By Jenny, Ted, and Gray
Ted, Jenny, and Gray read and discuss the Animorphs series.
In this episode, Jenny, Ted, and Gray discuss Vegemorphs (part 2).
In this episode, Jenny, Ted, Gray, and Meg discuss Everworld #10: Understand the Unknown.
In this episode, Jenny, Ted, and Gray discuss the 1998 Animorphs parody book, Vegemorphs.
[Content warning: mention of rape and false rape accusations in a fictional context] Jenny, Ted, Gray, and Meg discuss Everworld #9: Inside the Illusion
Jenny, Ted, Gray, and Meg discuss Everworld #8: Brave the Betrayal
In this episode: Jenny, Ted, Gray, and Meg discuss Everworld #7: Gateway to the Gods A wild plot appears! Theological discussions We hope you aren’t still playing the “Animorphology Drinking Game” because Gray says the word “interesting” like 10 times in one minute. Comparisons to...
In this episode: Jenny, Ted, Gray, and Meg discuss Everworld #6: Fear the Fantastic The “very special episode” about homophobia Impatiently acknowledging that Christopher has “an arc” Hetwan sexual dimorphism and other cool alien stuff What was Ganymede like as gay representation in 2000? Christopher vs...
Content warning: sexual abuse of a child, attempted sexual assault of an adult In this episode: Jenny, Ted, Gray, and Meg discuss Everworld #5: Discover the Destroyer Gray spills some more tea about leprechauns Fairies are normally cool. What happened here? In a thousand years,...
In this episode: Jenny, Ted, Gray, and Meg discuss Everworld #4: Realm of the Reaper We get TWO quality mythology rants from Gray! Ted learns where 8-legged horse babies come from Jalil proves himself to be our most competent narrator yet
In this episode: Jenny, Ted, Gray, and Meg discuss Everworld #3: Enter the Enchanted The glimmer of a larger plot What should the teens do about Senna? RENT is surprisingly useful April is funny and empathetic Tattoos and the 90s (Bonus: Gray reveals her most embarrassing...
In this episode: Jenny, Ted, Gray, and Meg discuss Everworld #2: Land of Loss What we think of Christopher and his book Christopher’s “humor” and “difficult personality” i.e. his racism and sexism Exposition we didn’t know from book 1 Opposite girls Aimless plotting We meet the Coo-Hatch The...
In this episode: *Jenny, Ted, Gray, and new host Meg(!!) discuss Everworld #1: Search for Senna *This is classic Applegrant in so many ways *Where does this book fall on the Swear Scale? *The pants-wetting plothole *The (only) two characters we all liked *All cultures are...
In this episode: *Jenny, Ted, and Gray discuss The Invasion: The Graphic Novel *We got the band back together! *Spoiler-free discussion (no hints about the way Grine adapted it) during the first 12ish minutes *Chris Grine feels the same way about morphing as Gray...
In this episode: Jenny, Ted, and Gray host returning guests Liz, K.C., John, Lauren, Catie, Nicole, Jeremy, Emily, Claire, Rena, Meg, Joysweeper, and Kevin for a wide-ranging series retrospective How did we feel about the end of the series, either now or...
In this episode: *Jenny, Ted, and Gray discuss the ending of Animorphs and the series as a whole *The ten-second series recap *Did Animorphs cause us lasting trauma when we were kids? *Our desires for book characters can be very cruel *Jake needed to fall...
In this episode: Animorphs #54: The Beginning In this episode: CW: Major character death, crying noises We read together and discuss one section at a time. Chapters 1-4: *Trauma at the hands of a paperback *A warrior’s death Chapters 5-9: *More emotions, especially about Tobias *Living with ambiguity Chapters 10-13: *Jake needs...
In this episode: *Jenny, Ted, and Gray discuss Animorphs #53, The Answer for, like, a really long time *The most important answer of all: how tall is Jake? *Actually it’s mostly discussion about the tragedy of Jake, but also: *We celebrate the triumphant return...
In this episode: Jenny, Ted, and Gray discuss Animorphs #52, The Sacrifice *Gray thinks they might kill off Rachel, and she's real mad about it *Jenny revises her end-of-series feels *The REAL secret plans of the Andalites *Why are we doing this dance with...
