February 10, 2025 • 44 mins
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Here's a great idea for an episode of a children's cartoon: a disgraced finance minister decides to manipulate currency in order to cause an economic collapse. What ten-year-old wouldn't like that? At least we have plenty of Dad jokes, a goat attacking T-Bob, and... oh, yeah... Bruce threatening to beat up Dusty. Buckle up! It's another episode of the Mobile Armored Podcast Show!
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Adam (00:13):
Welcome to the mobile armored podcast show, the
podcast that transforms into theBerlin wall.
My name is Adam Moore alongsidemy cohost and best friend, PJ
McNerney.
How's it going PJ?
PJ (00:26):
We've got a sad note from recently.
David Lynch, who was
Adam (00:29):
Yeah.
PJ (00:30):
much inspiration from mask, passed away.
Adam (00:33):
Yeah.
I mean, that's a big name injust cinema in general.
Someone who defined cinema fordecades, and I think in a lot of
ways, especially with Twin Peaksreally redefined what could be
done on TV.
But of course, all of it stemsfrom clearly his love for mask.
PJ (00:50):
It's true.
Adam (00:51):
in 77, he made a racer head.
1980 is the elephant man, but 84is dune,
PJ (00:57):
Which is really the nadir of his career, right?
So, like, he turned down Returnof the Jedi, famously, So what,
what turns around the corner forhim, like he is, oh, is when
mass comes out.
So he's like, down in the dumps,
Adam (01:10):
Yeah.
PJ (01:11):
some cartoons, and suddenly he sees miles sitting in a
rocking chair.
Adam (01:14):
Yeah.
And then he makes the two bestfilms, blue velvet and wild at
heart.
So yeah, I mean.
I don't think there's any otherway to look at it.
Mask created David Lynch.
Well, in memory of David Lynch,let's dive in to episode 32, the
currency conspiracy.
In the Swiss Alps, masks muststop venom from using an
organism that eats the ink ofprinted money, rendering the
(01:37):
bills worthless at the behest ofa corrupt finance minister.
PJ (01:42):
I really wonder like, you know, it's like, okay, I'm gonna
pitch you this story.
Kids are gonna really get theeconomic implications of what
this means.
Adam (01:50):
really, it seems like the writer of this episode was
writing like other shows andthen they asked like, Hey, could
you just come in and do one forus?
Like it's probably like doinglike TV drama or something like
that.
And I could just write a quickepisode for us.
Like, Oh yeah, sure.
How about one about corruptionin the German finance ministry?
I well, we open on the beautifulSwiss Alps and we pan down to
(02:12):
Geneva, Switzerland.
I kind of question whether ornot that's actually Geneva.
I don't think they used theright reference art for it, But
then we, we get inside whatturns out to be a bank and we're
with Matt, Scott, and of course,T Bob.
Uh, Matt asks Scott, well, inFrance, you bought pastries.
In Germany, you bought sausage.
What are you looking for inSwitzerland?
PJ (02:33):
like already with this line, I was like, okay, they're on a
European vacation, living it up.
I kind of thought, okay, there'sone version where they're
literally just kind of touringfrom city to city.
Adam (02:43):
hmm.
PJ (02:44):
What about these sort of like inevitable?
You're going on this massiveEuropean vacation.
Where's Gloria?
Adam (02:49):
Exactly.
PJ (02:51):
I had one theory that's the happy theory, which is that
there's a host of racing and orkarate related events happening
in Europe.
And they're kind of touringthrough it.
And Gloria has gone on ahead.
Adam (03:03):
Okay.
PJ (03:03):
that makes her unavailable, that's my happy theory.
Adam (03:07):
Sure.
PJ (03:07):
is.
Is Matt's just being a bonvivant and just trying to clean
up his mess, like, back inBrazil
Adam (03:13):
a girl in every port.
And he's just trying to clean uphis history now that he's
married.
I definitely would say thesecond one is far more likely
knowing Matt.
I just want to go back to thethings that Scott has bought.
in France he went for pastries,in Germany he went for sausage.
What we'll find out is he'sgoing to buy chocolate in
Switzerland.
Is Scott hungry?
(03:33):
Is he not being fed?
That's why he's going for food,I
PJ (03:37):
he is presumably still at a, prepubescent stage, And he
hasn't grown in the, what, sixmonths that we've seen.
and there's frequent times wherewe see him cooking in the
kitchen.
Adam (03:50):
Yeah.
PJ (03:50):
I do want to back up your theory.
Like, you know, Scott's hungry.
Adam (03:54):
And it's actually a recurring thing throughout the
series, In many places, he's,carrying a bag of potato chips,
for example, in the episode inAfrica.
PJ (04:01):
trying to get whatever calories he can in
Adam (04:03):
Well, Scott reaches into his pocket and he pulls out a
giant wad of cash.
Did you see that?
It's like, it's notDeutschmarks, it's like a
hundred dollar bills that hepulls out.
PJ (04:13):
I love how he has no clue Like it's so casual and he like
treats that money with such likewhatever.
Adam (04:20):
Scott says there's only one thing I want to buy here.
I was like, I'm wondering, is itNazi gold?
PJ (04:26):
not explicitly in this episode, don't you worry?
Nazis are coming back reallysoon
Adam (04:32):
Ah, good.
Scott says he wants Swisschocolate.
And he says, I'd rather havechocolate than be in shape.
I want to spend all my money onchocolate.
PJ (04:43):
It's a crazy line, and all I thought to myself was, I want to
buy diabetes.
That's what he's asking for.
Adam (04:50):
By the way, meanwhile, T Bob has dressed in lederhosen.
PJ (04:53):
why?
Adam (04:54):
It's not even a solid, Buddy Hawks nomination he's not
insulting the culture at all.
It's not even culturalappropriation.
It's just, he's wearinglederhosen.
PJ (05:02):
This feels comfortable.
Adam (05:03):
So like I said, they're at a bank and Scott is trying to
exchange his money for Swissfrancs.
However, the banker isastonished when the ink
disappears and the money issuddenly blank.
And it turns out all the money,specifically all the
Deutschmarks, are disappearingin this bank.
And I want to point out thatthis makes Matt really, really
angry.
I have not seen Matt angrier inthis show ever.
(05:26):
Like, nothing makes him angrierthan losing money.
PJ (05:31):
It's true.
it'd be great to kind of go backand keep track of all the things
that upset Matt.
whenever Scott rides on thehandlebars,
Adam (05:38):
Of a bike, he gets really pissed off.
Yep.
PJ (05:40):
Whenever he's not called by a research institute that
something's going wrong, like
Adam (05:44):
huh.
PJ (05:45):
the brain,
Adam (05:46):
That's right.
PJ (05:47):
petulant on, on
Adam (05:48):
Yeah.
Yep.
PJ (05:49):
whatever his trains capabilities that he's riding on
are called him to question.
Adam (05:53):
My train would never do that.
PJ (05:54):
And you know what?
I think ties everythingtogether, except his upsetness
at Scott is it's when you'reright.
Whenever money's involved,specifically his money,
Adam (06:02):
Yeah.
no one touches my money.
Well, we cut to T Bob iceskating on a pond, and uh, Scott
and Matt are sitting on a bench.
And Matt says, that bank isholding more than just my
interest.
Again, Matt can't let go of it.
He is super pissed about losingmoney.
PJ (06:19):
great that he's intersected both being really pissed off
with a bad dad joke at the sametime.
Adam (06:24):
Totally.
Well, while Matt has thebriefcase computer open to track
down liens, T Bob.
Is being chased and bitten by agoat and then crashes into a
bridge, I didn't know anythingabout random goats running
around Geneva and attackingpeople, but okay.
PJ (06:41):
I wonder if they were like, oh, I saw this National
Geographic where there's goatson the Swiss Alps and, they saw
the cover and then they justpresumed basically that goats
attack people.
Adam (06:51):
The infamous feral goats of Geneva with a taste for human
flesh.
So the briefcase computerdetermines that Baron Fritz the
former finance minister of WestGermany might be involved in
this case.
Matt says, and he lives righthere.
So PJ, let us pause now andbreak down who Baron Fritz von
(07:14):
Hauser is, what his connectionto.
Pre partitioned Germany mightbe, and why exactly he's living
in Switzerland.
PJ (07:21):
Yeah, that's a good question.
A couple of things.
He's got the title Baron.
Right?
Unless that's a first name,which is possible, but I kind of
didn't think so.
So, he probably comes fromPrussian nobility.
So, like, he's got some sort of,like, aristocratic bent to him.
there was a question of how olddo we think the Good Baron is?
Like, I think max he's in hisearly 50s.
Adam (07:41):
Yeah, I was thinking 60s, like maybe early 60s, but okay.
Yeah.
PJ (07:45):
I mean, we had like, our German scientists back in South
America.
We
Adam (07:49):
Mm hmm.
PJ (07:49):
the 60s.
so I thought he would probablyonly been a child in pre
partition in Germany.
you sort of wonder, it's like,he grew up well, first off he
grew up in Nazi Germany and thenit's the aftermath where it's
like reconstruction.
Adam (08:01):
Yep.
PJ (08:01):
so like he's, it's a, it's a very, very like different world
than his parents andgrandparents grew up in.
And so I kind of think he's abit bitter yeah, he might have
still have the title, but theydon't have the power anymore.
Adam (08:12):
I want to put a pin in the fact that he wants to get
revenge for what they did tohim.
So I want to unpack that withyou later on in the episode.
PJ (08:21):
Yeah, It is a little bit disturbing to me how the
computer is really good attaking a ton of information and
producing super accurateresults, but who might be
involved from seemingly possiblecircumstantial evidence.
Adam (08:35):
Right.
PJ (08:35):
this isn't the first time we saw this in Hong Kong with like
the billionaire orphan who wasdestroying buildings.
They're like, we think he wantsrevenge.
And it's like, he's a corruptminister.
We think he wants revenge.
Like there's a lot of dueprocess, you know, gets thrown
out the window.
I kind of made it wonder, it'scould the computer been used to
(08:56):
solve other things like the IranContra scandal of the eighties?
Unless, of course, Mattprogrammed it specifically not
to look at who might be involvedin that.
Adam (09:06):
Yeah, I think for sure the computer has a blind spot around
anything that Matt is involvedin because Matt launders money
all over this world.
PJ (09:15):
It's called investments, Adam.
It's called investments.
Creative accounting.
Adam (09:20):
Well, we very quickly dive into the agent selection scene
here.
We don't get any escape scenes,so sorry everyone.
But we have three agents who areselected.
We get Bruce Sato for his designand engineering specialty.
We get Buddy Hawks for hisdisguise and intelligence
skills.
And he's a Night Stalker, by theway.
PJ (09:40):
Why does he get to drive Hondo's vehicles all the time?
Adam (09:44):
built it.
I get to drive it.
PJ (09:46):
He hotwires the car.
Adam (09:48):
And then uh, we have good old Dusty Hayes all terrain
specialist.
tracking and demolitions,
PJ (09:55):
When did Dusty become a demo expert?
Adam (09:57):
right?
PJ (09:58):
and is the presumption that we're gonna need to blow some
shit up this episode?
Adam (10:03):
What does the computer think these missions are Bruce
is going to have to design andbuild something, right?
Buddy Hawks is going to have togo undercover and Dusty's gonna
have to blow stuff up.
Like, I don't think thecomputer.
Is operating properly here
PJ (10:18):
100%.
Yet another instance though.
Venom's involvement is notknown, so again, For tracking a
bit, what instances do we pullmask agents in?
Oh and Mat's money is involved.
Adam (10:31):
when that's money or investments are at risk.
That's when mask is called it.
