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Episode Transcript

(00:00):
Hey everyone, it's Adam here.
I want to apologize for thedelay in this episode.
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wildfires.
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(00:21):
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by a billionaire.
here's the episode.
Enjoy.

Adam (00:44):
Welcome to the mobile armored podcast show, the
podcast that transforms into amid eighties serial killer.
My name is Adam Moore alongsidemy co host and best friend, PJ
McNerney.
How's it going PJ?

PJ (00:58):
Uh, I'm doing well.
I look forward to unpacking thatserial killer comment at the end
of the episode.

Adam (01:04):
Indeed.

PJ (01:05):
I have to give a general mea culpa,

Adam (01:08):
Okay.
Hmm.

PJ (01:16):
and it's an assertion we've made several times on this
podcast that, uh, regarding theidentity of who constructed T
Bob, the UK comic letterssection said it was Alex Sector,
which I guess is just bullshitbecause it's confirmed in the
cartoon episodes, not too faroff from here that it was in
fact, Scott.

(01:36):
So Scott, yeah, Scott built TBob.
Now I love to explore this in alater episode, but this really
indicates how much of a geniusScott is as well as how
incredibly sad and lonely a boymust be to construct his own
robot companion slash nanny.
So.

Adam (01:56):
Yeah.

PJ (01:57):
that.

Adam (01:58):
Okay, well, we're just going to put a pin in that, but
I will just take issue with youcalling him a genius.
Well, it is a genius that he'sable to construct an autonomous
robot with its own AI.
I would say there are manyissues with T Bob that make the
genius title a bit Troublesome.

PJ (02:16):
Fair.
And that's why we'll explorethis a little bit more when we
get to it.

Adam (02:21):
All right.
Well, we are diving into episode29 of Mask, A Matter of Gravity.
Firecracker is destroyed in abattle with Venom and Hondo gets
a new replacement vehicle,Hurricane, in the end.
And a brief note that Hurricanewas called Night Stalker in this
episode.

PJ (02:41):
I love how they telegraph the ending of this, which is
like new toy.

Adam (02:47):
Yep.
So you're going to get a newtoy, kids.
And initially we're going toname it after a serial killer.
So we'll get to that.
So anyways, we open on a trainyet again, barreling down the
tracks.
I wonder if Matt invested inthis one.
and we're just outsidePhiladelphia.
And did you notice that the twoengineers sound just like Brad

(03:10):
and Matt?

PJ (03:11):
I didn't notice until you pointed it out to me, and like,
I was like, you're right, like,they're 100 percent are their
voices, and so I was wondering,were the voice actors just kind
of tired of making new voicesup?

Adam (03:23):
Maybe.

PJ (03:23):
were they potentially getting some pushback regarding
how bad their Japanesecharacters were last episode?

Adam (03:30):
Uh huh.

PJ (03:30):
Cause they were bad, and it's like, you know what, we're
gonna go vanilla vanilla at thispoint in time, and just fall
back on what works.

Adam (03:37):
Suddenly, a red ray shines down on the train and it
basically starts melting and thetwo conductors run out of the
train.

PJ (03:46):
So I don't know if you had this concern and we're going to
find out it's a gravity gun in asecond, like they running out
into the path of that gravitygun, which is currently crushing
metal so much.
It's melting, but they'rebriefly exposed to it.
Like, wouldn't they be pulped?

Adam (04:02):
Yeah, you know, It's a great point, and we do see a
character later on strugglingagainst the gravity.
So I'm kind of confused abouthow it actually works.
If you can crush a multi tontrain engine, does it work on
organics different than it workson metal?

PJ (04:19):
It's a good question.
I, I, I mean, we'll see evidenceof it working on, on and lasers
uh,

Adam (04:27):
a gravity ray that only works on metal and lasers.

PJ (04:31):
and circumstantial evidence that it works on coal,

Adam (04:35):
Ah, indeed.
Yep.

PJ (04:36):
carbon, which is one of the major elements that we're made
up of.

Adam (04:40):
Yeah.
Well, let's see what happens.

PJ (04:42):
There's an interesting transition in this that I really
liked a lot they had a shot ofthe train, it being crushed, and
then they zoom back as if it's awell, it's, it's a news report,
which is how we're broughtbasically the tracker mansion.
I was like, you know what, thisis a cool transition.
Like you don't

Adam (04:58):
Yep.

PJ (04:59):
it a lot.
It's a little, it's kind ofsubtle, but it actually works
really well.

Adam (05:02):
Meanwhile, at the Tracker Mansion, Scott's just chilling
out on a green couch watchingthe smallest TV I have ever
seen.
And we grew up in the 80s and wesaw some little TVs.
This is a very small TV.
Surely Matt has the money to payfor something bigger for Scott.
Then again, he's always in thesame pair of clothes.

(05:24):
And in fact, did you notice inthis shot, Scott has like
patches on his knees as, as ifthe pants have been mended.

PJ (05:30):
I love this.
I did notice that.
And I, I thought of Mattbasically like scolding and be
like, you know, Scott, small TVsand patch pants builds
character.
Besides, I heard you made fun ofsome kid's last episode for
being poor, at the end of it,so, time for you to feel like
what that's like.

Adam (05:48):
Quick question, PJ, who do you think sewed the patches on
the pants?

PJ (05:53):
I mean, it's either Scott T Bob,

Adam (05:58):
It's totally,

PJ (05:58):
did not do that.

Adam (05:59):
it's totally Scott.
Scott absolutely was forced tosew the patches on his own
pants.
And I'm not actually sure ifMatt even told him to, it's just
that his knees were getting.
holes in them.
And so Scott had no choice butto mend his own pants.

PJ (06:16):
I wonder where Scott got the cloth for that.
he have another pair of pants hehad to sacrifice?
Or did he like, cut up one ofold suits?

Adam (06:25):
Oh boy, that's bad news.
well, the TV news is showing thestory about the mysterious
crushed train.
And Scott gets like reallyexcited by it.
he runs out of the room to tellMatt and we sort of see a shot
of T Bob bringing Scott hislunch.
And as Scott slams the dooropen, T Bob gets smashed by the

(06:48):
door.
And Scott just keeps on going.
Roy Batty moment number one.

PJ (06:54):
Roy Batty 100 percent like

Adam (06:56):
Does not care.
Well, we find Matt and Hondoplaying chess in the library,
and they're both wearing suits.
What's up with that?

PJ (07:04):
I kind of wondered about this like I I had sort of like
said Matt's always wearing hisblue suit.

Adam (07:09):
Yeah.

PJ (07:10):
that's his leisure suit basically

Adam (07:12):
Mm hmm.

PJ (07:12):
relaxes and maybe Hondo had just gotten back from teaching.

Adam (07:17):
Yeah, sure, okay.

PJ (07:18):
But

Adam (07:18):
Well,

PJ (07:19):
guys,

Adam (07:20):
teaching.

PJ (07:20):
teaching.
Yes, right.
Quote, unquote, teaching.
I was like, guys, come on, takeoff the jackets kick back.
a scotch maybe like enjoy, enjoyyourselves.

Adam (07:30):
Matt's like, this is the game of kings.
You must wear a suit and tie.
so Scott comes running in and hedrags them into the computer
room to show them the news storyabout the train.
And we learn that the only thingthat got taken was coal.
So Scott wants to know if Mattis going to look into the
mystery.
Now, do you think Matt suspectedVenom was involved?

(07:52):
Or was he just bored and wantedto get into the action?

