September 30, 2024 • 51 mins
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What would you give Matt Trakker and Gloria Baker for a wedding gift? She-Ra's belt? The Eye of Sauron? Maybe dinner at a revolving restaurant or a ride in Thunderhawk? Here's what Miles Mayhem got them -- the worst V.E.N.O.M. plot in the show so far. (Hint: it involves vacuuming money.) That, plus Scott and T-Bob are abandoned once again! Time for another Mobile Armored Podcast Show!
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squadcaster-0780_1_09-2 (00:12):
welcome to the mobile armored podcast
show.
The podcast that transforms intoa slot machine.
My name is Matt McClure,alongside my co host and best
friend and recent visitor of LasVegas.
PJ McNerdy.
How's it going, buddy?
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (00:28):
I'm doing well.
I thought it was reallyimportant to get some on the
scene on location research done.
I also had a metaphysicalconference there at the same
time, so that worked out well.
I will have comments about someof Matt's decisions.
Some of which will be leavenedby what I actually saw at Vegas,
in terms of families beingthere.
(00:50):
And some of which won't be, interms of other stuff I saw
there, so But there's othertopics we'll be getting into
here, which are gonna be a lotof fun, and I'm very excited
about.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-2 (01:00):
It's a great episode.
Everyone PJ and I were talkingabout this episode and I told
him that this is the episode.
We've been waiting for in termsof the Matt and Gloria
relationship.
If we want to go back to thesubmarine episode where marriage
is mentioned to the Mardi Grasepisode where there's perhaps a
(01:23):
bachelor party.
This episode pays it all off.
And so I'm very excited to divein.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (01:30):
to be sure all the venom stuff's
garbage.
Like ve venom is actually thevery worst part of this episode
and really, gets in the way ofthe main event, which is the
Matt Glory relationship.
In fact, I'm gonna argue lateron that Venom's only job is to
help showcase how bad a fatherMatt is
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27- (01:50):
Yeah, look, I think all we have to
really say about Venom is theyhave a device that makes things
go haywire and then they vacuumup money from casinos and
eventually threaten the HooverDam.
That's really About it.
We're going to spend 99 percentof the podcast talking about
everything else.
So it's episode 24 of maskcounter clockwise caper venom
(02:16):
conducts heists of Las Vegascasinos.
So we open on Las Vegas or atleast the mask animators version
of Las Vegas, but there's rockand roll music and traffic and
footsteps.
And uh, we find Matt.
Scott, T Bob, and Gloria,looking very much the perfect
(02:37):
family as they walk down theVegas strip.
Scott's never seen so manylights before.
And Gloria is wearing a reallynice dress.
And if you look closely, Thebelt she's wearing belongs to
She Ra from the Masters of theUniverse franchise.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (02:54):
100 percent Gloria's dress is, it's
a really nice dress.
We should really call this out.
It's not what you see a lot offolks wear in Vegas.
Like it's just a nice dress.
It's actually pretty formal forthe occasion in many ways.
Unless there is an occasion thatcalls for formality.
(03:15):
Adam, what are the activitiesone does in Las Vegas?
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27 (03:21):
three.
I can think of gambling,drinking those.
Big, huge, like yard sizedcocktails that you can buy and
walk on the strip.
Seeing shows?
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (03:33):
I mean, They couldn't, it was the
eighties.
So Celine Dion wouldn't beplaying, but maybe like an Elton
John show or something like
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-2 (03:39):
it'd be like, it'd be like Wayne
Newton
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (03:41):
Wayne Newton.
Wayne Newton.
Yeah.
Mel Torme maybe as
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27- (03:45):
Yeah, there you go.
That's
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (03:46):
what else can you think about?
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27- (03:48):
well, I
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (03:50):
a drive thru?
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-2024 (03:51):
I have heard of people getting
married in Vegas.
At a drive thru chapel.
pj_1_09-27-2024_14584 (03:57):
Performed by whom?
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-202 (03:59):
An Elvis impersonator?
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (04:00):
Yes.
Okay, so we should baselinethis.
Do you think getting married inVegas by an Elvis impersonator
is what Matt would have wanted?
squadcaster-0780_1_0 (04:10):
Absolutely not.
A billionaire does not want toget married by an Elvis
impersonator.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (04:15):
But is getting married in Vegas the
kind of thing that Gloria wouldhave wanted?
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-2024 (04:21):
I think so.
What do you think?
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (04:22):
I think she's in it for the thrill,
she's said as much.
Like 100 percent like, drivingup in Teahawk, she would be
driving and to be sure she's theone that said, yes.
Okay.
Like now we take it back.
She's the one that finally saidyes.
that's been asking forever.
And now she's like, okay.
Under these conditions.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-202 (04:42):
It has to be Vegas.
It has to be by an Elvisimpersonator.
And I get to drive T Hawk.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (04:48):
Exactly.
Now, I understand that this ispretty flimsy evidence just that
she's wearing a nice dress, andthat he's wearing his standard
blue suit, and that they'relooking at each other lovingly.
I will present other, albeitCircumstantial, but conclusive
evidence later in the episodethat they in fact got married.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-202 (05:08):
My question before we go on, is
this post marriage, premarriage?
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (05:14):
I think this is all post marriage.
I think they just got marriedcause like Scott and T Bob are
there.
And now they're just going offto have some fun.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-20 (05:24):
I'm sure glad Scott dressed up for
the wedding.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (05:26):
look, man he, he's lucky he has
clothes.
Okay.
I
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27- (05:33):
Well, Okay, so we're going to continue
to track this throughout theepisode.
But uh, it's really been whatyou've all been waiting for,
folks, so buckle up.
So we go inside the casino andthere's all sorts of gambling
going on.
Somehow, Scott and T Bob areallowed to just walk the casino
floor.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (05:47):
Kids can walk in the casinos, as long as
they're not playing one of them.
And they're kind of like as longas they're continuing to walk
forward.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-202 (05:55):
As long as they continue to walk
forward.
I love that.
Hey, daddy's going to put somecash in the slots here.
I want you to walk forward, butreally slowly so that you're
always in my line of sight.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (06:07):
Scott, I want you to count cards for me,
and I want you to give a signallike this if someone's got a
better hand at blackjack thanme.
Now uh, Dewars and water.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27 (06:19):
Gloria says to her newly betrothed I
can't believe it, Matt Tracker,actually on vacation.
He brings Gloria on vacationwith him, was my initial
question, but we can divedeeper.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (06:32):
Yeah, I'm sure that Matt's bringing
Gloria the woman he's had like,clear romantic feelings for as a
strictly platonic friend, andnot because he, you know, is in
a relationship with her and justgot married to her on this trip.
So no, yeah, of course,
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-2 (06:46):
With his child, and
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (06:47):
with this.
Child and robot, um, Also ifwe're to believe all of that,
are we also to believe that Mattvacations regularly in Las
Vegas?
it's his choice, is this thedestination he picked and it's
not because Gloria wanted to getmarried in Las Vegas?
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-20 (07:05):
No, No, he goes to like the Maldives
or something like that.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (07:08):
Yeah, he'd go to Monte Carlo or
something like that if he wantsto gamble.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-202 (07:12):
so this is what I feel that Matt is
a billionaire We don't well, weknow where the money comes from
We don't know if he's a selfmade billionaire or he somehow
inherited it or whatever, buthe's a billionaire but Gloria
She's clearly the small towngirl.
she grew up Around stock carraces and monster truck rallies
and when she was, 14, she hoppedinto her first stock car.
And did some dirt road racingand that sort of thing.
(07:34):
And, if you look at the two ofthem, that's clearly what's
going on here.
And I think it's great.
I'm glad they found each other.
But that's definitely showsdifferent, we'll say, origin
stories of these characters.
Like for her, a vacation inVegas, getting married in Vegas.
That's cool because half of herfriends probably did it when
they were 16 and pregnant.
(07:55):
I'm sorry, did I just get,
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (07:57):
We just got canceled.
It's okay.
Let's roll with it, man.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-20 (08:01):
did I get a Buddy Hawks nomination?
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (08:03):
Well, Certainly for the misogyny one.
So congratulations,
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-20 (08:08):
uh, Maybe I'll cut it out.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (08:09):
But Gloria lives.
I think that's the thing islike, you know, Matt, we keep
seeing in his suits.
We keep seeing he's, you know,really buttoned up and he has
had to hold himself back hisentire life with Gloria.
Like she's like, Hey, look, I'mgoing to live on the edge here.
Like she's, She's been blown upwhen Condor crashed into her and
(08:30):
her comment afterwards.
I'm fucking sorry.
I missed all the fun.
That was literally the quotefrom the episode, she's excited
by this stuff.
She's excited to fight
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-20 (08:40):
No, she is.
Gloria's the woman who, she andMatt would sit at a bar and
she'd start lining up shots andsay, the first one who passes
out pays.
That's her.
And she drinks Matt under thetable.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (08:52):
I mean, She's Marion from Raiders of the
Lost Ark.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-2024 (08:55):
a hundred percent.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (08:56):
she lives on the edge, and she's her
own.
She's a self possessed womanwho's very like, confident in
herself, and, she challengesMatt, frankly, because Matt is
used to like, things being verylike, Stayed.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-20 (09:09):
Ah, I love these two.
I'm happy they found each other.
Well, Back to the episode uh, TBob asks, so what are we
supposed to do here?
They don't let kids or robotsgamble.
And Matt says, that's why we'reat the carnival, carnival
casino.
They have a section for kidsupstairs.
And that's when.
A drunk comes stumbling up to TBob and he says, Hot dog, never
(09:33):
seen one like this before.
And he shoves money into T Bob'sface for the second episode in a
row.
T Bob's getting coins shovedinto him.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (09:44):
Which is like, what is this like joke
that they're trying to continue?
And T Bubs fucking pissed thistime.
Like last time he couldn't getpissed.
Cause it was a little girl.
And this time it's like, who thefuck do you think you are?
Like he was right.
This is his Roy Batty moment forme in the episode.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27- (10:00):
Yeah.
And this, I just love theportrayal of this.
Guy, he's drunk and it's notsomething that you see in kids
shows these days.
And, my theory is that this is aprojection of the writer of the
episode, because I just want topoint out that in the eighties
movies were still where you wantit to be a writer.
writing for TV now is at the.
(10:20):
The same level as being afeature writer.
It is held in high regard backin the eighties.
It really wasn't, you can stillmake a ton of money in TV.
Don't get me wrong, but therewasn't a lot of crossover
between film and TV writing forcartoons in the eighties was far
below being a TV writer, whichwasn't well regarded anyways.
So I feel that Mr.
Drunkie here is a.
(10:42):
Projection of how the writerfeels, writing episode 24 of
Mask.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (10:47):
The writer traveled from LA to Vegas
to do research And instead oflike T Bob, it was like a
garbage can because he like wasso like sauced up it off his
rocker.
It's like, Oh, I'll write thisas a gag for T Bob,
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-2 (11:02):
well It turns out that Carnival,
Carnival Casino does have asection for kids.
It has an indoor rollercoasterand everything.
But T Bob's like, real down onthe, Roller coaster.
He's like, looks more like aworm on wheels.
And the whole time they'replaying this gag that he just
thinks it's so lame.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (11:18):
he really shits on this thing when
he's on it.
Like, It's like, I do everythingto ruin this for Scott.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27- (11:26):
know.
And then suddenly.
The rollercoaster starts goingbackwards, and like, everyone is
freaking out.
Including T Bob, who goeshaywire and starts speaking
either backwards or in tongues.
I wasn't sure what was going on.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (11:40):
I'm pretty sure it was tongues, man.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-202 (11:42):
As it turns out, all over the
casino, things are goinghaywire.
Slot machines start emptyingcoins.
Matt has to save Gloria from aspinning wheel of chance.
Which becomes a wheel of deathand Scott is stuck on T Bob
who's like driving out ofcontrol.
Matt throws this huge stuffedpanda toy in front of them and
rescues Scott.
And then uh, everything goesback to normal.
(12:03):
And Matt says, Maybe I ought tolook into this.
And Gloria says, There goes thevacation.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (12:10):
Yeah.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27- (12:11):
likes this stuff.
Wouldn't this have been a realhigh point for her?
Like, Not only did they getmarried by Elvis, but she almost
got crushed by a spinning wheelof death.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (12:20):
I mean, it's exciting.
but she was trying to dictatethe terms of this vacation,
right?
And now it's being taken out ofher control.
So I said, all right, fine.
Let's go do this other thing.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-202 (12:31):
We cut to Venom, and Vanessa walks
in wearing her finest Vegaswear, which is actually more
appropriate for a funeral.
it's like a black cocktaildress, but she's got like the
sleeve length gloves.
She's got the pearls, but it's,what do you think?
Is it a funeral?
Is it for party time?
What is it?
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (12:48):
this is definitely much more formal.