Mailbag 4! In this episode: Jenny, Ted, and Gray discuss comments and questions from listeners Middle grade authors on Twitter Trans Tobias Esplin’s Gender Australia Stuff Ted Laughed At The Council rules against war crimes Taxxonomy Animal insights, starring antechinus Science corner, starring a new jingle and helpless stupid...
In this episode: *Jenny, Ted, Gray, and guest host Nicole discuss Animorphs #51: The Absolute *The “twist” of a female governor *Why is the Yeerk invasion so small and slow? *Should the Animorphs have gone public sooner? *Stealing TANKS from a TRAIN *Happy Marco and...
In this episode: *Jenny, Ted, Gray, and returning guest host Claire discuss Animorphs #50: The Ultimate *There is some ableism here! But some good treatment of disability, too *The new Animorphs are delightful even if Jenny is mad about them...
The Diversion In this episode: Jenny, Ted, and Gray discuss Animorphs #49: The Diversion Is this the worst Tobias book? The first book Jenny has disliked more than either Gray or Ted! Jake is a badass (who sometimes makes bad decisions) What it means to be...
The Return In this episode: Jenny, Ted, and Gray discuss Animorphs #48: The Return The Council weighs in on David’s ultimate fate Rachel’s need to fight for the good guys David’s moment-of-grace-ex-machina Ted tries to defend this book by ignoring the writing and the plot Jenny rants...
The Ellimist Chronicles In this episode: *Jenny, Ted, Gray, and returning guest host Joys discuss The Ellimist Chronicles *Gray updates her endgame prediction *Toomin is basically Bella from Twilight *The Ketrans are cool and not a monoculture *Lift for all!! *Turns out the Ellimist invented dogs *Free...
Animorphs #47 (The Resistance) In this episode: *Jenny, Ted, and Gray discuss The Resistance *Approximate Rant Tally: Jenny: 4, Ted: 5, Gray: 9 *This book was a wasted opportunity, especially as we get to the end of the series *The depiction of Trekkies *Jake is a true...
Animorphs #46 (The Deception) In this episode: *Jenny, Ted, and Gray discuss The Deception *A Visser Two character study *We’re mad about MAD *The need for narrative balance in fictional war *The Animorphs cry over spilled ethics *Ax plays the Hitman video game and has an...
Animorphs #45 (The Revelation) In this episode: *Jenny, Ted, Gray, and guest host K.C. discuss The Revelation *We liked this more than we expected! *Gray is so the queen of predictions *Animorphs as an Avengers movie *This would have been a great format for a...
Animorphs #44 (The Unexpected) In this episode: *Returning guest host Rena! *Cassie’s greatest hits *The green light freeze-tag ray *Yeerk technology woes *Cassie’s ethical standards *What does it mean to be a risk-taker? *Travel to distant locations, meet people who tell you what you need to hear *The treatment...
Animorphs #43: The Test In this episode: Animorphs: PTSD Edition Tobias’ theory of radical freedom Is Tobias strong or weak? Don’t trust Taylor Deciding to blow up the Yeerk pool Yeerker lurkers Rachel’s reaction to passive killing Cassie tells Tobias it’s not okay Tobias gets resolution that the other Animorphs...
Alternamorphs #2: The Next Passage. In this episode: -Jenny, Ted, and Gray livestream the second Alternamorphs book -You becomes Youvid -The book makes LOTS of choices we would have liked to make for ourselves -We discover Visser Three’s current form...
#42: The Journey In this episode: -Our first long-distance episode, please forgive the questionable audio quality -Guest host Emily Ellet, the voice of Rachel in the Animorphs audiobooks, shares her Animorphs Journey -Gray is the Queen of Predictions -Not enough Rachel and Tobias content -Did we...
#41 The Familiar In this episode: The two things Ted finds unforgivable How dreamy is dreamy enough? Jake’s undefined decision Spike logic Is there a Star Trek episode like book 41? “Middlegrade” violence and horror Using disability as tragedy Gray drops knowledge about moonlessness Jake argues with his subconscious Taxxons are...
Megamorphs 4: Back to Before In this episode: We read the first two chapters in their entirety With great power comes great responsibility, especially for Jake The series will eventually end Cassie’s magic nonsense Tobias makes sensible decisions and is the best We are not here to...
