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The new training center’s AI assistant has gone haywire! Can the Bots get things under control before Dani’s test pilot team flies over and blows their cover? Can Blurr and Quickshadow outrun a Roomba? Would a temporary flight restriction supersede a military training schedule? And who totally called this twist? Join us this week for the second part of this season’s mid-season two-parter, “The More Things Stay the Same”!

The Rescue Bots Training Center is all ready for the bots to move in, but everybody’s having mixed feelings about the change. Will all the exciting features of the new center make the transition a little easier? What is going on with Dani’s test pilot gig? And what do you mean there was never a toy of this extremely toyetic training center? Join us this week for part 1 of the season 4 mid-seasion two-parter, “The More Things Change…”!

Griffin Rock’s cell tower is in dire need of replacement – but Mayor Luskey “invested” the infrastructure money in an inflatable Brash Ball stadium instead! Can the Rescue Bots and the Burns Family raise enough money with side gigs to fund a replacement? Why is this even their problem to fix? How many people watching this even remember the show Taxi? And what should you maybe not order from Temu? Join us this week for “Part-Time Heroes”!

It's All Spark Day, and the Rescue Bots are excited to teach the people of Griffin Rock about their Cybertronian holiday! So what's All Spark Day all about? Why doesn't Heatwave want to celebrate? Why is there a "Parade of Metals"? And what's that giant baby doing there!? Join us this week for "All Spark Day"!

Mayor Luskey is up for reelection, and the team convinces Chase to run against him – but when Chase wins, it turns out they've created a monster! How Lawful Neutral is TOO Lawful Neutral? Can the town survive Chase going Walter Peck on Doc Greene's lab? And has Luskey learned one single lesson? Join us this week for "Mayor May Not"!

Whiskers the lion is kidnapped by a villain with a thing for problematic cultural appropriation — but with Quint Quarry still safely in jail, who could it be? Would you believe... LORD CHUMLEY!? What's this G1 guy doing hassling the Rescue Bots? Why does he have extinct animals in his collection? And didn't we JUST get an episode with that title? Join us this week for "Enemy of my Enemy"!

Everyone's favorite Crime Druids are back in town, and they didn't get the memo that the Rescue Bots are aliens — and now they're determined to steal-slash-kidnap Quickshadow! Can they be stopped before they ruin the town's Earliween parade? Will they blow the Rescue Bots' cover? How deep under the Unit E bunker are these guys about to be buried? And wait... what's "Earliween"? Join us this week for "Ghost in the Machine"!

Griffin Rock is invaded by the only villains worse than bird watchers: property investors! Can the town shoo them away before the Bots are discovered — or housing costs go out of control? What villain is back from an extended trip to Europe? And why is Cody suddenly invisible? Join us this week for "Vanishing Returns"!

The holidays still have everyone's schedules out of whack, so this week we're digging in our big red sack and pulling out a Patreon special from December 2019: It's the holiday season, and our Canadian host Rob realizes he had a lot of misconceptions about the US military as we go back to the 80s for a special Christmas episode of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero! Under cover of a charity toy drive, Cobra uses a shrink ray to infiltrate the Joe base and steal their vehicles, hoping to pin their ensuing attack on the Joes! Can the handful of Joes still on base for the holidays stop them? Why does Jack Nicholson have a parrot? Were all computer mainframes in the 80s orange? Join us this month for "Santa C.L.A.W.S Are Coming To Town", and thank you so much for your support! Yo Joe!

Frankie's found a new expansion pack for Griffin Rock Element Quest, the VR game that Cody and Blades got trapped in — so of course they're going to go for another round! But what surprise was left in the new expansion's code? Can Boulder get a library card? And how many video game references will have to be explained to Rob? Join us this week for "Back to Virtual Reality"!