Like you'd expect this at likean almost an award show.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-2 (12:53):
Yes, that's the way to put it.
She was dressed like she wasgoing to an award show.
she comes in and says, thisreverser machine worked just
like you said.
And Miles says, perfect.
This will be the greatestrobbery of all time.
The counter clockwise caper.
I love it when they say theepisode title in dialogue.
(13:13):
It's just the best.
And then he laughs, and he looksup at this big, scary looking
machine,
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (13:23):
the machine looked like a robot with
the eye of Sauron
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-20 (13:27):
I'm gonna have you say that again
because any geek worth theirsalt knows it's Sauron.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (13:32):
Oh, I'm so sorry.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-20 (13:34):
The Eye of Sauron.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (13:36):
looks like a robot with the eye of and
a gold necklace.
Is that enough rolling of the Rsfor you?
squadcaster-0780_1_09-2 (13:44):
Indeed.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (13:45):
I was trying to appeal to the people,
but I guess we should know.
We should know who our peopleare.
Uh,
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27 (13:51):
Please continue.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (13:52):
Miles really never fails to disappoint
with the flare for the dramaticby like needing to name it.
And I have to ask you aquestion, Adam, and this is in
universe.
Did Miles come up with the namefirst and then have his
scientists figure out themachine?
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-2024 (14:08):
I honestly don't know because I
struggled for a long time toreally figure out what the point
of reversing everything was.
Until later on I realized like,Oh, the slot machines are
spitting out coins and theyvacuum up the coins.
It just seems there's easierways to steal from a Vegas
casino.
So I kind of wonder if it's justhis R& D team said, Hey, we've
developed a way to make all nonorganic things go in reverse.
(14:31):
It's like, cool.
I'll use it.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (14:33):
Let's do a sinus science corner check on
this though.
So they have a sheet that takesthings in reverse.
All right.
I'll take what I know of as thesimplest example, which is an
electric car, right?
And so if I run the current inone direction, it goes forward.
Okay.
If I reverse it, it goes inreverse.
Okay, fine.
And, but that's actually not howmost things like you can't
(14:55):
actually do that at theelectrical source.
It's not like I can just likereverse everything because input
electricity into a devicetypically has what's known as
like a rectifier circuit so thatway, you know, you'll have plugs
that are.
You have one side that's big andone side that's small.
I mean, You have other plugsthat are basically the same
size.
So you can flip them.
And when that you can flip them,it means that there's a
(15:17):
rectifier circuit.
So it just can handle eitherdirection.
This is just bizarre in terms ofjust straight up.
I mean, The lights aren'taffected and maybe that's fine
because you're just running thecurrent reverse, but let's say
that it does work, man.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-202 (15:31):
Mm hmm.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (15:34):
In Las Vegas?
Did anyone consider this?
It's where it's like, they justlost like all of their patients
that are on critical care.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-202 (15:43):
Oh Completely All the ventilators
started sucking
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (15:47):
it started sucking oxygen out.
so inadvertently or maybe onpurpose and it's never spoken of
venom, just murdered a wholeslew of
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-2 (15:56):
Tens of thousands are dead.
But meanwhile, Madden Gloria,that's what we're
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (16:01):
Okay.
Hmm.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-202 (16:02):
We cut to Lake Mead, where Matt is
abandoning his son while he goesoff to solve the mystery.
They're like on a houseboat thatI guess Matt owns on Lake Mead,
and Matt takes off inThunderhawk, and Scott runs into
the road and screams, Wait, Dad!As if his father is gonna
listen.
But he's long stopped payingattention to his son's cries.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (16:25):
This shot of him like, like, it's
clearly like, why are youabandoning me, dad?
Like I came out for your weddingand now you're just going to
ditch me.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27- (16:34):
Scott got brought out for the wedding.
Now he's being shoved on ahouseboat with his robot.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (16:39):
So let me ask you this.
So Adam, it was okay lastepisode for Matt to abandon
Scott and what might've been aPotemkin village.
But now it's like, no, I don'twant you inside of Vegas at a
hotel.
Even I'm going to put you in themiddle of a lake alone with your
robot.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-2 (16:57):
It's not okay.
It's, again, a clear nominee forFather of the Year.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (17:02):
Yeah.
hundred percent.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-2 (17:03):
This is not okay.
Call children's services.
well, Off Matt goes back at thehotel, Matt is in the revolving
restaurant, looking through thebinoculars and Gloria comes in
and says, you really don't haveto look that far to find a good
looking woman.
And Matt.
Yeah, Matt kind of gives a quietchuckle and then moves on.
Did you find out anything?
It turns out every casinosuffered the same issues last
(17:27):
night.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (17:27):
Okay.
Here's a question that justoccurred to me.
So we don't have the internet85,
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27 (17:34):
right?
Yeah.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (17:35):
So how would Gloria know that every
casino suffered unless she wentto every casino,
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27 (17:42):
that's exactly she took a shot at every
bar and every casino.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (17:45):
Notably, she doesn't ask about Scott at
all.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-2 (17:49):
Where's Scott and T Bob?
Who?
Come on, baby.
This is about me and you.
Here's an interesting beat.
Matt tells her to takeThunderhawk and go search the
streets while he stays at therestaurant.
So first of all, Gloria'sresponse to that is, Oh,
separate vacations now?
Marvelous.
And Matt gives the weirdestlook.
(18:11):
He he looks at her and thensmiles smugly while closing his
eyes.
How would you describe hisreaction?
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (18:18):
I was weirded out by this reaction.
Cause like okay, let's assumefor a second it's platonic.
It's a shitty thing to do.
I was wondering, is this somesort of code they have between
them?
I don't know.
That, and he like smiles thisway, just like they're playing
their game.
Now notably Gloria's line firmlyindicates they were having a
vacation together.
(18:39):
So that's indisputable, but I'mgoing to lay down my trump card
for how I know that Matt marriedGloria.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27- (18:47):
Okay.
Let's hear it.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (18:48):
Adam, what does Matt love more than
anything in the world?
More than his own son?
What does he never abandonanywhere?
What does he always take withhim?
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-202 (18:58):
No matter where he goes,
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (19:00):
No matter where he goes, no matter
what country, what can beassured will be shipped or flown
there?
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-202 (19:06):
it is.
A Chevy Camaro IROC C withgullwing doors that somehow
impossibly allow it to fly.
It is Thunderhawk.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (19:17):
he loves more than anything.
Again, more than his own son.
He will take off in the desertwith Thunderhawk and leave his
son there.
So he, Has now said, Gloria, Iwant you to drive Thunderhawk.
That is it, man.
That's all you need to know thatMatt and Gloria are hitched.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-2 (19:38):
It's true love.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (19:39):
It's true love.
Gloria is also a much betterdriver than him.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-20 (19:42):
Way better driver.
Cause she drives it a thingbackwards.
Like A pro through, like carsall over the place.
Like it's like a wasteland.
It's like a walking dead time.
And she's just swerving betweencars and things like that
backwards.
Yeah.
It's a real delight to see herdrive Thunderhawk
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (19:58):
Yeah,
squadcaster-0780_1_09- (19:59):
probably is for Matt too, to see her
drive Thunderhawk.
Let's be honest.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (20:01):
it is.
He's checking her out in thebinoculars.
That's what he's going to bedoing.
He's like, Oh yeah, driveThunderhawk hard, Gloria.
I have taken this podcast to newdisturbing levels, sir.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27- (20:15):
We're going to get a, some sort of a
message from Apple.
I'm sure.
Um, well Back at Lake Mead,Scott is equipping T Bob with
water skis and a paddle for atire to kind of like, you know,
make his own makeshift jet ski.
And amazingly turns out itworks.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (20:31):
I'm just really glad that Scott's
learning how to entertainhimself alone in the water by
rigging up water skis on hisrobot that has questionable
flotation ability.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-2 (20:45):
Yeah
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (20:45):
I'm sure nothing will come out of this of
just like, a kid in the middleof a lake and doing all of this
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-2 (20:52):
well But anyways, that's what Scott
and T Bob are up to.
Back at the hotel Matt checks inwith Gloria over the radio And
she says, are you as bored as Iam?
And he says, let's get back tovacationing.
Come pick me up.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (21:05):
What does that mean when he says,
come pick me up?
Like what's, on?
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27- (21:13):
he'll be sitting at the bar with a
pink rose on his lapel.
She'll walk in, in a silverdress.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (21:21):
I
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-202 (21:26):
So they're about to play a little
game of pick me up.
But now we're finally withVenom.
They exit their hideout and theyenter the city, but while Gloria
is driving around she spots themand she says mask on and somehow
her mask aura is attached toThunderhawk.
It's so that's reallyinteresting.
(21:47):
Not only is she Is her maskattached to the invisible hands
that deliver masks while inThunderhawk, it's on the
driver's side.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (21:55):
Know, yes, Gloria loaded her mask into
Thunderhawk so what, again,folks, what more proof do you
need?
We know how much Matt likesusing Spectrum this is like him
saying, you know what, yes.
Let's do this.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-2 (22:10):
Yeah it's beautiful, everyone.
It really is.
It is what we've been waitingfor.
Matt spots Switchblade in theair and it's on.
Glory is driving around inThunderhawk and Matt is gonna do
something, I would assume,eventually, when she gets there.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (22:27):
Maybe.
I Really want to focus in onlike, Gloria is driving around
like a boss.
driving backwards at thosespeeds, her head's like out the
window.
She is fucking gunning it.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-2 (22:41):
with a mask on by the way
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (22:42):
With a mascot, with Aura on, so I mean,
she should be doing this all thetime and clearly Matt wants her
to be doing this all the time,that's why they got married, eh?
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-20 (22:51):
You don't need shark anymore, baby
you got the Well, look slyactivates the reverser at full
power and now the whole entirecity starts moving backwards and
I would Presume all the lifesupport systems at the hospital,
as you pointed out.
So everyone's dead but now itstarts moving like really fast.
And remember that Matt is in therotating restaurant.
So that thing starts rotatinglike crazy.
(23:13):
And the centripetal force isstarting to throw people out the
windows of this restaurant.
As you pointed out, Thunderhawkalso going backwards, but Gloria
is, is crushing it.
Now Matt has to save an old man.
Like you do when a rotatingrestaurant goes at full speed
and threatens to throw peopleout.
So he saves them, but then Mattcrashes through the window and
(23:34):
it's holding onto a curtain fordear life.
And I will say they did goodwith ratcheting up the tension.
Cause not only is Matt hangingfor dear life, but he's got no
mask on, he's got noThunderhawk.
And then of course, the curtainstarts ripping, which is exactly
what you should do.
So it rips off.
He goes flying to his death.
Matt's dead.
Gloria's a widow.
(23:55):
It's awful.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (23:56):
She inherits all the billions.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27 (23:58):
That's right, and she becomes the
leader of masks.
We'll see you next week.
Just kidding.
Gloria shows up at the lastminute, uses Aura to great
effect to save his life by kindof cushioning his fall.
Which is a very nice use.
of a mask power.
So one point to you, MaskedWriter.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (24:18):
Yeah, Gloria like, you know, not only
hauls ass getting back to therestaurant, but saves Matt.
What's Gloria gonna ask for?
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-2024 (24:27):
I don't think I'm allowed to say
on this
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (24:29):
We complained about like, I think
it was last episode where forwant of a bobby pin, she said,
we have to go to the beautyshop.
So there's clearly thismagnification that happens for
Gloria.
It's like, Hey, you owe me like,Big time now.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-2 (24:45):
what does Matt give Gloria?
What does a billionaire giveGloria?
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (24:49):
we'll see.
Also I did think it was fun howwhen Gloria is saving Matt, she
actually puts him into thefountain as opposed to like,
letting him be on the ground,like just throws him into the
drink, which I think it wasn'tnecessary, but it was her having
a little bit of fun.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-20 (25:05):
No, living on the edge.
Well, Look, as we know,everything's gone haywire, and
now Venom rolls out its plan.
They are literally, people,vacuuming up all the spilled
change from the casinos, butlike, in front of everybody.
And uh, like, the entire town'spolice force is paralyzed.
And it's just like Wait, what?
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (25:27):
Yeah.
we have, We have shit on Venomin the past for becoming
contractors where they're like,you know, a million or 2 million
a pop to like destroy buildings.
And we're like, we thought thatwas slumming it.
They have reached a new low herebecause they even comment on the
vacuum's power for how powerfulthe vacuum is it's like, guys,
(25:50):
you stole the statue of Liberty.
Maybe.
Maybe.
Can you have some self respect?
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-2 (25:54):
Yeah It's sad.
That's why we said at thebeginning of the episode, you
could just really not even talkabout Venom in this episode and
it would be just fine.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (26:02):
Yeah.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-2 (26:03):
But, looks like Venom's won this
time.
this is the midpoint break inthe episode.
So what's gonna happen PJ?
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (26:13):
Matt and Gloria are gonna go off and
Matt's gonna pay back whateverhe owes Gloria for saving his
life.
