March 17, 2025 • 52 mins
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Hopping over to Vienna, Matt, Scott, T-Bob, and Dusty Hayes (who apparently decided to hang around after last episode) witness Austria’s famous Lipizzaner Stallions from the bleacher seats.
But then, the horses go wild, forcing Dusty to save a child whose mother attends the Matt Trakker School of Abandonment Parenting. The horses go missing, leading Matt to follow in his own footsteps and abandon Scott at the hotel while he goes to investigate.
(Also, there is an Emir there from a made-up Middle Eastern country who thanks Dusty from stopping the stampede…leading Dusty to make a strange reference to human sacrifice.)
Surprise, surprise, it turns out that V.E.N.O.M. is behind the horse-napping, acting as guns for hire for the Emir to steal the horses and sell them at an amazingly inflated price.
But don’t worry, M.A.S.K. is there to stop them, putting two and two together with the kind of circumstantial evidence that would get your case thrown out of The People’s Court!
(Seriously, it is based on hearsay, the fact that the Emir is “An Arabian”, and that he wants to have those horses.)
And it all leads up to an exciting battle at the end on a giant oil tanker that can navigate the Danube! We hope the horses can survive this traumatic experience…
Join Adam Moore and PJ McNerney for the joys of horse husbandry and questionable legal grounds on the Mobile Armored Podcast Show!!!
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Adam (00:13):
Welcome to the Mobile Armored Podcast Show, the
podcast that transforms into aHey baler.
name is Adam Moore, alongside myco-host and best friend, PJ
McNerney.
How's it going today, pj?
PJ (00:26):
I am doing well.
what interesting thing as a, ameta commentary, the last few
episodes have been spending alot of time in Europe.
And it's, it's interestingbecause like they're all
clustered together.
It's also interesting'cause alot of the times, like Gloria
shows up for them, so I don'tknow what her travel schedule
has been because like she's beenlike coming out to meet up with
(00:49):
her husband and then flying backunless she's got like some
appointment like we see today.
Adam (00:54):
She has a very appointment today.
Look, let's dive into theepisode because there's so much
to get into here.
It's episode 36 at theLipizzaner Mystery.
Steals the famous Lipizzanerstallions where an Arab
purchases them for$4 million.
But mask team member Dusty Hayesfoils their heist.
PJ (01:15):
A few things on the tagline already.
I love how like we have justculturally scrubbed away, like
anything except for he's anArab,
Adam (01:25):
He's
PJ (01:26):
then
Adam (01:26):
he is definitely Saudi or from the Emirates or
PJ (01:29):
They make it very clear like he's, a, a man of great wealth.
Also, dusty doesn't actuallyfoil their heist.
So
Adam (01:37):
he doesn't.
PJ (01:39):
I wanna point out like, who's ever reading these
taglines?
I think they watch five minutesof the episode.
Maybe.
'cause an AI would do a betterjob than this.
Adam (01:50):
Yeah.
Agreed.
PJ (01:51):
I,
Adam (01:52):
we open on external shots of Vienna, and then we're inside
a stately arena where anaudience is watching a soldier
in like an old timey uniformriding a white horse who can do
some tricks.
So I actually did some researchhere.
PJ (02:06):
Ooh.
Adam (02:07):
So we will go to.
corner.
So the uh, the Lipizzaner is aEuropean breed of riding horse
developed in the Asberg Empirein the 16th century.
PJ (02:19):
Oh.
Adam (02:19):
Yeah, it's powerful, slow to mature, long lived.
the name of the breed derivesfrom that of a village of
Lipica, Some fun facts for you,pj.
The breed has been endangerednumerous times by warfare
sweeping Europe, includingduring the war of the First
Coalition World War I and WorldWar ii.
And there's a Disney moviecalled Miracle of the White
(02:40):
Stallions about the rescue ofthose horses during World War II
by American troops.
PJ (02:46):
I am sure.
Adam (02:46):
if that's true or not.
PJ (02:48):
Yeah.
It's a, it's a good question.
I would be curious to see theveracity of the miracle of the
white stallions.
I.
On one hand, I think it's great.
On the other hand, do you wonderabout the nearby villages that
were not saved because they weresaving these horses?
Adam (03:03):
yeah.
Yeah.
There's a, it's like a littlebit of saving private Ryan in
PJ (03:09):
We've got to save the horses.
They're from a noble familywhose empire spanned Europe.
Adam (03:16):
400 years
PJ (03:17):
I, I'm not, I'm not against saving horses.
I wanna be really clear.
Horses are wonderful, wonderfulanimals.
Like you know, I, I'm curiousabout a horse that has been very
specifically bred and trained inprobably the most brutal
conditions to perform tricks
Adam (03:35):
Yeah.
PJ (03:35):
royalty.
Adam (03:36):
exactly.
Speaking of the tricks the, thisis classical dressage which
includes the highly controlledstylized jumps and known as the
heirs above the ground.
dates back hundreds of years.
So that's who the lipizzanerstallions are.
I don't know how many eight yearolds watching the show.
(03:58):
who they were or knew theirsignificance.
We were basically watching itand being like, why does this
guy wearing like a toga wannabuy horses for$4 million?
PJ (04:09):
Yeah, we're gonna get into that at Economics Corner too.
Adam (04:11):
Okay Matt and Matt's favorite travel companion.
No, not Gloria Dusty Hayes.
They're there watching theperformance.
They're inside this very it'svery upscale.
there's no reason to questionwhy Matt is there.
I am a little concerned'causeDusty's just wearing a t-shirt.
(04:31):
While Matt's wearing his suit,it seems like he probably could
have dressed up a little bit,maybe worn his.
His t-shirt with a tie on it.
But one thing I wanna point outthough, if you notice in the
background, pj, some of themembers of the iconic eighties
band flock of seagulls are inattendance.
Did you notice
PJ (04:47):
I,
Adam (04:47):
the
PJ (04:47):
I, I did notice that.
Thank you for the screenshot forthat, because I think I, I
would've missed it otherwise.
it's strange because they're alldressed pretty haphazardly.
Like, so I, I agree a suit wouldbe appropriate, but like, it's
almost like this is themiscellaneous box.
'cause there's like a dude inwhat looks like an old surgeon's
outfit on the right side of thescreen And it's like flock of
(05:09):
eagles.
Guys are just clearly like, Hey,we're flock of, maybe they're
playing, a concert there,
Adam (05:14):
I notice also that only Matt and Scott have seats and
everyone else is forced tostand.
PJ (05:20):
Yeah.
I think TBO has a seed as well,so it's like the billionaire,
his boy and his boy's robot.
Everyone else must stand.
I had a question for you.
Is Dusty like, I feel like it's,it's splits hairs here.
See actually the favorite travelcompanion, or is it Bruce?
Adam (05:35):
He has been of late,
PJ (05:36):
Yeah, it's true.
That's true.
Adam (05:38):
been O of late.