PJ (07:57):
So if I had to take a guess, actually thought he had
investments in the train.

Adam (08:02):
Okay.

PJ (08:02):
Cause that, that seems to be his, like, there seems to be
three prime motivators, youknow, venom easily, the world
peace.
Association or,

Adam (08:10):
Yep.
The Peaceful Nations Alliance.
Yep.

PJ (08:13):
nations alliance, like

Adam (08:15):
Mm-hmm

PJ (08:15):
him, or if he has an investment, he gets so pissed.
so I kind of thought given thesort of connection to the last
episodes, train is like, Hey, wewant to try and bring the
electric train here.

Adam (08:26):
Mm-hmm

PJ (08:26):
I can imagine having a significant interest in trains
like literal interest.
So, and there's a few episodesahead where he'll get involved
without direct proof of Venom.
I also think it's the case to bemade that he's just losing the
chess match against Hondo andwants to save face by, ah, we
Gotta

Adam (08:43):
well,

PJ (08:45):
was taken from the train except coal, tons of coal.
And then they cue that shot ofthe train with empty coal bins.
What was else on that trainbesides coal?

Adam (08:56):
Right.

PJ (08:56):
I just wish there was like a line like, Despite carrying much
more precious cargo, like fannypacks, the coal was stolen.

Adam (09:04):
We'll think about what would be on those trains in the
1980s.
Like Teddy Rupskins,

PJ (09:10):
Yeah,

Adam (09:11):
Nintendo's, spandex.

PJ (09:15):
Sanka.
It was all, it was coal andSanka.

Adam (09:19):
Oh, thank goodness.
They only took the coal.
So Matt asks Scott, Why do Ihave the distinct feeling you
think you're going along?
My answer is, because you bringhim to every dangerous
investigation, Matt.
That's why.

PJ (09:34):
So it's a totally reasonable assumption.

Adam (09:36):
Scott's response though, is that he has to do a report on
money and that one of the U Smints is in, Philadelphia.
So he could go there and doresearch.
Matt says, Hmm, not bad.
And he looks at Hondo and theyboth nod.

PJ (09:48):
it's a decent argument from Scott.

Adam (09:51):
I get how many other kids though at Scott school are
traveling to Philly to doresearch for their, I'm sorry,
what is it?
A report on money.

PJ (10:00):
Do you wonder like what Scott's first couple of reports
on money might sound like, likehe gets up in front of the class
and be like money, have a lot ofit, a lot of it.
Like one

Adam (10:12):
Ha ha ha ha ha ha

PJ (10:14):
yacht with our money because the first one got burned.
Do you know how hard it is tobuy a yacht?
dad didn't like the yacht Ibought, so he made me research
and buy another one.
Then he said it wasn't worth histime to return or sell the first

Adam (10:30):
ha.
I

PJ (10:35):
our money.
So much money.
Any questions?
Like, uh,

Adam (10:44):
have a question.
Why can't you afford any otheroutfit?

PJ (10:48):
my dad says it builds character.
I

Adam (10:52):
The teacher asked to see him after class.

PJ (10:55):
have a special meeting with Matt afterwards.
Matt's like indignant, likewhat, was something factually
incorrect about it?

Adam (11:03):
Well, sir, you can't come in and force me to change your
son's grade.
It's not like you own theschool.
I do now.

PJ (11:10):
It's a public school, I bought the municipality.

Adam (11:13):
Oh, boy.
Well, Scott's super happy.
Cause he's going on a mission.
So he runs out of the computerroom and as he does, the door
smashes T Bob a second time.
another Roy Batty moment.
And also as we'll see, T Bobgets trashed like multiple times
in this episode.

PJ (11:29):
would be fully within his right to go ape shit if he
needed to.

Adam (11:32):
Well, cut to the scene of the train accident.
Matt and Hondo, they just strollright up.
No police stopped them.
Just two strangers are allowedto wander into an active crime
scene.

PJ (11:44):
100%.
I thought the same thing.
And I was like, wondering if thechief called ahead and just be
like, look, two guys are comingin.
Let them in.
One of them's a major investorin the line.
You have to let him look at this

Adam (11:57):
let the guy in, trust me, you don't want trouble with him.
so, in the investigation, we seethat you would need a lot of
trucks to steal all that coal.
But there are no tracks.
One of the engineers thinks it'saliens from some planet quote,
where they don't get enoughcoal.
And that engineer was fired forbeing drunk again.

PJ (12:18):
So, I think it's the railroad's fault for letting
Jerry talk to anyone, I don'tthink he got fired.
I think Matt asked the railroadcompany to fire him because he
keeps drinking and talking aboutaliens.
And his response is like, nope,long time union man, can't get
rid of him.

Adam (12:36):
T Bob in looking at the crushed train says, whoever was
driving this thing will have tobe retrained.

PJ (12:45):
Ugh.

Adam (12:46):
And the dad jokes begin,

PJ (12:48):
This episode's replete with them.

Adam (12:50):
sadly, T Bob is told to, quote, Use your chemical sensors
and search for signs of coal.
So, T Bob has chemical sensorsnow?

PJ (13:01):
Yeah, we haven't seen this before, so

Adam (13:03):
Mm hmm.

PJ (13:04):
had them installed?
Like, but why?
Like, don't know, was it someraccoon?
And they had to try and track itwith its urine?
And so, like, Scott basically,like, installs these chemical
sensors to try and, like, Sussout the ammonia that's there.

Adam (13:19):
Here's my question.
At what age did Scott build TBob?

PJ (13:24):
I don't know, because like he's supposed to be what, 10,
somewhere between 10 and 13,

Adam (13:29):
Yeah, yeah.
I mean, cause Scott might havenight terrors or do sleepwalking
and wets himself and so put thechemical sensors in T Valve so
he could find Scott when hewanders off.

PJ (13:39):
are you saying he has deep seated trauma from nearly dying
time after time?
Like that he might revisit it inhis, uh, his nightmares.

Adam (13:48):
Yes.
That's what I'm saying.

PJ (13:50):
Like when he fell off the cliff after trying to like keep
T Bob from being stolen byvenom.

Adam (13:55):
Yeah.
That's exactly what I'm saying.
Yep.

PJ (13:57):
Okay.

Adam (13:58):
Um, but instead of seeing a therapist, he builds a
chemical sensor into his robot

PJ (14:03):
I like the idea of him trying to go to a therapist, he
tells him all the stories, whichthe therapist doesn't believe,
and things he's just made upbullshit, tells him to stop
lying, so he's like, okay, Ican't go see this therapist
anymore.

Adam (14:18):
Well, Matt wouldn't let, not to get off on a tangent
here, but Matt would not let.
Scott tell the truth aboutanything to a therapist.
So if Scott does go to atherapist, Matt has paid this
therapist off.
Cause there's some stuff thatScott would say that that
therapist as a mandated reporterwould have to bring to the
authority.

(14:38):
Well, let's go back to the casehere.
They do find traces of carbonwith T Bob's chemical sensors.

PJ (14:45):
they mention that it isn't coal,

Adam (14:48):
Mm hmm.
Mm hmm.

PJ (14:50):
coal is carbon, for what we're about to discover in terms
of what's happened to the coal,the writers are trying to be
really clever here.
Uh, but they're not,

Adam (15:01):
Right.
Mm hmm.
Right.

PJ (15:01):
and I kind of wondered if from last episode, the writers
got the note.
Hey guys, these jokes are goingover the kids heads.
Can you make them moreaccessible?

Adam (15:11):
And they did their best, but failed.

PJ (15:14):
Right?