Scott's going to drown, and uh,Venom has a lot to think about
in terms of their life choices.
So, I, I don't know.
How about that?
I don't know what's going tohappen!
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27- (26:33):
We'll find out after these messages.
Mask will be right back, and sowill Venom.
Now back to math.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-202 (26:40):
We are back, when we left you,
Venom, the most dangerous andcunning international terrorist
organization of all time.
Was,
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (26:51):
You can't even say it!
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-20 (26:53):
was vacuuming change from The floor
of a casino?
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (27:00):
only way worse Venom could go, and I
could see Miles in his fullsuit, at the beach with a metal
detector, looking for sparechange, cause it's really how
far they've fallen.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-2 (27:12):
It's true.
It's it, I'm crying.
It's so incredibly true.
I have felt bad for Venom in thepast, but this is just pathetic.
Why is everyone in the casinolike passed out?
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (27:23):
I had no idea! unless Vanessa whipped all
of them and just smashed themagainst like, or they were hit
with all the chains and thenpassed out.
I don't know did they gas eachcasino?
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-2 (27:36):
That doesn't make any
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (27:37):
In which case, why do you need the
reverser machine?
Just gas the casinos like one ata time and just take all the
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27- (27:44):
Well, the first time we saw it back at
the beginning of the episode,people were very conscious
because they were scraping upthe change off the
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (27:49):
Yeah,
squadcaster-0780_1_09- (27:50):
Anyways.
Venom leaves the casino, andMatt and Gloria catch up to
them.
Vanessa fires Whip, but Spectrumbeats it with one of those kind
of Harry Potter Voldemort thingsof their two powers meeting in
the middle, which Matt actuallydoes quite a bit.
Especially with Vanessa.
Something to dig into in anotherepisode.
So instead, Vanessa tries to runthem over in Manta, which is
(28:13):
great.
I think it's just fantastic.
She tries a couple times too,but doesn't quite stick.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (28:17):
Yeah, okay, I do want to, I want to
pause on this because this isthe first time we've confirmed.
Because Matt's in full uniformat this point in time.
Okay, and we knew Gloria hadaura because it was stuffed into
T So now we know that Matt andGloria both brought their masks
and uniforms on vacation.
Now, if they're on vacation, andthey, Matt wants to avoid
(28:38):
mysteries and capers, then whatother uses would they have for
their masks and uniforms?
Ha
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27- (28:46):
Well, We're going to take this
opportunity to introduce our newpodcast, Mobile Armored Strike
Command After Hours, where we'llexplore all the things Matt and
Gloria do with their masks.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (29:01):
Dow bow, wow,
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-20 (29:02):
Um, Matt says it's no use.
Got to call the team.
Okay.
I'll just say that the episodewould have been just fine.
If it was Matt and Gloriaagainst the world,
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (29:11):
Yeah, it really would have been.
Actually, it would have been alot of fun.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-2 (29:15):
It's also really late in the episode.
So we're past the midpoint.
It's the first time that Matt'scalling on the team.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (29:20):
Yeah, let's point out a couple things
it is late night in Vegas.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-202 (29:24):
It is.
And that will come up in amoment.
So he actually used the spectrumhelmet to contact the mass
computer for the first time.
He doesn't need the laptop.
He doesn't need Thunderhawk.
He just uses his mask.
And so the team members areBruce Sato.
It's the middle of the night,mind you, in Boulder.
He's just in his robe, drinkingtea and reading.
And he gets the call, and hejust gets up.
(29:45):
And I was wondering, is he goingto change
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (29:48):
He's free balling this one.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-20 (29:50):
our second agent is Dusty.
And now when the call comes in,he is fast asleep.
So Does he go to sleep reallyearly?
Cause he has to wake up early tomake the pizzas.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (29:59):
Even pizza folks need to sleep,
especially the ones that run outon their jobs on a regular
basis.
But since Las Vegas is onPacific time and Denver's on
mountain time, like I figureit's what 10, 11 PM like, you
know, in Vegas.
So it's going to be like 11 or12.
Most people are asleep by then.
Not Bruce.
(30:19):
Bruce likes to read.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27- (30:21):
Bruce doesn't sleep.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (30:22):
We know from earlier episodes that Matt
provides lots of caffeine anduppers so that people can work
through the night.
So
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27- (30:29):
True.
If you all remember, it was AlexSector, and Buddy Hawks who
stayed up all night Fixing thecolonic disruptors.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (30:35):
that's right.
That is right.
The whole team, they stay uplate.
squadcaster-0780_1_09- (30:41):
Fighting crime.
Notably Gloria is not uh, is notselected.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (30:45):
Yeah, I thought that was bizarre of the
computer.
I mean, it's, It's fine.
I mean, No sort of like thumbsup or like, you know, anything
fun, a wink there, that wouldhave been nice.
But I mean, she just saved thattwice.
So she's like, I'm fucking doingthis, Matt.
You're going to die without me.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-202 (31:00):
Or the computer is like, didn't
even bother.
yeah, Baker, blah, blah, blah,blah.
Your new wife.
computer's super jealous.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (31:07):
Like totally jealous.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27 (31:08):
Matt's like, I'm sorry, computer.
And what about Gloria?
Oh, Gloria?
What about Gloria?
meh.
You figured out Matt.
Connection disabled.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (31:18):
I was second fiddle behind T Hawk
before I knew I was ahead ofScott cause most people are, but
now I got to contend withGloria.
Did you, okay, here's what Inoted about the team.
It's a small team, but did younotice this is like Matt's
vacation crew?
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27 (31:32):
that's right.
Yeah.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (31:36):
We've had Gloria, Dusty, and Matt
together in Panama.
And now we have Gloria and Matthere.
It's almost like the computer'slike, who are the agents best
suited for Matt's vacationing?
And it's, Dusty will be able tomake pizzas for them afterwards.
So like, that'll be fun.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27- (31:54):
Well, Look back to Scott and T Bob,
it's the morning.
So they have spent a full dayand a night.
And are still alone.
And for some reason, T Bob'swaking Scott up early.
And Scott's really, like,dragging ass.
Almost like he got into hisdad's liquor cabinet last night.
He's not in a good mood at all.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (32:14):
Whatever alarm Alex has put into T Bob,
like it's fucked up.
Like most things we've seen.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27- (32:21):
Well, Suddenly, Manta buzzes the boat.
And it turns out there's nostrategic purpose whatsoever.
She was just being mean.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (32:29):
I'll say that Vanessa may be the most
capable, no, she is the mostcapable Venom agent, but she can
sure be a dick sometimes like,that was just like, she's just
sadistic and she enjoys it,
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-2 (32:40):
does she know it's Scott and T Bob on
the boat or is it just a randoboat?
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (32:43):
I think it's a random, but I think she
buzzed every boat.
I think she might've been lateto the party because she was
just buzzing every boat early inthe morning
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-20 (32:51):
Um, well It is the morning and Matt
and Gloria meet up with Bruceand Dusty.
So we do have to remember thatmany hours have passed since the
initial call and when they'reshowing up.
I mean it's not, That farflight, right?
What is it?
Hour and a half from
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (33:04):
two hour flight.
So roughly, yeah, about, aboutthat.
So I thought about this.
it's either they took the jet.
And got some shut eye and ittook them a while to get there.
Or Matt made them drive throughthe night because it's only
about 11 hours away.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27- (33:19):
makes sense.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (33:20):
I don't want to uh, waste the fuel in
the jet.
So can you guys just drive downhere?
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27- (33:25):
Well, Unfortunately the jets in Vegas,
cause that's how he got there.
Cause they had to bringThunderhawk.
They're like, Hey, can you sendthe jet?
He's like, nah, there's somestuff on there that I can't
exactly.
Uh, Nevermind.
I can't talk about it, but just,just
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (33:36):
just drive down.
Just drive down.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-20 (33:38):
the team is meeting and Matt he has
a computer estimate of Venom'sescape route.
He says, looks like they'reheaded South.
How in the world did thecomputer estimate that?
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (33:49):
maybe they were like picking up on
satellites like that, a largeamount of coinage because they,
they picked up a lot of coinswhich maybe it was like actual
money back in the eighties, butlike a lot of times, like you'd
have like.
tokens or chips, which are onlyredeemable at that casino.
So it's what are you detectinghere?
Like, I just like detecting anyrandom gas tanker.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27- (34:12):
yeah, and again, I want to point out
Venom's plan is to drive awayWith basically what you said, a
gas tanker filled with coinsthey're driving around in
Scrooge McDuck's money bin Isbasically what's going on here.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (34:27):
All right.
Let's let us pretend for amoment.
That Venom gets away with it.
And because Matt and Gloriatruly wanted to go back to their
vacation.
Can you imagine the shitty jobfor a Venom henchman?
Who has to go through and putall these coins into rolls?
Like we can't just show up abank with this random amount.
It's like, Miles is like, goahead and put them all into
(34:48):
these, these coin rolls now.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-2 (34:51):
There's a whole portion of our audience
that loves we reference that andanother portion who has no idea
what we're talking about
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (34:55):
It's true.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-20 (34:56):
But all in how much could they have
actually stolen half a mil?
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (35:01):
Maybe.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27- (35:02):
Maybe a million maybe I mean they
can't possibly have stolen thatmuch.
It's just a waste of
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (35:08):
Let's, let,
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-202 (35:09):
So Matt and Bruce they're going to
switch up vehicles.
Bruce is going to take a shotgunwith Matt in Thunderhawk.
Gloria is probably a littlepeeved by that, but.
Nonetheless, they uh, they takeoff.
They're getting very good at theThunderhawk takeoff animations.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (35:25):
It's a beautiful shot.
It's a great shot of it takenoff.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27- (35:28):
Yeah, actually it reminds me yet again
of a Veritech taking off ordoing a quick turn.
It's really got that kind ofexplosiveness so, they're,
they're getting better.
Meanwhile, Venom shows up atHoover Dam.
And Vanessa picks up a guy witha whip says, I want you to tell
everyone who works here to getoff the dam.
It's going to get very dangerousin a few minutes.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (35:49):
has this guy up in the air.
Like pretty significantly and mythought was either there's an
anti grav unit on whip like mostof these things or her neck
muscles are amazing.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-2 (36:01):
it's got the lifter problem, right?
That if she actually has tocarry the weight of the whole
thing, it's got to be anti grav.
And I would back that up withthe fact that Rhino has anti
grav cannon.
So that technology is around themask Venom world.
So
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (36:14):
Yep.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27- (36:14):
Well, Scott And T Bob hop in a little
dinghy and decide to head outand see what's going on at the
dam.
Because, why not?
They got nothing else to do.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (36:24):
I really don't have anything else to do.
This is before the internet heprobably has everything.
He's probably got Coleco vision.
He's probably got Atari.
He's probably got, it's 85.
He might, he probably has aNintendo.
He probably has a Famicom atthat point in time, but he's
played every single one of thosegames and now he's bored.
he's going to risk his lifegoing into the water
squadcaster-0780_1_09- (36:44):
Anyways, back to Venom.
They turn on the reverser And wefound out the plan is that the
turbines will go haywire, likethey'll go in reverse and
they'll cause the entire dam tolike tear itself apart.
And Miles explains that it willbe the biggest disaster in
history, arguable.
and that Mass will have to tryto stop this disaster, which
(37:05):
will allow Venom to escape.
Which makes me wonder, whyaren't they just escaping now?
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (37:12):
This is why I like, like venom is so
disposable.
This whole episode, like bottombasement, like plan bottom
basement thinking like miles.
What's up, man.
Are you okay?
Do you need to rest for a littlebit?
Because what is happening?
And then.
You notice how fucking huge thatrobot
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-2 (37:30):
It's gigantic.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (37:31):
like, why are they just abandoning it?
Let's say it costs like 10million to make.
if they've only made a way witha million bucks, Then they've
abandoned this like incrediblepiece of technology.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-2024 (37:40):
I mean, Look, Miles has got a lot
of capers to come up with.
He's got to come up with atleast 65 for season one.
That's a lot.
They're not
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (37:47):
Mm.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-20 (37:48):
The machine is doing its thing.
Cliff uses torch to seal thedoor shut so no one can get into
the uh, the turbine room wherethe reverser is.
And as soon as that thing isactivated, Scott and T Bob are
in trouble because now there'swater pumping towards them from
the dam.
And even the engine of the boatis going haywire.
And T Bob is speaking intongues.
(38:08):
Once again, and I personallythink that Scott has no one to
blame but himself And I guesshis father also for abandoning
him
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (38:17):
Yeah.
I was like firmly in the camp ofjust blaming Matt for this cause
he's so fucking bored.
He doesn't know what else to do.
and we've seen him have, moreagency than a 10 or 11 year old
should have.
And this is like, well beyondlike, you know, even sort of
eighties to nineties latchkeykids like this is like clearly
(38:38):
go be left to your own devicesand figure stuff out.