I mean, It used to be Bruce, butmaybe there's been a falling out
'cause we've seen Dusty a lotmore.
PJ (05:42):
Bruce is still pining over Vanessa.
So,
Adam (05:45):
It turns out that this is a special performance of the
stallions in honor of the emirof, I listened to it a bunch of
times.
It's not like the Emir of Amra.
What did you hear?
PJ (05:57):
you know, honestly it was, it was just like made up Middle
Eastern com country in theeighties.
I mean, it's not as bad as onethat legitimately appeared in
the Transformer show.
You know that one right.
Adam (06:11):
what was it called?
PJ (06:13):
Caria legitimately, look, I'm not making this shit up.
This basically was like in thetransformer show and it's like,
how the fuck did that get pastthe sensors?
So they didn't go that far.
Adam (06:27):
Anyways, it's quite clear just based on what he's wearing,
he is not of the house of SaudiIt doesn't actually matter where
he's from, honestly,
PJ (06:34):
Yeah.
Adam (06:35):
but meanwhile, Scott has t Bob's head open and has turned
him into a popcorn machine.
So this is a Roy Batty nomineefor sure.
And this episode has so many RoyBatty moments.
and t Bobb does go quite mad, bythe way, by at the end of this
episode.
maybe
PJ (06:54):
yeah.
Adam (06:55):
crossed the line, but it's crazy.
PJ (06:57):
Yeah.
So he's, he's turned him into apopcorn holder, technically.
And, you know, we've seen thiswhole like, food storage
compartment before.
But my question to you, Adam,like once again, has Scott
cleaned out the spaghetti andmeatballs from the Italian
episode?
The pizza from the Italianepisode, or the panda poo from
(07:17):
the Panda episode?
Adam (07:19):
How many 10 year olds do you know, cleaned out their
robot
PJ (07:23):
Nope.
Adam (07:24):
storing food in it?
PJ (07:25):
None.
Unless he like tried to take ahose to him.
And Tim Bob's response isactually pretty on target.
He is like, I've got over amillion logic and motivation
circuits and what does heus mefor a popcorn box To which
Scott's like, I wonder if Icould turn you into a popcorn
popper.
Adam (07:41):
suddenly a bright light flashes and all the horses go
wild bucking their riders andlike their eyes turn into this
like scary purple color.
PJ (07:51):
It is scary.
Adam (07:52):
Now the horses turn on their masters and decide to go
charging toward a group ofpeople who are for some reason
sitting the actual arena.
I guess the cheap seats like,there's a waiver you have to
sign by sitting here.
You may
PJ (08:09):
You may be
Adam (08:10):
horse droppings or stampedes.
well a young boy is in dangerand so Dusty actually leaps down
from his second story balconyseat lands on a horse and guides
it away from the child and likethe other horses follow the
leader there.
badass.
PJ (08:28):
It really is.
Adam (08:29):
did you notice that Matt and Scott also jump off the
balcony to go and check onDusty?
PJ (08:34):
I did after the horses were well outta the arena
Adam (08:37):
yeah,
PJ (08:37):
like they jumped down when the danger had passed.
And regarding that young boy didyou notice that?
So the boy is like in the centerof the stage.
Everyone else is evacuating,including his mom who turns
around is like, oh my God, myson.
My question to you was, doesthis woman like attend the same
classes as Matt Tracker in termsof just child abandonment?
Adam (08:59):
yeah.
She read Matt's book.
PJ (09:01):
Hotels are great, but Matt Tracker.
Adam (09:04):
Hotel rooms, your new babysitter, so they're following
these horse tracks and they leadto a dead end.
And it's like the horses havejust now, later on outside the
emir.
Thanks Dusty for stopping thestampede line.
Is this a shucks?
I ain't had so much fun sincethe hogs ate Uncle George and I
(09:29):
listened to it three times toensure I was right, I heard it
no other way than the hogs ateUncle George.
let's unpack this a little bit.
A, the Hogs eight, uncle George,and B, it was fun.
PJ (09:43):
Yeah, I had the same thought and I came up with four
scenarios.
Adam (09:48):
Okay.
PJ (09:48):
go from best case to worst case.
Okay.
Best case scenario was UncleGeorge was some sort of straw
person, effigy.
Adam (09:57):
Okay.
PJ (09:58):
Of a member of the family that was then fed to the hugs.
Okay.
Like, and they just called itUncle George'cause he was the
black sheep or something likethat.
And that was just what they did.
Still disturbing.
Okay.
The next best case scenario,uncle George was the name of
some animal that upon death wasthen fed to the hogs, also
(10:21):
disturbing.
Okay.
Adam (10:22):
Yeah.
PJ (10:23):
Worst case scenarios.
Dusty belongs to a very smallreligious cult that requires
their dead to be consumed byhogs after they die.
Very disturbing.
Adam (10:33):
Yeah,
PJ (10:34):
however, the most problematic is the same idea,
except Uncle George wasn't deadyet.
Adam (10:42):
I think really any of them are valid.
But here's my, here's what Ikeep coming back to.
How are any of these fun?
I mean, All shucks.
I ain't had so much fun sincethe hogs ate Uncle George.
Like none of this sounds fun.
Buddy has a, that's a realproblem.
PJ (11:03):
there should have been some question, at least from Matt,
like, what do you mean?
I don't wanna stray, stray toofar into Buddy Hawk's territory,
but I think it's not too far ofa stretch to presume the the
Amir, who will be referred to asan Arabian repeatedly like
presumably he is, would be ofthe Muslim faith and.
(11:25):
Wouldn't it be like insulting insome way, shape or form to say
that someone was eaten by a hogbecause like, they're considered
unclean animal.
I mean, it's, it just,especially to an Amir, it feels
like a really, really weirdthing to say.
Adam (11:40):
The Amir doesn't seem super pleased after Dusty
reveals his funny story aboutpigs
PJ (11:48):
does.
Adam (11:48):
uncle.
PJ (11:49):
I mean, honestly, he's got a, the best reaction you can to
anyone who would actually hearthat.
Like, he like doesn't know whatto do with it.
So he is gonna kind of move on.
Adam (12:00):
The Amir says it is a shame I.
Myself, I would've given myentire fortune for just one of
those beautiful lip anners.
PJ (12:07):
My thought was basically they, you'd have a horse and no
money, and then you'd have toeat your just expensive horse.
Like that's a weird statement.
Adam (12:16):
Yeah.
But I do, I, yeah, I agree.
And I just wanna set it up onemore time here that here's how
the cut goes.
The Amir says, I would give myentire fortune one of those
beautiful horses.
Basically, rich, Matt's rich.
The cut, the immediate cut is toThunder Hawk racing down the
road like Matt does not messaround when someone is willing
(12:40):
to pay a fortune for something.
PJ (12:43):
Say Fortune.
Yeah.
He is speeding dangerously rightnow.
