Fanimorphs: The Dork-Bajir Chronicles
143 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsWe’re a group of three friends talking about the YA series, Animorphs. One is a veteran of the series, one read it as a kid but can't really remember, and the last one has never read a word of the series!
If you want to know more about how the series holds up or just some gross animal facts, you’ve come to the right place. New episodes every Monday!
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Episodes
The Finale
March 10, 2020 03:08 - 1 hour - 82 MBHello friends, and welcome to the end. Today, we're joined by Special Guest Mikael, and we talk about the series as a whole. To everyone who's ever listened to our show, or geeked out with us about Animorphs, thank you. It's been an amazing (almost) three years and we've loved every second of it. You may now demorph.
Book #54: The Beginning
March 02, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 59.8 MBHere we are, gang. Back to where we started. Back... to the Beginning!! This week we talk about book #54. Next week is our finale episode! If you have questions you want us to answer, let us know on Facebook or Twitter!
The Ellimist Chronicles
February 24, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 47 MBWarning: The episode may cause you to clip into the matrix of the universe. This week we're talking the Ellimist Chronicles! Come dig into this sci-fi epic with us. It's not hard, it's not soft, it's crunchy and fibrous and juuuuust right.
Book #53: The Answer
February 17, 2020 20:59 - 1 hour - 41.3 MBThis week, we discuss the penultimate Animorphs Book, #53: The Answer. We get pretty emotional when talking about this one. Next week we'll be discussing The Ellimist Chronicles, the week after that is Book #54, and the week after that is our series wrap-up! Check our Facebook and Twitter to submit your questions.
Book #52: The Sacrifice
February 10, 2020 11:00 - 57 minutes - 41.4 MBIn this episode, we read Fanimail that we've already read, and talk about this book as if it were the next book. This week we talk about Book #52: The Sacrifice! Talking points: Full-body condoms, bloo bland, emotional bruisers.
Book #51: The Absolute
February 04, 2020 04:58 - 52 minutes - 34 MBThis week is an absolute HONK of an episode. Here, we talk Book #51: The Absolute, and I promise you, it'll QUACK you up! Highlights: Cool Bird Acrobatics, Andalites eat grass, and other than that it was a really funny book!
Book #50: The Ultimate
January 27, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 52.7 MBYou're it! You're the ultimate, you! This week, we talk Book #50: The Ultimate, and we discuss what would be in a Hork-Bajir constitution (hint: It's only for Hork-Bajir to know) Highlights: Ellimist tit-for-tats Crayak, Balling is War, the Yeerks are Bad Guys
Book #49: The Diversion
January 20, 2020 11:00 - 59 minutes - 42.3 MBThis is not a drill, but it is a diversion! This week's episode talks about Book #49 and how we could have saved everyone's parents better. How, you ask? Why, by doing what Mikael could never suggest: Finally using a bomb. Talking points: Two Yeerks Snuggin' Up, a Call to Arms, Horny Scooby-Doo.
Book #48: The Return
January 13, 2020 11:00 - 51 minutes - 34.4 MBWe return after our two-week break with some bad news: Tessa has been swept out to sea and Brayden is too sick to save her. The audio may be bad but the content is good! Question to the listeners: How would YOU kill Visser 3/1 in one-on-one combat? What morph would you use? Let us know!
Book #47: The Resistance
December 23, 2019 10:00 - 51 minutes - 35.1 MBDon't try to resist our dulcet tones! This week we're talking Book #47: The Resistance. This books a two-for-one double punch of sadness and death. Let's dive in! Highlights: Dak Hamee's Thick Ass, Trekkie stuff, Your Beaver Answer
Book #46: The Deception
December 16, 2019 11:00 - 46 minutes - 33.8 MBWe promise we are not out to deceive you! This is a real podcast episode where we talk about Book #46: The Deception. Tessa can't stop giggling and Brayden doesn't know how to say "Admiral". Highlights: 13 seconds of lip-stretching (15.10-15.23), Morphing Michael Phelps, How fast can a fast boat go?