Like I, Matt is like, come on,this is, this is a repeated
pattern.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-2024 (38:45):
I mean he's father of the year for
a reason well, the boat tipsover Scott and T Bob are gonna
drown but fortunately Matt spotsthem from Thunderhawk and Bruce
uses lifter to get them into thecar.
And Scott says, I stayed at thelake dad.
Like you said, and Matt'sresponses.
That's my boy.
Matt, that is not the Matt.
I know.
Meanwhile, Gloria and Dusty arejust sitting around like on
(39:08):
Rhino.
Just looking bored and likethere's nothing else you could
have asked these highlycompetent and well trained
agents to do.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (39:14):
It's ridiculous.
It's such a ridiculous move.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27- (39:17):
Yeah.
Matt and Bruce return and Brucethinks that only the electric
ouch on Gator would stop thereverser.
Can you explain why the electricouch is the only thing that
would stop the reverser?
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (39:30):
I guess Bruce is connecting the dots
between electricity and, thisdevice, I mean, it's, it is
okay, maybe you disrupt it withelectricity.
I don't know.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27- (39:40):
Well, It's a giant robot thing.
How many lasers do masks havebetween their vehicles and their
masks themselves?
And the electric ouch is all yougot to that'll work, but okay.
After Bruce says that Matt says,Bruce, you just volunteered.
So what's the lesson there, PJ?
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (39:58):
Don't speak up around Matt.
He's gonna be like, okay Mr.
Smart Mouth, huh?
You think you're so smart?
You fucking do it.
Mm
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-2 (40:05):
Matt and dusty go after venom in
Thunderhawk.
And Gloria is gonna be drivingGator with Bruce in the
passenger seat.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (40:16):
Yeah this set of vehicle swaps we've
got going on is just straight upodd.
And when I saw this scene, it'sgonna, It's going to change in a
second, but Gloria is clearlythe better driver.
So yeah, I have, her drivingGator makes all the sense in the
world.
She's also been shown to be thebetter shot.
She's been able to blow missilesout of the air, like with ease.
(40:37):
And I was like, maybe Bruce justknows exactly where to hit.
I didn't get it.
There's a line that Matt's gotin there.
He says we're pretty badlyoutnumbered, Dusty.
Which, A, isn't true, but if itis, whose fucking fault is that,
Matt?
You approved the roster like youalways do.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27- (40:54):
Yeah, and they're not badly
outnumbered.
It's four to three right?
Four to, they have Thunderhawk,Rhino, and Gator.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (41:01):
What's fascinating is this, is that I
don't think I saw Piranha orJackhammer this episode.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27 (41:08):
That's true.
Yeah, I think you're right.
It's
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (41:11):
Cliff and Sly are both in the tanker,
and it's really they're actuallynot outnumbered
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-202 (41:16):
at all.
Yeah, at all.
And they have the same number ofagents as well.
So why does Matt even say thatis a
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (41:23):
Uh, so Gloria's driving backwards and
she's got a great line, which islike, oh, if there was a race to
drive backwards, I would be achamp.
I like how like she likes toassert and kind of like make
sure people know like Fuck you.
I'm the best
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27- (41:34):
Like, yeah, Yeah, we get it, Gloria.
You're a great driver.
Okay.
Now she's Matt's wife, and theyall know it.
So
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (41:41):
Yes.
Uh Huh.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27- (41:43):
well, Switchblade and Manta, they take
to the air to go afterThunderhawk.
Bruce and Gloria finally get tothe doors, and she uses Aura to
bust the doors down.
And then for some reason, Bruceuses Lifter to lift Gator into
the room where the Reverser botis.
Gloria uses the electric ouch todestroy the Reverser machine.
Why did he have to use Lifter?
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (42:05):
Yeah, I was thinking a lot about this
and I'm going to throw out atheory.
that occurred to me just now.
I think, okay you're at HooverDam.
What would be an obvious use ofgator?
Put gator's boat in the water.
So I could imagine a differentscenario where they initially
(42:27):
had plotted it out to be gatorin the water.
And then they needed to get ontoland and that motivated the use
of Bruce then lifting it up.
then they would have realized,oh shit, but the electric couch
isn't on the boat.
The boat's got the freezecannon.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-20 (42:43):
But that would've been actually
awesome because they'rerealizing, oh, the lasers have
no effect on this Reverserdevice.
And they're like, well, if wecan't destroy it, let's freeze
it.
Which they've done, whichthey've done in the past to
great success.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (42:53):
Yeah, they did that to the, the robot
who was controlling the
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-20 (42:56):
The ai, yeah.
Another connection to Matt andGloria's relationship.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (43:00):
Back in Panama.
So Gloria is taking the shot.
So even though Bruce wasvoluntold to do it.
I think Gloria was like, fuckthis.
Like I'm the better shot.
I'm going to do
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-20 (43:11):
Oh, yeah.
A hundred percent
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (43:13):
And the explosion that comes out of it.
It seems like it would take outall of the damn machinery.
There's a huge explosion inthere.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27 (43:20):
that's why again, freezing would've
been the right call.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (43:23):
Yes.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-202 (43:24):
no no no don't fire the laser will
blow up the dam itself but nojust go ahead And then Matt
causes the biggest disaster ofall time well Dusty catches up
to venom in Rhino And he ramsthe money truck which puts a
hole in it And it causes all themoney to come out and then venom
just gives up like the money'sgone.
(43:45):
Let's get out of here and that'sit for Venom.
Thanks for your participation inthis episode.
I guess you get a participationmedal.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (43:52):
It's weird because they basically
abandoned the truck there, Ithink.
And I guess Manta picks up Cliffand Sly because they, all they
would have done was then startrunning and he could have been
easily run over by Rhino at thatpoint in
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27- (44:07):
we've seen that before, that we have
seen them just run off toescape.
Matt arrives back, the wholeteam gets back together, and
Dusty is collecting money in hishelmet.
But some of the uh, the bills,which are actually multicolored.
I'm not sure if you noticedthat.
So I don't even know if it'sreal money.
It's monopoly money, but ends upsticking onto a cactus plant.
And Dusty says, and they saymoney don't grow on trees.
(44:31):
laughs.
episode.
That's it.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (44:33):
Again It's hard, folks, because the
back half of this episode,whenever Venom is really
involved beyond actually theVegas stuff, I thought actually
it was kind of fun with Gloriaand Matt fighting solo these
guys in Vegas, like basically bythe next morning, like the wind
goes out of this episodecompletely.
squadcaster-0780_1_09- (44:51):
Totally.
And I think a lot of it is thatthe one thing that was keeping
us in it was Matt and Gloria.
And when we get to the secondact of the episode, all that
flirtation, all that, it's justgone.
But we are folks.
We're now into the more, youknow, segment.
So Scott T.
Bob.
Matt and Gloria are all Hangingout poolside.
(45:11):
Matt and Gloria sitting onlounge chairs.
Gloria's reading a book with ablank cover.
So, Who knows what she'sreading.
And uh, Scott gets out of thepool and he puts on sunscreen
and both Matt and Gloria thinkthat Scott made a great
decision.
And T Bob says, this is really aburning issue.
And I want to talk about thereaction here a bit because
(45:34):
Scott bows his head and shakeshis head so sadly as if his
friend had one last shot tosurvive and he blew it.
And then Gloria.
Leans her head back in disgustand says not again and Matt
moans And rolls over on thelounge chair so that his back is
(45:55):
facing T Bob.
What in the world is going onhere?
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (46:00):
What is your theory, Adam?
I'm really curious about this.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-2024 (46:03):
I did have a thought.
That Matt had gotten so tired.
Or Gloria, and she told Matt.
But one of them got so tired ofT Bob being such an idiot.
That they told Scott, you needto reprogram him.
Cause if he says somethingagain, I'm going to tell him.
Destroy him.
And so when he says somethingstupid, Scott gets very sad.
(46:25):
Gloria says not again.
And Matt rolls over and grunts,just thinking about how much
effort and pain he's going tohave to go through to tell Buddy
to destroy T Boff.
But okay, we can leave that oneaside and just talk about Matt
and Gloria.
In their bathing suits poolside.
Very comfortable.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (46:42):
Very comfortable, aren't they?
Very familiar.
There's just a, there's an easethere, and I also, I did a
double take on this.
I think they're at the Trackermansion.
Okay.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-2 (46:52):
are, they're at tracker mansion for
sure.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (46:54):
So
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27- (46:55):
moved in.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (46:56):
she's moved in and, you
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27- (46:58):
There goes his library
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (47:01):
Well, Remember, Gloria has brought
someone for the library before,hasn't she?
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27 (47:05):
That's true.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (47:06):
that's for the after hours podcast.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27- (47:08):
about that episode.
Well, Look, they're newlywedsand the honeymoon continues.
That's all I can say.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (47:13):
I think it's great.
I think it's like, Hey, look,like this is the episode that
they got together.
Finally, they got together.
They're married and now we haveto be on the lookout if any
Melinda's come back into thepicture.
Or Amanda Stevens.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-20 (47:28):
Oh, Gloria does not like dr.
Stephens at all.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (47:31):
What about that one, there's like the
one reporter.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-2 (47:34):
there's a reporter There's also the
redhead and like the Amazon.
There's the doctor in Alaska.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (47:40):
So Matt, you're a married man now.
We're going to be keeping aclose eye on you.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27- (47:45):
Yeah, 100 percent well awards How
about father of the year?
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (47:51):
first I had this instinct, it was the
entire episode.
But I think it's that shiningmoment where Matt abandons his
child in the middle of a lake.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-2 (47:59):
percent Yeah, that's 100 percent Buddy
Hawks award
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (48:03):
I didn't have a nominee.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-2024 (48:05):
I do.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (48:06):
All right.
What do you got?
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-20 (48:08):
Me.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (48:09):
Oh,
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-202 (48:10):
at the beginning of the episode,
saying that Gloria's friends gotknocked up when they were 16 and
all went to Vegas to getmarried.
I think that was very classistof me.
I think it was very rude.
I think it was very insensitive.
But I've I've done training nowand I feel more prepared to
handle the complex world we livein now.
(48:31):
So my sincere apologies to allour listeners for that.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (48:34):
We had sent Adam to training during the
recording of this podcast to uh,to HR.
So that, that That commercialbreak, you know, it was a lot
longer for us than it was foryou.
But wait, wait, wait to callyourself out, Adam, really proud
of you.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-20 (48:48):
You know what?
We all have to be part of thesolution.
The Sly Rax Ragdoll Award.
pj_1_09-27-2024_1 (48:54):
Surprisingly, this was a hard one for me.
now, okay, I was just gonna saythe dude that Vanessa picked up
and twerked around, but I guessalso Matt's a pretty good
nominee for flying out thatwindow.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27- (49:05):
Yeah, it had a, definitely.
He crashed through the window.
And fell, though she did cushionhim with aura.
I'll say an almost ragdoll.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (49:15):
Yeah
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-20 (49:16):
Um, Yeah, no, he was
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (49:19):
think it's just that dude who put
money into T Bob and he nearlyfucking killed him.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-202 (49:23):
to fight.
And let's be honest, T Bob wouldwin in a battle against a human
being cause he's got likeextendo arms and stuff like
that.
So,
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (49:30):
Oh, especially a drunk human being,
because that guy was sauced.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-202 (49:35):
he sure was.
We'll see if he comes back inanother episode.
That's it for episode 24.
Episode 25, the big two, five,it's called the plant show.
Venom threatens to cover LosAngeles with mutated kudzu
vines.
Unless California plays a heftyransom.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (49:55):
Well, Look, at least we can say we're
getting back to form where Venomis not slumming it anymore.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-2024 (50:00):
I mean, Don't know much about the
California economy in theeighties.
I know plenty about it now as aresident of this fine and
troubled state.
But I don't think things wereawesome.
In the 80s.
So, Good luck ransoming thestate of California.
And also, I think in Sacramentothey'd probably say, Go ahead.
(50:24):
It's Los Angeles.
Cover it in vines.
Who cares?
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (50:28):
It certainly would be good because
it's hard to grow shit in LosAngeles.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-202 (50:32):
it is.
It really is.
Without a lot of water.
Maybe Venom will solve the watercrisis.
My friend, it's been a good one.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (50:38):
this has been great.
Hey, congrats to Matt and Gloriafor tying
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-2 (50:41):
Yes, Mazel Tov.
Let's raise a glass to Matt andGloria Tracker.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (50:46):
actually I think you mean Matt and Gloria
Baker.
Gloria did not take Matt's lastname.
She made Matt take her lastname.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-2 (50:54):
Very true.
Very true.
We'll see.
We'll see what the computersays.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (50:57):
It would have worked in the theme song if
Matt had died and Gloria was theleader, cause it would have
been, Baker's gonna lead themission.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-2 (51:05):
Yep.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (51:05):
I PJ McNerney.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-20 (51:08):
but we'll have to get into that
another time because thispodcast has to transform And
head back to hq.