Adam (12:48):
well, The ride in there in Thunder Hawk and Scott mentions
the secret popcorn compartmentthat he built into tbo, which
causes Matt to have a brainstormand he slams on the brakes,
which causes tbo to go flyinginto the front seat, like
clearly.
No seatbelt for tbo.
I feel this is another Roy Battynomination as well.
PJ (13:07):
Hundred percent.
Another Roy Batty.
Few things here.
T Bobb should be wearing aseatbelt, so that's negligent on
Matt's part.
Matt should not be driving thatfast.
Adam (13:17):
First of all, speed limits do not apply to Matt Tracker.
No matter what country you'rein, but two, if you're driving a
Camaro, you can't drive thatthing slow.
What do you wanna do?
Drive 55 miles an hour in anIROC Z.
PJ (13:32):
Okay.
But even with that, Mattshouldn't be stopping that
short.
Adam (13:38):
Yeah.
PJ (13:39):
talking about 10 horses here, Matt, not some infection.
Your scientist came up with a,in a lab in Africa?
Adam (13:46):
Yeah.
I mean, It's like has happenedbefore where he gets interested
in an unusual situation, whichis, you
PJ (13:53):
Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
Adam (13:54):
thing.
But also someone has placed amassive value.
On these horses, the Amir, hisentire fortune.
This guy's a billionaire.
So that's what actually hasMatt's, know, gears turning in
his head.
wait a minute.
So these horses are worth, afortune to this, to this, Amir.
They must be valuable.
(14:15):
I should figure out where theywent, because they're worth
billions of dollars to this man.
If they were just horses,wouldn't care, would he?
PJ (14:23):
no, these are all excellent points.
It, repeatedly puts Matt intothe worst light possible.
But it fits.
I mean, look, it all tracks withwhat we know about Mr.
Tracker.
Adam (14:33):
Yeah, it
PJ (14:33):
Don't mess with his shit, and he's in it for the money.
Adam (14:36):
Yep.
Uh, well, He,
PJ (14:38):
I.
Adam (14:38):
the computer pull up the architectural drawings of the
Palace of Vienna, and it turnsout an emergency passage was
built in the 18 hundreds in caseof civil unrest, big enough for
Emperor Franz Joseph to escapein a carriage with a team of
horses.
And I just felt that Matt couldrelate to that.
PJ (14:56):
I really love this comment by you.
It is like Matt's undergroundtrain is there in case the
people turn against him and thenhe is gonna hole up in Boulder
Hill.
You'll like take down the massesthat, that try to assault him.
Adam (15:10):
If he was ever discovered as the leader of mask, it
wouldn't just be Venom comingafter him.
There are so many people in theworld for people whose property
has just been straight updamaged to, I would share many
governments treaties andborders, he's violated the
leader.
They're all coming after him.
PJ (15:29):
Yeah.
I.
Adam (15:29):
say that's another reason why Boulder Hill is basically a
fortress.
PJ (15:33):
Smart move.
Adam (15:34):
yeah, Scott is sent back to the hotel as usual, but um,
actually a fun exchange.
Scott says they never get intoany trouble, but TB points out
the elephants in Singapore andthe Eiffel Tower from two
episodes ago.
And I thought it was like reallygood callbacks.
PJ (15:50):
Yeah.
I thought this is worth taking abeat on.
A couple different ar I mean,these are all episodic.
They're cartoon episodes.
We don't get a lot of continuitythese episodes except what you
and I impose on'em.
Adam (15:59):
Yeah.
PJ (15:59):
Hurricane is the most notable example, And it's the
first time for that callback forsomething for Scott.
I will note though, in.
Both of those examples.
Scott got in trouble inSingapore because his dad said,
go tour Singapore.
Adam (16:15):
Yeah.
PJ (16:15):
And basically just abandoned him to his own devices.
Matt also told Scott, go to theEiffel Tower, that'll be safe.
And then they had the battlethere.
So I think Scott could havepushed the issue that they don't
get into trouble, but troublejust kind of finds them because
they were abandoned.
Adam (16:36):
Point accepted.
PJ (16:37):
BP's pissed at this point in time.
Adam (16:40):
bobb is looming over Scott is back against the door in
Thunder Hawk.
I mean,
PJ (16:47):
Yeah.
Adam (16:47):
last thing Scott sees before his creation strangles
him to death.
PJ (16:53):
Yeah, his, his line back to t Bobb was pretty hilarious,
which is, that was in trouble.
That was fun.
And, and again, nearly trampledto death by elephants and
hanging off the Eiffel Tower,telling his father to go after
Venom.
Adam (17:08):
Yeah and
PJ (17:08):
He,
Adam (17:09):
line is, let me show you how I have fun, Scott.
I.
As he wraps his little roboticmittens around Scott's neck.
PJ (17:20):
I feel like Scott has lived so close to death that he
doesn't actually recognize realdanger, like the one in front of
him.
Which is proof to me that nomatter what you say, like Gloria
has taken Scott under her wing,she may not be the, like the mom
you want, but she's the presentmom that's there,
Adam (17:38):
exactly.
We cut to Matt and Dusty.
They are investigating thetunnel inside the palace where
the horses disappeared.
Matt finds a ring on the wall,kinda looks like something you
might tie a horse to.
He turns it a secret passagewayand Dusty asks him, how'd you
know that?
And for me, once again.
can relate.
(17:58):
He knows exactly how secretpassageway to escape from civil
unrest is accessed.
PJ (18:04):
Or for unusual situations.
Adam (18:06):
Exactly
PJ (18:08):
I really enjoy how like, no matter where they go, Matt's
like, come have fun, but makesure you bring your work clothes
with you.
Adam (18:15):
right.
PJ (18:15):
'cause they're in full uniform regalia.
Adam (18:18):
They are.
Matt finds a trip
PJ (18:20):
I
Adam (18:20):
which is programmed to make the ceiling fall down if
anyone tripped it.
And once again, can relate.
Well, They also find a sonictransmitter, computer tells Matt
that it was stolen by Venom, andthis has become a reoccurring
trend.
The computer ends constantlywithholding information from
Matt, like just the Sonictransmitter was stolen by Venom
(18:42):
computer, just be a littleproactive
PJ (18:44):
So the kindest thing I can think of, which puts me in the
writer defense award venomsteals so much stuff that most
of it isn't actually worthtalking about.
Like, does Matt really wanna geta notification about the latest
shit hole that they're livingin?
No.
Like, I think he's just turneddown the notification setting on
his computer.
Adam (19:04):
well, speaking Of venom, we cut to miles in the beautiful
Austrian countryside where theyare storing the horses.
Sly is gathering hay to feedthem, and Miles says to Sly,
finally find a job to suit yourtalents.
Wow, miles,
PJ (19:21):
why does he hate his people so much?
And sly there, like Sly actuallyshowed up, like Vanessa and
Cliff are gone at this point.
I didn't even know they were inthe episode till later on.
Adam (19:32):
now a helicopter arrives and the Emir shows up.
And the Amir offers a milliondollars for the horses, but
Miles changes the agreement.