And occasionally the peacefulnation Alliance we have to go
back and do a count once we'redone with the series on how many
missions were actuallyinstigated by Matt's investments
and money and not venom.
Well, we cut to Boulder Hill andwe have Matt briefing them from
(10:52):
the Big Brother screen.
We learned that everyDeutschmark in Geneva has gone
blank, but none of the bills inGermany have been affected.
And Dusty says to Bruce, you gota yen?
To get to the bottom of this?
To which Bruce says, I ought topound you for that one, Dusty.
So we get a Buddy Hawksnomination to Dusty, I, I think,
(11:13):
for sure.
But followed by a really fierceresponse from Bruce.
PJ (11:17):
Yeah.
Adam (11:17):
He's gonna fight!
PJ (11:18):
he's ready to fight.
I mean, they're playing withthe, currency bit, which we get
a little bit more of
Adam (11:23):
We do, because the next line comes from Buddy where he
says, We better get going ifwe're gonna help Matt make
sense.
Of this case,
PJ (11:31):
someone was like, too clever for themselves.
Because I'm sure every kid gotevery one of these jokes because
they
Adam (11:38):
Oh, totally.
PJ (11:38):
you know, international currency of yen and pound.
Adam (11:42):
Yeah,
PJ (11:43):
as the alias of sense and sense.
Adam (11:47):
the kids were laughing out loud during this one.
PJ (11:50):
they weren't
Adam (11:50):
Ah,
PJ (11:50):
at all.
Adam (11:52):
Well, it's into the radiation chamber of death, and
then away we go from Denver toGeneva.
We see Rhino, Hurricane andGator.
And what I do find funny, we'veseen this before, is that
they're equipped with snowchains.
And I just thought with thesevery advanced vehicles, they
might've been able to come upwith something better than just
(12:14):
snow chains, especiallyHurricane transforms into a
tank.
You'd think they would havedeveloped some better technology
at this point.
and I also want to point outthat the open air Gator might
not be the best choice for thesnowy Alps.
PJ (12:28):
Yeah, I felt really sad for Dusty, because like everyone
else is in these heated closedvehicles and he's like freezing
his ass off.
Like, why the fuck am I in thisJeep?
Especially since I am used tohot, humid weather.
Adam (12:43):
Well, Matt tells Scott to stay behind in town while they
go off on a mission.
So Scott once again strandedalone with only T Bob as
supervision.
Father of the year,
PJ (12:55):
Is anyone surprised?
Adam (12:57):
no.
But in this case, which what'sinteresting is once Matt and the
crew leaves, Scott says, we didit T Bob, we got rid of dad.
Now we can have all thechocolate we want.
It's rare that Scott is actuallyexcited that dad is leaving.
PJ (13:11):
is true.
I kind of thought this was a sadnote.
Because Scott's even leaninginto it now.
Adam (13:16):
finding the silver lining, right?
He's like, well, if dad's gone,at least I can stuff myself with
chocolate.
PJ (13:22):
It's a bad pattern, Scott.
You should deal with yourfeelings.
As opposed to trying to eat themaway.
Adam (13:27):
how did he buy the chocolate?
If all the money has been turnedinto worthless paper.
PJ (13:32):
I mean, I think we're gonna get into this.
But I mean later on.
thing that this virus is goingto affect is mainly people who
are cash only.
Adam (13:39):
Mm hmm.
PJ (13:39):
And I imagine Matt just handed him his credit card.
Adam (13:42):
Exactly.
Well, meanwhile, we catch upwith the Venom and they are
actually shacked up in a prettynice Alpine Lodge.
uh, apparently owned by BaronFritz Hauser.
And it turns out the Baron wantsrevenge on Germany for quote,
what they did to him.
So what do you think they did tohim?
PJ (14:02):
Well, I have a theory, but we have to go to history corner
to figure this one out.
Adam (14:06):
Looking forward to it.
PJ (14:07):
I looked this up.
The history, I kind of likehistory of Germany is pretty
interesting because startingfrom like the post or the, like
the Weimar Republic
Adam (14:15):
Mm
PJ (14:15):
post partition West German uh, West Germany
Adam (14:18):
Mm
PJ (14:18):
this kind of concept of what they called the social market
economy.
Adam (14:22):
hmm.
PJ (14:23):
the state was trying to balance between free market
dynamics as well as not havinglike over monopolistic or
oligarchic interest from takingover to try to weave this like
thread between pure free marketcapitalism and socialism.
Okay.
But in the eighties, like WestGermany was struggling with like
slow economic growth, highunemployment and high wages, it
(14:47):
was still recovering from likethe oil shocks of the seventies.
And the state originally playeda big role in the economy,
including sheltering certainindustries and sectors.
But I think there was goingthrough a bunch of deregulation
because in the 80s, like manycountries, Chancellor Helmut
Kohl was trying to reduce thestate's role.
Okay.
(15:07):
All right.
That's our backdrop.
Adam (15:09):
right?
Okay.
Yep.
PJ (15:10):
if you take that as like forgiven, you can imagine a
finance minister that had beenaround from the 70s until like
the early 80s when I got booted,probably would have a tremendous
amount of power in deciding wholives and dies economically
speaking.
Which probably meant he got alot of kickbacks from the
industries he was helping out.
And so like, if you sort ofthink of it that way, then, you
(15:33):
know, whatever graft orcorruption he was involved with.
He probably, booting him isprobably the right thing to do,
especially as you're like tryingto clean up like this,
involvement at the state.
So I think basically like he gotcaught with his hand in the
cookie jar.
Adam (15:49):
Okay.
So what they did to him was boothim from power because he had
been accepting bribes.
Okay.
I can see why you would be upsetif you're, if you're used to
living off graft.
But now he also says you know,this plot that he's hatching
with miles that once they'redone with it, quote, there will
(16:09):
be no money left in my homeland.
PJ (16:12):
Yeah, I, so I understand we're at a kid's show and we got
to dub it down a bit, but likeit's convenient, but that's also
not how money works.
I mean, so in particular, therich keep their money in banks
or investments, so largely theywill not be affected.
Okay, so this plan seems tohinge on punishing people that
(16:35):
largely operate on cash, whichshould probably be like.
lower to middle income folks.
Okay.
So he's like targeting thesefolks to just basically
evaporate their cash value.
and so then it was like, okay,are you trying to push people
more into like credit cards anddebit cards?
And then later on into crypto.
Cause maybe the Barron's got alot of large investment in those
(16:58):
and it's trying to like.
get it on both ends.
Adam (17:01):
I will tell you who probably has large investments
in that Mr.
Matt Tracker.
PJ (17:08):
Look, Tracker Finance is a great supporter of this show and
has always provided, you know,wonderful opportunities and uh,
financial instruments forwhatever your needs are
Adam (17:19):
Yeah, exactly.
I did not want to at all make itseem as though Tracker finance
is not on the up and up becausethey are, and they have been for
over 40 years.
Are you looking for a secondopinion?
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PJ (17:42):
Last thing on this note, do you think Sly complained that
the Alpine Nice Lodge wasactually too nice?
Adam (17:47):
Totally.
PJ (17:49):
It's like, it's not leaking.
I don't know if I can sleephere.
Adam (17:51):
yeah, cause usually Sly picks out The most dilapidated
huts and shanties in the jungle.
I guess this is actually a waybetter hideout for Venom only
because Mask wouldn't be lookingat a nice place.
speaking of Sly, by the way, hespots the mask team rolling into
the mountains, and he decides totake them all on by himself in
(18:14):
Piranha, which also, by the way,is not the best vehicle for the
Alps.
PJ (18:18):
If there's any vehicle less suited for the Alps than Gator,
it's Piranha.
He has zero protection from thesnow.
Here's my question.
Is he insane?
Is he brave?
Or Adam, is he high
Adam (18:32):
Yeah,
PJ (18:33):
to do this?
Adam (18:35):
I don't think they're mutually exclusive.
I think one informs the other.
PJ (18:41):
There goes his New Year's resolution.
Adam (18:43):
Unsurprisingly, Sly, back at it.
Mask transforms into defensemode and the battle begins.
Rhino runs Jackhammer off theroad.
But then we cut back to Scott atthe hotel and he's repairing T
Bob's knee.
With, I don't know what he'srepairing it with, doesn't seem
to work.
Surprise, surprise.
PJ (19:04):
like, Scott, when will you learn?
Although he did make T Bob,apparently.
Adam (19:08):
Yeah.
PJ (19:09):
Adam, I had a question, what is the point of this cut?
Cause
Adam (19:12):
Yeah,
PJ (19:12):
we're, we're getting into a great battle.
Adam (19:15):
it's about to become a really good battle, and then
just for no reason they cut toScott and T Bob.
And the knee thing doesn't evenreally pay off at all, anywhere,
so it's not that important inthe episode.
So yeah, I'm frustrated by thiscut, for sure.
PJ (19:31):
he makes a joke.
It's like, dad's probably justhaving a quiet chat with that
Baron and then eat somechocolate.
was it supposed to be like kindof this contrast between Scott's
expectations and
Adam (19:41):
I mean, I'm sure that's what they were trying to do, but
it doesn't work at all, on anylevel.
Well then, we do cut back to thebattle.
Miles sees Mask coming, and hetells the Baron to get away.
Miles takes off in Switchblade,and then, what's, here's
something that's nuts here.
Bruce climbs on top of Rhino,which is moving.
He takes a rope, lasso, andtosses it at Switchblade.
(20:05):
Catches like one of the, one ofthe runner bars there and then
he starts climbing up the ropefirst of all, Bruce is a total
badass here, but also don't theyhave masks with powers that
could come in handy here?
PJ (20:18):
I mean, this would be a great choice for Jack rabbit or
have Bruce, you know, lifterMatt up or somebody else up.
But yeah, this is like, sort ofleans into this like thing we've
seen from Bruce a few timesbefore.
He loves to flex.
Adam (20:34):
Oh yeah, you remember that episode where he went like
jumping down like a cliff?
PJ (20:39):
yeah.
And then he scaled the side ofthe Statue of Liberty.
Adam (20:43):
That's right, he did.
PJ (20:44):
you think he's trying to impress Vanessa?
Adam (20:45):
That's right, because Vanessa is there.
So she, she sees what'shappening.
PJ (20:49):
And she's not involved in this.
Like, she's like, she's looking,but like, she's not actually
attacking.
Adam (20:55):
No, she, in fact, yeah, it's actually Cliff who fires on
Switchblade to
PJ (20:58):
it
Adam (20:59):
try to get Bruce off.
Idiotic move, of course, becausehe's firing at his boss's
vehicle.
But rather than getting Bruceoff, he succeeds in dislodging,
like, this container that's beeninstalled on, on Switchblade.
So both the container And Brucefall off Switchblade and land in
the snow.
Now, this is a ragdollnomination for Bruce.
I mean, I don't care how deep orsoft the snow is, he fell from a
(21:21):
helicopter, like, onto theground.
If not dead, he's badly injured.
PJ (21:28):
should be.
I did find that Jackhammerfiring on Switchblade fell into
the same category as Mattrandomly firing on the cable
car, to melt the cable, a coupleepisodes ago.
It's very dangerous and makes nosense at the same time.
Adam (21:43):
Yeah.
PJ (21:44):
Two other things, one, Cliff's not wearing a coat, so
it's gotta be affecting his aim.
He also only has one eye, andthat is a depth, that is a depth
problem.
in many ways, it's amazing Cliffdidn't kill Miles,
Adam (21:58):
Right.
So when Bruce falls, though, hegets up with sort of like a
thumbs up and he's like, longfalls and close calls make for
nervous bedfellows.
And no one responds to this.
And I think they're.
It's just stunned he's alive.
PJ (22:12):
I was like, Bruce, are you a robot?