I am at Moore.
Bye-Bye bye.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (51:18):
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 intoa slot machine.
My name is Matt McClure,alongside my co host and best
friend and recent visitor of LasVegas.
PJ McNerdy.
How's it going, buddy?
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (00:28):
I'm doing well.
I thought it was reallyimportant to get some on the
scene on location research done.
I also had a metaphysicalconference there at the same
time, so that worked out well.
I will have comments about someof Matt's decisions.
Some of which will be leavenedby what I actually saw at Vegas,
in terms of families beingthere.
(00:50):
And some of which won't be, interms of other stuff I saw
there, so But there's othertopics we'll be getting into
here, which are gonna be a lotof fun, and I'm very excited
about.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-2 (01:00):
It's a great episode.
Everyone PJ and I were talkingabout this episode and I told
him that this is the episode.
We've been waiting for in termsof the Matt and Gloria
relationship.
If we want to go back to thesubmarine episode where marriage
is mentioned to the Mardi Grasepisode where there's perhaps a
(01:23):
bachelor party.
This episode pays it all off.
And so I'm very excited to divein.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (01:30):
to be sure all the venom stuff's
garbage.
Like ve venom is actually thevery worst part of this episode
and really, gets in the way ofthe main event, which is the
Matt Glory relationship.
In fact, I'm gonna argue lateron that Venom's only job is to
help showcase how bad a fatherMatt is
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27- (01:50):
Yeah, look, I think all we have to
really say about Venom is theyhave a device that makes things
go haywire and then they vacuumup money from casinos and
eventually threaten the HooverDam.
That's really About it.
We're going to spend 99 percentof the podcast talking about
everything else.
So it's episode 24 of maskcounter clockwise caper venom
(02:16):
conducts heists of Las Vegascasinos.
So we open on Las Vegas or atleast the mask animators version
of Las Vegas, but there's rockand roll music and traffic and
footsteps.
And uh, we find Matt.
Scott, T Bob, and Gloria,looking very much the perfect
(02:37):
family as they walk down theVegas strip.
Scott's never seen so manylights before.
And Gloria is wearing a reallynice dress.
And if you look closely, Thebelt she's wearing belongs to
She Ra from the Masters of theUniverse franchise.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (02:54):
100 percent Gloria's dress is, it's
a really nice dress.
We should really call this out.
It's not what you see a lot offolks wear in Vegas.
Like it's just a nice dress.
It's actually pretty formal forthe occasion in many ways.
Unless there is an occasion thatcalls for formality.
(03:15):
Adam, what are the activitiesone does in Las Vegas?
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27 (03:21):
three.
I can think of gambling,drinking those.
Big, huge, like yard sizedcocktails that you can buy and
walk on the strip.
Seeing shows?
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (03:33):
I mean, They couldn't, it was the
eighties.
So Celine Dion wouldn't beplaying, but maybe like an Elton
John show or something like
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-2 (03:39):
it'd be like, it'd be like Wayne
Newton
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (03:41):
Wayne Newton.
Wayne Newton.
Yeah.
Mel Torme maybe as
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27- (03:45):
Yeah, there you go.
That's
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (03:46):
what else can you think about?
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27- (03:48):
well, I
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (03:50):
a drive thru?
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-2024 (03:51):
I have heard of people getting
married in Vegas.
At a drive thru chapel.
pj_1_09-27-2024_14584 (03:57):
Performed by whom?
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-202 (03:59):
An Elvis impersonator?
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (04:00):
Yes.
Okay, so we should baselinethis.
Do you think getting married inVegas by an Elvis impersonator
is what Matt would have wanted?
squadcaster-0780_1_0 (04:10):
Absolutely not.
A billionaire does not want toget married by an Elvis
impersonator.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (04:15):
But is getting married in Vegas the
kind of thing that Gloria wouldhave wanted?
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-2024 (04:21):
I think so.
What do you think?
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (04:22):
I think she's in it for the thrill,
she's said as much.
Like 100 percent like, drivingup in Teahawk, she would be
driving and to be sure she's theone that said, yes.
Okay.
Like now we take it back.
She's the one that finally saidyes.
that's been asking forever.
And now she's like, okay.
Under these conditions.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-202 (04:42):
It has to be Vegas.
It has to be by an Elvisimpersonator.
And I get to drive T Hawk.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (04:48):
Exactly.
Now, I understand that this ispretty flimsy evidence just that
she's wearing a nice dress, andthat he's wearing his standard
blue suit, and that they'relooking at each other lovingly.
I will present other, albeitCircumstantial, but conclusive
evidence later in the episodethat they in fact got married.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-202 (05:08):
My question before we go on, is
this post marriage, premarriage?
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (05:14):
I think this is all post marriage.
I think they just got marriedcause like Scott and T Bob are
there.
And now they're just going offto have some fun.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-20 (05:24):
I'm sure glad Scott dressed up for
the wedding.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (05:26):
look, man he, he's lucky he has
clothes.
Okay.
I
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27- (05:33):
Well, Okay, so we're going to continue
to track this throughout theepisode.
But uh, it's really been whatyou've all been waiting for,
folks, so buckle up.
So we go inside the casino andthere's all sorts of gambling
going on.
Somehow, Scott and T Bob areallowed to just walk the casino
floor.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (05:47):
Kids can walk in the casinos, as long as
they're not playing one of them.
And they're kind of like as longas they're continuing to walk
forward.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-202 (05:55):
As long as they continue to walk
forward.
I love that.
Hey, daddy's going to put somecash in the slots here.
I want you to walk forward, butreally slowly so that you're
always in my line of sight.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (06:07):
Scott, I want you to count cards for me,
and I want you to give a signallike this if someone's got a
better hand at blackjack thanme.
Now uh, Dewars and water.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27 (06:19):
Gloria says to her newly betrothed I
can't believe it, Matt Tracker,actually on vacation.
He brings Gloria on vacationwith him, was my initial
question, but we can divedeeper.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (06:32):
Yeah, I'm sure that Matt's bringing
Gloria the woman he's had like,clear romantic feelings for as a
strictly platonic friend, andnot because he, you know, is in
a relationship with her and justgot married to her on this trip.
So no, yeah, of course,
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-2 (06:46):
With his child, and
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (06:47):
with this.
Child and robot, um, Also ifwe're to believe all of that,
are we also to believe that Mattvacations regularly in Las
Vegas?
it's his choice, is this thedestination he picked and it's
not because Gloria wanted to getmarried in Las Vegas?
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-20 (07:05):
No, No, he goes to like the Maldives
or something like that.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (07:08):
Yeah, he'd go to Monte Carlo or
something like that if he wantsto gamble.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-202 (07:12):
so this is what I feel that Matt is
a billionaire We don't well, weknow where the money comes from
We don't know if he's a selfmade billionaire or he somehow
inherited it or whatever, buthe's a billionaire but Gloria
She's clearly the small towngirl.
she grew up Around stock carraces and monster truck rallies
and when she was, 14, she hoppedinto her first stock car.
And did some dirt road racingand that sort of thing.
(07:34):
And, if you look at the two ofthem, that's clearly what's
going on here.
And I think it's great.
I'm glad they found each other.
But that's definitely showsdifferent, we'll say, origin
stories of these characters.
Like for her, a vacation inVegas, getting married in Vegas.
That's cool because half of herfriends probably did it when
they were 16 and pregnant.
(07:55):
I'm sorry, did I just get,
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (07:57):
We just got canceled.
It's okay.
Let's roll with it, man.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-20 (08:01):
did I get a Buddy Hawks nomination?
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (08:03):
Well, Certainly for the misogyny one.
So congratulations,
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-20 (08:08):
uh, Maybe I'll cut it out.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (08:09):
But Gloria lives.
I think that's the thing islike, you know, Matt, we keep
seeing in his suits.
We keep seeing he's, you know,really buttoned up and he has
had to hold himself back hisentire life with Gloria.
Like she's like, Hey, look, I'mgoing to live on the edge here.
Like she's, She's been blown upwhen Condor crashed into her and
(08:30):
her comment afterwards.
I'm fucking sorry.
I missed all the fun.
That was literally the quotefrom the episode, she's excited
by this stuff.
She's excited to fight
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-20 (08:40):
No, she is.
Gloria's the woman who, she andMatt would sit at a bar and
she'd start lining up shots andsay, the first one who passes
out pays.
That's her.
And she drinks Matt under thetable.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (08:52):
I mean, She's Marion from Raiders of the
Lost Ark.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-2024 (08:55):
a hundred percent.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (08:56):
she lives on the edge, and she's her
own.
She's a self possessed womanwho's very like, confident in
herself, and, she challengesMatt, frankly, because Matt is
used to like, things being verylike, Stayed.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-20 (09:09):
Ah, I love these two.
I'm happy they found each other.
Well, Back to the episode uh, TBob asks, so what are we
supposed to do here?
They don't let kids or robotsgamble.
And Matt says, that's why we'reat the carnival, carnival
casino.
They have a section for kidsupstairs.
And that's when.
A drunk comes stumbling up to TBob and he says, Hot dog, never
(09:33):
seen one like this before.
And he shoves money into T Bob'sface for the second episode in a
row.
T Bob's getting coins shovedinto him.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (09:44):
Which is like, what is this like joke
that they're trying to continue?
And T Bubs fucking pissed thistime.
Like last time he couldn't getpissed.
Cause it was a little girl.
And this time it's like, who thefuck do you think you are?
Like he was right.
This is his Roy Batty moment forme in the episode.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27- (10:00):
Yeah.
And this, I just love theportrayal of this.
Guy, he's drunk and it's notsomething that you see in kids
shows these days.
And, my theory is that this is aprojection of the writer of the
episode, because I just want topoint out that in the eighties
movies were still where you wantit to be a writer.
writing for TV now is at the.
(10:20):
The same level as being afeature writer.
It is held in high regard backin the eighties.
It really wasn't, you can stillmake a ton of money in TV.
Don't get me wrong, but therewasn't a lot of crossover
between film and TV writing forcartoons in the eighties was far
below being a TV writer, whichwasn't well regarded anyways.
So I feel that Mr.
Drunkie here is a.
(10:42):
Projection of how the writerfeels, writing episode 24 of
Mask.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (10:47):
The writer traveled from LA to Vegas
to do research And instead oflike T Bob, it was like a
garbage can because he like wasso like sauced up it off his
rocker.
It's like, Oh, I'll write thisas a gag for T Bob,
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-2 (11:02):
well It turns out that Carnival,
Carnival Casino does have asection for kids.
It has an indoor rollercoasterand everything.
But T Bob's like, real down onthe, Roller coaster.
He's like, looks more like aworm on wheels.
And the whole time they'replaying this gag that he just
thinks it's so lame.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (11:18):
he really shits on this thing when
he's on it.
Like, It's like, I do everythingto ruin this for Scott.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27- (11:26):
know.
And then suddenly.
The rollercoaster starts goingbackwards, and like, everyone is
freaking out.
Including T Bob, who goeshaywire and starts speaking
either backwards or in tongues.
I wasn't sure what was going on.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (11:40):
I'm pretty sure it was tongues, man.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-202 (11:42):
As it turns out, all over the
casino, things are goinghaywire.
Slot machines start emptyingcoins.
Matt has to save Gloria from aspinning wheel of chance.
Which becomes a wheel of deathand Scott is stuck on T Bob
who's like driving out ofcontrol.
Matt throws this huge stuffedpanda toy in front of them and
rescues Scott.
And then uh, everything goesback to normal.
(12:03):
And Matt says, Maybe I ought tolook into this.
And Gloria says, There goes thevacation.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (12:10):
Yeah.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27- (12:11):
likes this stuff.
Wouldn't this have been a realhigh point for her?
Like, Not only did they getmarried by Elvis, but she almost
got crushed by a spinning wheelof death.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (12:20):
I mean, it's exciting.
but she was trying to dictatethe terms of this vacation,
right?
And now it's being taken out ofher control.
So I said, all right, fine.
Let's go do this other thing.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-202 (12:31):
We cut to Venom, and Vanessa walks
in wearing her finest Vegaswear, which is actually more
appropriate for a funeral.
it's like a black cocktaildress, but she's got like the
sleeve length gloves.
She's got the pearls, but it's,what do you think?
Is it a funeral?
Is it for party time?
What is it?
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (12:48):
this is definitely much more formal.
Like you'd expect this at likean almost an award show.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-2 (12:53):
Yes, that's the way to put it.
She was dressed like she wasgoing to an award show.
she comes in and says, thisreverser machine worked just
like you said.
And Miles says, perfect.
This will be the greatestrobbery of all time.
The counter clockwise caper.
I love it when they say theepisode title in dialogue.
(13:13):
It's just the best.