It's now 1 million for stealingthem, another 4 million to
deliver them to the dock.
you know, Miles is dangerous.
But also, I really wouldn'tthreaten a Saudi oil
billionaire, but Okay.
(19:54):
You do you miles.
PJ (19:55):
I agree.
Like this was a, a moment in theepisode where I feel like Miles
thought he was Darth Vader inEmpire Strikes back saying, I am
altering the deal.
Pray.
Do not alter it any further.
Adam (20:07):
Right,
PJ (20:07):
In reality Amir or the Amir basically is Darth Vader and
Miles is an gna he's one of theguys shifting trash.
Adam (20:16):
right.
PJ (20:17):
like, and I don't think he really understands how much
danger he is in
Adam (20:21):
No the oil billionaire could disappear him
PJ (20:25):
Yes.
Adam (20:26):
pretty quickly.
Amazingly the Amir agrees to thedeal, even when Miles insists
that the 5 million be paid inplatinum bars.
Like why does he want it paid inplatinum bars,
PJ (20:40):
I took it this way.
The Amir has too many dealsgoing on, so this is all a all
small, small change for him.
And he is like, I, I fuck it.
I don't care.
Like get me the fucking horses.
And he just carries platinumbars with him just because,
Adam (20:57):
I guess.
PJ (20:58):
This is worthwhile to go to Economics Corner for a second.
'cause I was trying to likefigure this one out.
It's like,'cause when he, hesays the, the whole thing when,
when one purchases perfection,one does not quibble over the
price.
And I got really curious, like,how much does a lipizzaner cost?
And when I looked it up online,at least in modern dollars, it's
(21:18):
like$20,000 per horse.
maybe that means it's a total of$200,000 for 10 horses.
and in 1980$5, that's about$70,000 max for all 10 horses.
So let's say you were off by 10.
Let's say I'm off by 10 x.
At this point in time, we'retalking$700,000 Just to buy'em
(21:41):
legitimately.
either basically there's somesort of vendetta or the Amir
just does no research.
He does not care.
Adam (21:49):
Or you know, just like the adrenaline.
PJ (21:52):
bored with his money.
It is like, oh, let's steal him.
Adam (21:56):
Yep.
Matt and Dusty show up.
They discover Venom's hidingspot.
and, uh, yeah, so the heli, hesees this helicopter taken off.
Right.
And there's an
PJ (22:04):
Yeah.
Adam (22:05):
it that Matt says that emblem, I've seen it before, and
it kinda looks like a, it's likea scorpion, right?
PJ (22:10):
It's a scorpion this will all become a very important
soon.
Adam (22:13):
Okay.
Matt goes into the barn slice iskind of sitting on the ground.
PJ (22:18):
I think he's kind of exhausted, like he's been doing
physical labor and he is takingshit for miles.
So he is like trying to take abreak and maybe recollect his
thoughts.
Adam (22:26):
Yeah.
PJ (22:27):
What am I doing with my life?
Adam (22:28):
Yeah.
And Matt is coming from likebehind him.
It's actually kind of scary.
PJ (22:32):
Yeah.
I, he looks like he's about tochoke out sly, like his hands
are like up And my first thoughtwas, look, if you wanted to take
care of this for good, is this,isn't this a good time for
Spectrum Laser?
Adam (22:45):
Yeah.
Well, suddenly Switchbladeappears from inside a giant pile
of hay.
And uh, it opens fire on Matt,leads us into the mid episode
mask, venom Dusty hitsswitchblade with the electric.
Ouch.
which does nothing apparently.
And then Switchblade turnsaround, opens fire on Gator.
(23:06):
Dusty does some fancy drive-in,but ends up crashing into a
fallen tree.
Now Matt confronts sly in thehorse paddock, sly suddenly has
his stiletto mask on.
how did he let Sly put the maskon?
PJ (23:20):
I didn't know.
I mean, I felt maybe it waslike, you know, sly had it in
the paddock with the horses andMatt was just, you know,
basically distracted by whatMiles was doing with dusty.
Also, like, it's worthwhile tonote Slys going in for the kill
here with Stiletto.
He's got, and that's gotta dosome fancy kind of like flips to
get
Adam (23:37):
Yeah, he and Miles are really going for the kill.
PJ (23:42):
Yeah.
Adam (23:42):
not firing warning shots like they wanna
PJ (23:44):
Mm-hmm.
Adam (23:45):
Now Sly gets kicked by a horse, sending him flying out of
the paddock.
So not, this is not a normalhorse, which just kinda kicks
you and you get hurt reallybadly and fall down.
Like he flies a good a hundredyards.
So he is certainly gettingnominated for his own award
here.
PJ (24:02):
totally.
Adam (24:03):
Now, Matt sees Dusty struggling inside a tree.
Matt goes running after him.
Switchblade opens fire, sendingMatt flying through the air.
Onto a conveyor belt that'sleading to a hay baler.
Matt should be dead.
PJ (24:21):
Yeah, I, I didn't know how they were gonna top a sly rack,
and they did, because like theground explodes underneath Matt.
Adam (24:28):
Yep.
PJ (24:29):
goes flying through the air, does a 180 twist in the air, and
then lands solidly on his spineon that hay baler.
Adam (24:37):
right.
PJ (24:38):
his, his back is now broken.
Best case scenario,
Adam (24:42):
Venom escapes with the horses.
Dusty is trapped under the tree.
Matt Isga about to get churnedthrough the hay baler.
leads me to wonder what's gonnahappen.
PJ (24:52):
I don't know.
I, no.
We've got them in sight.
Hold on.
Mask will be right back.
Now watch what Mask does.
Adam (25:02):
We're back when we left you.
We watched as Matt Trackerchurned through a hay baler.
It chopped him into pieces.
There's sorts of limbs and feetand pieces of the mask and
various bales of hay.
It's very morbid,
PJ (25:18):
And
Adam (25:19):
to go on without
PJ (25:21):
but, in respect, he's going to feed Matt's remains to the
hogs um, because that is what'srequired by his cult.
Adam (25:31):
At least it'll be fun for him, and he explains it to
Scott.
You should have been there,Scott.
It was real fun.
PJ (25:38):
Now, afterwards, we're gonna sacrifice the hog and eat it.
So Matt's power will flow downinto you.
Just like Uncle George's powerhas flown into me.
Adam (25:49):
Sadly, that's not what happens.
Or happily, whatever side of thefence you're on.
It's either happy or sad.
happens actually is that Dustyejects Gator in boat mode, skids
across the ground, knocks likethe hay baler out of the way and
catches Matt in the seats.
So this is like a second prettybadass move from Dusty in this
episode.
PJ (26:09):
yeah, it really was Dusty's on point this episode.
Like, I mean, when it's callsfor it, like he's there.
Also a great use of the, kind ofthe mechanics of the vehicle.
'cause like it's exactly what wewould be doing to have fun with
it.
I had this thought that Dustyknows that he has to save Matt
because if he doesn't, Gloriawill do something far worse to
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him.