How are you not dead?
Adam (22:17):
Also, I feel like the, the sadoisms that we get, we get a,
we get a bunch of them at thevery end of the episode.
None of them quite make sense.
This one, Long falls and closecalls make for nervous
bedfellows.
And you're saying that inresponse to, what, that everyone
else was nervous you were goingto die?
That you were nervous you weregoing to die?
I'm not quite sure what you'regetting at.
PJ (22:36):
There is something about the Sado isms this episode which
aren't quite clicking, and Ithink you're right, there's some
other writer that they pulled infor this, because, know, the
person gets a lot right, there'ssome stuff that goes over the
head.
are like a lot of near missesthough, that
Adam (22:50):
Mm hmm.
PJ (22:51):
quite track what we've seen before.
Adam (22:54):
Yeah, well, they get the action right.
That's for sure, because in thenext beat, Piranha knocks Gator
into this kind of like bobsledtrack esque tunnel, and Dusty
can't control Gator.
And he's on a collision coursewith this huge ice wall.
That's at the end of it, and ifhe hits it, he will surely die.
PJ (23:14):
Yeah, so what's gonna follow, I mean, is awesome.
There's a lot about, that I hadquestions about, like how'd that
ice wall get there in the firstplace?
Adam (23:22):
Yeah, and folks, it's like a, monolith from 2001, a space
odyssey type of ice wall.
It's like smooth, perfect, like,rectangle.
PJ (23:31):
And Sly's standing right next to it, waiting, like he
can't wait to see this, despitethe fact he could get very
injured in this crash.
other note I feel like isimportant, and maybe Dusty's not
used to driving in snow, youdon't use your brakes.
Like, you gotta downshift, thatsucker.
Adam (23:46):
no, I agree with you, but one of the reasons he was chosen
was because all terrain.
he should know this.
PJ (23:51):
you should know
Adam (23:51):
But no, he is skidding to his doom, leads me to ask you
PJ, what's going to happen?
PJ (23:57):
I don't know, I don't know!
Adam (23:59):
Well, we will find out after these messages.
Mask will be right back, and sowill Venom.
Now back to math.
Well, we are back when we left you.
Dusty was sliding out of controltowards an ice monolith that was
going to kill him.
But don't worry friends, He'sgoing to be okay because buddy
(24:20):
jumps on the hood of Gator anduses penetrator to allow them to
safely pass through the icewall.
So one very bad ass for buddyone upping Bruce in this moment
to a really good use of a maskpower in this episode.
penetrator actually.
Ever so far in the series, apower that doesn't get used all
(24:41):
that much.
PJ (24:42):
It doesn't, I mean, you could put this up there at the
same place where buddy usepenetrator, hooked it up to
firecracker and then drove itinto the volcano to get Matt.
Adam (24:52):
Yeah, no, that's, that was another good use of it too.
Yeah.
PJ (24:55):
so, but you're right, but I mean, this whole sequence is
awesome because like, Buddy doesthis, James Bond slash MCU jump
that's so well timed to get ontoGator, you know, crouches down,
like, ready to go, and then,like, times it to, like, get
through the ice wall.
It's a great scene.
Adam (25:12):
It's great.
And also this whole actionsequence, I mean, it's a long
action sequence.
It's maybe eight minutes longand, you know, including the
quick cut to Scott and T Bob andlike, really that's what mask
episode should be, right?
I mean, these are action toyswith.
Action figures.
It should just be a lot ofaction and much less talking.
(25:33):
like, this is something fun thatwe could play with in the winter
in the snow if we bring our toysoutside.
PJ (25:37):
this is like me playing with my toys.
again, lots of stuff you cankind of pick apart where, where
the ice wall come from all thatjazz in some sense, maybe I
don't care.
Like, this is like a great,here's how you play with these
toys.
And it's fun.
Adam (25:48):
Totally.
Well, so they get through theice wall and Dusty uses backlash
to slow Gator in the snow.
I don't know if that wasnecessary, but okay.
Fun to see backlash being used.
Venom gets away and then Maskgathers to examine this canister
that fell from Switchblade.
They use the computer in Rhinoto check it out.
Turns out there's a virus in it,which makes Currency Inc
(26:09):
disappear.
Uh, And to prove it, Matt asksBruce to give him a Deutschmark
and Bruce says, a toy maker andhis money are soon parted, and I
love how Matt won't risk his ownmoney.
PJ (26:20):
I, I noticed that as well.
actually occurred to me.
There's one of twopossibilities.
One is that Matt's cash has allbeen erased.
And so he needs to, or Matt ispretending that all of his cash
has been erased.
Adam (26:35):
Yeah, well, I, I think we all know it's, it's the, the
former, And then Bruce, thefollow up though, he says, what
about my money?
I just lost 20 and Matt.
Doesn't even address it.
PJ (26:45):
heh heh heh heh.
I really wanted to turn aroundand be like, Who do you think
owns the fucking toy factory youwork for, asshole?
Where do you think that 20 camefrom?
Adam (26:54):
Meanwhile, Scott and T Bob are doing what any wealthy kid
would be doing skiing onuntouched virgin snow in the
Swiss Alps.
they crashed into a couple ofsnowmen.
Fall off a cliff and into atrailer being pulled by
jackhammer.
And that trailer isn't filledwith like snow or mattresses,
it's filled with equipment to beused in this big device they're
(27:16):
building.
So Scott is dead.
PJ (27:19):
R.
I.
P.
Scott.
this is very important to layhis groundwork for the rest of
the episode, especially the end.
I want to just keep pointing outScott did not ask to be put into
this position.
Adam (27:30):
Yeah,
PJ (27:31):
still in town skiing nearby, he's only here in this position.
of Matt's negligence.
Adam (27:39):
exactly.
PJ (27:40):
supervising Scott.
this is a very terriblecoincidence.
and I think we need to hold thatin mind for later on.
Adam (27:45):
Agreed.
I also wonder, how did he get tothe top of this mountain that
he's skiing down?
I mean, did he then use a creditcard to pay someone to
helicopter him up to the top ofit?
Because there's no ski liftshere.
This is not a ski resort.
PJ (27:58):
Maybe he has chains on T Bob.
Adam (28:00):
And forces T Bob to drive him to the top of a mountain,
PJ (28:03):
And they
Adam (28:03):
carrying both of their skis and their poles.
PJ (28:07):
Yes.
Adam (28:07):
Matt and the gang are back at the Baron's Alpine lodge.
And Matt surmises that the Baronhired Venom to help him launder
money as a way of gettingrevenge.
And Matt says a former financeminister who was caught.
Embezzling money.
PJ (28:24):
few things here, and then there's one thing that occurred
to me.
There's a real
Adam (28:27):
Yeah,
PJ (28:28):
money here.
Like, it's not to clean it andmake it blank.
It's make it untraceable.
I have a question for you, Adam.
So they're in the.
Lodge.
Do you think they end upsampling any of his fine, fine
liquors?
Adam (28:42):
I'm sure they do.
I think Matt buys it.
PJ (28:45):
He buys it?
Adam (28:46):
Oh, just steals the lodge.
PJ (28:49):
I have a feeling it's going to go into receivership soon.
Adam (28:53):
well, Bruce.
Starts a sadism by saying youcan lead a horse to water and
then Matt finishes it for him bysaying, but a virus must be
spread.
So It's interesting that it's asadism that Matt finishes,
Second, though.
It makes no sense.
You can lead a horse to water,but a virus must be spread.
What?
PJ (29:13):
I kind of thought, like, Bruce was actually going to say
something else.
And Matt just interjected, it'slike, either like, Bruce was so
pissed off, he was like, I'm noteven going to finish it.
Matt just didn't feel likedealing with retranslating it
for Dusty and Buddy.
look, it's gonna be aboutspreading the virus.
Let's just cut to the chase,Bruce.
Adam (29:31):
I
PJ (29:32):
will not get it, and in all likelihood, will insult you.
Adam (29:37):
agree with you a hundred percent.
Through this though, Mattfigures out that Venom is going
to blow the de inking virus.
Into Germany through one of themountain passes in the Alps.
seems a bit overcomplicated.
Isn't there some other way theBaron could get revenge against
West Germany?
PJ (29:56):
Yeah, I agree.
There's many easier ways to getrevenge against West Germany,
leaking state secrets to EastGermany.
I had this sense, man, thatVenom did not, I mean, and I
think this is just true fromwhat we learned later on, Venom
didn't come up with this plan.
I think the Baron did, Venom'slike, okay, fuck it.
If you're paying us, we'll doit.
Like, we're hired guns, becauseI don't think that, I don't
(30:17):
really feel like Miles is reallyinvested in this, like, he's to
do the work, but all he wants isthe money.
Adam (30:24):
they're hired guns for sure.
Right.
I think what miles is attractedto in this plan is just a
theatricality of it.
PJ (30:30):
Oh yeah,
Adam (30:31):
Is that, and then what we're going to do miles is we're
going to blow the virus.
Through a pass in the Alps intoWest Germany to de ink all the
currency.
And he's like, sounds crazy, wayover the top, I'm into it.
PJ (30:47):
I would love if the Baron is like, and we'll make the money
disappear.
Adam (30:52):
And Miles says, I'm a bit of a magician you know as well.
Miles likes the cut of thisguy's jib.
Thinks he's crazy, butdefinitely, he likes this guy.
PJ (31:02):
Mm hmm.
Adam (31:03):
Well, we find Venom inside a cave, where they are working
on a, typical Venom bigcontraption machine.
And, the Baron says, All I needto do is turn this valve, and
the destruction of Germany willbe complete.
Okay.
PJ (31:19):
really gonna be destroyed?
Or are we like, unfairly harmingthe poor?
helping to usher in a cashlesseconomy.
Adam (31:26):
Well, yeah, but also, I mean, West Germany can just
print more money.
now if it was a virus thatinfected humans,
PJ (31:33):
well, but here's the thing, Adam, if you're going to hire
someone to come up with abiological weapon, you don't use
miles, you have to get Matt.
Cause he's the only one.
As evidenced from the blueslide, he's the only one with
the research facilities capableof designing these kind of data
function research
Adam (31:53):
Sure.
Yeah, I mean, I'm sure hereached out to Tracker
Industries on this one, but uh,they were unavailable they were
doing cleanup in Africa.
Well, now we're outside thecave, you know, Scott and Teavap
had been hauled behind thattrailer.
that was being pulled byJackhammer and Scott realizes
what's going on here and heradios Matt.
PJ (32:13):
Okay.
Stop on this one for a second.
So Matt and company have gottheir thumb up their asses
trying to figure out whichmountain pass basically is going
to be used for this.
the only reason why Matt knowswhere the base is, is due to
Scott.
I want to keep that one in mindagain.
Adam (32:31):
uh, We also have some more complaining between Sly and
Vanessa, right?
PJ (32:34):
Yeah, do they have a thing still going on?
Because, like, you know, wenoted that.
Adam (32:37):
They do, but now it's complicated by also Bruce being
there.
In the picture,
PJ (32:40):
That's true.
Vanessa's got her eyes elsewherenow.
Adam (32:43):
Well, Venom spots Mask coming and the final end of
episode big battle begins.
The Baron goes to escape, butMiles just sticks out his leg
and trips him, and then stealsthe the briefcase full of gold.
PJ (32:57):
That's all he wants.
He just wants the money, man.
He doesn't care about this plan.
Adam (33:00):
Exactly.
Gator uses some heretoforeunknown lifter esque laser to
incapacitate Jackhammer and liftVanessa and Cliff out of the
vehicle.
PJ (33:09):
This was weird.
And it was definitely a WTF forme because it felt like An
unnecessary new power with a lotmore animation than necessary.