And then he laughs, and he looksup at this big, scary looking
machine,
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (13:23):
the machine looked like a robot with
the eye of Sauron
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-20 (13:27):
I'm gonna have you say that again
because any geek worth theirsalt knows it's Sauron.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (13:32):
Oh, I'm so sorry.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-20 (13:34):
The Eye of Sauron.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (13:36):
looks like a robot with the eye of and
a gold necklace.
Is that enough rolling of the Rsfor you?
squadcaster-0780_1_09-2 (13:44):
Indeed.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (13:45):
I was trying to appeal to the people,
but I guess we should know.
We should know who our peopleare.
Uh,
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27 (13:51):
Please continue.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (13:52):
Miles really never fails to disappoint
with the flare for the dramaticby like needing to name it.
And I have to ask you aquestion, Adam, and this is in
universe.
Did Miles come up with the namefirst and then have his
scientists figure out themachine?
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-2024 (14:08):
I honestly don't know because I
struggled for a long time toreally figure out what the point
of reversing everything was.
Until later on I realized like,Oh, the slot machines are
spitting out coins and theyvacuum up the coins.
It just seems there's easierways to steal from a Vegas
casino.
So I kind of wonder if it's justhis R& D team said, Hey, we've
developed a way to make all nonorganic things go in reverse.
(14:31):
It's like, cool.
I'll use it.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (14:33):
Let's do a sinus science corner check on
this though.
So they have a sheet that takesthings in reverse.
All right.
I'll take what I know of as thesimplest example, which is an
electric car, right?
And so if I run the current inone direction, it goes forward.
Okay.
If I reverse it, it goes inreverse.
Okay, fine.
And, but that's actually not howmost things like you can't
(14:55):
actually do that at theelectrical source.
It's not like I can just likereverse everything because input
electricity into a devicetypically has what's known as
like a rectifier circuit so thatway, you know, you'll have plugs
that are.
You have one side that's big andone side that's small.
I mean, You have other plugsthat are basically the same
size.
So you can flip them.
And when that you can flip them,it means that there's a
(15:17):
rectifier circuit.
So it just can handle eitherdirection.
This is just bizarre in terms ofjust straight up.
I mean, The lights aren'taffected and maybe that's fine
because you're just running thecurrent reverse, but let's say
that it does work, man.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-202 (15:31):
Mm hmm.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (15:34):
In Las Vegas?
Did anyone consider this?
It's where it's like, they justlost like all of their patients
that are on critical care.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-202 (15:43):
Oh Completely All the ventilators
started sucking
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (15:47):
it started sucking oxygen out.
so inadvertently or maybe onpurpose and it's never spoken of
venom, just murdered a wholeslew of
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-2 (15:56):
Tens of thousands are dead.
But meanwhile, Madden Gloria,that's what we're
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (16:01):
Okay.
Hmm.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-202 (16:02):
We cut to Lake Mead, where Matt is
abandoning his son while he goesoff to solve the mystery.
They're like on a houseboat thatI guess Matt owns on Lake Mead,
and Matt takes off inThunderhawk, and Scott runs into
the road and screams, Wait, Dad!As if his father is gonna
listen.
But he's long stopped payingattention to his son's cries.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (16:25):
This shot of him like, like, it's
clearly like, why are youabandoning me, dad?
Like I came out for your weddingand now you're just going to
ditch me.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27- (16:34):
Scott got brought out for the wedding.
Now he's being shoved on ahouseboat with his robot.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (16:39):
So let me ask you this.
So Adam, it was okay lastepisode for Matt to abandon
Scott and what might've been aPotemkin village.
But now it's like, no, I don'twant you inside of Vegas at a
hotel.
Even I'm going to put you in themiddle of a lake alone with your
robot.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-2 (16:57):
It's not okay.
It's, again, a clear nominee forFather of the Year.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (17:02):
Yeah.
hundred percent.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-2 (17:03):
This is not okay.
Call children's services.
well, Off Matt goes back at thehotel, Matt is in the revolving
restaurant, looking through thebinoculars and Gloria comes in
and says, you really don't haveto look that far to find a good
looking woman.
And Matt.
Yeah, Matt kind of gives a quietchuckle and then moves on.
Did you find out anything?
It turns out every casinosuffered the same issues last
(17:27):
night.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (17:27):
Okay.
Here's a question that justoccurred to me.
So we don't have the internet85,
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27 (17:34):
right?
Yeah.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (17:35):
So how would Gloria know that every
casino suffered unless she wentto every casino,
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27 (17:42):
that's exactly she took a shot at every
bar and every casino.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (17:45):
Notably, she doesn't ask about Scott at
all.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-2 (17:49):
Where's Scott and T Bob?
Who?
Come on, baby.
This is about me and you.
Here's an interesting beat.
Matt tells her to takeThunderhawk and go search the
streets while he stays at therestaurant.
So first of all, Gloria'sresponse to that is, Oh,
separate vacations now?
Marvelous.
And Matt gives the weirdestlook.
(18:11):
He he looks at her and thensmiles smugly while closing his
eyes.
How would you describe hisreaction?
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (18:18):
I was weirded out by this reaction.
Cause like okay, let's assumefor a second it's platonic.
It's a shitty thing to do.
I was wondering, is this somesort of code they have between
them?
I don't know.
That, and he like smiles thisway, just like they're playing
their game.
Now notably Gloria's line firmlyindicates they were having a
vacation together.
(18:39):
So that's indisputable, but I'mgoing to lay down my trump card
for how I know that Matt marriedGloria.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27- (18:47):
Okay.
Let's hear it.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (18:48):
Adam, what does Matt love more than
anything in the world?
More than his own son?
What does he never abandonanywhere?
What does he always take withhim?
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-202 (18:58):
No matter where he goes,
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (19:00):
No matter where he goes, no matter
what country, what can beassured will be shipped or flown
there?
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-202 (19:06):
it is.
A Chevy Camaro IROC C withgullwing doors that somehow
impossibly allow it to fly.
It is Thunderhawk.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (19:17):
he loves more than anything.
Again, more than his own son.
He will take off in the desertwith Thunderhawk and leave his
son there.
So he, Has now said, Gloria, Iwant you to drive Thunderhawk.
That is it, man.
That's all you need to know thatMatt and Gloria are hitched.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-2 (19:38):
It's true love.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (19:39):
It's true love.
Gloria is also a much betterdriver than him.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-20 (19:42):
Way better driver.
Cause she drives it a thingbackwards.
Like A pro through, like carsall over the place.
Like it's like a wasteland.
It's like a walking dead time.
And she's just swerving betweencars and things like that
backwards.
Yeah.
It's a real delight to see herdrive Thunderhawk
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (19:58):
Yeah,
squadcaster-0780_1_09- (19:59):
probably is for Matt too, to see her
drive Thunderhawk.
Let's be honest.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (20:01):
it is.
He's checking her out in thebinoculars.
That's what he's going to bedoing.
He's like, Oh yeah, driveThunderhawk hard, Gloria.
I have taken this podcast to newdisturbing levels, sir.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27- (20:15):
We're going to get a, some sort of a
message from Apple.
I'm sure.
Um, well Back at Lake Mead,Scott is equipping T Bob with
water skis and a paddle for atire to kind of like, you know,
make his own makeshift jet ski.
And amazingly turns out itworks.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (20:31):
I'm just really glad that Scott's
learning how to entertainhimself alone in the water by
rigging up water skis on hisrobot that has questionable
flotation ability.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-2 (20:45):
Yeah
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (20:45):
I'm sure nothing will come out of this of
just like, a kid in the middleof a lake and doing all of this
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-2 (20:52):
well But anyways, that's what Scott
and T Bob are up to.
Back at the hotel Matt checks inwith Gloria over the radio And
she says, are you as bored as Iam?
And he says, let's get back tovacationing.
Come pick me up.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (21:05):
What does that mean when he says,
come pick me up?
Like what's, on?
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27- (21:13):
he'll be sitting at the bar with a
pink rose on his lapel.
She'll walk in, in a silverdress.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (21:21):
I
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-202 (21:26):
So they're about to play a little
game of pick me up.
But now we're finally withVenom.
They exit their hideout and theyenter the city, but while Gloria
is driving around she spots themand she says mask on and somehow
her mask aura is attached toThunderhawk.
It's so that's reallyinteresting.
(21:47):
Not only is she Is her maskattached to the invisible hands
that deliver masks while inThunderhawk, it's on the
driver's side.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (21:55):
Know, yes, Gloria loaded her mask into
Thunderhawk so what, again,folks, what more proof do you
need?
We know how much Matt likesusing Spectrum this is like him
saying, you know what, yes.
Let's do this.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-2 (22:10):
Yeah it's beautiful, everyone.
It really is.
It is what we've been waitingfor.
Matt spots Switchblade in theair and it's on.
Glory is driving around inThunderhawk and Matt is gonna do
something, I would assume,eventually, when she gets there.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (22:27):
Maybe.
I Really want to focus in onlike, Gloria is driving around
like a boss.
driving backwards at thosespeeds, her head's like out the
window.
She is fucking gunning it.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-2 (22:41):
with a mask on by the way
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (22:42):
With a mascot, with Aura on, so I mean,
she should be doing this all thetime and clearly Matt wants her
to be doing this all the time,that's why they got married, eh?
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-20 (22:51):
You don't need shark anymore, baby
you got the Well, look slyactivates the reverser at full
power and now the whole entirecity starts moving backwards and
I would Presume all the lifesupport systems at the hospital,
as you pointed out.
So everyone's dead but now itstarts moving like really fast.
And remember that Matt is in therotating restaurant.
So that thing starts rotatinglike crazy.
(23:13):
And the centripetal force isstarting to throw people out the
windows of this restaurant.
As you pointed out, Thunderhawkalso going backwards, but Gloria
is, is crushing it.
Now Matt has to save an old man.
Like you do when a rotatingrestaurant goes at full speed
and threatens to throw peopleout.
So he saves them, but then Mattcrashes through the window and
(23:34):
it's holding onto a curtain fordear life.
And I will say they did goodwith ratcheting up the tension.
Cause not only is Matt hangingfor dear life, but he's got no
mask on, he's got noThunderhawk.
And then of course, the curtainstarts ripping, which is exactly
what you should do.
So it rips off.
He goes flying to his death.
Matt's dead.
Gloria's a widow.
(23:55):
It's awful.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (23:56):
She inherits all the billions.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27 (23:58):
That's right, and she becomes the
leader of masks.
We'll see you next week.
Just kidding.
Gloria shows up at the lastminute, uses Aura to great
effect to save his life by kindof cushioning his fall.
Which is a very nice use.
of a mask power.
So one point to you, MaskedWriter.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (24:18):
Yeah, Gloria like, you know, not only
hauls ass getting back to therestaurant, but saves Matt.
What's Gloria gonna ask for?
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-2024 (24:27):
I don't think I'm allowed to say
on this
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (24:29):
We complained about like, I think
it was last episode where forwant of a bobby pin, she said,
we have to go to the beautyshop.
So there's clearly thismagnification that happens for
Gloria.
It's like, Hey, you owe me like,Big time now.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-2 (24:45):
what does Matt give Gloria?
What does a billionaire giveGloria?
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (24:49):
we'll see.
Also I did think it was fun howwhen Gloria is saving Matt, she
actually puts him into thefountain as opposed to like,
letting him be on the ground,like just throws him into the
drink, which I think it wasn'tnecessary, but it was her having
a little bit of fun.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-20 (25:05):
No, living on the edge.
Well, Look, as we know,everything's gone haywire, and
now Venom rolls out its plan.
They are literally, people,vacuuming up all the spilled
change from the casinos, butlike, in front of everybody.
And uh, like, the entire town'spolice force is paralyzed.
And it's just like Wait, what?
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (25:27):
Yeah.
we have, We have shit on Venomin the past for becoming
contractors where they're like,you know, a million or 2 million
a pop to like destroy buildings.
And we're like, we thought thatwas slumming it.
They have reached a new low herebecause they even comment on the
vacuum's power for how powerfulthe vacuum is it's like, guys,
(25:50):
you stole the statue of Liberty.
Maybe.
Maybe.
Can you have some self respect?
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-2 (25:54):
Yeah It's sad.
That's why we said at thebeginning of the episode, you
could just really not even talkabout Venom in this episode and
it would be just fine.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (26:02):
Yeah.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-2 (26:03):
But, looks like Venom's won this
time.
this is the midpoint break inthe episode.
So what's gonna happen PJ?
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (26:13):
Matt and Gloria are gonna go off and
Matt's gonna pay back whateverhe owes Gloria for saving his
life.
Scott's going to drown, and uh,Venom has a lot to think about
in terms of their life choices.
So, I, I don't know.
How about that?
I don't know what's going tohappen!
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27- (26:33):
We'll find out after these messages.
Mask will be right back, and sowill Venom.
Now back to math.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-202 (26:40):
We are back, when we left you,
Venom, the most dangerous andcunning international terrorist
organization of all time.