Book #45: The Revelation
December 09, 2019 10:00 - 58 minutes - 39.3 MBWe are here! We have no fear! We're talking fast and cracking wise about book #45: The Revelation! This episode also reveals Tessa's favourite ice cream flavour and Brayden making himself sad again. Also near the end of this one we try to parse out the American Military Ranking System. Highlights: Pineapple Controversy, Hapless Action Comedy Autopilot, and a *chef's kiss* Enya cover.
Book #44: The Unexpected
December 02, 2019 12:00 - 57 minutes - 42.6 MB'Ello, mate! This week, we talk book #44: The Unexpected, and make an unexpected judgement call on Australia. Sorry, 'Straya. Also we get really deep into the lore of the Chee for some reason. Apologies for the little echo, it's a December mystery that can never be solved. Talking points: Death Guilt, Reoccurring passing out, Tessa's Favourite Christmas Song
Book #43: The Test
November 25, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 43.2 MBWelcome back, everyone! Hold the applause! Y'all are great. We're here to talk about Animorphs #43: The Test! This book gets into heebie-jeebie territory, and I don't just mean the Taxxons! Highlights: Tessa doesn't remember how many books are in the series, least-jacked kangaroos, oh and warning for slurping sounds from 1:02:26 - 1:02:36. Sorry!
Book #42: The Journey
November 18, 2019 12:00 - 52 minutes - 36.4 MBThis week, Tessa and Brayden discuss Book 42: The Journey. Mikael is no longer on the podcast; he stepped aside due to personal reasons, which he says are boring but I'm wondering if he's been Yeerk'd this whole time. Highlights: Very fancy trips inside people, How do you blow out a corner?, the pettiest of petty books.
The Speaking Tree: Animorphs #41
November 11, 2019 20:30 - 38 minutes - 72.2 MBWe are back in The Speaking Tree this week, discussing book #41: The Familiar! To pay for ruining Brayden's life last episode, we've locked Tessa away in a space ship and sent her off to Mars. Don't worry, she'll be back on Earth next week, but until then, Mikael's going to make some references to Bachelor Frog off-recording and then bring it back up at the end, confusing everyone. Highlights: History of The Five revealed at last, octodad's business job for business, wombat butt ...
Pickmans Model Part 1
November 08, 2019 01:00 - 16 minutes - 10.7 MBA preview of a project Brayden's been working on in his personal time. Keep an eye out of you'd like to see more.
Book #41: The Familiar
November 05, 2019 01:45 - 53 minutes - 98.9 MBFinally, we have read a book from the regular, normal, Animorphs series. And it's a doozy. Join us this week as we discuss Book #41: The Familiar on The Dork-Bajir Chronicles! Talking points include: Business casual Hork-Bajir, so many purple suits, the wild world of psychological sci-fi, and ten long years.
The Speaking Tree: Megamorphs #4
October 29, 2019 02:38 - 48 minutes - 33 MBHow would you have dealt with the seeing the Ax transmission followed by the invasion of the Yeerks right after? How would you have used morphing to help a kid out who you know is being constantly bullied? Let's say you were visited by a mysterious alien, a Drode perhaps, and this alien wiped your memories of reading Animorphs. Would you start reading the series for the first time, as you are now? Why or why not? This week’s Fanimail: @LegoRats: https://twitter.com/LegoRats/statu...
Megamorphs #4: Back to Before
October 21, 2019 06:00 - 1 hour - 42.8 MBWe’re back at it, folks! Time to get some book learning done now that that wretched TV series is behind us. We dig back into the written word in our discussion of Megamorphs #4: Back to Before on this episode of The Dork-Bajir Chronicles! We talk Drode, actually-kind-of-cool sci-fi tropes, time travel, and terrible endings in this return to form after a long hiatus from the book series. Glad to be back! Fanimail: Arjun Krishna: https://soundcloud.com/user-947395870/rachel-and-tobias ...