Like it could have just used theelectric.
Ouch.
And I kind of was curious ifthey had plotted out a different
sequence where actually Brucewas gonna use lifter and then
they, decided to pivot like,it's almost like a mismatch
(33:31):
animation
Adam (33:32):
maybe they never animated that shot of Bruce using Lifter,
or the episode was running long,but I think you're exactly
right, and I'm gonna back it upbecause it's definitely the
Lifter power, the way it'sanimated, and we would have
seen, Backlash Penetrator, Idon't know either.
Ultra flash and lifter used inthe episode.
So the writer doing the correctthing, which is using all four
mask powers in the episode.
(33:53):
So that's what I'm going to useas, proof that it was supposed
to be lifter, but wasn't.
PJ (33:57):
Yeah.
Adam (33:58):
Well, meanwhile in the most overmatched battle in the
episode Piranha decides to takeon Hurricane, but uh, Hurricane
fires on Piranha and takes itout easily.
PJ (34:08):
Yeah.
Hurricane's the most badassvehicle.
And once again, Piranha is likewhat are you doing here?
Go try and fight Brad if youwant to be on equal footing.
Hurricane will roll you over.
Adam (34:18):
Totally.
Well, the Baron releases thevirus, but Rhino fires a rocket
into the sky that causes athunderstorm.
So I guess they have cloudseeding capabilities?
PJ (34:30):
Look, Adam, listen, all your talk about cloud seeding,
chemtrails is just a bunch ofconspiracy.
Now as a side note, we do wantto thank our sponsors at Tracker
Agricultural for their supportof this show.
Tracker Agricultural, when youneed us to make it rain, we're
there for you.
Adam (34:47):
that's good to know.
That's good to know.
I'm going to take out all themention of bioengineering from
future episodes.
Sly actually flips over inPiranha.
And we have another Ragdollnomination here.
PJ (35:00):
Sly uh, gets nominated for his own award again.
Adam (35:03):
Congratulations, Sly.
Matt fires Ultra Flash at Miles,and Switchblade crashes into the
snow, like, right next to Mask.
PJ (35:12):
Yes.
Adam (35:13):
So, I wanna put a pin in the fact that they have no
excuse to not catch Venom here.
PJ (35:18):
Yes.
Adam (35:19):
It's Scott that finds the briefcase full of gold, though.
PJ (35:22):
What he says is all he wants is chocolate and he opens up
this briefcase and he sees allof these bars of gold
Adam (35:30):
Right.
PJ (35:31):
he wants is chocolate.
Now I wanted to look this up abit.
So a standard bar of gold, likeyou see in the movies.
Weighs 27 and a half pounds.
Okay.
And if you look on the image,there's only one layer of gold
and not like two, there are atleast 12 bars of gold in that
(35:51):
suitcase.
That comes out to 330 poundsthat Scott is holding.
So, we've theorized this before.
Scott is juicing, man.
Adam (36:02):
Oh, for sure.
PJ (36:03):
I guess so is Miles at that point in time, too.
Adam (36:05):
And the Baron, who'd been carrying it around.
PJ (36:08):
the Baron.
Anabolic steroids.
Darbon all around.
Adam (36:14):
Well, Miles and Venom escape.
Mask was right there.
How in the world did they notThey were right there! Well, the
cloud seating rocket worked.
The snow that's now falling ispreventing the virus from
spreading into Germany.
PJ (36:29):
It's true.
It's now going to work its wayinto the water supply.
Adam (36:33):
Good.
PJ (36:34):
the snow eventually melts.
Adam (36:35):
Of the pristine Swiss Alps.
Mind you.
Now contaminated.
Thanks, Mask.
Don't worry, TrackerAgricultural is here to help you
with chemical resistant crops.
Dusty captures the Baron but infact they ask, Matt, should we
go after Venom?
And Matt says, no, we've got themastermind behind this
(36:56):
operation.
What about all the other timesthat Venom was the mastermind
Matt's like, nope, the rule iswhatever the case of the week
is.
And unfortunately, Venom was notthe mastermind this time, so we
cannot legally go after them.
PJ (37:11):
Pretty arbitrary rules there, Matt.
Adam, I have a question.
this is gold that came from theBaron that was given to miles
that was then taken for miles.
What happens to it now?
Adam (37:21):
Matt will take good care of it.
Don't you worry.
Well, we're back at the lodgeand Scott complains that he
wants to stay in Switzerlandlonger.
And Bruce says, young man in hotwater longs for the snow.
PJ (37:34):
Yeah, that says this asshole thing to him.
It's like, Oh, you forgot onetiny little detail, like leaving
the town without permission and.
My response would have beenlike, Dad, I was skiing in town.
I didn't ask to fall into thattruck.
But you weren't around tosupervise me.
Adam (37:50):
just father of the year repercussions all over the place
here.
PJ (37:53):
100%.
And
Adam (37:54):
And then, Yeah, Bruce has got another one.
He says a city boy in themountains is in for a cold
reception.
He's just dropping like zingersleft and right here at the end
of the episode.
PJ (38:03):
I'm still like, why is Scott in trouble?
Like, he didn't intentionallytry to find Venom this time.
And honestly, it was Scott'sradioing of Matt that alerted
them to Venom's location.
Adam (38:14):
Scott has been praised for less in the past, so I don't
know why it's getting punishedon this one.
Well, we end this episode with ashot of Scott and T Bob
unconscious in the snow.
Like, I'm not even joking.
Like, what is up with this?
They're, like, their skis areall splayed, their eyes are
closed, they're half buried inthe snow.
(38:35):
What happened?
PJ (38:36):
Scott and T Bob are once again skiing unsupervised.
Do we not have enough evidenceis this they get hurt when this
happens?
Adam (38:44):
It's just like, to my child brain, I'm like, Is Scott
dead?
Did Matt punish him?
Like, is that what happened?
Did Matt punish him?
Like, and toss him out a windowinto the snow?
PJ (38:55):
I mean, he might as well have given, you know, the degree
of neglect that's there.
Adam (38:59):
You want to go skiing without my permission, huh?
Well, we cut to the more youknow.
T Bob is ice skating, and thenhe falls through the ice and
Scott saves him.
The lesson being, make sure youcheck the ice first before you
go ice skating.
So, not a bad lesson, I guess.
PJ (39:16):
It's not bad.
I, I didn't think the iceratings were meant for 750 pound
robots.
But then again, I looked up andfour inches of ice can hold
about 800 pounds.
that means that whatever pondthey're on less than four inches
of ice on it, and they justdidn't bother to test.
Adam (39:38):
So, okay.
So it is a good lesson then.
Check the ice first kids.
So good job.
Let's grade the team thecomputer has put together,
right?
So Bruce Sato, he was brought onthe, the mission for his design
and engineering skills.
PJ (39:51):
Yeah, I mean, he determined how to put the machine together
for how the virus spread, so, Imean, fine.
B minus.
Adam (39:58):
Buddy Hawks was brought on for his disguise and
intelligence skills.
PJ (40:02):
Okay, no disguises.
A very, a very, very badassjump.
that is questionable in terms ofintelligence.
So, big F for the computer thistime.
Adam (40:13):
agreed.
And then Dusty Hayes, allterrain specialist tracking and
demolitions.
PJ (40:18):
I mean, he drove on snow.
Adam (40:20):
Yes?
PJ (40:21):
his tracking skills really didn't come into play.
But nothing got blown up.
Adam (40:26):
No.
PJ (40:27):
C Best case scenario.
Adam (40:29):
Yeah, slightly above average.
PJ (40:31):
Yeah,
Adam (40:32):
All right, well, was this episode Pandapoo?
PJ (40:34):
I mean, Venom didn't deface any statues,
Adam (40:36):
So that is our bar, right?
That's the bar is set there
PJ (40:39):
if you kind of take all the craziness and put it on the
Baron and just make Venom thehired guns, it works.
Like, Venom's in it for themoney.
And, again, it's kind of verystrikingly similar to the Hong
Kong orphan billionaire episodethere's no overt sexism or
racism.
So I'm good with it.
It's not Pandapoo.
Adam (40:58):
Okay, we move on down the list here.
Our Sly Rax Ragdoll Award.
We have a bunch of nominations.
PJ (41:04):
We do.
So we've got you know, the lastone we just saw was Slyrax.
Earning a nom, there's Scott,falling into the back of Jack
Hammer's trailer.
But for me, the one that wins itis Bruce falling from a
helicopter into snow
Adam (41:19):
hmm.
PJ (41:20):
away without a scratch.
Adam (41:22):
Following up with a sadoism.
Yeah, I hear that one.
I'm gonna go with Scott and TBob skiing at a high speed off a
cliff.
PJ (41:31):
There
Adam (41:32):
into the trailer behind Jack, Jack Hammer.
I just think, there's no waythat kid survives.
I'm sorry, so.
PJ (41:39):
Good
Adam (41:40):
anyways, R.
I.
P.
Bruce and Scott.
We will we'll see you next time.
The Roy Batty moment for T Bob?
PJ (41:45):
Getting chased by that goat.
Really?
I mean, I'm surprised we neversee that goat again, so I don't
know exactly what happened toit.
Adam (41:52):
Father of the Year moment.
PJ (41:54):
I mean, just again, it's, it's somewhat rote.
It is almost like you can'taward it anymore, but like just
Adam (42:00):
Yeah.
PJ (42:00):
in town, actually it's, it's, it's actually a bookend
leaving him in town and thenblaming him for leaving town
because of a preventableaccident.
If, if Matt had been there, soit's really like.
What is the message that Scott'ssupposed to get from this?
Adam (42:15):
Scott's gonna have to work this out with his therapist.
Once again.
Dad asked me to stay in town,but then because of something
that happened in town, he gotmad at me.
PJ (42:25):
What happened?
I fell off a cliff.
Adam (42:28):
Into a trailer!
PJ (42:29):
Into a trailer.
to be driven by a terrorist.
Adam (42:33):
Once again Scott, I'm going to have to, I am a
mandated reporter, so I am goingto have to alert the authorities
about this Finally, our BuddyHawks award.
PJ (42:42):
So I just stated there was no overt racism in this one.
And this one's gonna be reallyout there, okay?
But Scott has constantly reducedthe Swiss.
To a single minded obsession,which is chocolate and
Adam (42:56):
hmm.
PJ (42:56):
fails to recognize the rich history and culture of the
country So I really feel likeyou know, he gets the buddy
Hawks award this time
Adam (43:03):
I like that one.
I mean, I think Dusty does havea nomination when he says to
Bruce, You got a yen to get tothe bottom of this?
it's not the worst.
Buddy Hawks we've ever heard,but I definitely think he
deserves an honorable mention.
PJ (43:16):
he does deserve an honorable mention on that one and Because
clearly like it affected himbecause like even though he's
playing off the currency oneYou're right Bruce comes back
with I'm gonna pound you who?
Adam (43:28):
Boy, I bet, I bet Bruce could probably take Dusty.
seeing what he did in thisepisode, I'd put my money on on
Bruce there.
that is it for episode 32.
Episode 33, Caesar's Sword.
Venom Agent Sly Rax.
poses as the ghost of JuliusCaesar to scare off a team of
archaeologists who haveuncovered Caesar's sword of
(43:51):
victory.
Well, this is going to be fun.
Slyrax in costume is always oneto look forward to.
PJ (43:56):
So I've watched this one, and I will tell you in the
audience right now, I'm alreadyvery angry about it.
From, like, from a historicalperspective, we're going to have
a lot to talk about.
Adam (44:09):
I'm looking forward to it.
But for now, this podcast has totransform and head back to HQ.
I am Adam Moore.
PJ (44:16):
And I am PJ McNerney.
Adam (44:17):
Bye bye.