Like this.
this is under duress and thread.
when Gator gets there, Matt'sfalling off the baler And I have
to believe his back is brokenagain, because that's a 10 foot
drop right onto his spine again.
Adam (26:44):
Yeah.
In Gator, which is not
PJ (26:45):
And in.
Adam (26:46):
comfortable vehicle,
PJ (26:47):
Right.
And I felt like also, like therewas no reason for for Dusty to
then kind of like, he's notgonna fall out of Gator at that
point in time.
So I was like, eh, Dusty'sgetting a little handsy here.
Adam (26:56):
he does, He does, he reaches around Matt's waist
PJ (26:59):
And Dusty's,
Adam (27:00):
hogs.
PJ (27:03):
oh, you're still alive.
Oh.
Oh, well.
Adam (27:06):
But yeah uh, surprise, surprise, Matt's alive.
So how about that?
PJ (27:09):
How about that?
Adam (27:10):
Meanwhile, Scott is back at the hotel and he's tinkering
around with tbo and he says,room service ought to be here
any minute with more popcorn.
And T Bobb expressly says, but Idon't want to be a popcorn
popper.
Roy Batty nominees all over this
PJ (27:29):
Yeah.
Scott asked him, where's yourspirit of adventure?
And my question in this casewas, what adventure, Scott,
you're gonna cause him to getunnaturally hot and screw up his
circuits?
Adam (27:38):
Yeah and then on top of that, making matters worse,
Scott makes an adjustment thatcauses teebo to get stuck in
scooter mode and go racingaround the room.
PJ (27:48):
Yes.
Adam (27:48):
the room service guy shows up
PJ (27:50):
I.
Adam (27:50):
and when he does TB bursts through the door and starts like
speeding down the hallway.
PJ (27:56):
Mm-hmm.
Adam (27:57):
a mess right now,
PJ (27:58):
Yeah.
Adam (27:59):
It actually ties into the episode.
So credit to the writer herebecause Bobb crashes into the
Emir, who's coming out of hishotel room.
Just goes to show you that Mattstays at excellent hotels.
If it's good enough for theEmir, it's good enough for the
Tracker family.
This crash causes all theplatinum bars to fall out of the
Amir suitcase.
(28:19):
And Scott sees this, and then hesees a photo of the Liper horses
and then starts, starts piecingthings together on his own.
PJ (28:27):
Okay, I want to do an economics corner check here for
a second.
Uh, Which is almost borders onscience corner, but,
Adam (28:33):
Okay.
PJ (28:34):
Platinum weighs more than gold.
And we talked a few episodesback about the suitcase of gold
bars weighing somewhere north of300 pounds.
So for 400 million in platinum,I did the math.
And$85, So it's gonna be about31 bars, of platinum, which
comes out to 839 pounds So thatsuitcase is on wheels, but the
(28:58):
emirs men are juicing.
Adam (29:00):
That's the thing.
It's on wheels,
PJ (29:01):
Yeah.
Adam (29:02):
least has some plausibility.
PJ (29:03):
Yeah.
We'll talk about that thoughlater on.
as we Find out what happens thatthose uh, sets of platinum bars.
Adam (29:10):
yeah.
Calls Matt to sort of update himon the information, He tells
Matt about, I'll just, I'll saywhat the, that line of dialogue
is.
He tells Matt, a little whileago I saw some Arabian men with
platinum bars, and Matt says,Arabian.
Kinda, and then it's followed bymultiple shots of the Emir, like
(29:32):
as Matt is remembering him.
Now, if you remember everyonelast episode, PJ made a bet with
me.
He bet there would be two words
PJ (29:41):
Mm-hmm.
Adam (29:41):
of shots.
Is this what you were betting meon?
PJ (29:44):
Yes.
This is what I was betting youon because I want to unpack this
pretty dramatically.
Adam (29:51):
Yeah.
PJ (29:51):
Okay.
So first, I think it's actuallykind of remarkable and, and
shows his privilege that Scottknows what platinum bars look
like.
Adam (29:59):
Yeah.
PJ (30:00):
Okay.
I would guess it would besilver, but no, Scott knows
enough to differentiate betweensilver and platinum bars
Adam (30:06):
yeah.
PJ (30:07):
and Scott has seen that this guy has a picture of a horse,
which just could be a postcard.
Okay, so I want us to understandthe evidence that Scott has and
Matt has at this particularpoint in time in this episode.
Also, apparently Scott has beentrained by Matt to be suspicious
(30:28):
of Arabian men
Adam (30:30):
Yeah.
Yeah.
PJ (30:31):
Scott's then therefore trained to use circumstantial
evidence to convict
Adam (30:36):
Which is
PJ (30:36):
so
Adam (30:37):
has trained the mask computer to do as well,
PJ (30:39):
he Correct.
So Matt's face with the platinumbars, he looks pissed.
And then he, he goes into thislike, thought pattern of like an
Arabian, and then like, they dothis like music as, and Matt's
face lights up in realizationwhere it's first his face, he
remembers the em emblem on theside of the helicopter.
(31:02):
Then they see the flag with thesame emblem on it, and then
three shots of the Amir, ofincreasing suspicion each time.
Okay.
And then Dusty has to shake Mattfrom his trance saying, Matt,
what's wrong?
And Matt's conclusion is this.
Emir Venom is trading with Emir.
(31:25):
So here's my deal, man.
I don't want to live in theworld where Matt's legal
framework operates becauseapparently circumstantial
evidence is enough to prosecutehis case against anyone.
Adam (31:40):
sure.
PJ (31:40):
if there'd been something about Matt hearing that the
buyer was using platinum barsfor their purchase, maybe I'd be
okay with trying to do thisconnection.
But as far as I can tell, Mattis going after the Amir because
he is in his words, an Arabianand Dusty supplants this with
his next line.
You're right, he's Arabian andhe also one of those horses.
(32:05):
So Dusty, your proof here is eare one of those horses.
He's Arabian.
That is the proof you guys areoffering up to us.
So how fucked up is that to giveto kids?
And Matt said I should haveknown when I saw the emblem on
that chopper because clearly acourt case would not be trying
(32:27):
to introduce any notion that thechopper was potentially stolen.
So this Adam is like we're gonnacome back to this when we get
back to the Buddy Hawks award.
But it's pretty dramatic interms of what we know and what
Matt has jumped to
Adam (32:42):
As part of all this, we learn that the Emir is leaving
on his like, oil tanker thatnight.
So I just wanna point out thattravels around in his crude oil
tanker, like not a private jet.
He just sails around in a megaship filled with crude oil.
PJ (33:01):
which no one did research because if we recall, I had to
like check this, like Vienna istechnically not landlocked.
Like the Danube runs through it,
Adam (33:10):
Yeah.
PJ (33:11):
but we're talking
Adam (33:12):
fit on the
PJ (33:12):
Yeah, exactly.