TV Series: Wrap-Up
October 15, 2019 06:00 - 1 hour - 46.6 MBWE ARE OFFICIALLY DONE WATCHING THE ANIMORPHS TV SERIES. Jarred’s soul is released from this prison as we discuss our thoughts on the series as a whole! We talk about our favorite moments, our least favorite moments, and everything in between. Mikael also peppers in some interesting television trivia! Fanimail this week is brought to you by tons of people from across the internet! Here are the links to the audience questions we gathered for this episode: TWITTER: https://twitter.com/Do...
TV Series: Episode 26
October 07, 2019 06:00 - 59 minutes - 41.2 MBFinally. The end has come. We are discussing the LAST episode of the TV series. EVER. We talk Changes: Part 3 this week on The Dork-Bajir Chronicles, the twenty-sixth and ultimate chapter in this television nightmare. Jarred is joining us once again and will be here next week as well for our TV series wrap-up episode! This week’s Fanimail: @moviepollz: https://twitter.com/moviepollz/status/1081755796948434944?s=19 @Telluride128: https://twitter.com/Telluride128/status/11041582823...
TV Series: Episode 25
September 30, 2019 06:00 - 43 minutes - 29.6 MBWe’re back for more Changes! This week on The Dork-Bajir Chronicles, we talk about episode 25 of the Animorphs TV Series: Changes Part 2. In this episode, we find out more about the creepy dude taking photos in the forest and, not surprisingly, Ax is acting weird...ugh. This week’s Fanimail: @TheKingleMingle: https://twitter.com/TheKingleMingle/status/1154807903011971072?s=19 @justonemango: https://twitter.com/justonemango/status/1166818175423590401?s=19 Check out our Podcast Pag...
TV Series: Episode 24
September 23, 2019 06:00 - 48 minutes - 33.4 MBFinally the crew is reunited! Mikael, Tessa, Brayden, and Jarred discuss episode 24 of the Animorphs TV series. This is the big one folks! We talk about the first of the three part series finale called “Changes.” Big surprise: nothing really changes. This week’s Fanimail: @WritingZard: https://twitter.com/WritingZard/status/1166774822262599680?s=19 @WritingZard: https://twitter.com/WritingZard/status/1167453846169219073?s=19 Check out our Podcast Page on the Collective Legacy P...
TV Series: Episode 23
September 16, 2019 06:00 - 36 minutes - 24.8 MBBrayden and Mikael are back for another episode of The Dork-Bajir Chronicles where they discuss the Animorphs TV series! This week they’ll be talking about episode 23, called “The Front.” We talk about cell phones with Yeerks in them, how to fail at morphing a bat, and Ax’s general awfulness, once again. Hope you’re ready to be seduced by Gustav’s great deals! This week’s Fanimail: @KierinAndrews: https://twitter.com/Kierin_Andrews/status/1155660358947868672?s=19 @TheKingleMingle:...
TV Series: Episode 22
September 09, 2019 06:00 - 44 minutes - 30.8 MBThis time on The Dork-Bajir Chronicles, Brayden and Mikael discuss Episode 22 of the Animorphs TV Series called “My Name is Erek.” Predictably, it is bad. As if feeding his shoe an ice cream cone wasn’t bad enough, Ax has some top tier idiot plotlines in this one. We also witness the most 90s of 90s characters: Erek the Chee. Get ready for terrifying dog holograms and murdered motorists cause this episode has it all! This week’s Fanimail: Toby: https://facebook.com/story.php?story_f...
The Speaking Tree: Animorphs #40
September 02, 2019 06:00 - 44 minutes - 30.2 MBThis week on The Speaking Tree, we dive back into Animorphs #40: The Hidden and try to piece together a better honeypot for our buzzworthy friend, Gafinilan! We answer the following questions: How would you do reconnaissance and approach Gafinilan’s house and how would you communicate with him at first? How would you use morphing to deal with missing a limb? How would you use a honey bee morph in your own life for purely personal reasons? This week’s Fanimail: Myriam RD: https://w...
Animorphs #40: The Other
August 26, 2019 06:00 - 1 hour - 41.6 MBMarco’s back, and he’s looking even shorter compared to the buff Andalite the gang meets in Animorphs #40: The Other! We talk bumblebees and Princely power moves this week on The Dork-Bajir Chronicles. We talk about the politics of a potentially gay couple of Andalites as well as make fun of and poke at the usual stuff! This week’s Fanimail: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=881061712279490&id=417173502001649 Check out our Podcast Page on the Collective Legacy Podcast Net...