Adam (15:15):
Well, Scott and T Bob do find the carbon, but turns out
to be a giant diamond.

PJ (15:21):
Dun, dun, dun.

Adam (15:25):
have to work again.
Uh, can we talk about this?
Does T Bob not know they'rewealthy?
Or is this some sick joke madeat the expense of people for
whom this diamond truly would belife changing?

PJ (15:38):
It's a hundred percent the latter.
Like T Bob's become soaccustomed to money that lording
it over other people.
that's like, how else is hegoing to find his joy?
Anyway.

Adam (15:49):
Matt and Hondo show up to investigate, suddenly wearing
their mask uniforms, by the way,were they wearing them under
their suits?

PJ (15:57):
God, it would be so hot if they were.
Pennsylvania in the summer isnot known to be a temperate
climate.

Adam (16:03):
I hope they have good deodorant.
Uh, or maybe they don't sweat,because they've been irradiated
and their sweat glands no longerfunction.
Uh, now Hondo makes a joke aboutwearing that diamond as a
wedding ring, and Matt laughsreally uncomfortably.

PJ (16:20):
So uncomfortably, it's like, Hey, you're a married man, Matt,
time to start cleaning up yourstuff.
I do reserve the right to returnat this moment later in the
episode.

Adam (16:30):
Okay, Well, Matt uses Thunderhawk's computer and finds
out that the diamond was madefrom coal that was compressed by
some unnatural source Meanwhilet bob falls off the diamond
Complaining that something'sjamming his balance gyros.

PJ (16:46):
or he fell off the diamond because Scott keeps fucking with
the circuitry,

Adam (16:50):
Yep.

PJ (16:51):
which, which seems more likely

Adam (16:52):
Much more likely, but it turns out it's some sort of a
gravity well, Matt uses spectrumand discovers the source of the
gravity energy and he and Hondotake off in pursuit.
Scott wants to come naturally.
Uh, but Matt tells him to waitback at the destroyed railroad.
Also naturally.

PJ (17:13):
I want you to wait by a derailed train that was hauling
coal is now possibly leakingtoxic fluids,

Adam (17:20):
Oh, dad, can I come after the extremely dangerous gravity
beam Nope.

PJ (17:27):
Lord.

Adam (17:27):
Toxic fluids for you, son.
Uh, um, Matt comes upon aclearing with like dozens of
these giant diamonds.
And meanwhile, Hondo encountersVanessa driving a truck full of
the diamonds.
Jackhammer appears.
We have a firecracker jackhammerfight.
Uh, Hondo backs up and somehowgets caught between two trees.

(17:49):
Like, is this meant to be anexcuse as to why it will be
better for Hondo to get anupgrade?

PJ (17:54):
Maybe he was like tired of firecrackers.
Like, you know, this F one 50 isjust not my thing

Adam (18:00):
Right, right.

PJ (18:01):
Like, maybe I could just back it up over here and we can
just get rid of it.

Adam (18:05):
I mean, for a vehicle capable of such destruction for
it to get caught between twotrees is very sad.

PJ (18:13):
It is.
It really is.
So I kind of agree.
I think it might've been apurposeful, jamming.
I really dig that prior though,to jet firecracker transforming
it effort to believe that It's,you know, mask is keeping its
identity secret.

Adam (18:29):
hmm.
Mm hmm.

PJ (18:30):
F one 50 in the road.

Adam (18:32):
Right.

PJ (18:33):
So Jack hammer comes tearing out from behind the truck, fully
transformed to just shooting.

Adam (18:41):
Right.

PJ (18:41):
and I kind of wonder like, is this standard venom operating
procedure?
Like just.
Destroy all F 150s you find.

Adam (18:50):
Well, you talked about this in a much earlier episode,
but the idea that mask hiding inplain sight just creates so many
mass casualty events as Venomtakes out any vehicle that might
be

PJ (19:04):
Imagine the insurance rates on those vehicles, basically,
all Ford F 150s, like all like,you

Adam (19:12):
All Chevy Camaros.

PJ (19:14):
Chevy Camaros, like, you know, Insurance rates through
the roof.
Hondo's taken on two Venomagents by himself.

Adam (19:21):
He is.

PJ (19:22):
I think this is on, this is on point for him.
Like, it's hard for me tobelieve anyone besides Gloria
doing this.

Adam (19:29):
Mm hmm.

PJ (19:31):
stealing a book from a mysterious white Bedouin from
Venom.

Adam (19:35):
Dusty loves stealing books.
Uh, Matt says he's going to,quote, take the elevator to
pursue Venom.
A dad joke there, as he takesoff into the skies.
Hondo uses Blaster to knock downone of the trees that was
keeping Firecracker, uh, Andmeanwhile, Scott and T Bob are

(19:56):
scootering along.
Did you notice that the musicsounded like Whip It by Devo?

PJ (20:00):
did! And it was definitely like, in that Devo universe.
Uh,

Adam (20:05):
Yeah.

PJ (20:06):
thought it was maybe slightly closer to like, Dare to
be Stupid.

Adam (20:09):
Uh huh.
Yep.

PJ (20:10):
itself a Weird Al, I'm sorry, a Weird Al parody

Adam (20:13):
The, uh, Yeah, I

PJ (20:15):
yes, 100%.

Adam (20:16):
hadn't heard that music before in, in Mask, to be
honest, so a little odd there.
Suddenly, all these animals andbirds come running up behind
them, and T Bob says, what isthis, the road to Noah's Ark?
And T Bob's been getting verybiblical of late.
Does he sense his end is nigh?

(20:37):
Mm hmm, right.

PJ (20:38):
I mean, he's growing as a sentient being.
And he's attempting to answerthe question, Why am I here?
And so, like, I wonder if he'sbeen reading a lot of religious
texts.

Adam (20:49):
Mm hmm.

PJ (20:49):
on suffering.

Adam (20:50):
Uh huh.

PJ (20:51):
why do bad things happen to good robots?
Like, I really feel like he'strying to, like, get in touch
with something and covering it.
Maybe Scott's Pharaoh to him.
I don't know.
I don't know.

Adam (21:03):
Well, I'll just point out that T Bob is not a good robot.
So bad things happen to badrobots too.
And good things happen to badrobots.

PJ (21:09):
he does take on like religious iconography very
easily

Adam (21:14):
It's true.

PJ (21:15):
cultures

Adam (21:16):
He does.

PJ (21:17):
um, also, there's still questions about whether he is
alive or not.

Adam (21:22):
Well, Scott doesn't think he is.
That's for sure.
Uh, speaking of Scott and T Bobget stuck in a deep mud puddle.
Jackhammer is going to run themover, but Cliff clearly doesn't
want to hurt them.
And he's honking his horn like,Hey, get out of the road.

PJ (21:36):
You know, he's hilarious you think he's like a New York City
taxi driver by the way he drives

Adam (21:44):
Right?

PJ (21:45):
he's honking.

Adam (21:46):
Yeah.

PJ (21:46):
He's mildly concerned, but he also seems okay if he ran
over a kid.

Adam (21:50):
He's got somewhere to go.

PJ (21:52):
right, exactly.
It's like, I don't want to runyou over, but I'm not going to
stop because I got someplace

Adam (21:59):
Scott manages to free himself and somehow uses
superhuman strength to pull TBob out?
Like, maybe your idea that Scotthas, like, adamantium bones is
right after all.

PJ (22:10):
Yeah, I thought through this one.
And so the adamantium bones isstill on the table, but after
last episode, we know thatcouldn't pull Matt by himself.

