The X-Men TAS Podcast

The X-Men TAS Podcast

The ultimate archive for the classic 1990s animated series, X-Men and Spider-Man! Join us, your jolly hosts Willie Simpson and Sonia Rapaport as we break down every episode of both animated shows along with all the X-Men and Spider-Man movies! The fun doesn't stop there so make sure to continue following along as we trek deeper into the history of Marvel animation with X-Men Evolution, Wolverine and the X-Men, Batman TAS and the long awaited X-Men 97! Along they way, we also have hearty discussions of all the latest Disney Plus Marvel shows and new MCU and DC movies!

Episodes

September 12, 2024 41 mins

Lex Luthor discovers that the Man of Steel can be bested by a glowing green rock on the latest episode of Superman TAS! Join us as we discuss...

  • Greek Gods on Netflix!
  • The history of politics in world of Superman!
  • Wondering if we would be safer in DC's Metropolis or Marvel's NYC!
  • Trying to make sense of the science of Superman!

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Spider-Man and his pals meet Captain America, Shana, Dr. Strange and the Submariner for a mysterious weekend vacation on Wolf Island and all die one by one on the latest episode of Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends! Join us as we discuss...

  • Is Onlyfans the best forum to clear your professional reputation? (Also, some random thoughts on the Wizard of Oz)!
  • Why this episode reminds us where Marvel is heading in the future, creative...
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The X-Men play pool and drink hot chocolate while waiting for Emma Frost's MRI on a very moody episode of X-Men: Anime! Join us as we discuss...

  • Succumbing to the wonders of the world of anime!
  • The Xavier Institute is NOT the world's safest place for mutants!
  • Neither is the Blackbird!
  • Being confused by the English subtitles for the Japanese Script (while watching the English-speaking performance)!

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Superman gets smacked around by a tennis ball that does not obey the laws of thermo-dynamics and Lois Lane tries to figure out how to write a story with mittens for hands on the latest episode of Superman TAS! Join us as we discuss...

  • The latest X-Men 97 controversy, our growing love of anime and Sonia's hot takes on Superman III!
  • Wait, this isn't the same villain from the Gray Ghost episode of Batman?
  • Scoping the weird ...
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The great George Gross returns to help figure out if Richard Pryor is actually funny in Richard Lester's Superman III! Join us as we discuss...

  • Would you blame this movie more on cocaine or alcohol?
  • Superman being forced to ride a in a hot bus for hours with Jimmy Olsen!
  • Is Superman Clark Kent or is Clark Kent Superman?
  • Superman gets laid!

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Firestar and Iceman use kid gloves to take on a creature made of bees (instead of melting or freezing him an instant) on the latest episode of Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, so join us as we discuss...

  • All our thoughts on the new Bruce Timm Batman Show, Batman: The Caped Crusader!
  • All the horrifying moments our heroes face staring down this hideous monster of an enemy!
  • Getting into Spider-Man's shoe situation, the benefi...
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The latest and greatest X-Men (adjacent) movie smashes the box office and forces us to pick up the pieces as we crawl through nearly every bloody scene! Join us as we discuss...

  • Some quick thoughts on the new Dr. Doom!
  • Why this movie is as much as sequel to Logan as it is to Deadpool 2!
  • Just loving all surprise cameos, one in particular (close to our hearts)!
  • Marveling at the absurdly well-done fight choreography!

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Emma Frost tries to convince the X-Men that she is now in fact "cool" while the X-Men continue to slaughter pre-deceased cyborgs on the latest episode X-Men Anime! Join us as we discuss...

  • Why we want all Star Wars and Marvel TV shows to be episodic, not cinematic!
  • Coming up with a good reason as to why the X-Men wear tight-fitting spandex!
  • Cyclops does not need to touch his visor to shoot optic blasts!
  • Remembering little...
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The Man of Steel is not as strong as he is supposed to be but the people of Metropolis love him anyway as we dive into another episode of the 90s classic, Superman TAS! Join us as we discuss...

  • Watching so much Superman media to the point of confusion!
  • Clark Kent, smooth and suave!
  • Why Superman needs to pick more villains up by the pants!
  • Fixating on Lex Luthor's baldness as being the primary motivator in his hatred of Superma...
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Sunfire falls in love Firestar after he sees her doing something extremely obscene with a meteor that is about to crash into NYC on the latest episode of Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends! Join us as we discuss...