Was,
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (26:51):
You can't even say it!
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-20 (26:53):
was vacuuming change from The floor
of a casino?
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (27:00):
only way worse Venom could go, and I
could see Miles in his fullsuit, at the beach with a metal
detector, looking for sparechange, cause it's really how
far they've fallen.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-2 (27:12):
It's true.
It's it, I'm crying.
It's so incredibly true.
I have felt bad for Venom in thepast, but this is just pathetic.
Why is everyone in the casinolike passed out?
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (27:23):
I had no idea! unless Vanessa whipped all
of them and just smashed themagainst like, or they were hit
with all the chains and thenpassed out.
I don't know did they gas eachcasino?
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-2 (27:36):
That doesn't make any
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (27:37):
In which case, why do you need the
reverser machine?
Just gas the casinos like one ata time and just take all the
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27- (27:44):
Well, the first time we saw it back at
the beginning of the episode,people were very conscious
because they were scraping upthe change off the
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (27:49):
Yeah,
squadcaster-0780_1_09- (27:50):
Anyways.
Venom leaves the casino, andMatt and Gloria catch up to
them.
Vanessa fires Whip, but Spectrumbeats it with one of those kind
of Harry Potter Voldemort thingsof their two powers meeting in
the middle, which Matt actuallydoes quite a bit.
Especially with Vanessa.
Something to dig into in anotherepisode.
So instead, Vanessa tries to runthem over in Manta, which is
(28:13):
great.
I think it's just fantastic.
She tries a couple times too,but doesn't quite stick.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (28:17):
Yeah, okay, I do want to, I want to
pause on this because this isthe first time we've confirmed.
Because Matt's in full uniformat this point in time.
Okay, and we knew Gloria hadaura because it was stuffed into
T So now we know that Matt andGloria both brought their masks
and uniforms on vacation.
Now, if they're on vacation, andthey, Matt wants to avoid
(28:38):
mysteries and capers, then whatother uses would they have for
their masks and uniforms?
Ha
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27- (28:46):
Well, We're going to take this
opportunity to introduce our newpodcast, Mobile Armored Strike
Command After Hours, where we'llexplore all the things Matt and
Gloria do with their masks.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (29:01):
Dow bow, wow,
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-20 (29:02):
Um, Matt says it's no use.
Got to call the team.
Okay.
I'll just say that the episodewould have been just fine.
If it was Matt and Gloriaagainst the world,
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (29:11):
Yeah, it really would have been.
Actually, it would have been alot of fun.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-2 (29:15):
It's also really late in the episode.
So we're past the midpoint.
It's the first time that Matt'scalling on the team.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (29:20):
Yeah, let's point out a couple things
it is late night in Vegas.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-202 (29:24):
It is.
And that will come up in amoment.
So he actually used the spectrumhelmet to contact the mass
computer for the first time.
He doesn't need the laptop.
He doesn't need Thunderhawk.
He just uses his mask.
And so the team members areBruce Sato.
It's the middle of the night,mind you, in Boulder.
He's just in his robe, drinkingtea and reading.
And he gets the call, and hejust gets up.
(29:45):
And I was wondering, is he goingto change
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (29:48):
He's free balling this one.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-20 (29:50):
our second agent is Dusty.
And now when the call comes in,he is fast asleep.
So Does he go to sleep reallyearly?
Cause he has to wake up early tomake the pizzas.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (29:59):
Even pizza folks need to sleep,
especially the ones that run outon their jobs on a regular
basis.
But since Las Vegas is onPacific time and Denver's on
mountain time, like I figureit's what 10, 11 PM like, you
know, in Vegas.
So it's going to be like 11 or12.
Most people are asleep by then.
Not Bruce.
(30:19):
Bruce likes to read.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27- (30:21):
Bruce doesn't sleep.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (30:22):
We know from earlier episodes that Matt
provides lots of caffeine anduppers so that people can work
through the night.
So
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27- (30:29):
True.
If you all remember, it was AlexSector, and Buddy Hawks who
stayed up all night Fixing thecolonic disruptors.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (30:35):
that's right.
That is right.
The whole team, they stay uplate.
squadcaster-0780_1_09- (30:41):
Fighting crime.
Notably Gloria is not uh, is notselected.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (30:45):
Yeah, I thought that was bizarre of the
computer.
I mean, it's, It's fine.
I mean, No sort of like thumbsup or like, you know, anything
fun, a wink there, that wouldhave been nice.
But I mean, she just saved thattwice.
So she's like, I'm fucking doingthis, Matt.
You're going to die without me.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-202 (31:00):
Or the computer is like, didn't
even bother.
yeah, Baker, blah, blah, blah,blah.
Your new wife.
computer's super jealous.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (31:07):
Like totally jealous.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27 (31:08):
Matt's like, I'm sorry, computer.
And what about Gloria?
Oh, Gloria?
What about Gloria?
meh.
You figured out Matt.
Connection disabled.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (31:18):
I was second fiddle behind T Hawk
before I knew I was ahead ofScott cause most people are, but
now I got to contend withGloria.
Did you, okay, here's what Inoted about the team.
It's a small team, but did younotice this is like Matt's
vacation crew?
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27 (31:32):
that's right.
Yeah.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (31:36):
We've had Gloria, Dusty, and Matt
together in Panama.
And now we have Gloria and Matthere.
It's almost like the computer'slike, who are the agents best
suited for Matt's vacationing?
And it's, Dusty will be able tomake pizzas for them afterwards.
So like, that'll be fun.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27- (31:54):
Well, Look back to Scott and T Bob,
it's the morning.
So they have spent a full dayand a night.
And are still alone.
And for some reason, T Bob'swaking Scott up early.
And Scott's really, like,dragging ass.
Almost like he got into hisdad's liquor cabinet last night.
He's not in a good mood at all.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (32:14):
Whatever alarm Alex has put into T Bob,
like it's fucked up.
Like most things we've seen.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27- (32:21):
Well, Suddenly, Manta buzzes the boat.
And it turns out there's nostrategic purpose whatsoever.
She was just being mean.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (32:29):
I'll say that Vanessa may be the most
capable, no, she is the mostcapable Venom agent, but she can
sure be a dick sometimes like,that was just like, she's just
sadistic and she enjoys it,
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-2 (32:40):
does she know it's Scott and T Bob on
the boat or is it just a randoboat?
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (32:43):
I think it's a random, but I think she
buzzed every boat.
I think she might've been lateto the party because she was
just buzzing every boat early inthe morning
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-20 (32:51):
Um, well It is the morning and Matt
and Gloria meet up with Bruceand Dusty.
So we do have to remember thatmany hours have passed since the
initial call and when they'reshowing up.
I mean it's not, That farflight, right?
What is it?
Hour and a half from
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (33:04):
two hour flight.
So roughly, yeah, about, aboutthat.
So I thought about this.
it's either they took the jet.
And got some shut eye and ittook them a while to get there.
Or Matt made them drive throughthe night because it's only
about 11 hours away.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27- (33:19):
makes sense.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (33:20):
I don't want to uh, waste the fuel in
the jet.
So can you guys just drive downhere?
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27- (33:25):
Well, Unfortunately the jets in Vegas,
cause that's how he got there.
Cause they had to bringThunderhawk.
They're like, Hey, can you sendthe jet?
He's like, nah, there's somestuff on there that I can't
exactly.
Uh, Nevermind.
I can't talk about it, but just,just
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (33:36):
just drive down.
Just drive down.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-20 (33:38):
the team is meeting and Matt he has
a computer estimate of Venom'sescape route.
He says, looks like they'reheaded South.
How in the world did thecomputer estimate that?
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (33:49):
maybe they were like picking up on
satellites like that, a largeamount of coinage because they,
they picked up a lot of coinswhich maybe it was like actual
money back in the eighties, butlike a lot of times, like you'd
have like.
tokens or chips, which are onlyredeemable at that casino.
So it's what are you detectinghere?
Like, I just like detecting anyrandom gas tanker.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27- (34:12):
yeah, and again, I want to point out
Venom's plan is to drive awayWith basically what you said, a
gas tanker filled with coinsthey're driving around in
Scrooge McDuck's money bin Isbasically what's going on here.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (34:27):
All right.
Let's let us pretend for amoment.
That Venom gets away with it.
And because Matt and Gloriatruly wanted to go back to their
vacation.
Can you imagine the shitty jobfor a Venom henchman?
Who has to go through and putall these coins into rolls?
Like we can't just show up abank with this random amount.
It's like, Miles is like, goahead and put them all into
(34:48):
these, these coin rolls now.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-2 (34:51):
There's a whole portion of our audience
that loves we reference that andanother portion who has no idea
what we're talking about
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (34:55):
It's true.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-20 (34:56):
But all in how much could they have
actually stolen half a mil?
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (35:01):
Maybe.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27- (35:02):
Maybe a million maybe I mean they
can't possibly have stolen thatmuch.
It's just a waste of
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (35:08):
Let's, let,
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-202 (35:09):
So Matt and Bruce they're going to
switch up vehicles.
Bruce is going to take a shotgunwith Matt in Thunderhawk.
Gloria is probably a littlepeeved by that, but.
Nonetheless, they uh, they takeoff.
They're getting very good at theThunderhawk takeoff animations.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (35:25):
It's a beautiful shot.
It's a great shot of it takenoff.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27- (35:28):
Yeah, actually it reminds me yet again
of a Veritech taking off ordoing a quick turn.
It's really got that kind ofexplosiveness so, they're,
they're getting better.
Meanwhile, Venom shows up atHoover Dam.
And Vanessa picks up a guy witha whip says, I want you to tell
everyone who works here to getoff the dam.
It's going to get very dangerousin a few minutes.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (35:49):
has this guy up in the air.
Like pretty significantly and mythought was either there's an
anti grav unit on whip like mostof these things or her neck
muscles are amazing.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-2 (36:01):
it's got the lifter problem, right?
That if she actually has tocarry the weight of the whole
thing, it's got to be anti grav.
And I would back that up withthe fact that Rhino has anti
grav cannon.
So that technology is around themask Venom world.
So
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (36:14):
Yep.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27- (36:14):
Well, Scott And T Bob hop in a little
dinghy and decide to head outand see what's going on at the
dam.
Because, why not?
They got nothing else to do.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (36:24):
I really don't have anything else to do.
This is before the internet heprobably has everything.
He's probably got Coleco vision.
He's probably got Atari.
He's probably got, it's 85.
He might, he probably has aNintendo.
He probably has a Famicom atthat point in time, but he's
played every single one of thosegames and now he's bored.
he's going to risk his lifegoing into the water
squadcaster-0780_1_09- (36:44):
Anyways, back to Venom.
They turn on the reverser And wefound out the plan is that the
turbines will go haywire, likethey'll go in reverse and
they'll cause the entire dam tolike tear itself apart.
And Miles explains that it willbe the biggest disaster in
history, arguable.
and that Mass will have to tryto stop this disaster, which
(37:05):
will allow Venom to escape.
Which makes me wonder, whyaren't they just escaping now?
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (37:12):
This is why I like, like venom is so
disposable.
This whole episode, like bottombasement, like plan bottom
basement thinking like miles.
What's up, man.
Are you okay?
Do you need to rest for a littlebit?
Because what is happening?
And then.
You notice how fucking huge thatrobot
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-2 (37:30):
It's gigantic.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (37:31):
like, why are they just abandoning it?
Let's say it costs like 10million to make.
if they've only made a way witha million bucks, Then they've
abandoned this like incrediblepiece of technology.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-2024 (37:40):
I mean, Look, Miles has got a lot
of capers to come up with.
He's got to come up with atleast 65 for season one.
That's a lot.
They're not
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (37:47):
Mm.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-20 (37:48):
The machine is doing its thing.
Cliff uses torch to seal thedoor shut so no one can get into
the uh, the turbine room wherethe reverser is.
And as soon as that thing isactivated, Scott and T Bob are
in trouble because now there'swater pumping towards them from
the dam.
And even the engine of the boatis going haywire.
And T Bob is speaking intongues.
(38:08):
Once again, and I personallythink that Scott has no one to
blame but himself And I guesshis father also for abandoning
him
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (38:17):
Yeah.
I was like firmly in the camp ofjust blaming Matt for this cause
he's so fucking bored.
He doesn't know what else to do.
and we've seen him have, moreagency than a 10 or 11 year old
should have.
And this is like, well beyondlike, you know, even sort of
eighties to nineties latchkeykids like this is like clearly
(38:38):
go be left to your own devicesand figure stuff out.
Like I, Matt is like, come on,this is, this is a repeated
pattern.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-2024 (38:45):
I mean he's father of the year for
a reason well, the boat tipsover Scott and T Bob are gonna
drown but fortunately Matt spotsthem from Thunderhawk and Bruce
uses lifter to get them into thecar.
And Scott says, I stayed at thelake dad.
