole! The Matrix: explained! Flatline!!! Voice actors: Jack Angel! Script deviations: No Matrix?!? Tiny Primes?! Tiny Ultra Magnuses?! "'Til all life sparks are one!!" Plus, Ryan pitches Casey Kasem to be our new sign-off announcer as we cover the 26th minute of Transformers: The Movie.
#25: MORTAL WOUNDS
September 03, 2017 19:04 - 37 minutes - 34 MBThe wounds are fatal!!! Soon Prime will be one with the Matrix! Ultra Magnus: Not worthy! Pocket universes! Wally "8 Hour" Burr: Voice Director! Each minute has at least one gem! Script deviations! We're ALL worthy of our mommy's love and affection! All this, plus lessons for musicians on recreational drug use as we discuss minute 25 of Transformers: The Movie!
#24: THE TIDE IS TURNED
August 27, 2017 16:54 - 42 minutes - 39.2 MBThe return of contest winner Cuban B from Wyoming! Robot Boy Car Show!!! Optimus turned the tide!! The Decepticon's side-scroll retreat! The Autobots' marksmanship is atrocious! Derailment galore!!! Astrotrain ... take off!!! Optimus in ICU ... WILL PRIME DIE!?! No voice actors! Script deviations! Aaron & Cuban B: memories of Target! Caleb: memories of CB tag! Ryan: what?!?! All this, plus we actually manage to discuss minute 24 of Transformers: The Movie.
#23: IT'S OVER, PRIME
August 20, 2017 13:00 - 38 minutes - 35.7 MBJoin the APDC team as they review minute 23 of Transformers: The Movie. This is the first of two episodes recorded in front of a LIVE studio audience. The heat of the battle!! Smashin’, thrashin’ and slashin’!! SPECIAL GUEST: contest winner CUBAN B from Wyoming!! Hot Rod fucks everything up! Prime gets fucked up! It’s over Prime!! Megatron fucks him up! Prime fucks Megatron up! How do you feel, mighty Megatron?! Voice actors: Welker and Cullen . . . friends for eons!! Script deviations! Astr...
#22: LEADER CLASS WRASTLIN'
August 13, 2017 16:00 - 36 minutes - 33.1 MBThe Optimus/Megatron brawl continues! A grotesque abdominal injury! An uppercut to the face! A kick to the chest! A plea for mercy?! Hot Rod human shield! Voice actors: Ted Schwartz as Hot Rod! Dick Gautier ... also as Hot Rod! Script Deviations! All this, plus an exclusive, behind-the-scenes snipfit among our esteemed hosts! Tune in, or we'll rip out your optics!!
#21: ONE SHALL FALL
August 07, 2017 00:07 - 40 minutes - 37 MBOptimus/Megatron ultimate battle!! Prepare for child PTSD! Stay away, Hot Rod, this is Prime's fight! Laser daggers! Shard to the abdomen! Orson Welles' cinematography techniques! Voice actors: more Clive Reville! George "Bud" Davis is Dirge (and more)! Script deviations: spinning, whirling and fiery nimbuses!! One shall stand, and one shall fall!!! All this, plus a special segment of "Autopod Decepticast: After Dark" as we discuss minute 21 of The Transformers: The Movie.
#20: THE TOUCH
July 30, 2017 15:00 - 48 minutes - 44.2 MBWhy are the Dinobots so goddamn goofy?! Devastator is a moron! It's Prime Time!! A brief history of THE TOUCH!!!! Voice Actors: Ken Sansom is Hound! Script deviations! Megatron must be stopped ... no matter the cost!!! All this, plus the return of our great friend, the ghost of Casey Kasem in this historic EPISODE 20 of the Autopod Decepticast.
#19: SMOLDERING CITY
July 23, 2017 13:00 - 35 minutes - 32.1 MBAutobot City is jacked! Megatron: Their defenses are broken! Let the slaughter begin!! Devastator: Not a scratch?! Throws a wall!! Daniel: Killed in the face?! Ryan: Not everything works and you'll probably just fail! Incendiary rounds! Voice actors: Gregg Berger as Grimlock! Peter Renaday ... doesn't speak?! Optimus Prime and the Dinobots arrive just in time!!! All this, plus the team compares Scramble City to the Oscar-caliber movie DEATHBED as they cover minute 19 of Transformers: The Mo...
#18: TOGETHER NOW!