PJ (44:19):
Bye bye.
The mobile armored podcast showis written, produced and edited.
Bye Adam Moore.
And PJ McNerney.
Welcome to the mobile armored podcast show, the
podcast that transforms into theBerlin wall.
My name is Adam Moore alongsidemy cohost and best friend, PJ
McNerney.
How's it going PJ?
PJ (00:26):
We've got a sad note from recently.
David Lynch, who was
Adam (00:29):
Yeah.
PJ (00:30):
much inspiration from mask, passed away.
Adam (00:33):
Yeah.
I mean, that's a big name injust cinema in general.
Someone who defined cinema fordecades, and I think in a lot of
ways, especially with Twin Peaksreally redefined what could be
done on TV.
But of course, all of it stemsfrom clearly his love for mask.
PJ (00:50):
It's true.
Adam (00:51):
in 77, he made a racer head.
1980 is the elephant man, but 84is dune,
PJ (00:57):
Which is really the nadir of his career, right?
So, like, he turned down Returnof the Jedi, famously, So what,
what turns around the corner forhim, like he is, oh, is when
mass comes out.
So he's like, down in the dumps,
Adam (01:10):
Yeah.
PJ (01:11):
some cartoons, and suddenly he sees miles sitting in a
rocking chair.
Adam (01:14):
Yeah.
And then he makes the two bestfilms, blue velvet and wild at
heart.
So yeah, I mean.
I don't think there's any otherway to look at it.
Mask created David Lynch.
Well, in memory of David Lynch,let's dive in to episode 32, the
currency conspiracy.
In the Swiss Alps, masks muststop venom from using an
organism that eats the ink ofprinted money, rendering the
(01:37):
bills worthless at the behest ofa corrupt finance minister.
PJ (01:42):
I really wonder like, you know, it's like, okay, I'm gonna
pitch you this story.
Kids are gonna really get theeconomic implications of what
this means.
Adam (01:50):
really, it seems like the writer of this episode was
writing like other shows andthen they asked like, Hey, could
you just come in and do one forus?
Like it's probably like doinglike TV drama or something like
that.
And I could just write a quickepisode for us.
Like, Oh yeah, sure.
How about one about corruptionin the German finance ministry?
I well, we open on the beautifulSwiss Alps and we pan down to
(02:12):
Geneva, Switzerland.
I kind of question whether ornot that's actually Geneva.
I don't think they used theright reference art for it, But
then we, we get inside whatturns out to be a bank and we're
with Matt, Scott, and of course,T Bob.
Uh, Matt asks Scott, well, inFrance, you bought pastries.
In Germany, you bought sausage.
What are you looking for inSwitzerland?
PJ (02:33):
like already with this line, I was like, okay, they're on a
European vacation, living it up.
I kind of thought, okay, there'sone version where they're
literally just kind of touringfrom city to city.
Adam (02:43):
hmm.
PJ (02:44):
What about these sort of like inevitable?
You're going on this massiveEuropean vacation.
Where's Gloria?
Adam (02:49):
Exactly.
PJ (02:51):
I had one theory that's the happy theory, which is that
there's a host of racing and orkarate related events happening
in Europe.
And they're kind of touringthrough it.
And Gloria has gone on ahead.
Adam (03:03):
Okay.
PJ (03:03):
that makes her unavailable, that's my happy theory.
Adam (03:07):
Sure.
PJ (03:07):
is.
Is Matt's just being a bonvivant and just trying to clean
up his mess, like, back inBrazil
Adam (03:13):
a girl in every port.
And he's just trying to clean uphis history now that he's
married.
I definitely would say thesecond one is far more likely
knowing Matt.
I just want to go back to thethings that Scott has bought.
in France he went for pastries,in Germany he went for sausage.
What we'll find out is he'sgoing to buy chocolate in
Switzerland.
Is Scott hungry?
(03:33):
Is he not being fed?
That's why he's going for food,I
PJ (03:37):
he is presumably still at a, prepubescent stage, And he
hasn't grown in the, what, sixmonths that we've seen.
and there's frequent times wherewe see him cooking in the
kitchen.
Adam (03:50):
Yeah.
PJ (03:50):
I do want to back up your theory.
Like, you know, Scott's hungry.
Adam (03:54):
And it's actually a recurring thing throughout the
series, In many places, he's,carrying a bag of potato chips,
for example, in the episode inAfrica.
PJ (04:01):
trying to get whatever calories he can in
Adam (04:03):
Well, Scott reaches into his pocket and he pulls out a
giant wad of cash.
Did you see that?
It's like, it's notDeutschmarks, it's like a
hundred dollar bills that hepulls out.
PJ (04:13):
I love how he has no clue Like it's so casual and he like
treats that money with such likewhatever.
Adam (04:20):
Scott says there's only one thing I want to buy here.
I was like, I'm wondering, is itNazi gold?
PJ (04:26):
not explicitly in this episode, don't you worry?
Nazis are coming back reallysoon
Adam (04:32):
Ah, good.
Scott says he wants Swisschocolate.
And he says, I'd rather havechocolate than be in shape.
I want to spend all my money onchocolate.
PJ (04:43):
It's a crazy line, and all I thought to myself was, I want to
buy diabetes.
That's what he's asking for.
Adam (04:50):
By the way, meanwhile, T Bob has dressed in lederhosen.
PJ (04:53):
why?
Adam (04:54):
It's not even a solid, Buddy Hawks nomination he's not
insulting the culture at all.
It's not even culturalappropriation.
It's just, he's wearinglederhosen.
PJ (05:02):
This feels comfortable.
Adam (05:03):
So like I said, they're at a bank and Scott is trying to
exchange his money for Swissfrancs.
However, the banker isastonished when the ink
disappears and the money issuddenly blank.
And it turns out all the money,specifically all the
Deutschmarks, are disappearingin this bank.
And I want to point out thatthis makes Matt really, really
angry.
I have not seen Matt angrier inthis show ever.
(05:26):
Like, nothing makes him angrierthan losing money.
PJ (05:31):
It's true.
it'd be great to kind of go backand keep track of all the things
that upset Matt.
whenever Scott rides on thehandlebars,
Adam (05:38):
Of a bike, he gets really pissed off.
Yep.
PJ (05:40):
Whenever he's not called by a research institute that
something's going wrong, like
Adam (05:44):
huh.
PJ (05:45):
the brain,
Adam (05:46):
That's right.
PJ (05:47):
petulant on, on
Adam (05:48):
Yeah.
Yep.
PJ (05:49):
whatever his trains capabilities that he's riding on
are called him to question.
Adam (05:53):
My train would never do that.
PJ (05:54):
And you know what?
I think ties everythingtogether, except his upsetness
at Scott is it's when you'reright.
Whenever money's involved,specifically his money,
Adam (06:02):
Yeah.
no one touches my money.
Well, we cut to T Bob iceskating on a pond, and uh, Scott
and Matt are sitting on a bench.
And Matt says, that bank isholding more than just my
interest.
Again, Matt can't let go of it.
He is super pissed about losingmoney.
PJ (06:19):
great that he's intersected both being really pissed off
with a bad dad joke at the sametime.
Adam (06:24):
Totally.
Well, while Matt has thebriefcase computer open to track
down liens, T Bob.
Is being chased and bitten by agoat and then crashes into a
bridge, I didn't know anythingabout random goats running
around Geneva and attackingpeople, but okay.
PJ (06:41):
I wonder if they were like, oh, I saw this National
Geographic where there's goatson the Swiss Alps and, they saw
the cover and then they justpresumed basically that goats
attack people.
Adam (06:51):
The infamous feral goats of Geneva with a taste for human
flesh.
So the briefcase computerdetermines that Baron Fritz the
former finance minister of WestGermany might be involved in
this case.
Matt says, and he lives righthere.
So PJ, let us pause now andbreak down who Baron Fritz von
(07:14):
Hauser is, what his connectionto.
Pre partitioned Germany mightbe, and why exactly he's living
in Switzerland.
PJ (07:21):
Yeah, that's a good question.
A couple of things.
He's got the title Baron.
Right?
Unless that's a first name,which is possible, but I kind of
didn't think so.
So, he probably comes fromPrussian nobility.
So, like, he's got some sort of,like, aristocratic bent to him.
there was a question of how olddo we think the Good Baron is?
Like, I think max he's in hisearly 50s.
Adam (07:41):
Yeah, I was thinking 60s, like maybe early 60s, but okay.
Yeah.
PJ (07:45):
I mean, we had like, our German scientists back in South
America.
We
Adam (07:49):
Mm hmm.
PJ (07:49):
the 60s.
so I thought he would probablyonly been a child in pre
partition in Germany.
you sort of wonder, it's like,he grew up well, first off he
grew up in Nazi Germany and thenit's the aftermath where it's
like reconstruction.
Adam (08:01):
Yep.
PJ (08:01):
so like he's, it's a, it's a very, very like different world
than his parents andgrandparents grew up in.
And so I kind of think he's abit bitter yeah, he might have
still have the title, but theydon't have the power anymore.
Adam (08:12):
I want to put a pin in the fact that he wants to get
revenge for what they did tohim.
So I want to unpack that withyou later on in the episode.
PJ (08:21):
Yeah, It is a little bit disturbing to me how the
computer is really good attaking a ton of information and
producing super accurateresults, but who might be
involved from seemingly possiblecircumstantial evidence.
Adam (08:35):
Right.
PJ (08:35):
this isn't the first time we saw this in Hong Kong with like
the billionaire orphan who wasdestroying buildings.
They're like, we think he wantsrevenge.
And it's like, he's a corruptminister.
We think he wants revenge.
Like there's a lot of dueprocess, you know, gets thrown
out the window.
I kind of made it wonder, it'scould the computer been used to
(08:56):
solve other things like the IranContra scandal of the eighties?
Unless, of course, Mattprogrammed it specifically not
to look at who might be involvedin that.
Adam (09:06):
Yeah, I think for sure the computer has a blind spot around
anything that Matt is involvedin because Matt launders money
all over this world.
PJ (09:15):
It's called investments, Adam.
It's called investments.
Creative accounting.
Adam (09:20):
Well, we very quickly dive into the agent selection scene
here.
We don't get any escape scenes,so sorry everyone.
But we have three agents who areselected.
We get Bruce Sato for his designand engineering specialty.
We get Buddy Hawks for hisdisguise and intelligence
skills.
And he's a Night Stalker, by theway.
PJ (09:40):
Why does he get to drive Hondo's vehicles all the time?
Adam (09:44):
built it.
I get to drive it.
PJ (09:46):
He hotwires the car.
Adam (09:48):
And then uh, we have good old Dusty Hayes all terrain
specialist.
tracking and demolitions,
PJ (09:55):
When did Dusty become a demo expert?
Adam (09:57):
right?
PJ (09:58):
and is the presumption that we're gonna need to blow some
shit up this episode?
Adam (10:03):
What does the computer think these missions are Bruce
is going to have to design andbuild something, right?
Buddy Hawks is going to have togo undercover and Dusty's gonna
have to blow stuff up.
Like, I don't think thecomputer.
Is operating properly here
PJ (10:18):
100%.
Yet another instance though.
Venom's involvement is notknown, so again, For tracking a
bit, what instances do we pullmask agents in?
Oh and Mat's money is involved.
Adam (10:31):
when that's money or investments are at risk.
That's when mask is called it.
And occasionally the peacefulnation Alliance we have to go
back and do a count once we'redone with the series on how many
missions were actuallyinstigated by Matt's investments
and money and not venom.
Well, we cut to Boulder Hill andwe have Matt briefing them from
(10:52):
the Big Brother screen.
We learned that everyDeutschmark in Geneva has gone
blank, but none of the bills inGermany have been affected.