Adam (22:21):
Right.

PJ (22:21):
Scott went on a strict weight training regimen to
really build some muscles.

Adam (22:26):
Maybe

PJ (22:27):
we also know he couldn't do that naturally, he also acquired
some anabolic steroids to likehelp them along and that's like
how he's able to achieve thisfeat with a T Bob this time,

Adam (22:40):
very eighties of you, Scott.
maybe after the mission fromlast episode and Scott did the
debrief and said, I needed TBob's help to drag you out of
danger.
Matt said, not gonna let thathappen again.
Take these special pills, Scott.
You'll feel super strong.

PJ (23:00):
Darbon and a fish paralyzer.

Adam (23:04):
Always, always looking out for his best interest, Matt.
Well, Mask shows up and we beginthe mid episode battle versus
Venom, and everything seems tobe going Mask's way until
Firecracker gets hit with thesame red beam that the train got
hit with at the beginning of theepisode, and Firecracker starts
getting crushed, and Hondo triesto use Blaster to get out, but

(23:24):
it's no use.
He's going to be crushed todeath.

PJ (23:29):
This is fucking insane when you step back and think about
this.
Like, there's real danger here.

Adam (23:35):
Yeah.

PJ (23:36):
does make another dad joke, which is, I'm in one bad squeeze
play.
come on, Hondo.
like, there's real stakes here.
I mean, like, this is reallyserious stuff.

Adam (23:47):
This is not good, and it leads to the question, what's
going to happen?

PJ (23:50):
I don't know.
I don't know.

Adam (23:53):
We'll find out after these messages.
We've got them in sight.
Hold on.
Mask will be right back.
Now watch what Mask does.
We are back.
When we left you, Hondo wasabout to be crushed inside
Firecracker, entombed for alleternity.
And that which was supposed tomake him powerful.
The irony is thick and sad.

(24:13):
Hondo is dead.

PJ (24:16):
Nooooooo! hey, I have a question.
So like, kids,

Adam (24:20):
Mm hmm.
Mm

PJ (24:22):
Oh, this is how you play with those toys, right?
So it's like, you have,Switchblade and Thunderhawk the
sky, and you're, rrrrrr, shroomshroom.
How many kids, emulating thecartoon this time, took a rock
and just crushed Firecracker

Adam (24:37):
hmm.

PJ (24:38):
emulate the show?

Adam (24:39):
A hundred percent.
Absolutely.
Mom, I need a new one now.
well the, the next scene of.
Hondo's funeral is just kidding.
Thunderhawk shows up, discoversthe beam is coming from
Switchblade.
He distracts Miles with a fewmissiles, giving Hondo a chance
to escape.

PJ (24:56):
so, okay, so before we get to like the, the saving moment,

Adam (24:59):
Yeah.

PJ (25:00):
fucking dedicated was Miles to destroying

Adam (25:03):
Mm

PJ (25:05):
Like, last episode, Blackout fired a beam that seemed like it
took out Matt,

Adam (25:10):
hmm.
Mm hmm.

PJ (25:11):
but, Miles basically did the Dr.
Evil thing and just assumed, Oh,it's fine, he's dead, and it all
went to plan.
time, Miles wants to be sure.

Adam (25:21):
Yeah.

PJ (25:22):
I'm curious, man, do you think it's because he knows that
Hondo is actually one of thereal threats to Venom?
just wants to make sure he'sdead.

Adam (25:30):
That, I also think Miles is a racist.

PJ (25:32):
Alright! Double!

Adam (25:35):
So this might actually be a BuddyHawk's nomination.

PJ (25:39):
a Buddy Hawks nomination.
All right.
strength wise, like you havethis one shot where this gravity
beam is crushing a metal car.
And Hondo, like, lifts his handoutside to try HOW STRONG IS
HE?!

Adam (25:54):
Yeah.
Oh, he very strong to, to pushback against that, that gravity
beam.

PJ (26:00):
and getting onto that, so, right before he fires the
missiles, Thunderhawk's lasersare used, to try and hit it, and
they're bent by the gravitybeam.

Adam (26:09):
is that possible?

PJ (26:11):
Well, let's go over to Science Coder and talk about
this.

Adam (26:13):
Let's go.

PJ (26:15):
Can gravity alter the course of light?
the answer actually is yes.
While photons don't have anyrest mass to them, I mean,
they're massless particles, theydo have like a measured
momentum.
And so you have this kind ofweird mass equivalency to them.
And that means you can do coolstuff with it.
Like you can have solar sailsthat are propelled by light.

Adam (26:38):
Okay.

PJ (26:38):
light alone.
Okay.
And it also means that gravitydoes in fact affect light, but
to get a sense of that, likeyou're talking about a gravity
well, the size of a star a blackhole bending light over huge
distances.
And I mean like astronomicalunits, like the distance
between, like we're talkinghuge.

(27:00):
So to have that kind of likeabrupt change where it just kind
of suddenly goes down meansthere's an amazingly powerful
gravitational pull going on

Adam (27:09):
Mm-hmm

PJ (27:10):
But then you start to get other problems like time gets
affected.

Adam (27:15):
Right?

PJ (27:15):
like when you have massive objects, time starts to pass
slower.
the person on the massiveobject.

Adam (27:22):
Mm-hmm

PJ (27:22):
And then it would also start to move the earth in weird ways,
probably bad ones.
and the missile explosion wouldnot actually be able to hit
miles because if you can movesomething with no rest mass, you
have zero problems with anobject that has

Adam (27:38):
Mm-hmm

PJ (27:39):
mass.

Adam (27:39):
Yeah,

PJ (27:40):
So we're in space magic territory right now.

Adam (27:42):
meanwhile, T Bob is running for his life, Abandoning
all reason, and Scott for thatmatter.
But he gets hit with a gravitybeam and we watch horrified as T
Bob gets crushed just likeFirecracker.
Now for me, man, this was areally difficult scene to watch
as an adult.
I cannot imagine.

(28:02):
How I felt watching it as a kid.

PJ (28:05):
you listen to the sound that T Bob makes, it will haunt my
dreams forever.
Yeah,

Adam (28:14):
It's, it's, it's the most legitimately horrific moment
I've seen in this series so farwhere I was really affected by
it.

PJ (28:24):
it's pretty horrifying.
I mean, it's like, he again,kind of looks a lot like the
robot from the Disney's theblack hole,

Adam (28:30):
Yeah.

PJ (28:31):
bit more.
So at this point in time, likethe damaged one,

Adam (28:34):
Yeah,

PJ (28:35):
pretty horrifying.

Adam (28:36):
it is.
Uh, Miles turns the gravity beamon Thunderhawk and all it does
is force Matt to landThunderhawk on its tail.
And Matt says, I think my day isstarting to go downhill.

PJ (28:48):
I think all of these folks basically on mask just are not
emotionally equipped to To dealwith the life and death
situations they contend

Adam (28:57):
Uh huh.

PJ (28:58):
like, they use all of this corny humor to try and, like,
allay their true feelings offear.

Adam (29:03):
Now, Matt, Scott, and Hondo are all okay, but T Bob
comes waddling over to them inhis crushed state and says, I'm
glad everyone is okay.
I feel like a garbage lid.
And this continues to be verydisturbing, like just watching
him, and it's just horrifying.
How?

PJ (29:22):
is.
But later, he's OK inside ofThunderhawk.

Adam (29:28):
Like that, is that a continuity, that's gotta be a
continuity thing, right?