July 16, 2017 23:22 - 31 minutes - 28.5 MBArcee and Hotrod: Will they?! Won't they?! Aaron's jokes have long tails! Ryan ... still a pervert! Caleb can't wait for the credits! Kup peeks outside! Devastaor devastates!! Daniel ... danger!! Voice actors: Arthur Burkhardt stands up for what he believes in!! Springer's got better things to do tonight than die!! All this, plus actor John Witherspoon from Eddie Murphy's 1992 masterpiece, BOOMERANG, as we discuss minute 18 of Transformers: The Movie.
#17: BACK IN TOWN
July 16, 2017 13:30 - 33 minutes - 30.5 MBThe Boys are Back!! Aaron has mush-mouth! Tapes attack Perceptor! Eject fights Frenzy! Ravage fights Rewind! Ramhorn fights Ratbat! Perceptor scratches his head! Autobots shoot the big gun! Blur gets shot at because he’s . . . annoying? Arcee drags dead Autobodies!! RIP Windcharger and Wheeljack!! The “gang” comes together to push! Floro Dery, why have designed this monstrosity?! No voice actors!? Script deviations!! “Do you think we got through to Prime!?!” All this, plus a special visit f...
#16: CRACKIN' THE SHELL!
July 10, 2017 04:10 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MBRyan: "I write better than Ron Friedman!" Frenzy is RED, Rumble is BLUE, sometimes they're BOTH!?! Decepticasettes jam the transmission! Rat Bat doesn't do ANYTHING! Voice actor: Townsend Coleman! Blaster releases his own tapes! It's a micro-cassette cage match!! Plus a special new segment, "Transformers: After Dark" as the APDC team discusses minute 16 of the 1986 animated Movie!
#15: LOOK OUT AND SHOUT!
July 02, 2017 19:43 - 37 minutes - 34.5 MBKickback and Shrapnel: They're in our way? NO, they're our way in! Autobot City has a back up door! Script deviations: Release the Anibots! Voice actors: Clive Revill! Buster Jones! Blaster transmits some funky beats! Look out and shout!! Let's drop some slugs on those scrap-metal bugs!!!
#14: A TALE OF TWO CITIES
June 25, 2017 13:00 - 45 minutes - 41.9 MBCogs & gears!! Autobot City is transforming ... OSHA would not approve! Starscream and The Millenium Falcolm ... thrust sounds! Starscream: super powerful, completely incompetent! Autobot City: so many guns! Chris Lotta is Starscream, Cobra Commander, and a whole lotta more! Scramble City: pissing contest, perpetual recap! Robotic shoehorn! Why? Because movie!!!
#13.5: BONUS EPISODE - SHOUTS OUT!
June 22, 2017 14:40 - 6 minutes - 4.73 MBIn this inaugural Bonus Episode, the APDC team thanks recent supporters of the show. Only not-so-recent, because the support happened weeks ago and the team has been extremely neglectful in issuing gratitude!
#13: THE SIEGE BEGINS
June 19, 2017 03:45 - 47 minutes - 43.6 MBPerceptor: Microscope or telescope? Starscream is everywhere! Introducing: Arcee, Springer and Blur! Autobot City . . . also Metroplex? Relationship dynamics and gender roles . . . how do you feel? … What do you think?! Voice actor role call! Paul Eiding! Neil Ross! Susan Blu!! Script deviations! Grab your partner by the wrist and let’s go!!!
#12: FOILED AUTOBRAT ATTACK
June 11, 2017 17:00 - 32 minutes - 23.5 MBBlitzwing and Shrapnel get their butts kicked by Kup ... Hot Rod doesn't appreciate! Diaclones have no personality! Kup is to Hot Rod as Mick is to Rocky. Ed Gilbert and Hal Rail ... these guys pay the bills! KFC Blitzwing is garbage, but their chicken is delicious!
#11: DICKHEAD MOUNTAIN
June 04, 2017 17:00 - 40 minutes - 36.6 MBHot Rod busts up Kup's lousy stupid roadblock ... Turbo revvin' young punk! Speaking of young--do Transformers age? Voice actor John Stevenson ... it's a living! Lookout Mountain ... it's a dick! Stan Bush: Dare to believe... Or, fight to survive? Kumite!!
#10: TRIP TO LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN
May 28, 2017 14:00 - 31 minutes - 22.5 MBDouble-digits... we made it! Hot Rod reels in a whopper! Daniel's arthritic hands! Hot Rod: Fishing--Rad, Landing ships--Lame! Hoverboards: Transformers did it first! Daniel needs a helmet! All this as we head out to see EVERYTHING from Lookout Mountain in your episode 10 of the APDC!