And Dusty says to Bruce, you gota yen?
To get to the bottom of this?
To which Bruce says, I ought topound you for that one, Dusty.
So we get a Buddy Hawksnomination to Dusty, I, I think,
(11:13):
for sure.
But followed by a really fierceresponse from Bruce.
PJ (11:17):
Yeah.
Adam (11:17):
He's gonna fight!
PJ (11:18):
he's ready to fight.
I mean, they're playing withthe, currency bit, which we get
a little bit more of
Adam (11:23):
We do, because the next line comes from Buddy where he
says, We better get going ifwe're gonna help Matt make
sense.
Of this case,
PJ (11:31):
someone was like, too clever for themselves.
Because I'm sure every kid gotevery one of these jokes because
they
Adam (11:38):
Oh, totally.
PJ (11:38):
you know, international currency of yen and pound.
Adam (11:42):
Yeah,
PJ (11:43):
as the alias of sense and sense.
Adam (11:47):
the kids were laughing out loud during this one.
PJ (11:50):
they weren't
Adam (11:50):
Ah,
PJ (11:50):
at all.
Adam (11:52):
Well, it's into the radiation chamber of death, and
then away we go from Denver toGeneva.
We see Rhino, Hurricane andGator.
And what I do find funny, we'veseen this before, is that
they're equipped with snowchains.
And I just thought with thesevery advanced vehicles, they
might've been able to come upwith something better than just
(12:14):
snow chains, especiallyHurricane transforms into a
tank.
You'd think they would havedeveloped some better technology
at this point.
and I also want to point outthat the open air Gator might
not be the best choice for thesnowy Alps.
PJ (12:28):
Yeah, I felt really sad for Dusty, because like everyone
else is in these heated closedvehicles and he's like freezing
his ass off.
Like, why the fuck am I in thisJeep?
Especially since I am used tohot, humid weather.
Adam (12:43):
Well, Matt tells Scott to stay behind in town while they
go off on a mission.
So Scott once again strandedalone with only T Bob as
supervision.
Father of the year,
PJ (12:55):
Is anyone surprised?
Adam (12:57):
no.
But in this case, which what'sinteresting is once Matt and the
crew leaves, Scott says, we didit T Bob, we got rid of dad.
Now we can have all thechocolate we want.
It's rare that Scott is actuallyexcited that dad is leaving.
PJ (13:11):
is true.
I kind of thought this was a sadnote.
Because Scott's even leaninginto it now.
Adam (13:16):
finding the silver lining, right?
He's like, well, if dad's gone,at least I can stuff myself with
chocolate.
PJ (13:22):
It's a bad pattern, Scott.
You should deal with yourfeelings.
As opposed to trying to eat themaway.
Adam (13:27):
how did he buy the chocolate?
If all the money has been turnedinto worthless paper.
PJ (13:32):
I mean, I think we're gonna get into this.
But I mean later on.
thing that this virus is goingto affect is mainly people who
are cash only.
Adam (13:39):
Mm hmm.
PJ (13:39):
And I imagine Matt just handed him his credit card.
Adam (13:42):
Exactly.
Well, meanwhile, we catch upwith the Venom and they are
actually shacked up in a prettynice Alpine Lodge.
uh, apparently owned by BaronFritz Hauser.
And it turns out the Baron wantsrevenge on Germany for quote,
what they did to him.
So what do you think they did tohim?
PJ (14:02):
Well, I have a theory, but we have to go to history corner
to figure this one out.
Adam (14:06):
Looking forward to it.
PJ (14:07):
I looked this up.
The history, I kind of likehistory of Germany is pretty
interesting because startingfrom like the post or the, like
the Weimar Republic
Adam (14:15):
Mm
PJ (14:15):
post partition West German uh, West Germany
Adam (14:18):
Mm
PJ (14:18):
this kind of concept of what they called the social market
economy.
Adam (14:22):
hmm.
PJ (14:23):
the state was trying to balance between free market
dynamics as well as not havinglike over monopolistic or
oligarchic interest from takingover to try to weave this like
thread between pure free marketcapitalism and socialism.
Okay.
But in the eighties, like WestGermany was struggling with like
slow economic growth, highunemployment and high wages, it
(14:47):
was still recovering from likethe oil shocks of the seventies.
And the state originally playeda big role in the economy,
including sheltering certainindustries and sectors.
But I think there was goingthrough a bunch of deregulation
because in the 80s, like manycountries, Chancellor Helmut
Kohl was trying to reduce thestate's role.
Okay.
(15:07):
All right.
That's our backdrop.
Adam (15:09):
right?
Okay.
Yep.
PJ (15:10):
if you take that as like forgiven, you can imagine a
finance minister that had beenaround from the 70s until like
the early 80s when I got booted,probably would have a tremendous
amount of power in deciding wholives and dies economically
speaking.
Which probably meant he got alot of kickbacks from the
industries he was helping out.
And so like, if you sort ofthink of it that way, then, you
(15:33):
know, whatever graft orcorruption he was involved with.
He probably, booting him isprobably the right thing to do,
especially as you're like tryingto clean up like this,
involvement at the state.
So I think basically like he gotcaught with his hand in the
cookie jar.
Adam (15:49):
Okay.
So what they did to him was boothim from power because he had
been accepting bribes.
Okay.
I can see why you would be upsetif you're, if you're used to
living off graft.
But now he also says you know,this plot that he's hatching
with miles that once they'redone with it, quote, there will
(16:09):
be no money left in my homeland.
PJ (16:12):
Yeah, I, so I understand we're at a kid's show and we got
to dub it down a bit, but likeit's convenient, but that's also
not how money works.
I mean, so in particular, therich keep their money in banks
or investments, so largely theywill not be affected.
Okay, so this plan seems tohinge on punishing people that
(16:35):
largely operate on cash, whichshould probably be like.
lower to middle income folks.
Okay.
So he's like targeting thesefolks to just basically
evaporate their cash value.
and so then it was like, okay,are you trying to push people
more into like credit cards anddebit cards?
And then later on into crypto.
Cause maybe the Barron's got alot of large investment in those
(16:58):
and it's trying to like.
get it on both ends.
Adam (17:01):
I will tell you who probably has large investments
in that Mr.
Matt Tracker.
PJ (17:08):
Look, Tracker Finance is a great supporter of this show and
has always provided, you know,wonderful opportunities and uh,
financial instruments forwhatever your needs are
Adam (17:19):
Yeah, exactly.
I did not want to at all make itseem as though Tracker finance
is not on the up and up becausethey are, and they have been for
over 40 years.
Are you looking for a secondopinion?
On your financial holdings, wehighly recommend you reach out
to Tracker Finance.
They make money the oldfashioned way.
PJ (17:42):
Last thing on this note, do you think Sly complained that
the Alpine Nice Lodge wasactually too nice?
Adam (17:47):
Totally.
PJ (17:49):
It's like, it's not leaking.
I don't know if I can sleephere.
Adam (17:51):
yeah, cause usually Sly picks out The most dilapidated
huts and shanties in the jungle.
I guess this is actually a waybetter hideout for Venom only
because Mask wouldn't be lookingat a nice place.
speaking of Sly, by the way, hespots the mask team rolling into
the mountains, and he decides totake them all on by himself in
(18:14):
Piranha, which also, by the way,is not the best vehicle for the
Alps.
PJ (18:18):
If there's any vehicle less suited for the Alps than Gator,
it's Piranha.
He has zero protection from thesnow.
Here's my question.
Is he insane?
Is he brave?
Or Adam, is he high
Adam (18:32):
Yeah,
PJ (18:33):
to do this?
Adam (18:35):
I don't think they're mutually exclusive.
I think one informs the other.
PJ (18:41):
There goes his New Year's resolution.
Adam (18:43):
Unsurprisingly, Sly, back at it.
Mask transforms into defensemode and the battle begins.
Rhino runs Jackhammer off theroad.
But then we cut back to Scott atthe hotel and he's repairing T
Bob's knee.
With, I don't know what he'srepairing it with, doesn't seem
to work.
Surprise, surprise.
PJ (19:04):
like, Scott, when will you learn?
Although he did make T Bob,apparently.
Adam (19:08):
Yeah.
PJ (19:09):
Adam, I had a question, what is the point of this cut?
Cause
Adam (19:12):
Yeah,
PJ (19:12):
we're, we're getting into a great battle.
Adam (19:15):
it's about to become a really good battle, and then
just for no reason they cut toScott and T Bob.
And the knee thing doesn't evenreally pay off at all, anywhere,
so it's not that important inthe episode.
So yeah, I'm frustrated by thiscut, for sure.
PJ (19:31):
he makes a joke.
It's like, dad's probably justhaving a quiet chat with that
Baron and then eat somechocolate.
was it supposed to be like kindof this contrast between Scott's
expectations and
Adam (19:41):
I mean, I'm sure that's what they were trying to do, but
it doesn't work at all, on anylevel.
Well then, we do cut back to thebattle.
Miles sees Mask coming, and hetells the Baron to get away.
Miles takes off in Switchblade,and then, what's, here's
something that's nuts here.
Bruce climbs on top of Rhino,which is moving.
He takes a rope, lasso, andtosses it at Switchblade.
(20:05):
Catches like one of the, one ofthe runner bars there and then
he starts climbing up the ropefirst of all, Bruce is a total
badass here, but also don't theyhave masks with powers that
could come in handy here?
PJ (20:18):
I mean, this would be a great choice for Jack rabbit or
have Bruce, you know, lifterMatt up or somebody else up.
But yeah, this is like, sort ofleans into this like thing we've
seen from Bruce a few timesbefore.
He loves to flex.
Adam (20:34):
Oh yeah, you remember that episode where he went like
jumping down like a cliff?
PJ (20:39):
yeah.
And then he scaled the side ofthe Statue of Liberty.
Adam (20:43):
That's right, he did.
PJ (20:44):
you think he's trying to impress Vanessa?
Adam (20:45):
That's right, because Vanessa is there.
So she, she sees what'shappening.
PJ (20:49):
And she's not involved in this.
Like, she's like, she's looking,but like, she's not actually
attacking.
Adam (20:55):
No, she, in fact, yeah, it's actually Cliff who fires on
Switchblade to
PJ (20:58):
it
Adam (20:59):
try to get Bruce off.
Idiotic move, of course, becausehe's firing at his boss's
vehicle.
But rather than getting Bruceoff, he succeeds in dislodging,
like, this container that's beeninstalled on, on Switchblade.
So both the container And Brucefall off Switchblade and land in
the snow.
Now, this is a ragdollnomination for Bruce.
I mean, I don't care how deep orsoft the snow is, he fell from a
(21:21):
helicopter, like, onto theground.
If not dead, he's badly injured.
PJ (21:28):
should be.
I did find that Jackhammerfiring on Switchblade fell into
the same category as Mattrandomly firing on the cable
car, to melt the cable, a coupleepisodes ago.
It's very dangerous and makes nosense at the same time.
Adam (21:43):
Yeah.
PJ (21:44):
Two other things, one, Cliff's not wearing a coat, so
it's gotta be affecting his aim.
He also only has one eye, andthat is a depth, that is a depth
problem.
in many ways, it's amazing Cliffdidn't kill Miles,
Adam (21:58):
Right.
So when Bruce falls, though, hegets up with sort of like a
thumbs up and he's like, longfalls and close calls make for
nervous bedfellows.
And no one responds to this.
And I think they're.
It's just stunned he's alive.
PJ (22:12):
I was like, Bruce, are you a robot?
How are you not dead?
Adam (22:17):
Also, I feel like the, the sadoisms that we get, we get a,
we get a bunch of them at thevery end of the episode.