  • Being utterly confused as to where the Spider-Friends base is located!
  • Sunfire falling love with both Angelica and Firestar, and then immediately ditching Angelica!
  • Is Bobby in love with Angelica too? Peter? It's c...
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The X-Men battle the U-Man in some sort of war of the extended "man-verse" on the latest episode X-Men Anime! Join us as we discuss...

  • Star Wars TV and other anime about...golf(?)! 
  • Wondering if we'd be suckered into buying a Limited Edition "Cerebro" Phone brought to you by Samsung in the late 2020s!
  • Why Wolverine punching Cyclops worked in X-Men TAS but not in this show!
  • Clumsily psycho-analyzing a bunch ...
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Superman is everywhere this week from new movies to new cartoons and we talk about it all so join as we discuss...

  • James Gunn Superman photo leaks, My Adventures With Superman being fantastic and the new Caped Crusader cartoon trailer!
  • Pondering what we would do if we found an alien baby on the side of the road somewhere!
  • Trying and failing to understand the science of the red vs. yellow sun magic that powers Superman!
  • Noticing tha...
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Spider-Man and the gang tangle with their most fearsome foe yet, an old unemployed  man who wants to paint NYC with rainbow polka-dots...also Dr. Doom...so join us as we discuss!

  • Marvel's long history of being the cheapest company in the world!
  • Some potentially scary body-horror moments for the kids watching at home!
  • More casual racism, this time in the form of Genghis Khan!
  • Despite everything, an extremely comic accurate port...
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The X-Men travel to Japan in 2011 to rescue a mutant while their lavish hair blows dramatically through the wind in the world of X-Men Anime! Join us as we discuss...

  • If X-Men 97 keeps bumping along throughout the 2000s, will it one day sort of merge with what see going on in this Warren Ellis version of X-Men Anime?
  • Would Storm really take a cruise?
  • Enjoying a long conversation about who cleans the X-Mansion!
  • Wolverine recruiting ...
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This week, the Man of Steel blasts off from his home planet of Krypton and into our animation rotation with Superman TAS! Join us as we discuss...

  • Superman, underrated? We think so!
  • Lara, Lois, Lana...what's going on here?
  • Trying to figure out in real time if the periodic table of elements has Krypton or Kryptonite on it!
  • Next week is X-Men: Anime...what a tone shift!

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X-Men 97: Season 2 isn't coming for a million years so we decided to kill the time waiting by watching three different animated classics and we start with the hilarious Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends! Join us as we discuss...

  • More Marvel cameos than you can fill a multiverse with!
  • How this episode basically has the same plot of both Batman Begins and the Amazing Spider-Man Andrew Garfield movie!
  • Drunk Iceman!
  • Stay away fro...
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X-Men 97 is over and we're all left to ponder the great mysteries of the universe such as the deepest, darkest secrets of how we fell in love and what are guiltiest pleasures are! Also, lots of future X-Men movie speculation, our ideal favorite X-Men video games,  X-Men 97 season 2 speculation and just exactly what we are gonna do with this podcast going forward! Thanks to everyone who submitted questions, we love you all and ...

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The X-Men TAS Podcast reaches another milestone as we complete another season of animated excellence...this time, we close a book on season one of X-Men 97, the most glorious cartoon experience of our lives, probably! The great Ben Martin joins us to discuss...

  • Professor X, bad therapist extraordinaire, just barely gets the job done!
  • Why we are probably sooner gonna see Avengers 98 vs. Spider-Man 98!
  • Speaking of Spider-Man, why wa...
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To quote the dearly departed Gambit, "it don't get much better than this," does it? The great Adam Khan joins us to break down the penultimate Season One X-Men 97 episode, so join us as we discuss...

  • Storm, just slaying the world every time she appears on screen!
  • Just why did Cyclops put Wolverine on the Blue Team to face Magneto?
  • Why you do not want make Jean Grey mad if you go bowling with her!
  • Professor X finally ...
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A star studded episode of X-Men 97 streaks into our hearts as an all-time classic! The great Jeff Tepper joins us this to discuss...

  • The pure Marvel goodness of the world the X-Men live in!
  • Add Ace Ventura: Pet Detective to the required research for fully appreciating this episode!
  • Wolverine stabs people...well, androids...or, android people, either way he's a stabbing!
  • Trying our best to figure out if the ending will be happy...
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