We're talking about an oiltanker sitting on the Danube,
like just kind of rollingthrough.
Adam (33:20):
No.
The type of thing that would getcaught in the Suez Canal can
easily make its way up theDanube.
Guess what?
We have a late episode agentselection scene.
So first up, Gloria Baker,champion race, driver, Black
belt and Kung fu team hottie.
Matt's wife, she's at thedentist.
the alarm goes off and she takesa girl's teddy bear and puts it
(33:41):
in her place.
but the dentist kind of turnsaround and goes to like continue
what he was doing for a fewsolid moments before realizing
it's a teddy bear.
And I worry that she's notseeing the best dentist in town.
PJ (33:54):
Yeah, I wonder if you had like, vision problems which I
agree is not what you want in adentist.
Basically, if you have to bethat close to realize that a
teddy bear is not a human.
Did you notice that she'srocking the purple hair and pink
lipstick?
Like it's kind of a, a differentlook for her.
Adam (34:10):
Yeah.
It's a little bit of a gem inthe holograms going on
PJ (34:13):
I, for one, I'm glad that Matt's wife's coming to Vienna,
but I had a question, given thatwe've established there's only
the Danube that's there ishaving a vehicle whose primary
transformation is for water,like a good idea
Adam (34:26):
I agree.
You know, Last episode they dida really good job of choosing
the right vehicles for theepisode.
This one, they just chosevehicles.
PJ (34:32):
yeah, I mean, I love it when Gloria shows up.
I mean, she's,'cause she'sawesome,
Adam (34:36):
I'm sure Matt enjoys it too.
PJ (34:37):
mm-hmm.
Adam (34:38):
Second up is Buddy Hawks.
So Buddy is really dressed up.
I thought he was in disguise andmaybe he is because he's wearing
like a, a, you know, a kind oflike an old Newsies cap in a
suit that matches.
He's holding like a bouquet ofroses.
of waiting for a date as we findout.
'cause she comes running thisblonde, wearing a pink dress.
Comes running up, he gets thecall, he run towards her hands,
(35:00):
her the flowers.
Then runs away.
Not even a, Hey, sorry,something came up.
Nothing.
Just the flowers, and he runslike, man.
All right.
PJ (35:09):
Yeah, to, to me, you could have done this with like as some
sort of French movie and itwould've fit, I think we've
actually seen this one before.
Like I, I think we have, I feellike we've seen this, but I love
the idea that he's doing it tothe same person twice.
Like this is like, he like hadto fight really hard to like,
get back like, oh no, listenBelinda, I'm gonna show up this
(35:33):
time.
the, and this is like his onetrue chance at love.
and then he's gotta justbasically ditch her again.
Adam (35:38):
I'm curious where he's meeting her.
Just as I look at the frames, itlooks like she's running past a
liquor store.
And when you look at the shotwhere he hands her the flowers
and runs off, it's clearly like,sort of hardware store.
'cause it says power tools inthe window.
where's he taking her on a date?
I'm, I wanna get myself a newband saw and I thought maybe you
could come and check it out withme.
(35:59):
look, if she's into it, then hehas found his soulmate.
PJ (36:02):
Not this time apparently.
Adam (36:04):
We uh, we cut to the mask jet in flight.
PJ (36:06):
It is a cool set of shots we get at the jet.
Adam (36:08):
the jet's cool.
it's really rocking.
So we cut to the harbor whichis, seems like it's big enough
for a handful of, shippingcontainer, vessels and oil
tankers and that sort of thing,but.
my research, I can't find anylocation in Vienna that has that
kind of or shipyards to supportthose kind of vessels.
(36:33):
did you
PJ (36:33):
No Uhuh.
No.
I mean this is, this was clearlythe writers did no research.
Again, I mean, you'd really haveto kind of make the claim that,
they're doing this like, like inthe Black Sea or something like
that.
Adam (36:44):
Okay like I said, we do cut to these shipyards, sly and
Cliff deliver the horses to theAmir ship.
So Cliff is here.
And by the way, Vanessa shows uptoo,
PJ (36:52):
yeah.
What the hell were they doing?
Adam (36:54):
just hanging out on the ship the whole time.
I guess I, I don't know.
PJ (36:59):
I think Cliff was at another artist's retreat and Vanessa
just wanted some time toherself.
Some me time in, in Vienna.
Adam (37:05):
A lot of good shopping in Vienna.
The Amir connects with Miles andsays, very good, Mr.
Mayhem.
I see.
For sufficient money you willeven keep your word.
mayhem says, for sufficientmoney, I'll even deal with you.
PJ (37:17):
I was like, whoa.
I was like hard for me not tosee this as a Buddy Hawk's mom
at this point in.
I was like,
Adam (37:22):
Oh, completely.
Amir says, as we agreed,$4million in platinum bars, would
you like to count it?
And Miles says it should all behere.
The Amir's response is honoramong thieves, Cliff gets
totally offended by this, hesays, who's he calling?
A thief?
And he gets ready to fire torchat the guy when Miles tells him,
basically like, like, you know,like, calm down.
(37:43):
Or else they're gonna set thestraw and the stalls on fire.
PJ (37:46):
So here's a couple things.
I was like, cliff, you're aterrorist.
You've murdered people.
Why are you taking such umbrageto being called a thief unless
you are racist as well.
Like, he is just looking, he'sjust fixing for an excuse.
Adam (38:01):
Mask shows up, Buddy's on the balcony, Wearing his
penetrator mask.
Vanessa uses whip to capturehim, but Buddy uses Penetrator
to phase himself out of whip'sgrip.
PJ (38:10):
I thought it was fun, fun use of powers we're getting
here.
You know, like, again, they're,I say what you will, they're
playing into it.
you know, we've gotten whip atthis point in time.
We've gotten a penetrator.
We've got a few more before the,the episode's done.
Adam (38:22):
Gloria shows up in front of the emir and his men and asks
going somewhere and the henchmanpull out like two of their long
knives.
But Gloria knocks the Amir andhis henchman out of commission
using Aura.
So another fun use of the powersthere.
Uh, And here's another one.
Matt uses Spectrum ultrasonicsto spook the horses and cause
them to run out of the ship.
jumps onto the lead horse andguides them all into a waiting
(38:46):
truck.
PJ (38:46):
I thought this was gonna fuck the horses up though.
Like, I don't think it's reallytalked about how much that's
like, you've just spooked themagain and traumatized them, but
fine.
Adam (38:57):
an So Miles is escaping in switchblade with the Platinum
Thunder Hawk takes to the sky,and Matt says, do unto others.
Let's see how you like beingforced down.
He fires that switchblade andblows the canopy off.
Great shot Matt.
PJ (39:10):
Yeah, it really was.
I mean, they shattered theglass.
But I had a question, man.
What's up with Matt'sthreatening quote here?
Adam (39:17):
Yeah.