#9: "D" IS FOR "DANIEL"
May 21, 2017 23:42 - 21 minutes - 19.9 MBStarscream, you idiot! Megatron's big plan… a "Trojan Horse" situation! A massacre followed by… fishing?! Zero fish… 3 fish… 1 fish!! David Mendenhall… Lotsa work in the 80s! The Autobot ship is arriving… Let’s go!
#8: INSTRUMENTS OF DESTRUCTION
May 14, 2017 15:00 - 28 minutes - 26.1 MBIt’s an Autobot snuff film! Decepticons fly, Autobots cannot! N.R.G rocks, while Autobots die! Starscream pulls Megatron’s trigger! Ratchet’s death face makes us sick! Ron Friedman; Google Alert! Lets END this episode!! All this, plus the return of Casey Kasem's ghost as the APDC team covers minute 8 of Transformers: The Movie.
#7: DECEPTIPLAN
May 07, 2017 20:01 - 25 minutes - 23 MBA hopeful liftoff! Autobot shuttle; funeral barge! Nelson Shin; so smooth! All blue Optimus! Starscream; immediately insulted! More Frank Welker! Lazerbeak; great coverage, bad tracking! Megatron; smirks! Lots of luck!!
#6: COUNTDOWN TO SADNESS
May 01, 2017 01:00 - 29 minutes - 27 MBGeneric funky music! Autobot bureaucracy vs Decepticon autocracy! Ironhide is whiny! Scatman Crothers is Jazz, shine on! Minivans in space! Adult Spike! Casey Kasem is Lebanese, NOT Libyan!! Join the APDC team in discussion of these topics, and more, as they deliver analysis on minute 6 of Transformers: The Movie.
#5: MOON PATROL
April 23, 2017 22:00 - 26 minutes - 24 MBJoin the A-Pod D-Cast team as they discuss minute 5 of the animated classic! Autobots' not-so-secret staging ground! Cybertron = Detroit? Victor Caroli: Horrifying, yet calming. Lazerbeak: not compatible with our system! Ironhide wants some action! Shockwave: all by himself! Frank Welker as Megatron: Lost in a cave! Optimus Prime: Germaphobe? Ron Friedman: Please come on our show!
#4: GOING INTO THE "O"
April 16, 2017 23:00 - 46 minutes - 42.7 MBIn minute four of the Transformers, Lion rocks the credit sequence! Eric Idle flys on the Concorde! Robert Stack is nervous! Judd Nelson; hot star, impressive nostrils! Leonard Nimoy; consummate professional! Orson Welles; his last week on earth! John Mochita has a very specific skill! Shockwave; lonely? Frank Welker; broke-dick Mel Blanc? Lionel Stander; Blue Moon Detective Agency? Listen up, Biscuit Heads!!
#3: LITHONIAN DIGESTION
April 10, 2017 12:35 - 23 minutes - 21.6 MBUnicron eats Lithone. Kranix escapes, Arblus doesn't. Tangents! Ron Friedman seems like a charming man! Prowl and Bumblebee's hidden relationship! Lion rocks!
#2: LITHONE'S 9/11
April 03, 2017 04:59 - 18 minutes - 17.4 MBArbulus look, it's Unicron! Potions! Space wizards! Potions!! Get to the ship, it's our only chance! Potions!!! Join the APDC team as we review the second minute of the 1986 Classic, Transformers: The Movie. [Click here to see Floro Dery's gorgeous line drawings for "The Entity."][1]! [1]: http://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/images2/a/a1/FloroDeryUnicronNotes.jpg The Autopod Decepticast is a minute-by-minute breakdown of the one true Transformers movie from 1986. From the opening production logo...
#1: LITHONIAN SHOPPING MALLS
April 03, 2017 04:46 - 23 minutes - 21.5 MBJoin us as we discuss (1) our utter lack of Marvel Productions knowledge, (2) Vince DiCola and Rocky IV, (3) the size of Unicron, (4) lithonian shopping malls, (5) unfortunate cultural insensitivity, and (6) the attractiveness of robotic females.
#0: WHAT THE HELL IS THE APDC?
April 03, 2017 03:01 - 18 minutes - 16.6 MBJoin the APDC team as they fumble through introductions, struggle to explain the show's core concept, and accidentally insult their core audience (Transformers fans are not mean!). This introduction to the podcast is but a tender morsel of the robotic revelry to come!