The Speaking Tree: Animorphs #39
August 19, 2019 06:00 - 51 minutes - 35.7 MBWe are once again joined by the esteemed patron Steam Driven, also known as Adam! With his help, we dive back in to Animorphs #39: The HIdden and answer the following questions: How would you have dealt with the buffa-human situation? How would you use morphing to take care of sick animals (a la Wildlife Rehabilitation Clinic)? How would you use an African Cape Buffalo morph in your own life for purely personal reasons? This week’s Fanimail: Gwen Nicole: https://www.facebook.com/g...
Animorphs #39: The Hidden
August 12, 2019 06:00 - 48 minutes - 33.4 MBThis week on The Dork-Bajir Chronicles, we read Animorphs #39: The Hidden, the one with the buffa-human! That’s right folks: get ready to question your morality in regards to giving sentience to non-sentient organisms, cause you’re in for a treat! Also we talk about Chapman’s weiner in this one. Just saying. This week’s Fanimail: @GwynLinisso: https://twitter.com/GwynLinisso/status/1154232734056951809 @TheKingleMingle: https://twitter.com/TheKingleMingle/status/1154807903011971072...
The Speaking Tree: Animorphs #38
August 05, 2019 06:00 - 39 minutes - 27.1 MBThis week we tackle the most alien of questions as we delve just a bit deeper into Animorphs #38: The Arrival on this episode of The Speaking Tree! We answer the following questions: If you were Jake, how would you have gotten Ax to infiltrate the assassination team? If you had to introduce an alien to Earth foods, how would you use morphing to show them the best of the best? How would you use a northern harrier morph in your own life for purely personal reasons? This week’s Fanimail...
Animorphs #38: The Arrival
July 29, 2019 06:00 - 56 minutes - 38.8 MBWe’re back for another Ax attack! This week on The Dork-Bajir Chronicles we read Animorphs #38: The Arrival, the Ax book where an Andalite team of assassins lands on Earth to kill Visser Three! Also, Ax gets horny for the first female Andalite he’s seen in years, although it’s all tinged with a bit of sexism (oops). This week’s Fanimail: @PotatoToesies: https://twitter.com/PotatoToesies/status/1098018870294650881?s=19 @Kierin_Andrews: https://twitter.com/Kierin_Andrews/status/11495...
The Speaking Tree: Animorphs #37
July 23, 2019 04:40 - 37 minutes - 25.7 MBJake’s on vacation and the gang is left to their own devices! This week on The Dork-Bajir Chronicles, we talk about what we would do if we were in the same position as the teenage rogues in Animorphs #37: The Weakness. Questions we answered this week: How would you have dealt with not having Jake around during the Inspector’s visit? How would you use morphing to deal with hanging out with your group of friends but that one “integral” friend isn’t there? How would you use a cheetah ...
Animorphs #37: The Weakness
July 15, 2019 06:00 - 1 hour - 42.6 MBFinally back into some good ol’ Animorphs books! This week on The Dork-Bajir Chronicles we read Animorphs #37: The Weakness, the one where Rachel gets to be boss for once! Spoiler: she’s not as good as Jake. This is also the one with the not-quite-an-Andalite, Sonic the Hedgehog alien that is apparently going to be a member of the Council of Thirteen for some reason. This week’s Fanimail: Matthew Ferrantino: https://facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=775413209511008&id=41717350200164...
TV Series: Episode 21
July 08, 2019 06:00 - 46 minutes - 31.9 MBWe’re back for Part 3 of Face Off, the season-spanning trilogy that ends...well, pretty much how you’d expect something like this to end. We talk body twinning and basketball games on this week’s episode of The Dork-Bajir Chronicles! Thank god Jarred is back once again to save us from this nightmare. This week’s Fanimail: @tinioril: https://twitter.com/tinioril/status/1140729866666598400 Thomas Dendtler: https://www.facebook.com/dorkbajirchronicles/posts/844589835926678 Check ...