None of them quite make sense.
This one, Long falls and closecalls make for nervous
bedfellows.
And you're saying that inresponse to, what, that everyone
else was nervous you were goingto die?
That you were nervous you weregoing to die?
I'm not quite sure what you'regetting at.
PJ (22:36):
There is something about the Sado isms this episode which
aren't quite clicking, and Ithink you're right, there's some
other writer that they pulled infor this, because, know, the
person gets a lot right, there'ssome stuff that goes over the
head.
are like a lot of near missesthough, that
Adam (22:50):
Mm hmm.
PJ (22:51):
quite track what we've seen before.
Adam (22:54):
Yeah, well, they get the action right.
That's for sure, because in thenext beat, Piranha knocks Gator
into this kind of like bobsledtrack esque tunnel, and Dusty
can't control Gator.
And he's on a collision coursewith this huge ice wall.
That's at the end of it, and ifhe hits it, he will surely die.
PJ (23:14):
Yeah, so what's gonna follow, I mean, is awesome.
There's a lot about, that I hadquestions about, like how'd that
ice wall get there in the firstplace?
Adam (23:22):
Yeah, and folks, it's like a, monolith from 2001, a space
odyssey type of ice wall.
It's like smooth, perfect, like,rectangle.
PJ (23:31):
And Sly's standing right next to it, waiting, like he
can't wait to see this, despitethe fact he could get very
injured in this crash.
other note I feel like isimportant, and maybe Dusty's not
used to driving in snow, youdon't use your brakes.
Like, you gotta downshift, thatsucker.
Adam (23:46):
no, I agree with you, but one of the reasons he was chosen
was because all terrain.
he should know this.
PJ (23:51):
you should know
Adam (23:51):
But no, he is skidding to his doom, leads me to ask you
PJ, what's going to happen?
PJ (23:57):
I don't know, I don't know!
Adam (23:59):
Well, we will find out after these messages.
Mask will be right back, and sowill Venom.
Now back to math.
Well, we are back when we left you.
Dusty was sliding out of controltowards an ice monolith that was
going to kill him.
But don't worry friends, He'sgoing to be okay because buddy
(24:20):
jumps on the hood of Gator anduses penetrator to allow them to
safely pass through the icewall.
So one very bad ass for buddyone upping Bruce in this moment
to a really good use of a maskpower in this episode.
penetrator actually.
Ever so far in the series, apower that doesn't get used all
(24:41):
that much.
PJ (24:42):
It doesn't, I mean, you could put this up there at the
same place where buddy usepenetrator, hooked it up to
firecracker and then drove itinto the volcano to get Matt.
Adam (24:52):
Yeah, no, that's, that was another good use of it too.
Yeah.
PJ (24:55):
so, but you're right, but I mean, this whole sequence is
awesome because like, Buddy doesthis, James Bond slash MCU jump
that's so well timed to get ontoGator, you know, crouches down,
like, ready to go, and then,like, times it to, like, get
through the ice wall.
It's a great scene.
Adam (25:12):
It's great.
And also this whole actionsequence, I mean, it's a long
action sequence.
It's maybe eight minutes longand, you know, including the
quick cut to Scott and T Bob andlike, really that's what mask
episode should be, right?
I mean, these are action toyswith.
Action figures.
It should just be a lot ofaction and much less talking.
(25:33):
like, this is something fun thatwe could play with in the winter
in the snow if we bring our toysoutside.
PJ (25:37):
this is like me playing with my toys.
again, lots of stuff you cankind of pick apart where, where
the ice wall come from all thatjazz in some sense, maybe I
don't care.
Like, this is like a great,here's how you play with these
toys.
And it's fun.
Adam (25:48):
Totally.
Well, so they get through theice wall and Dusty uses backlash
to slow Gator in the snow.
I don't know if that wasnecessary, but okay.
Fun to see backlash being used.
Venom gets away and then Maskgathers to examine this canister
that fell from Switchblade.
They use the computer in Rhinoto check it out.
Turns out there's a virus in it,which makes Currency Inc
(26:09):
disappear.
Uh, And to prove it, Matt asksBruce to give him a Deutschmark
and Bruce says, a toy maker andhis money are soon parted, and I
love how Matt won't risk his ownmoney.
PJ (26:20):
I, I noticed that as well.
actually occurred to me.
There's one of twopossibilities.
One is that Matt's cash has allbeen erased.
And so he needs to, or Matt ispretending that all of his cash
has been erased.
Adam (26:35):
Yeah, well, I, I think we all know it's, it's the, the
former, And then Bruce, thefollow up though, he says, what
about my money?
I just lost 20 and Matt.
Doesn't even address it.
PJ (26:45):
heh heh heh heh.
I really wanted to turn aroundand be like, Who do you think
owns the fucking toy factory youwork for, asshole?
Where do you think that 20 camefrom?
Adam (26:54):
Meanwhile, Scott and T Bob are doing what any wealthy kid
would be doing skiing onuntouched virgin snow in the
Swiss Alps.
they crashed into a couple ofsnowmen.
Fall off a cliff and into atrailer being pulled by
jackhammer.
And that trailer isn't filledwith like snow or mattresses,
it's filled with equipment to beused in this big device they're
(27:16):
building.
So Scott is dead.
PJ (27:19):
R.
I.
P.
Scott.
this is very important to layhis groundwork for the rest of
the episode, especially the end.
I want to just keep pointing outScott did not ask to be put into
this position.
Adam (27:30):
Yeah,
PJ (27:31):
still in town skiing nearby, he's only here in this position.
of Matt's negligence.
Adam (27:39):
exactly.
PJ (27:40):
supervising Scott.
this is a very terriblecoincidence.
and I think we need to hold thatin mind for later on.
Adam (27:45):
Agreed.
I also wonder, how did he get tothe top of this mountain that
he's skiing down?
I mean, did he then use a creditcard to pay someone to
helicopter him up to the top ofit?
Because there's no ski liftshere.
This is not a ski resort.
PJ (27:58):
Maybe he has chains on T Bob.
Adam (28:00):
And forces T Bob to drive him to the top of a mountain,
PJ (28:03):
And they
Adam (28:03):
carrying both of their skis and their poles.
PJ (28:07):
Yes.
Adam (28:07):
Matt and the gang are back at the Baron's Alpine lodge.
And Matt surmises that the Baronhired Venom to help him launder
money as a way of gettingrevenge.
And Matt says a former financeminister who was caught.
Embezzling money.
PJ (28:24):
few things here, and then there's one thing that occurred
to me.
There's a real
Adam (28:27):
Yeah,
PJ (28:28):
money here.
Like, it's not to clean it andmake it blank.
It's make it untraceable.
I have a question for you, Adam.
So they're in the.
Lodge.
Do you think they end upsampling any of his fine, fine
liquors?
Adam (28:42):
I'm sure they do.
I think Matt buys it.
PJ (28:45):
He buys it?
Adam (28:46):
Oh, just steals the lodge.
PJ (28:49):
I have a feeling it's going to go into receivership soon.
Adam (28:53):
well, Bruce.
Starts a sadism by saying youcan lead a horse to water and
then Matt finishes it for him bysaying, but a virus must be
spread.
So It's interesting that it's asadism that Matt finishes,
Second, though.
It makes no sense.
You can lead a horse to water,but a virus must be spread.
What?
PJ (29:13):
I kind of thought, like, Bruce was actually going to say
something else.
And Matt just interjected, it'slike, either like, Bruce was so
pissed off, he was like, I'm noteven going to finish it.
Matt just didn't feel likedealing with retranslating it
for Dusty and Buddy.
look, it's gonna be aboutspreading the virus.
Let's just cut to the chase,Bruce.
Adam (29:31):
I
PJ (29:32):
will not get it, and in all likelihood, will insult you.
Adam (29:37):
agree with you a hundred percent.
Through this though, Mattfigures out that Venom is going
to blow the de inking virus.
Into Germany through one of themountain passes in the Alps.
seems a bit overcomplicated.
Isn't there some other way theBaron could get revenge against
West Germany?
PJ (29:56):
Yeah, I agree.
There's many easier ways to getrevenge against West Germany,
leaking state secrets to EastGermany.
I had this sense, man, thatVenom did not, I mean, and I
think this is just true fromwhat we learned later on, Venom
didn't come up with this plan.
I think the Baron did, Venom'slike, okay, fuck it.
If you're paying us, we'll doit.
Like, we're hired guns, becauseI don't think that, I don't
(30:17):
really feel like Miles is reallyinvested in this, like, he's to
do the work, but all he wants isthe money.
Adam (30:24):
they're hired guns for sure.
Right.
I think what miles is attractedto in this plan is just a
theatricality of it.
PJ (30:30):
Oh yeah,
Adam (30:31):
Is that, and then what we're going to do miles is we're
going to blow the virus.
Through a pass in the Alps intoWest Germany to de ink all the
currency.
And he's like, sounds crazy, wayover the top, I'm into it.
PJ (30:47):
I would love if the Baron is like, and we'll make the money
disappear.
Adam (30:52):
And Miles says, I'm a bit of a magician you know as well.
Miles likes the cut of thisguy's jib.
Thinks he's crazy, butdefinitely, he likes this guy.
PJ (31:02):
Mm hmm.
Adam (31:03):
Well, we find Venom inside a cave, where they are working
on a, typical Venom bigcontraption machine.
And, the Baron says, All I needto do is turn this valve, and
the destruction of Germany willbe complete.
Okay.
PJ (31:19):
really gonna be destroyed?
Or are we like, unfairly harmingthe poor?
helping to usher in a cashlesseconomy.
Adam (31:26):
Well, yeah, but also, I mean, West Germany can just
print more money.
now if it was a virus thatinfected humans,
PJ (31:33):
well, but here's the thing, Adam, if you're going to hire
someone to come up with abiological weapon, you don't use
miles, you have to get Matt.
Cause he's the only one.
As evidenced from the blueslide, he's the only one with
the research facilities capableof designing these kind of data
function research
Adam (31:53):
Sure.
Yeah, I mean, I'm sure hereached out to Tracker
Industries on this one, but uh,they were unavailable they were
doing cleanup in Africa.
Well, now we're outside thecave, you know, Scott and Teavap
had been hauled behind thattrailer.
that was being pulled byJackhammer and Scott realizes
what's going on here and heradios Matt.
PJ (32:13):
Okay.
Stop on this one for a second.
So Matt and company have gottheir thumb up their asses
trying to figure out whichmountain pass basically is going
to be used for this.
the only reason why Matt knowswhere the base is, is due to
Scott.
I want to keep that one in mindagain.
Adam (32:31):
uh, We also have some more complaining between Sly and
Vanessa, right?
PJ (32:34):
Yeah, do they have a thing still going on?
Because, like, you know, wenoted that.
Adam (32:37):
They do, but now it's complicated by also Bruce being
there.
In the picture,
PJ (32:40):
That's true.
Vanessa's got her eyes elsewherenow.
Adam (32:43):
Well, Venom spots Mask coming and the final end of
episode big battle begins.
The Baron goes to escape, butMiles just sticks out his leg
and trips him, and then stealsthe the briefcase full of gold.
PJ (32:57):
That's all he wants.
He just wants the money, man.
He doesn't care about this plan.
Adam (33:00):
Exactly.
Gator uses some heretoforeunknown lifter esque laser to
incapacitate Jackhammer and liftVanessa and Cliff out of the
vehicle.
PJ (33:09):
This was weird.
And it was definitely a WTF forme because it felt like An
unnecessary new power with a lotmore animation than necessary.
Like it could have just used theelectric.
Ouch.