PJ (39:17):
he's, he's misremembering it pretty badly.
my, my thing is this, if you'regonna threaten someone, I
recommend not using a quote ofJesus And then misusing it
because like, it's like do untoother, I mean, I'm not sure what
Bible he's reading, but it'slike, do unto others and it is
like, wait, wait, wait, wait.
did you not know?
It's about forgiveness, man.
Adam (39:38):
right.
PJ (39:39):
I'm gonna just do this unto others.
Adam (39:42):
It's so Do others they fire at your transforming car,
in which case, blow them out ofthe sky.
That's in one of the more moderntranslations of the Bible, I
think.
PJ (39:56):
Maybe that's the one.
Matt had commissioned
Adam (39:59):
the tracker.
Translation.
PJ (40:00):
the Tracker translation.
Adam (40:02):
Well, A switch plate actually explodes in mid air and
Miles goes falling to his doom,gripping the suitcase full of
platinum bars.
He splashes into the water.
He's underwater.
He's struggling to swim to thesurface carrying this heavy
case.
I think he's already dead as itis.
Like
PJ (40:19):
I agree.
I agree.
Adam (40:21):
right
PJ (40:21):
Yes.
Adam (40:22):
On top of it though, shark appears, fires two missiles at
miles causing the suitcase toopen and sending all the
platinum bars to the bottom ofthe ocean.
think this is what I'd call aplatinum sly rack nomination.
PJ (40:36):
look, the fall alone would've killed him.
the platinum would've drug himunder, like we're talking about
800 pounds.
Adam (40:43):
Yeah.
PJ (40:44):
And she's shot at by torpedoes underwater.
Adam (40:48):
right.
PJ (40:48):
Okay, rest in peace.
Miles,
Adam (40:50):
We'll see you next episode.
Sly, Vanessa and Cliff all kindof hop on to piranha's sidecar
submarine, which drives on thesurface to go out and pick up
miles.
Is that thing really seaworthywith that many people on it?
PJ (41:02):
who cares at this point in time, man,
Adam (41:04):
Yeah,
PJ (41:04):
like, it's the Danube.
You know, I don't expect it getsthat many high winds.
Adam (41:08):
I guess they just, jug off and their little, their little
submarine
PJ (41:12):
they're all chugging off.
Probably way slower than normal.
Like,'cause it's normally onlyholds one, it has four on it.
Adam (41:21):
Yeah.
PJ (41:22):
so
Adam (41:23):
says, I could go after them and Matt says, no.
And then he says something aboutjoin up with the others by the
time we catch them.
What is he talking about?
PJ (41:32):
that's, I was like, what is he?
Yeah.
I was like, what the fuck, Matt?
I mean do, do you think there'sanother venom sub in the Danube?
Adam (41:40):
yeah, what others, it's the whole entire Venom team that
we've known so far.
and then to your point earlier,Piana is going at a quarter
speed.
mean, you could swim and catchthem.
PJ (41:51):
right.
Adam (41:52):
The answer is nope.
In fact, then he says, besideswe've got the real culprit.
to the Emir, but is he the realculprit?
Venom did all the hard work.
PJ (42:01):
Yeah.
And in fact, we get a line fromBuddy right after this as well,
that they try to cement it.
Adam (42:06):
Yeah.
Buddy says, I don't know how theEmir is going to explain to the
Austrian police how all thoselipizzaners got on his ship.
PJ (42:13):
And I was like very easily buddy.
How about this?
Venom stole the horses.
That's true.
Venom stole my platinum, whichis now at the bottom of the
Danube.
Thanks to you guys.
And you could just say, venomwas about to steal my ship.
So like, it's actually reallyeasy to blame the terrorist
organization for all this stuff.
(42:34):
Besides the fact you never hadanything concrete beyond
circumstantial evidence andracism.
Adam (42:42):
Indeed.
PJ (42:42):
And here's the other deal, like, let's say they could get
him on something, right?
The, if the Amir is not alreadycozy with the Austrian
government, look, some moneywill exchange hands and it'll be
fine
Adam (42:54):
well.
But anyways, that's that for thecase.
Matt and company arrive at thehotel and they're in the lobby
and the police is completelydestroyed.
there's a shot of Matt
PJ (43:04):
Yeah.
Adam (43:04):
one eye It's like very odd.
Is he okay?
PJ (43:09):
I don't know, man.
Like this was a weird choice.
It's like, I hope he is nothaving a stroke or something
like that.
My thought on this basically waslike, he's not perturbed because
I, I would imagine he owns thathotel.
Adam (43:21):
Oh yeah, no, for sure.
He definitely owed the hotel.
and we have this like exchangebetween, buddy and Gloria.
Buddy says, you know, it mightbe less trouble if he came with
us next time.
And Gloria says, in fact, wemight even have less trouble if
we let him join Venom.
Like, Wow, Gloria, we had to getyour step kid outta the picture.
(43:41):
And Scott loves this.
He's like, we could workundercover.
Tebo says I'd rather be apopcorn popper, but I'd love to
play out what would happen ifScott and Teb actually did join
Venom.
PJ (43:50):
I love the notion of some kid and a robot who they've seen
before coming and saying, Hey,can we join your terrorist
organization?
And like I, miles, I don't knowwhat he would do about this, but
I was like, ah, I guess but Ithink Mask would accidentally
murder Scott and t Bobb on oneof the missions or Venom would
(44:12):
do the handful of research toknow that, oh, this is the son
of a billionaire.
We should just hold him forransom.
Adam (44:20):
Yeah, exactly.
Venom's not really smart about,their, plans.
Well, Popcorn pops out of tbo.
Everyone laughs and we cut tothe more, you know, moment.
is teaching Scott how to behavearound a horse.
And he says that some of themaren't very smart.
And Scott says, you mean likeTbo?
(44:43):
So adding another Roy Battynomination to this episode.
And the lesson is that when youwalk behind a horse, you need to
have your hand on the horse sothey know that you're there.
'cause otherwise they might kickyou.
And that is exactly what happensto Tbo.
Very much like Sly Tbo getskicked and flies through the air
and hits the wall of the stablethat they're in.
(45:05):
And we kinda have another RoyBatty mixed with a Sly Racks
nomination here.
PJ (45:09):
Yeah.
It's a rare combo, but we getit.
I thought this was actually adecent lesson for kids who have
not been around horses.
Adam (45:17):
how many opportunities did you have to be around a horse?
PJ (45:20):
very few.
I can only remember one time.
And ironically it involved merunning around the ass of the
horse.
And like it freaked out thehorse trainer who's like, oh
shit, you should have beentouching the horse the entire
time.
Adam (45:34):
That's why they needed the lesson.
PJ (45:36):
That's what
Adam (45:37):
say that I was in the presence of a horse my thirties
so, be very nice PJ to your ownhorse growing up.
PJ (45:45):
I didn't
Adam (45:46):
well,
PJ (45:46):
think I, I thought I visited Aarse.
Adam (45:49):
No, I understand.
I understand.
Yep.
Mm-hmm.