PJ (29:32):
I, I suspect basically this is the animation

Adam (29:36):
Yeah,

PJ (29:36):
noting problem.
I think they said, Hey, Youknow, Matt's in the driver's
seat, Hondo's in the passenger'sseat, and then Scott and T Bob
are in the back seat.
And they just neglected to belike, oh yeah, it's damaged T
Bob.

Adam (29:49):
right.
Right.
Well, Matt calls up the maskcomputer and it is the agent
selection scene.
First up is Bruce Sato.
Invented mechanical skills,essential.
Let's see about that.
Bruce is riding on a boat.
No telling how far offshore theyare, by the way.
But when he gets the call, hejust dives into the water and

(30:10):
swam.
Swims away.
However many miles they are,because this is a big boat.
This is not a little, like,dinghy.
They're out somewhere, so he'sgoing to swim miles to shore.

PJ (30:20):
Yeah, I was thinking this was a fairy of some sort.
imagine like there's a wholebunch of onlookers who are
watching Bruce jump off this.
So how scared is everyone elseat seeing this guy apparently
commit suicide?

Adam (30:33):
a hundred percent, but even, I mean, obviously he's not
committing suicide, but he'sgonna be pretty darn tired by
the time he swims, wherever he'sgoing, how useful is he really
going to be on a mission?
It would seem to be like, justlet the boat get to wherever
it's going.
If it's a ferry, just get towherever it's going.
And then figure out your wayfrom the other shore.
This makes no sense at all.
number two on the team, Alexsector, broad base scientific

(30:56):
knowledge needed.
Now, he's taking a bath.
A big ol bubble bath.
He's even got a pillow in thetub.
It's very bizarre.
So he gets the call and he jumpsout.
Totally naked.
Now the suds do cover theprivate parts, but it still
feels somewhat inappropriate fora kid's show.

PJ (31:16):
It, it does.
And the bathroom itself's kindof weird.

Adam (31:19):
Oh, yeah, it is weird.

PJ (31:21):
it is, it is weird because like, there's a giant shower
curtain that's like way outsidethe tub.
So like,

Adam (31:27):
a hospital or something.

PJ (31:28):
Like, or, or, it's at his, where he keeps the animals, and
this is normally where he bathesthe animals.

Adam (31:36):
Sure.
Yep.
I think you're right about that.
Yep.

PJ (31:39):
also has complete disregard for the book he's reading, he
just like tosses it to the side.

Adam (31:45):
What do you think the book was?

PJ (31:46):
I think it was how to treat animals well, like he was, he
really wanted to like lean intothis.
Yeah,

Adam (31:52):
but he will never read it.
Next up on the team.
Gloria Baker, champion racedriver, black belt in Kung Fu,
team hottie, Matt's wife.
Driving skills and shark'sweapons may be of value.
I like how the computerconditions it.

PJ (32:09):
does.

Adam (32:10):
May be of value.
Mostly though, Matt wants youthere.

PJ (32:15):
Well, I actually, I'm the prosecution is going to recall
that earlier scene.

Adam (32:19):
Okay.

PJ (32:20):
I think the computer was like, also Matt, I heard an
exchange between you and Hondoregarding marriage.
So I think it's important forGloria to come along to remind
you that you are married now.

Adam (32:29):
so Gloria is teaching a Kung Fu class and then she gets
the call and just runs away.

PJ (32:35):
Everyone's in complete shock.
And do you think there'ssomething here where they
interpreted that she's justfailed their entire class?

Adam (32:41):
I just, I still can't get over this woman is a champion
race driver and a black belt inKung Fu.
So she races cars for a living.
She also has a side hustle as aKung Fu instructor at the dojo.
And.
She happens to be part of arogue paramilitary group

PJ (32:57):
I mean,

Adam (32:58):
run by her husband.

PJ (32:59):
run by, she's an adrenaline junkie.
Yeah, I mean.

Adam (33:02):
Well, the whole team is gathered at Boulder Hill.
Of course, not Matt or Hondo.
Uh, and Matt's briefing the teamvia the video link and his face
is huge on this giant screen.
I mean, this seems to be how hewants to be treated.
I think like the wizard of Oz.

PJ (33:18):
Uh, or big brother.

Adam (33:20):
Yeah,

PJ (33:21):
And here's a question I had for you.
all very well versed on zoom andall sorts of

Adam (33:27):
uh huh.

PJ (33:29):
Where's the opposing camera situated where he sees them?
Because if it's at the level ofthe table, then they're all
looking up at him and maybe hewants that kind of adoration.

Adam (33:39):
Uh huh.

PJ (33:40):
it's from the vantage that Matt is displaying there, they
all seem really small.

Adam (33:45):
Either way, it's what Matt wants.
So, having been fully briefed,Alex says, Sounds like a matter
of some gravity, Matt.
And Gloria responds, Oh, you'vebeen hanging around T Bob too
much, Alex.

PJ (33:59):
do you think Gloria is saying that this dad joke thing
that Alex has is.
tbo level of communication.

Adam (34:06):
Gloria's not on board with it.

PJ (34:09):
Yeah.

Adam (34:09):
She's just fed up with it.

PJ (34:11):
It's like, come on.

Adam (34:13):
So, they go into the radiation chamber of death, get
their helmets, and away we go.
we're on the case, and Alex isinvestigating one of the
crystals.
He's trying to drill through it,but the drill bit snaps.
And says, this is the hardestsubstance I've ever seen.

PJ (34:27):
I really wanted Gloria to chime in and say something like,
you mean besides Matt's dick

Adam (34:33):
Well, she loves him.

PJ (34:35):
She does.
She does.

Adam (34:37):
Finding no answers, Matt takes to the sky to scan for the
gravity beam.
Meanwhile, back at what lookslike a mansion So maybe Matt
owns another property inPennsylvania.
He probably does.
Uh, Scott is hammering T Bob'sbody back into shape.
Now in the animation, they makea point not to show T Bob

(34:58):
without his body.
Like, what do you think they'rehiding under there?

PJ (35:01):
Pbob's giant dong, his robotic dong, to

Adam (35:05):
Why would Scott install that in T Bob?

PJ (35:08):
have a full featured life.

Adam (35:13):
Okay.

PJ (35:14):
regarding the mansion, I think they bought it from the
Duke brothers, who were madepaupers in trading places, so,
which came out in 83, so

Adam (35:24):
Sure.
Okay.

PJ (35:25):
for Matt to kind of swoop in and oh, this is nice.

Adam (35:29):
For sure.
Well, now that he's fixed, T Boband Scott head off to the
Philadelphia Mint, and they'retaking a tour.
Suddenly, T Bob senses thegravity beam again.

PJ (35:38):
so I want to pause on their tour of the Mint because know,
the reason that Scott's going tomint is that he wants to start
working on a report, which meansthat he's pretty conscientious
about his schoolwork and Mattnever asks about it.

Adam (35:54):
No.

PJ (35:55):
T Bob makes the whole like, you know, dumb dad joke spear
mint or peppermint.
And I feel like Scott would justbe like, fuck you T Bob.
But then when they're actuallywatching the coins being minted.
T Bob says, if I had all those,I could nickel and dime people
to death.

Adam (36:13):
Whoa.