TV Series: Episode 20
July 01, 2019 06:00 - 49 minutes - 33.9 MBPart 2, baby! We jump back into the epic trilogy that is the Animorphs TV series arc called Face Off. This is episode 20 of the first season and Part 3 is episode 1 of season 2. Hopefully that gives you a good indication of how terribly organized this series is. Part 2 brings us a continuation of the heat-hating Yeerks, the Big Basketball Game, and many more fairly inconsequential things. Yay. Per the norm, we are joined again by Jarred! This week’s Fanimail: @Velawesome: https://t...
TV Series: Episode 19
June 24, 2019 06:00 - 42 minutes - 29.1 MBWe’re back at it, folks: time to tackle yet another episode of the masterpiece that is the Animorphs TV Series. This time we talk about episode 19 called Face Off: Part 1. There are three parts to this arc and, not surprisingly, there aren’t really any face offs to speak of in the whole thing. This is also yet another showing of how terrible TV show Ax is. Oh also, Jarred will be joining us, as usual! This week’s Fanimail: @moviepollz: https://twitter.com/moviepollz/status/11279877227...
TV Series: Episode 18
June 17, 2019 06:00 - 52 minutes - 36.2 MBWe’re still chipping away at this block, people. Today we talk about the Animorphs TV series once again, this time about Episode 18: The Release, the one where the Kandrona is busted and Tom has a sore tummy because of it. Also, this is the one with the kind of badass teacher who has a weird understanding with Jake and the rest of the bandits. This week’s Fanimail: @wizardofflame: https://twitter.com/wizardofflame/status/1134349303546351616 @the_slan: https://twitter.com/the_slan/s...
The Speaking Tree: Animorphs #36
June 10, 2019 06:00 - 45 minutes - 31.5 MBWe’re talking fishy sea creatures in our Speaking Tree episode about Animorphs #36, the Nartec expedition with creepy human being dolls. This week we answer the following questions: How would you have taken down the Sea Blade? How would you use morphing to get your crush to call you at all hours of the night? How would you use an orca morph in your own life for purely personal reasons? This week’s Fanimail: Allee Etheridge: https://www.facebook.com/dorkbajirchronicles/posts/794...
Animorphs #36: The Mutation
June 03, 2019 06:00 - 49 minutes - 34 MBWe dive into another salty episode of The Dork-Bajir Chronicles where we discuss Animorphs #36: The Mutation, the book where they find an underwater race of creatures who...stuff...humans? We talk about the development (or lack thereof) of Jake’s character throughout the series, dumb YA parables, and how awesome it was when the one whale got sliced in half. Check out our Podcast Page on the Collective Legacy Podcast Network site: www.collectivelegacy.org/fanimorphs You can find our Pat...
The Speaking Tree: Visser
May 27, 2019 06:00 - 59 minutes - 40.6 MBWe dive back into Visser once again for this episode of The Speaking Tree! Brayden couldn’t take the heat so he’s away this week as Mikael and Tessa get real about some of the important plot points in this amazing side story. Questions we answered this week: In a world where Memory Dumps are a thing, how would you have hid the fact that you are trying to protect two humans from the invasion? How would you deal with your Host (and yourself) falling in love with another Host (and the Yee...
Visser: Part Two
May 20, 2019 06:00 - 56 minutes - 38.7 MBWe’re back to discuss the Animorphs sidestory Visser one more time! Last week we went over the plot of the book and this week we discuss our thoughts on the story! We try to pick apart some of the political messages in the book and try to decide what we’re okay with and what we’re not. Spoiler alert: we don’t come to a conclusive answer. Check out our Podcast Page on the Collective Legacy Podcast Network site: www.collectivelegacy.org/fanimorphs You can find our Patreon page at www.pat...