Like you said, and Matt'sresponses.
That's my boy.
Matt, that is not the Matt.
I know.
Meanwhile, Gloria and Dusty arejust sitting around like on
(39:08):
Rhino.
Just looking bored and likethere's nothing else you could
have asked these highlycompetent and well trained
agents to do.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (39:14):
It's ridiculous.
It's such a ridiculous move.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27- (39:17):
Yeah.
Matt and Bruce return and Brucethinks that only the electric
ouch on Gator would stop thereverser.
Can you explain why the electricouch is the only thing that
would stop the reverser?
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (39:30):
I guess Bruce is connecting the dots
between electricity and, thisdevice, I mean, it's, it is
okay, maybe you disrupt it withelectricity.
I don't know.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27- (39:40):
Well, It's a giant robot thing.
How many lasers do masks havebetween their vehicles and their
masks themselves?
And the electric ouch is all yougot to that'll work, but okay.
After Bruce says that Matt says,Bruce, you just volunteered.
So what's the lesson there, PJ?
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (39:58):
Don't speak up around Matt.
He's gonna be like, okay Mr.
Smart Mouth, huh?
You think you're so smart?
You fucking do it.
Mm
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-2 (40:05):
Matt and dusty go after venom in
Thunderhawk.
And Gloria is gonna be drivingGator with Bruce in the
passenger seat.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (40:16):
Yeah this set of vehicle swaps we've
got going on is just straight upodd.
And when I saw this scene, it'sgonna, It's going to change in a
second, but Gloria is clearlythe better driver.
So yeah, I have, her drivingGator makes all the sense in the
world.
She's also been shown to be thebetter shot.
She's been able to blow missilesout of the air, like with ease.
(40:37):
And I was like, maybe Bruce justknows exactly where to hit.
I didn't get it.
There's a line that Matt's gotin there.
He says we're pretty badlyoutnumbered, Dusty.
Which, A, isn't true, but if itis, whose fucking fault is that,
Matt?
You approved the roster like youalways do.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27- (40:54):
Yeah, and they're not badly
outnumbered.
It's four to three right?
Four to, they have Thunderhawk,Rhino, and Gator.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (41:01):
What's fascinating is this, is that I
don't think I saw Piranha orJackhammer this episode.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27 (41:08):
That's true.
Yeah, I think you're right.
It's
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (41:11):
Cliff and Sly are both in the tanker,
and it's really they're actuallynot outnumbered
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-202 (41:16):
at all.
Yeah, at all.
And they have the same number ofagents as well.
So why does Matt even say thatis a
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (41:23):
Uh, so Gloria's driving backwards and
she's got a great line, which islike, oh, if there was a race to
drive backwards, I would be achamp.
I like how like she likes toassert and kind of like make
sure people know like Fuck you.
I'm the best
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27- (41:34):
Like, yeah, Yeah, we get it, Gloria.
You're a great driver.
Okay.
Now she's Matt's wife, and theyall know it.
So
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (41:41):
Yes.
Uh Huh.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27- (41:43):
well, Switchblade and Manta, they take
to the air to go afterThunderhawk.
Bruce and Gloria finally get tothe doors, and she uses Aura to
bust the doors down.
And then for some reason, Bruceuses Lifter to lift Gator into
the room where the Reverser botis.
Gloria uses the electric ouch todestroy the Reverser machine.
Why did he have to use Lifter?
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (42:05):
Yeah, I was thinking a lot about this
and I'm going to throw out atheory.
that occurred to me just now.
I think, okay you're at HooverDam.
What would be an obvious use ofgator?
Put gator's boat in the water.
So I could imagine a differentscenario where they initially
(42:27):
had plotted it out to be gatorin the water.
And then they needed to get ontoland and that motivated the use
of Bruce then lifting it up.
then they would have realized,oh shit, but the electric couch
isn't on the boat.
The boat's got the freezecannon.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-20 (42:43):
But that would've been actually
awesome because they'rerealizing, oh, the lasers have
no effect on this Reverserdevice.
And they're like, well, if wecan't destroy it, let's freeze
it.
Which they've done, whichthey've done in the past to
great success.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (42:53):
Yeah, they did that to the, the robot
who was controlling the
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-20 (42:56):
The ai, yeah.
Another connection to Matt andGloria's relationship.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (43:00):
Back in Panama.
So Gloria is taking the shot.
So even though Bruce wasvoluntold to do it.
I think Gloria was like, fuckthis.
Like I'm the better shot.
I'm going to do
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-20 (43:11):
Oh, yeah.
A hundred percent
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (43:13):
And the explosion that comes out of it.
It seems like it would take outall of the damn machinery.
There's a huge explosion inthere.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27 (43:20):
that's why again, freezing would've
been the right call.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (43:23):
Yes.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-202 (43:24):
no no no don't fire the laser will
blow up the dam itself but nojust go ahead And then Matt
causes the biggest disaster ofall time well Dusty catches up
to venom in Rhino And he ramsthe money truck which puts a
hole in it And it causes all themoney to come out and then venom
just gives up like the money'sgone.
(43:45):
Let's get out of here and that'sit for Venom.
Thanks for your participation inthis episode.
I guess you get a participationmedal.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (43:52):
It's weird because they basically
abandoned the truck there, Ithink.
And I guess Manta picks up Cliffand Sly because they, all they
would have done was then startrunning and he could have been
easily run over by Rhino at thatpoint in
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27- (44:07):
we've seen that before, that we have
seen them just run off toescape.
Matt arrives back, the wholeteam gets back together, and
Dusty is collecting money in hishelmet.
But some of the uh, the bills,which are actually multicolored.
I'm not sure if you noticedthat.
So I don't even know if it'sreal money.
It's monopoly money, but ends upsticking onto a cactus plant.
And Dusty says, and they saymoney don't grow on trees.
(44:31):
laughs.
episode.
That's it.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (44:33):
Again It's hard, folks, because the
back half of this episode,whenever Venom is really
involved beyond actually theVegas stuff, I thought actually
it was kind of fun with Gloriaand Matt fighting solo these
guys in Vegas, like basically bythe next morning, like the wind
goes out of this episodecompletely.
squadcaster-0780_1_09- (44:51):
Totally.
And I think a lot of it is thatthe one thing that was keeping
us in it was Matt and Gloria.
And when we get to the secondact of the episode, all that
flirtation, all that, it's justgone.
But we are folks.
We're now into the more, youknow, segment.
So Scott T.
Bob.
Matt and Gloria are all Hangingout poolside.
(45:11):
Matt and Gloria sitting onlounge chairs.
Gloria's reading a book with ablank cover.
So, Who knows what she'sreading.
And uh, Scott gets out of thepool and he puts on sunscreen
and both Matt and Gloria thinkthat Scott made a great
decision.
And T Bob says, this is really aburning issue.
And I want to talk about thereaction here a bit because
(45:34):
Scott bows his head and shakeshis head so sadly as if his
friend had one last shot tosurvive and he blew it.
And then Gloria.
Leans her head back in disgustand says not again and Matt
moans And rolls over on thelounge chair so that his back is
(45:55):
facing T Bob.
What in the world is going onhere?
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (46:00):
What is your theory, Adam?
I'm really curious about this.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-2024 (46:03):
I did have a thought.
That Matt had gotten so tired.
Or Gloria, and she told Matt.
But one of them got so tired ofT Bob being such an idiot.
That they told Scott, you needto reprogram him.
Cause if he says somethingagain, I'm going to tell him.
Destroy him.
And so when he says somethingstupid, Scott gets very sad.
(46:25):
Gloria says not again.
And Matt rolls over and grunts,just thinking about how much
effort and pain he's going tohave to go through to tell Buddy
to destroy T Boff.
But okay, we can leave that oneaside and just talk about Matt
and Gloria.
In their bathing suits poolside.
Very comfortable.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (46:42):
Very comfortable, aren't they?
Very familiar.
There's just a, there's an easethere, and I also, I did a
double take on this.
I think they're at the Trackermansion.
Okay.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-2 (46:52):
are, they're at tracker mansion for
sure.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (46:54):
So
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27- (46:55):
moved in.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (46:56):
she's moved in and, you
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27- (46:58):
There goes his library
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (47:01):
Well, Remember, Gloria has brought
someone for the library before,hasn't she?
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27 (47:05):
That's true.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (47:06):
that's for the after hours podcast.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27- (47:08):
about that episode.
Well, Look, they're newlywedsand the honeymoon continues.
That's all I can say.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (47:13):
I think it's great.
I think it's like, Hey, look,like this is the episode that
they got together.
Finally, they got together.
They're married and now we haveto be on the lookout if any
Melinda's come back into thepicture.
Or Amanda Stevens.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-20 (47:28):
Oh, Gloria does not like dr.
Stephens at all.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (47:31):
What about that one, there's like the
one reporter.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-2 (47:34):
there's a reporter There's also the
redhead and like the Amazon.
There's the doctor in Alaska.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (47:40):
So Matt, you're a married man now.
We're going to be keeping aclose eye on you.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27- (47:45):
Yeah, 100 percent well awards How
about father of the year?
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (47:51):
first I had this instinct, it was the
entire episode.
But I think it's that shiningmoment where Matt abandons his
child in the middle of a lake.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-2 (47:59):
percent Yeah, that's 100 percent Buddy
Hawks award
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (48:03):
I didn't have a nominee.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-2024 (48:05):
I do.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (48:06):
All right.
What do you got?
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-20 (48:08):
Me.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (48:09):
Oh,
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-202 (48:10):
at the beginning of the episode,
saying that Gloria's friends gotknocked up when they were 16 and
all went to Vegas to getmarried.
I think that was very classistof me.
I think it was very rude.
I think it was very insensitive.
But I've I've done training nowand I feel more prepared to
handle the complex world we livein now.
(48:31):
So my sincere apologies to allour listeners for that.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (48:34):
We had sent Adam to training during the
recording of this podcast to uh,to HR.
So that, that That commercialbreak, you know, it was a lot
longer for us than it was foryou.
But wait, wait, wait to callyourself out, Adam, really proud
of you.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-20 (48:48):
You know what?
We all have to be part of thesolution.
The Sly Rax Ragdoll Award.
pj_1_09-27-2024_1 (48:54):
Surprisingly, this was a hard one for me.
now, okay, I was just gonna saythe dude that Vanessa picked up
and twerked around, but I guessalso Matt's a pretty good
nominee for flying out thatwindow.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27- (49:05):
Yeah, it had a, definitely.
He crashed through the window.
And fell, though she did cushionhim with aura.
I'll say an almost ragdoll.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (49:15):
Yeah
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-20 (49:16):
Um, Yeah, no, he was
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (49:19):
think it's just that dude who put
money into T Bob and he nearlyfucking killed him.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-202 (49:23):
to fight.
And let's be honest, T Bob wouldwin in a battle against a human
being cause he's got likeextendo arms and stuff like
that.
So,
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (49:30):
Oh, especially a drunk human being,
because that guy was sauced.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-202 (49:35):
he sure was.
We'll see if he comes back inanother episode.
That's it for episode 24.
Episode 25, the big two, five,it's called the plant show.
Venom threatens to cover LosAngeles with mutated kudzu
vines.
Unless California plays a heftyransom.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (49:55):
Well, Look, at least we can say we're
getting back to form where Venomis not slumming it anymore.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-2024 (50:00):
I mean, Don't know much about the
California economy in theeighties.
I know plenty about it now as aresident of this fine and
troubled state.
But I don't think things wereawesome.
In the 80s.
So, Good luck ransoming thestate of California.
And also, I think in Sacramentothey'd probably say, Go ahead.
(50:24):
It's Los Angeles.
Cover it in vines.
Who cares?
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (50:28):
It certainly would be good because
it's hard to grow shit in LosAngeles.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-202 (50:32):
it is.
It really is.
Without a lot of water.
Maybe Venom will solve the watercrisis.
My friend, it's been a good one.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (50:38):
this has been great.
Hey, congrats to Matt and Gloriafor tying
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-2 (50:41):
Yes, Mazel Tov.
Let's raise a glass to Matt andGloria Tracker.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (50:46):
actually I think you mean Matt and Gloria
Baker.
Gloria did not take Matt's lastname.
She made Matt take her lastname.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-2 (50:54):
Very true.
Very true.
We'll see.
We'll see what the computersays.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (50:57):
It would have worked in the theme song if
Matt had died and Gloria was theleader, cause it would have
been, Baker's gonna lead themission.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-2 (51:05):
Yep.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (51:05):
I PJ McNerney.
squadcaster-0780_1_09-27-20 (51:08):
but we'll have to get into that
another time because thispodcast has to transform And
head back to hq.
I am at Moore.
Bye-Bye bye.
pj_1_09-27-2024_145847 (51:18):
Bye bye.
The mobile armored podcast showis written, produced and edited.
Bye Adam Moore.
And PJ McNerney.
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