PJ (36:15):
And I was like, this is a Roy Batty moment, right?
He's talking about activelymurdering people.
And Scott's reply is like, ifyou don't stop those puns, I'm
going to confine you toquarters.
And I'm like, the pun that T Bobsaid, Scott?
He's, he's talking aboutmurdering people.
Like,

Adam (36:33):
well, Matt picks up the gravity weapon in Philadelphia
and they all roll out.
But back at the Mint, you know,T Bob having picked up on the
gravity ray in the area.
T Bob, he runs outside the Mint,and he once again gets very
disturbingly crushed by thegravity beam.
And Scott is standing at thedoor of the Mint.
He sees what's happening to TBob, and then he turns back and

(36:56):
he hides.
Like Way to save your friendthere, Scott.

PJ (37:00):
to be fair, the gravity gun would have mushed Scott.
uh, he might be strong out onsteroids, but he's not Hondo
strong.
Okay.

Adam (37:09):
well, Venom is indeed.
Robbing the mint.
So while the gravity weapon is,you know, causing havoc in the
front door, Venom's stealingcoins through the back door.
And so this goes back to mypoint earlier, this gravity
weapon that seems to defy timeand space seems to play no part
in robbing the mint.
However, am I wrong about that?

PJ (37:29):
I mean, is super underutilized.
I was trying hard to defend thewriters to earn a writer's
defense fund here.
this cracks in the concrete.
So maybe it was used to crackthe walls.
Maybe it was used to shape thecrystal shielding we're about to
see, but it's also it's allstandard fare.
It's like not utilized at all.

Adam (37:50):
No.

PJ (37:50):
not pick up the coins using the gravity gun?

Adam (37:53):
Well, that's what they got vacuums for.

PJ (37:56):
Giant vacuums from Vegas,

Adam (37:58):
That would be like, like, Sly's thing.
Mayhem, why don't we just usethe gravity, right, uh, You
idiot! It only crushes things,it doesn't pick things up! I
didn't spend money on all thosevacuums! To use a gravity ray to
pick things up.
by the way, Cliff and Vanessaare the ones who are, you know,
extracting the money and Cliffsays, this is great.
Nobody can touch us.

(38:19):
And Vanessa says, no one wouldwant to touch you, dagger.
Whoa.

PJ (38:25):
so brutal.
I have to believe that Cliffengages in therapy.
just for the help, for the abusehe takes on a regular basis.

Adam (38:33):
Well, but I could see him complaining to HR about Vanessa
and they're like, look, we hearyou, but.
She's the most competent agentwe have.
We can't really do anythingabout it.
So you can either file a formalcomplaint and you know how
that's going to go.
You can put up with it or youcan quit.
The choice is really yours, butfor a one eyed terrorist.

(38:57):
It's going to be hard finding anew job.
well here comes mask and theyengage venom, but jackhammer and
Manta are covered in thatcrystal shield.
You mentioned, and it makestheir lasers useless.
So for an organization whosewhole offensive Platform is
built on lasers.
This is a bad thing for Mask.
Um, Venom jacks up Mask in amajor way.

(39:18):
Thunderhawk gets one of itsdoors shot off.
Rhino's battering ram getsdestroyed.
and uh, Matt says, This isembarrassing, Alex.
Any ideas?
Uh, giving credence to thetheory that Matt only cares
about appearances, not whetherthey win or lose.

PJ (39:34):
I mean, this is a credible threat from venom, but you're
right.
A hundred percent.
Matt only cares about lookinggood.
And it's, it shows off in whatthe teams talks about too,
because like condos, like isn'tlooking good.
And Bruce responds with, whendid venom look good?

Adam (39:50):
Yeah.
It's not whether we win or lose,it's whether we look good doing
whatever we're doing.

PJ (39:53):
Right.
It's like, we know we look goodand that's what matters.
after, uh, rhinos battering ramgets chewed off, Hondo says,
better do something, Bruce, orshe'll be in here with us and
all I can think of that is like,we know Bruce wouldn't mind
having Vanessa in there

Adam (40:08):
Yeah.
He, he is like, oh, yes, must dosomething

PJ (40:11):
and he does do something,

Adam (40:13):
He does.

PJ (40:13):
he actually does a really cool maneuver that sends both
Manta and Rhino flying.
I mean,

Adam (40:19):
Mm-hmm

PJ (40:19):
does this kind of like reversing, which is kind of hard
with a big rig.
And I was like, ah,

Adam (40:23):
Oh, yeah,

PJ (40:24):
But who's not impressed, Adam?

Adam (40:25):
yeah.
Hondo is not impressed.

PJ (40:27):
He's like, I'd rate that move a 5.
And how much is Hondo shittingon Bruce's driving?

Adam (40:33):
no, seriously.
I mean, you try to do that witha big rig Hondo, speaking of,
uh, of great work though,Gloria, uh, is doing some real
good work with Aura, sendingVanessa flying over Shark.
Meanwhile, Alex figures out thatthe crystal shields have a weak
point.
The target area is only twometers wide.
It's a small thermal exhaustport, right below the main port.

PJ (40:55):
That's impossible.
Even for a computer.
That's Wedge's response.
Gloria fucking doesn't flinch.

Adam (41:01):
Yeah, she did some sharpshooting, firing a bolo
type device at each of the Venomvehicles, cracking the crystal
shields.
mean, great work.

PJ (41:09):
Manta, but she, she does it for Jackhammer as well.

Adam (41:12):
Yeah.
and after knocking outJackhammer and Manta, Mask
reconnects to figure out a planto defeat the gravity weapon.
Bruce says, the ugly one cannotbear to see its own face.
Mask knows what he's sayingright away.
But I have no idea what hemeans.

PJ (41:30):
I mean, I was wondering basically, it's like, Oh, like,
are we saying that someoneshould accept their inner
beauty, in order to like, acceptthemselves fully?
cause I really feel like that'swhere that should have gone,

Adam (41:41):
No, I think Bruce is not commenting on the mission.
I think he's working throughsomething with the whole Vanessa
getting into the cabin and Hondothere and the,

PJ (41:51):
Uh,

Adam (41:52):
dissed him.
And so I actually think it's acomplete non sequitur for Bruce,
but Matt thinks.
He's saying something about themission,

PJ (41:58):
right.
I see what you're saying.
Yeah.

Adam (42:00):
but hey, by the way, the plan is pretty good.
Uh, Thunderhawk and Rhino sitthere as bait while Gloria
sneaks up behind and fires Auraat the beam weapon causing it to
turn back on Switchblade.
Switchblade crashes, we've got agreat ragdoll award nominee
here, uh, and it gets crushed bythe gravity beam.

PJ (42:20):
Yeah.
I kind of wondered cause like,it didn't seem like Rhino and
Thunderhawk were gettingcrushed.
So I actually wondered if theywere actually being picked up.
Okay.
The

Adam (42:29):
Yeah.

PJ (42:29):
bit dodgy that I couldn't quite tell.
One way or another, becauseyou'd expect to see like, you
know, some, some stressors onthose vehicles.

Adam (42:37):
Yeah.
I agree with that.
But Miles runs away, and he'slike really huffin and puffin
Like, he's out of shape.
Um, but then he climbs intoManta and escapes.

PJ (42:48):
Miles, you got to do more cardio and lay off the sugar.

Adam (42:51):
Yeah.

PJ (42:51):
do not care how many fat free snacks you think you're
having.
You're going to have a coronary.

Adam (42:56):
Well with venom defeated mass gathers and scott rolls a
crushed t bob over to the teamAnd matt says hi scott taking t
bob out for a spin I mean justroy baddy nominations all over
the place in this episode andalso t bob's response is Cut the
cracks, I heard it the firsttime, it really sounded like cut

(43:16):
the crap, which is exactly whatT Bob should be saying.