Mailbag #3 In this episode: -Jenny, Ted, and Gray discuss questions and comments from listeners -Visser Three’s potential menagerie -The limits of Chee nonviolence -What kind of cyborgs can morph? -Genocide vs. xenocide -How would a Taxxon wear a skirt? -How do Andalites talk at parties? -The...
Book 40: The Other In this episode: - Guest host John! - Marco brings his best self to a Very Special Episode of the Animorphs - Bury Your Gay Andantes - We are desperate to identify shippy Ax/Marco moments - Subtweeting in real life - What...
Book 39: The Hidden In this episode: -The council is divided on the existence of the buffa-human -Seagull ex machina -How good was this plan to drop an anvil on the helicopter? (Spoiler: it was not even a little bit...
Book 38: The Arrival In this episode: -An Animorphs spy novel -The Animorphs break-up? -Jake as a leader -The real megamorph -Learning about Andalite society -Science corner -Moral quandaries -Ax has pants feelings -The Animorphs are really cool -Misogyny is universal, apparently -Visser 3 makes a good plan? -Andalite “humor” -9th Grade Jenny’s...
Book “37”: The Weakness In this episode: - What head canon if any can make this book better? - The Animorphs aren’t themselves - “Ew” and “?????” - Complex feelings about hubris, Oedipus and Hamlet - Jenny thinks Tobias and Rachel need to break up - Ted...
Book 37: The Weakness In this episode: Gray, Ted, and Jenny read what is definitely, without a doubt Animorphs book 37. At least, as far as Gray knows. The Iskoort come back! The Animorphs meet their fiercest opponent ever Fun...
Book 36: The Mutation In this episode: This book is bad, so this episode is short Visser 3 is very bad at plans Many unmotivated actions and stupid decisions The Animorphs meet the Atlanteans Revenge as a motivation The ghostwriter knew some things and wanted to tell...
Jenny and Ted make Gray choose what happens in Alternamorphs #1: The First Journey. Watch with live chat replay on YouTube!
Visser (Part 2 of 2) In this episode: The Council of Animorphology passes judgment on Vissers 1 and 3 Yeerk torture methods Yeerk fascism Yeerk relationships, emotions, familial bonds, and allo/aromanticism The logistics of Eva’s marriage Yeerk-host emotional bleed What...
Join Jenny, Ted, and Gray live on YouTube this Saturday 1/11/2020 12pm eastern for an interactive reading of Alternamorphs #1: The First Journey.
Visser (Part 1 of 2) In this episode: Guest host Joys! Visser 1 is a magnificent bastard Are Visser 3’s worst jokes Alloran’s fault? Marco is great, and has grown so much V3 continues to be incompetent Fighting the Animorphs is terrifying Humanity's strengths and weaknesses Marco’s mom finally...
Book 35: The Proposal In this episode: We can’t suspend our disbelief about the timeline in this one The cliffhanger ending is so exciting we have to talk about it right away What kind of answering machine does Marco’s dad have? What if the Animorphs...
Book 34: The Prophecy In this episode: We consider that there might be some plot holes in this one; For example, why was Toby not really a character? The Arn’s secret evil plan; How has Jake and Marco’s friendship evolved?...
Book 33: The Illusion In this episode: Guest host Lauren returns! Can there ever be enough Rachel and Tobias? We’re all a little mad at Rachel Tobias continues to struggle with where he belongs Almost most of a good plan Flashes of Tobias’s life and Elfangor’s memories Jake’s...
Book 32: The Separation In this episode: Guest host Meg! Gray’s live reactions to reading 32 Rachel’s inner turmoil becomes outer turmoil Is mean Rachel “crazy”? What would happen if the other Animorphs got split? We swoon over Tobias and Rachel (no surprise there) What would happen if...
Book 31: The Conspiracy In this episode: The Animorphs finally face realistic logistical obstacles The Yeerks are bad at things No, but really, the Animorphs give the Yeerks way too much credit Did Ax really torture Chapman? Jake’s leadership crisis The Jake-Marco dynamic The no-confidence vote How selfish is...
Book 30: The Reunion In this episode: Marco’s “Clear Bright Line” Lots of great relationship moments From where does Marco get his strategic abilities? Visser One is very cool The humility of Andalites Ghostwriter corner Marco makes bad decisions Gray makes a number of very specific predictions