And I kind of was curious ifthey had plotted out a different
sequence where actually Brucewas gonna use lifter and then
they, decided to pivot like,it's almost like a mismatch
(33:31):
animation
Adam (33:32):
maybe they never animated that shot of Bruce using Lifter,
or the episode was running long,but I think you're exactly
right, and I'm gonna back it upbecause it's definitely the
Lifter power, the way it'sanimated, and we would have
seen, Backlash Penetrator, Idon't know either.
Ultra flash and lifter used inthe episode.
So the writer doing the correctthing, which is using all four
mask powers in the episode.
(33:53):
So that's what I'm going to useas, proof that it was supposed
to be lifter, but wasn't.
PJ (33:57):
Yeah.
Adam (33:58):
Well, meanwhile in the most overmatched battle in the
episode Piranha decides to takeon Hurricane, but uh, Hurricane
fires on Piranha and takes itout easily.
PJ (34:08):
Yeah.
Hurricane's the most badassvehicle.
And once again, Piranha is likewhat are you doing here?
Go try and fight Brad if youwant to be on equal footing.
Hurricane will roll you over.
Adam (34:18):
Totally.
Well, the Baron releases thevirus, but Rhino fires a rocket
into the sky that causes athunderstorm.
So I guess they have cloudseeding capabilities?
PJ (34:30):
Look, Adam, listen, all your talk about cloud seeding,
chemtrails is just a bunch ofconspiracy.
Now as a side note, we do wantto thank our sponsors at Tracker
Agricultural for their supportof this show.
Tracker Agricultural, when youneed us to make it rain, we're
there for you.
Adam (34:47):
that's good to know.
That's good to know.
I'm going to take out all themention of bioengineering from
future episodes.
Sly actually flips over inPiranha.
And we have another Ragdollnomination here.
PJ (35:00):
Sly uh, gets nominated for his own award again.
Adam (35:03):
Congratulations, Sly.
Matt fires Ultra Flash at Miles,and Switchblade crashes into the
snow, like, right next to Mask.
PJ (35:12):
Yes.
Adam (35:13):
So, I wanna put a pin in the fact that they have no
excuse to not catch Venom here.
PJ (35:18):
Yes.
Adam (35:19):
It's Scott that finds the briefcase full of gold, though.
PJ (35:22):
What he says is all he wants is chocolate and he opens up
this briefcase and he sees allof these bars of gold
Adam (35:30):
Right.
PJ (35:31):
he wants is chocolate.
Now I wanted to look this up abit.
So a standard bar of gold, likeyou see in the movies.
Weighs 27 and a half pounds.
Okay.
And if you look on the image,there's only one layer of gold
and not like two, there are atleast 12 bars of gold in that
(35:51):
suitcase.
That comes out to 330 poundsthat Scott is holding.
So, we've theorized this before.
Scott is juicing, man.
Adam (36:02):
Oh, for sure.
PJ (36:03):
I guess so is Miles at that point in time, too.
Adam (36:05):
And the Baron, who'd been carrying it around.
PJ (36:08):
the Baron.
Anabolic steroids.
Darbon all around.
Adam (36:14):
Well, Miles and Venom escape.
Mask was right there.
How in the world did they notThey were right there! Well, the
cloud seating rocket worked.
The snow that's now falling ispreventing the virus from
spreading into Germany.
PJ (36:29):
It's true.
It's now going to work its wayinto the water supply.
Adam (36:33):
Good.
PJ (36:34):
the snow eventually melts.
Adam (36:35):
Of the pristine Swiss Alps.
Mind you.
Now contaminated.
Thanks, Mask.
Don't worry, TrackerAgricultural is here to help you
with chemical resistant crops.
Dusty captures the Baron but infact they ask, Matt, should we
go after Venom?
And Matt says, no, we've got themastermind behind this
(36:56):
operation.
What about all the other timesthat Venom was the mastermind
Matt's like, nope, the rule iswhatever the case of the week
is.
And unfortunately, Venom was notthe mastermind this time, so we
cannot legally go after them.
PJ (37:11):
Pretty arbitrary rules there, Matt.
Adam, I have a question.
this is gold that came from theBaron that was given to miles
that was then taken for miles.
What happens to it now?
Adam (37:21):
Matt will take good care of it.
Don't you worry.
Well, we're back at the lodgeand Scott complains that he
wants to stay in Switzerlandlonger.
And Bruce says, young man in hotwater longs for the snow.
PJ (37:34):
Yeah, that says this asshole thing to him.
It's like, Oh, you forgot onetiny little detail, like leaving
the town without permission and.
My response would have beenlike, Dad, I was skiing in town.
I didn't ask to fall into thattruck.
But you weren't around tosupervise me.
Adam (37:50):
just father of the year repercussions all over the place
here.
PJ (37:53):
100%.
And
Adam (37:54):
And then, Yeah, Bruce has got another one.
He says a city boy in themountains is in for a cold
reception.
He's just dropping like zingersleft and right here at the end
of the episode.
PJ (38:03):
I'm still like, why is Scott in trouble?
Like, he didn't intentionallytry to find Venom this time.
And honestly, it was Scott'sradioing of Matt that alerted
them to Venom's location.
Adam (38:14):
Scott has been praised for less in the past, so I don't
know why it's getting punishedon this one.
Well, we end this episode with ashot of Scott and T Bob
unconscious in the snow.
Like, I'm not even joking.
Like, what is up with this?
They're, like, their skis areall splayed, their eyes are
closed, they're half buried inthe snow.
(38:35):
What happened?
PJ (38:36):
Scott and T Bob are once again skiing unsupervised.
Do we not have enough evidenceis this they get hurt when this
happens?
Adam (38:44):
It's just like, to my child brain, I'm like, Is Scott
dead?
Did Matt punish him?
Like, is that what happened?
Did Matt punish him?
Like, and toss him out a windowinto the snow?
PJ (38:55):
I mean, he might as well have given, you know, the degree
of neglect that's there.
Adam (38:59):
You want to go skiing without my permission, huh?
Well, we cut to the more youknow.
T Bob is ice skating, and thenhe falls through the ice and
Scott saves him.
The lesson being, make sure youcheck the ice first before you
go ice skating.
So, not a bad lesson, I guess.
PJ (39:16):
It's not bad.
I, I didn't think the iceratings were meant for 750 pound
robots.
But then again, I looked up andfour inches of ice can hold
about 800 pounds.
that means that whatever pondthey're on less than four inches
of ice on it, and they justdidn't bother to test.
Adam (39:38):
So, okay.
So it is a good lesson then.
Check the ice first kids.
So good job.
Let's grade the team thecomputer has put together,
right?
So Bruce Sato, he was brought onthe, the mission for his design
and engineering skills.
PJ (39:51):
Yeah, I mean, he determined how to put the machine together
for how the virus spread, so, Imean, fine.
B minus.
Adam (39:58):
Buddy Hawks was brought on for his disguise and
intelligence skills.
PJ (40:02):
Okay, no disguises.
A very, a very, very badassjump.
that is questionable in terms ofintelligence.
So, big F for the computer thistime.
Adam (40:13):
agreed.
And then Dusty Hayes, allterrain specialist tracking and
demolitions.
PJ (40:18):
I mean, he drove on snow.
Adam (40:20):
Yes?
PJ (40:21):
his tracking skills really didn't come into play.
But nothing got blown up.
Adam (40:26):
No.
PJ (40:27):
C Best case scenario.
Adam (40:29):
Yeah, slightly above average.
PJ (40:31):
Yeah,
Adam (40:32):
All right, well, was this episode Pandapoo?
PJ (40:34):
I mean, Venom didn't deface any statues,
Adam (40:36):
So that is our bar, right?
That's the bar is set there
PJ (40:39):
if you kind of take all the craziness and put it on the
Baron and just make Venom thehired guns, it works.
Like, Venom's in it for themoney.
And, again, it's kind of verystrikingly similar to the Hong
Kong orphan billionaire episodethere's no overt sexism or
racism.
So I'm good with it.
It's not Pandapoo.
Adam (40:58):
Okay, we move on down the list here.
Our Sly Rax Ragdoll Award.
We have a bunch of nominations.
PJ (41:04):
We do.
So we've got you know, the lastone we just saw was Slyrax.
Earning a nom, there's Scott,falling into the back of Jack
Hammer's trailer.
But for me, the one that wins itis Bruce falling from a
helicopter into snow
Adam (41:19):
hmm.
PJ (41:20):
away without a scratch.
Adam (41:22):
Following up with a sadoism.
Yeah, I hear that one.
I'm gonna go with Scott and TBob skiing at a high speed off a
cliff.
PJ (41:31):
There
Adam (41:32):
into the trailer behind Jack, Jack Hammer.
I just think, there's no waythat kid survives.
I'm sorry, so.
PJ (41:39):
Good
Adam (41:40):
anyways, R.
I.
P.
Bruce and Scott.
We will we'll see you next time.
The Roy Batty moment for T Bob?
PJ (41:45):
Getting chased by that goat.
Really?
I mean, I'm surprised we neversee that goat again, so I don't
know exactly what happened toit.
Adam (41:52):
Father of the Year moment.
PJ (41:54):
I mean, just again, it's, it's somewhat rote.
It is almost like you can'taward it anymore, but like just
Adam (42:00):
Yeah.
PJ (42:00):
in town, actually it's, it's, it's actually a bookend
leaving him in town and thenblaming him for leaving town
because of a preventableaccident.
If, if Matt had been there, soit's really like.
What is the message that Scott'ssupposed to get from this?
Adam (42:15):
Scott's gonna have to work this out with his therapist.
Once again.
Dad asked me to stay in town,but then because of something
that happened in town, he gotmad at me.
PJ (42:25):
What happened?
I fell off a cliff.
Adam (42:28):
Into a trailer!
PJ (42:29):
Into a trailer.
to be driven by a terrorist.
Adam (42:33):
Once again Scott, I'm going to have to, I am a
mandated reporter, so I am goingto have to alert the authorities
about this Finally, our BuddyHawks award.
PJ (42:42):
So I just stated there was no overt racism in this one.
And this one's gonna be reallyout there, okay?
But Scott has constantly reducedthe Swiss.
To a single minded obsession,which is chocolate and
Adam (42:56):
hmm.
PJ (42:56):
fails to recognize the rich history and culture of the
country So I really feel likeyou know, he gets the buddy
Hawks award this time
Adam (43:03):
I like that one.
I mean, I think Dusty does havea nomination when he says to
Bruce, You got a yen to get tothe bottom of this?
it's not the worst.
Buddy Hawks we've ever heard,but I definitely think he
deserves an honorable mention.
PJ (43:16):
he does deserve an honorable mention on that one and Because
clearly like it affected himbecause like even though he's
playing off the currency oneYou're right Bruce comes back
with I'm gonna pound you who?
Adam (43:28):
Boy, I bet, I bet Bruce could probably take Dusty.
seeing what he did in thisepisode, I'd put my money on on
Bruce there.
that is it for episode 32.
Episode 33, Caesar's Sword.
Venom Agent Sly Rax.
poses as the ghost of JuliusCaesar to scare off a team of
archaeologists who haveuncovered Caesar's sword of
(43:51):
victory.
Well, this is going to be fun.
Slyrax in costume is always oneto look forward to.
PJ (43:56):
So I've watched this one, and I will tell you in the
audience right now, I'm alreadyvery angry about it.
From, like, from a historicalperspective, we're going to have
a lot to talk about.
Adam (44:09):
I'm looking forward to it.
But for now, this podcast has totransform and head back to HQ.
I am Adam Moore.
PJ (44:16):
And I am PJ McNerney.
Adam (44:17):
Bye bye.
PJ (44:19):
Bye bye.
The mobile armored podcast showis written, produced and edited.
Bye Adam Moore.
And PJ McNerney.
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