PJ (43:19):
Yeah.
A hundred percent.
It's like, stop the shit guys.
Fix me up.
Don't be dicks.

Adam (43:24):
Just wait till you go to sleep at night.
Well, back at Boulder Hill, Mattand Hondo pull up in Thunderhawk
and Hondo says, Matt, I reallyhave to get going.
I got classes to teach, youknow, Matt knows Hondo.
You barely teach as it is

PJ (43:37):
Wait a second.
So this is my thing.
Like the shot is clearly takenat sunset.

Adam (43:41):
Yeah.

PJ (43:42):
it's a gorgeous orange

Adam (43:44):
Mm hmm.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.

PJ (43:46):
So what class is he teaching?
Is he teaching night school?
did they just get back fromPhilly to Colorado and
Thunderhawk has its wing fixed?

Adam (43:54):
Yeah, a lot of time has passed.
We didn't do any time checks inthis episode, but clearly they
have also broken the laws ofspace and time here.

PJ (44:02):
I mean, getting between Colorado and Philly is probably
a four or five hour flight.

Adam (44:07):
Yeah.
I mean, if Thunderhawk can, Ithink we've established can go
multiple times the speed ofsound.

PJ (44:12):
Thunderhawk could do it.
I wonder if like they had thejet though, have to go back and

Adam (44:17):
Oh, sure.
Yep.

PJ (44:18):
Thunder, cause firecracker was there.

Adam (44:19):
Well, but it turns out that we're all gathered at
Boulder Hill for the bigunveiling of Hurricane.
The whole team is there, by theway.
Every single member of M.
A.
S.
C.
is there, but they don't haveany dialogue.
And they unveil this Chevy thattransforms into a tank.
Now, they do call it NightStalker here.
But Hondo, when he watches ittransform, he's just speechless.

(44:44):
And he almost cries here and hesays, I don't know what to say.
Yes, I do.
Thanks, Matt.
And I love that Honda wasspeechless with emotion over a
weapon of mass destruction.
Like that is Honda.

PJ (44:56):
I'll be able to kill so many more people down that, yeah,
it's, it's a pretty emotionalscene right here.
interesting cause like, he ismuch more appreciative of the
new vehicle.
Like he doesn't seem like he'sthat broken up over firecracker,
but this is actually a reallybig thing is that this is like a

(45:16):
new toy and it's a consequentialchange to the series.
So.

Adam (45:21):
Right.
Well, and it's interesting too,that it's a replacement.
They didn't do that for any ofthe other toys necessarily.
They were introduced with newcharacters or in a future
season.
Yeah.
This is the one and only timewhere a toy is purposely
destroyed in the show andreplaced with a new toy.
So it's a weird decision.

PJ (45:42):
it is, I mean, in second season, a lot of characters have
new vehicles, and it, it isreally interesting because like
they've been telegraphing thissince the very first, you know,
the, the opening credits of thefirst episode, So, yeah, it's,
it's pretty, it's fascinatingbecause like, you know, it's
again, it's an actual change.

(46:02):
one thing I'm really gratefulfor for the cartoon show is that
I never liked Hondo's, armor.
In hurricane, the purple andyellow, like, disco where,

Adam (46:14):
Yeah.

PJ (46:14):
like, like, I kind of dig that.
He keeps kind of the, thejumpsuit or

Adam (46:18):
Mhm.

PJ (46:19):
like the adventure where he's got going on.

Adam (46:21):
Yeah, agreed.

PJ (46:22):
so yeah, Matt had a Chevy Bel Air and 57 car converted
into a tank.

Adam (46:26):
Makes sense.
American steel can slice throughanything like a knife through
butter.

PJ (46:32):
Yes, I agree.

Adam (46:33):
So I have some, a question.
Why was Night Stalker renamed toHurricane?

PJ (46:38):
So I did a little research on this one because I was
wondering about this and I hadheard two theories and I think I
actually think both of them areactually true.
so let's get the corporate oneout of the way.
So Night Stalker was a name thatwas owned by Mattel.

Adam (46:56):
Mm hmm.

PJ (46:57):
is like Skeletor's robotic purple horse that is the name.
So Kenner actually had to changeit from a corporate perspective.
So they

Adam (47:05):
Yep.

PJ (47:05):
It was probably fine for the cartoon.
Cause I don't think you cancopyright it that way, but I
think it was not okay for thetoy.

Adam (47:12):
toy itself.
Yeah.

PJ (47:13):
sync, that's why it's Night Stalker for a few episodes and
then flips to Hurricane.
Um,

Adam (47:18):
interesting how out of sync though, that the show was
with the, the corporate entity.

PJ (47:24):
Now I said there were two theories about Night Stalker

Adam (47:28):
Right?

PJ (47:28):
and, this one, let me, let me be very honest.
I recommend people research.
I mean, look, you can, you canfind this very easily on
Wikipedia.
I recommend you not read thisarticle.
Okay.
But the reality is from April of84 to August of 85,

Adam (47:48):
Mm hmm.

PJ (47:48):
was a name named Richard Ramirez, who was a serial killer
and rapist in the LA and SanFrancisco areas who was
nicknamed dah, dah, dah, dah.
The Night Stalker, and it reallybegged the question for me.
Why was either of these toysever named Night Stalker?

Adam (48:05):
Right.

PJ (48:05):
like very clearly like in the time when you're kind of
like formulating a lot of thisstuff, and

Adam (48:11):
It was in the news.
I mean, it was clearly in thenews as they're writing this,
and someone said, Oh, we shouldcall this Night Stalker.

PJ (48:17):
and it wasn't as if they're writing this series in like
Ontario, or maybe they areactually, maybe that is, maybe
that's the issue is like, Idon't know.
But what if, what if they're notwriting this thing in LA?
I Because like, if you're in theLA area, you probably aren't
naming a character, the NightStalker.

Adam (48:34):
No.
Um, something we've established,however, for both of us is that
Hurricane is like one of thebest toys in the entire series.

PJ (48:44):
Easily.
Super great transformation.
everything about it was just acool concept.

Adam (48:50):
yeah.
I love that toy.

PJ (48:51):
terms of just like, if you think about like, what vehicle
do you want to be in, pound forpound, probably tougher than
Rhino.
It's a, a, as cool, if notcooler transformation than
switch blade.
and like, you know, it's a, it'sa literal tank.
I mean, it's a, it's an awesometoy to play with.

Adam (49:07):
It's great.

PJ (49:08):
Does the name Hurricane actually fit this thing?

Adam (49:11):
Yeah, I find that really interesting like there's nothing
hurricane about it it doesn'tswirl around.

PJ (49:16):
I mean, it's a replacement name, but then again, does Night
Stalker?
I mean, the vehicle's paintedneon blue, which would easily
show up at night.

Adam (49:25):
With, with flames, with, you know, true.
Yes.
is what

PJ (49:32):
except that's a DC character.
Juggernaut would be great,except that's a Marvel
character.
Or blue steel.

Adam (49:40):
Hondo wanted to call it.
Cause that's what they call himsometimes.
but anyways, it's a great dayfor everyone.
Hurricane is introduced.
And we cut to the more, youknow, now Scott is cooking for
Matt for himself because no oneelse will for him, but a fork

(50:00):
gets stuck in the garbagedisposal and T Bob goes to reach
his hand in to get it.
But Scott stops him.
The lesson being don't stickyour hand in a garbage disposal.
But if not T Bob, then whoshould be getting the fork?