Quickshadow is determined to train each of the Rescue Bots to operate as a team of one — even though there's no I in Team! (Blades is gonna have to take that poster down.) But when they have to escort a hazardous shipment for Doc Greene, will her way of doing things really be better than their teamwork? Why did she think "Bootlatch" was a good code name? And who is absolutely not allowed to transport hazardous materials anymore? Join us this week for "Plus One"!

Holiday scheduling is A Whole Thing, so this week we’re presenting one of our Patreon episodes. With Godzilla Minus One in theaters and Monarch: Legacy of Monsters now streaming, we’re looking back at a much, much earlier attempt to bring Godzilla to the West: the Hanna-Barbera Godzilla cartoon! The Calico ends up on a mysterious island off the coast of Canada where a cobra-like monster called Axor has been hypnotizing shipwrecked humans into building him a temple! Can Pete and Godzooky save them from the creature's control? And is Godzilla able to do anything without Pete narrating it for the audience? Join us this week for "The Beast of Storm Island"!

A mysterious car follows Chase and Heatwave back to the firehouse after another Ground Bridge malfunction, and they keep saving people before the Rescue Bots can step in! Who's behind the wheel — and why does it take so long for everyone to reach the obvious conclusion that they're Cybertronian? Can Cody and Frankie keep up with a toddler who's too smart for her own good? And what's even better than a title drop? Join us this week for "Arrivals"!

The Rescue Bots are getting used to the idea of everyone on Griffin Rock knowing their secret — but can they depend on them to keep it? Why is the new Ground Bridge to the Academy site acting up? Can Blades get people to join his fan club? And what’s the best kind of peanut butter? Join us this week as we do some "Bridge Building"!

Back in Griffin Rock, the Very Good Boys of the Rescue Bots have been dragging their heels on the whole reveal-yourselves-to-the-humans thing — but an invasion of some less friendly aliens gives them a chance to show that they really do come in peace! Can they save the day before any humans get eaten? What exactly has Optimus been up to since the last time he called? And does Chase have what it takes to be a bestselling author? Join us this month as we head into Rescue Bots Season 4 with “New Normal”!

Before we return to Griffin Rock, we’re taking a trip over to Japan for their version of “Beast Hunters”, Triple Combination: Transformers Go! What’s the deal with this largely-forgotten bit of Transformers fiction? When did time travel become a perfectly ordinary thing that the Aligned-universe Autobot could just do? And how much story can they squeeze in between transformation sequences? Join us this week for the first two episodes of Go!, "Triple Combination! Swordbot - Samurai!" and "Pursue! The Legendiscs!" GATTAI!

This is it: The final episode of Robots in Disguise! Optimus Prime's team fights to stop the invasion on Earth while the Bee Team works to expose the Autobot High Council and free Cybertron from their mind control! How can they pull it all off in a single episode? How many plot threads will suddenly be tied to the High Council? And will the writers remember that this season is still called "Combiner Force"? Join us this week for "Freedom Fighters"!

Optimus Prime returns to Earth to warn the Bee Team about a fascist takeover of Cybertron -- just in time for it to become everyone's problem! Can they stop the New Cybertron Order from invading Earth? Are they willing to trust Steeljaw to help them? And how many returning Special Guest Autobots can they stuff into this episode? Join us this week for the penultimate episode of Robots in Disguise, "Enemy of My Enemy"!

All aboard! In a Shocktober special, Dave and Rob punch their ticket for the 1973 creature feature Horror Express! Part Hammer movie, part Doctor Who episode, and part Lovecraft adaption, it’s the tale of two classic horror stars, a fake Rasputin, and a bunch of smooth-brained dead meat! Plus: special guest star Telly Savalas!

Dropforge and the Cybertron Police arrive on Earth to arrest some fugitives -- but they're not after Decepticons, they're after the Bee Team! Can Strongarm get to the bottom of this mess? Can Bulkhead deal with Steeljaw on his own while everyone else's hands are cuffed? And why is Dropforge just a little guy? Join us this week for "Five Fugitives"!