Visser: Part One
May 13, 2019 06:00 - 45 minutes - 31.2 MBThis week we talk about the infamous side story: Visser! This is the one where we learn the backstory of Visser One (the slug) and how her story intertwines with the Animorphs...in more ways than one. Since the plot in this book is thicc af, we split our discussion episode into two parts. In Part One we’ll go over the summary of the book and in Part Two (next week), we’ll jump into some more in depth discussion of particular aspects we enjoyed/disliked/wanted to dig deeper into. Then, as u...
The Speaking Tree: Animorphs #35
May 06, 2019 06:00 - 48 minutes - 33.4 MBThis week on the Speaking Tree we’re talking about Animorphs #35, the book where Marco almost gets strangled to death on national television and also Hanson was there. Here are our questions for this book: How would you do the banquet successfully? How would you use morphing to deal with your dad/mom dating someone new a few years after their SO (your other parent) died? How would you use a poodle morph in your own life for purely personal reasons? Also, as usual, we hear Brayden’s...
Animorphs #35: The Proposal
April 29, 2019 06:00 - 48 minutes - 33.2 MBWe’re back for another fabulous Marco book! This time on Dork-Bajir Chronicles, we talk about Animorphs #35: The Proposal, the book where Marco and the gang harass a TV personality so much that he tries to strangle a poodle on live television. Fantastic! We talk about squirrels with Nazi knives, bad French accents, and how Marco is the ideal male gamer. This week’s Fanimail: @dylstonee: https://twitter.com/dylstonee/status/1115303006784765955 Shanna: https://www.facebook.com/dorkba...
The Speaking Tree: Animorphs #34
April 22, 2019 06:00 - 43 minutes - 29.8 MBWelcome back to The Speaking Tree, the show where we take a deeper dive into the Animorphs universe! This week we’ll be talking about Animorphs #34: The Prophecy, the Cassie book where her brain gets inhabited by the ghost of Aldrea! We talk about: How would you have gotten the Yeerk fighter out from under the tree/Yeerk pool? How would you use morphing to erase a doodle you made on a piece of homework? How would you use a wolf morph in your own life for purely personal reasons? Th...
Animorphs #34: The Prophecy
April 15, 2019 06:00 - 45 minutes - 31.5 MBThis week we read Animorphs #34: The Prophecy, the Cassie book where they leave Earth once again, this time with the ghost of Aldrea in Cassie’s head! We talk about the difference between “biology” and “science” and whether or not there actually is a difference, some serious OTP Alerts all around, and the ridiculousness of getting the Chee to cover for you every time you leave the planet. This week’s Fanimail: Ann-Marie: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=778210055897990&id=4...
The Speaking Tree: Animorphs #33
April 08, 2019 06:00 - 42 minutes - 29.4 MBWe’re back with another episode of The Speaking Tree, this time talking about Animorphs #33: The Illusion! Get ready for a deeper dive into the book where Tobias gets tortured and the gang saves him at the last second. Here are some of the things we covered this week: How would you have purposefully gotten caught by the Yeerks? How would you get out of getting caught smoking at school? How would you use an Andalite morph in your own life for purely personal reasons? This week’s Fanim...
Animorphs #33: The Illusion
April 01, 2019 06:00 - 53 minutes - 36.6 MBTime for another Tobias book, finally! We discuss Animorphs #33: The Illusion on this week’s episode of The Dork-Bajir Chronicles, the book were Tobias gets purposefully captured and tortured with his own memories! We talk school dances, what it takes to build a trusting relationship, and, of course, we have an OTP Alert. This week’s Fanimail: @dylstonee: https://twitter.com/dylstonee/status/1109112365507702784 @gaybonez: https://twitter.com/gaybonez/status/1108851452028616704 Ch...
TV Series: Episode 17
March 25, 2019 06:00 - 43 minutes - 29.9 MBMikael is not here this week so it’s up to Tessa, Brayden, and Jarred to wade into the next episode in the Animorphs TV Series: “Not My Problem.” Incidentally, this is also the thought going through Mikael’s head. Get ready for some more Ellimist tomfoolery as Jake jumps back in time to a world where he never became an Animorph. Get ready for some bad twists! This week’s Fanimail: @LegoRats: https://twitter.com/LegoRats/status/1097540160286347264?s=19 @KierinAndrews: https://twitte...