PJ (50:12):
I mean, I think like, I think a running garbage disposal
is what they meant.
And they were kind of.
like, otherwise, it's like, uh,there's a fork down there.
I was told not to, not to getit, but it's off.
Nope.
Never put your hand in thegarbage disposal.

Adam (50:29):
it's like mom comes home and there's like three spoons
and a fork just sitting there inthe garbage disposal.
Like, why didn't you get theseout?
Well, cause I learned on Maskedthat I'm not supposed to reach
my hand into a garbage disposal.
There might be some other stuffin there too.
I think T Bob and Scott alsoended up down there when I was
playing Masked in the kitchen.

(50:49):
Sorry, mom.

PJ (50:50):
You think Matt would have a chef

Adam (50:53):
Oh, he definitely has one.

PJ (50:55):
just doesn't let him

Adam (50:56):
Yeah.
He has one.

PJ (50:59):
in.
Gloria gets magnificent mealscooked for them all the

Adam (51:03):
Yeah.
Yeah.
Scott's making craft macaroniand cheese.
Well, let's look at the skills.
Uh, Bruce Sato was brought intothe team for his inventive
mechanical skills.
did he use them?
Yeah.
Uh, no, that's a fail.

PJ (51:16):
the gravity gun two miles?
I couldn't think of any otherthing.
Cause like he doesn't uselifter.
He does that cool driving thing,but that wasn't why he was like
brought on board.

Adam (51:27):
No, no,

PJ (51:27):
D minus as far as I'm concerned.

Adam (51:29):
well.
Now Alex Sector is brought onfor his broad based scientific
knowledge.

PJ (51:34):
Uh, well he did come up with the hit the crystal in this spot
thingy.

Adam (51:38):
He did.
That's useful.

PJ (51:40):
yeah, solid B plus

Adam (51:41):
And then Gloria was brought into the team for
driving skills and shark'sweapons may be a value.

PJ (51:48):
this.
I love how like the computer wasthe least certain out of all of
them,

Adam (51:53):
Yeah,

PJ (51:53):
the, without Gloria, the rest of the team would in fact
be dead.

Adam (51:57):
right,

PJ (51:57):
So it's crack shots with both aura and sharks, bola and
driving

Adam (52:04):
Yeah.

PJ (52:05):
the day.
So a plus,

Adam (52:07):
A plus well done.
So looking at our awards here,father of the year.
What do you got?

PJ (52:13):
you know, I it's as always, it's kind of hard because like,
there's a lot of stuff that'soff screen.
Like Scott go to the mansion andjust.

Adam (52:21):
Yeah.

PJ (52:21):
to yourself, but I kind of thought Matt telling Scott to go
back through the woods ofPennsylvania to the crash site
of the train

Adam (52:29):
Yeah.

PJ (52:30):
my father of the year award.

Adam (52:31):
Yeah.
I agree with you a hundredpercent on that.
And just also Scott beingallowed to go off to the mint
and all these other things.
Like once again, there's aterrorist organization at large

PJ (52:42):
Right,

Adam (52:42):
and around Philadelphia, maybe send them home.
So the Slyrax Ragdoll Award.
What do you got?

PJ (52:49):
I kind of thought miles with crashing switchblade again, You
know, Hondo was able to kind oflike get out of his situation,

Adam (52:56):
Mm hmm.

PJ (52:57):
miles comes crashing down and should just be dead.

Adam (53:00):
Yeah, I agree.
I think also T Bob gettingsquashed twice of could be a
ragdoll award though He is notalive as we know so it doesn't
really count so I agree with youin terms of miles there Now the
Buddy Hawks Award.
What do you think?

PJ (53:16):
didn't have one, but I guess it really depends upon what you
said earlier.
If you think that if miles wasbeing racially motivated,

Adam (53:24):
Uh huh.

PJ (53:25):
I thought it was a skills thing, whereas like, I'd try to
kill the most effective maskagent,

Adam (53:30):
Sure.

PJ (53:30):
can, I can understand if you think it's like, actually,
there's some underlying racismthere.
Yeah.

Adam (53:35):
I mean, get one look at Miles.
I think it's, he certainly couldhave some racial bias.
I mean, also look at his team.

PJ (53:42):
it's true, but I will point out we've awarded, we have
awarded far more Buddy Hawksawards to Mask, including to
Hondo himself,

Adam (53:52):
It's true.

PJ (53:52):
to Venom.
Okay, so

Adam (53:54):
Yeah, it's true.

PJ (53:56):
it's like, you know, There's a balance of, uh, that's here
and, uh, that, that's why I'mnot sure

Adam (54:02):
All right.
Well, we'll leave that oneunfilled for this episode.
Roy Batty moment.
Oh my goodness.
So many to choose from.

PJ (54:10):
It's replete with Roy Batty moments.

Adam (54:12):
Yeah.

PJ (54:12):
my pick is when he actually threatened death to people with
nickels and dimes in the mint.
Like

Adam (54:19):
Yeah.

PJ (54:19):
really on point that that was like, okay, well, you just
said you wanted to murderpeople,

Adam (54:24):
Yeah.
your goal has become clear now.

PJ (54:27):
kill.

Adam (54:28):
So what do we think?
Is this a, is this episodePandapoo?

PJ (54:31):
I don't think so.
I mean, it's, uh, we're back tothe, you know, the underutilized
tech trope

Adam (54:36):
so underutilized.

PJ (54:39):
But it is like a really consequential episode.
In fact,

Adam (54:42):
Yeah.

PJ (54:43):
consequential episode to date.

Adam (54:45):
Okay.

PJ (54:45):
in the canon and not us sort of hunting around the edges.
not panda poo.

Adam (54:50):
All right.
Well, that is it for episode 29.
Next up is episode 30.
The Lost Riches of Rio.
Get a load of this.
I love this log line.
Venom steals a worthlesspainting.
We've just ended at that.
That's it.
Cause that's, that is Miles M.
O.
I'm gonna steal this painting.
How much is it worth?

(55:11):
Nothing! But it gets evenbetter.
Venom steals a worthlesspainting, but Mask learns it
really contains a secret map tolost Nazi treasure.
We're back with the Nazis!

PJ (55:24):
So I think it's what's funny.
So I watched this episode

Adam (55:29):
Yeah.

PJ (55:29):
having read the tagline.

Adam (55:31):
Uh huh.

PJ (55:32):
And so I actually went into it, not knowing.
Like what was to come.

Adam (55:36):
Yeah.

PJ (55:37):
in the middle of the episode, I get surprised all of
a sudden, like, whoa, it feelslike a little bit unexpected,
like in the middle of theepisode and it's kind of the
first time, like, again, we'vetalked about like how they kind
of dance around like theseGerman scientists in South
America, the billionaire who's

Adam (55:55):
Mm hmm.

PJ (55:56):
the dinosaur blood.
We had the, who is unfreezingpeople,

Adam (56:01):
Yeah.

PJ (56:02):
it's like straight up on point.
And it's,

Adam (56:04):
Yeah.

PJ (56:05):
interesting because again, it, it's like talks about the
milieu of the time where it waslike, this was like, okay,

Adam (56:11):
Yep.

PJ (56:12):
cartoon and you probably wouldn't expect it today.

Adam (56:14):
Well, I'm looking forward to it.
But for now, this podcast has totransform and head back to HQ.
I am Adam Moore.

PJ (56:21):
And I am PG McNerney.

Adam (56:23):
Buh bye!

PJ (56:25):
Bye bye.
The mobile armored podcast showis written, produced and edited.
Bye Adam Moore.
And PJ McNerney.