PJ (45:51):
here's the story, is that my dad left me alone in a hotel, so
I wandered out to the hotelstables.
Adam (45:57):
okay.
That does actually sound aboutright.
All right.
that's fair.
Let's cut to our awards.
We gotta dive right into the RoyBatty.
This
PJ (46:05):
Whew.
Adam (46:06):
like every scene that T Bobb is in is another Roy Batty
moment.
And he does go crazy at the end.
Like we see him throughout theend of the episode driving in
scooter mode like crazy, justdestroying this hotel.
PJ (46:19):
you're right.
Looks like every scene with aminute it is a new Roy Batty.
And like I, so, I mean, and soit's like everything's a strong
contender.
I mean, I, I could give it to tBob at the lesson at the end.
I could be convinced though,like, it's like Scott fucking
with t Bobb circuits after TBobb told him not to, And then
he goes berserk.
Adam (46:38):
Yeah, I think that's the moment there.
Don't do it.
Don't do it.
And he does it.
And t Bobb freaks out has thoselike red sparks around him and
starts driving around likecrazy.
I think this is him kind ofachieving his first true Roy
Batty moment.
But there's so many, I mean,there are so many shots of t
Bobb in angry mode and like thatone we mentioned before of him
hovering over Scott clearlyangry ready to take out his
(47:01):
vengeance upon his creator.
we may be crossing the Rubiconhere,
PJ (47:05):
We'll have to keep a tight eye on this one.
Adam (47:07):
father of the year moment.
What do you,
PJ (47:10):
I mean, it's so trite.
It's so, and it's such a tropeat this point in time.
But leaving Scott at the hotelalone and then he proceeds to
destroy it.
Can Matt not see that?
Scott just wants some attention.
Adam (47:21):
I agree.
It's.
Just cliche now, every episode,it's
PJ (47:25):
Mm-hmm.
Adam (47:26):
fact, Scott even knows it in that line early on in the
episode where Matt says, Scott,I want you to, and Scott
interrupts him and says, I know.
Go back to the hotel.
So even Scott knows A,
PJ (47:36):
it's sad,
Adam (47:37):
cry for help from a sad, lonely child.
How about the Sly Racks RagdollAward,
PJ (47:42):
man.
Another one.
We have so many possibilities.
We get sly racks getting kickedby the horse.
Adam (47:47):
Yep
PJ (47:47):
we got Matt basically, you know, getting blown up, flying
through the air, breaking hisback twice,
Adam (47:55):
Yeah.
PJ (47:55):
And then miles, you know, getting blown up, falling into
water, nearly drowning.
Then it getting blown up.
So at first I was gonna tie him,but as I discussed it, I think
Miles actually might pull thisone ahead.
Adam (48:08):
I think For me, it's Matt because he does
PJ (48:10):
Yeah,
Adam (48:10):
twice, yeah, maybe he's not dead, but he's certainly
paralyzed,
PJ (48:14):
Let's give it to both of'em.
I'm game with that.
I mean Matt, you're right, hebreaks his back twice.
He gets shot at once.
Miles gets shot at twice, onceby a laser, and then the second
time by a, a torpedo.
Adam (48:26):
Yeah.
PJ (48:27):
So,
Adam (48:28):
Matt and Miles, we will see you next episode, buddy
Hawks Award.
PJ (48:33):
I'm in one camp for this, but I, I'll, I'll momentarily
say that I could see Matt andMiles both being contenders
given the exchange between Milesand the Emir.
But um, honestly, given thatMatt is supposed to be the good
guy.
And because a lot of his quoteunquote proof seems to hinge on
this person being, in his words,an Arabian, I gotta give it to
(48:57):
Matt'cause it's like we'll neverhold up in courts, sir, you're
just picking it because let'sface it, you're racist.
Adam (49:03):
I agree a hundred percent.
That's exactly my vote as well.
It's definitely Matt gets theBuddy Hawks award, What do you
think?
Is this episode Panda Poo?
PJ (49:11):
So this entire episode, it's, it's venom getting hired
for smash and grab job by anArabian for horses that are not
that expensive.
And so the stakes are actuallyincredibly low.
I kind of felt like Venommight've made up, made off with
a hundred, not a hundred, butthe, the million bucks that got
paid for the steel,
Adam (49:31):
Yeah.
PJ (49:31):
Even though they didn't get the 4 million.
So it's, I mean, Dusty's gotsome badass maneuvers.
the episode's forgettable.
it's not the worst we've everseen.
It's fine.
It's, there's parts that arefun.
Adam (49:43):
Yeah.
PJ (49:44):
it's barely not panda poo for me, but that's a, I'm being
pretty generous.
Adam (49:48):
Yeah, I'm on the edge too.
I think this episode has some ofthe best animation,
PJ (49:52):
It does.
Adam (49:54):
It's really sharp.
It has great use of thevehicles, mask powers some real
stunts, especially the Matt andMiles ones, but yeah, the stakes
are super low.
There's the Arabian thing, soI'm kind of on the line, but
maybe it just crosses over alittle bit into panda poo.
PJ (50:12):
I'm game with that.
I mean, I'm not going to bat forthis episode, I'll say that
much.
before we talk about where we'regoing to next.
I do wanna point out somethinginteresting is that we've been
in Europe for a while.
Like we started off inSwitzerland with the, the
finance minister.
Then we jetted over to Rome.
But then we were in Paris.
then we were in the Netherlandsand now we're in Vienna.
(50:33):
And we're going to still not bein the US next, right.
The episode right before this,the last time we saw them in the
US was deadly blue slime.
and so my question to you, Adam,is Matt actively trying to avoid
authorities by basically goingto all of these different
countries?
Adam (50:54):
wasn't deadly Blue slime in Africa.
PJ (50:55):
What, yeah.
But the beginning of theepisode, he was in the US
Adam (50:58):
were in the us.
Yeah.
So he's
PJ (50:59):
right?
Adam (51:00):
from the authorities.
PJ (51:01):
Yeah.
So he is not returned back tohis home at this point in time,
and nor will he.
Adam (51:07):
I get it.
That's why he needs the sesecret escape, train from his
mansion to Boulder
PJ (51:11):
Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
Adam (51:12):
this is exactly the type of thing he is.
He is doing Okay, let's look atepisode 37, coming up next.
It's called the Sacred Rock.
Buckle Up folks.
frightens a tribe of Australianaborigines their God Mimi is
angry with them.
When TB makes an appearance, thetribe thinks he is their deity.
So I think what's interesting isthe last time we were in
(51:34):
Australia, venom enslavedAborigines,
PJ (51:37):
Mm-hmm.
Adam (51:38):
And we have the recurrence of TBO as the mistaken deity of
some, tribe.
PJ (51:45):
Haven't seen that since the ink in Priest.
Adam (51:47):
Here we go again.
PJ (51:49):
It sort of makes you wonder then like did Scott research the
shape of tbo and decided thisone was in the shape of so many
like gods within the maskuniverse?
Adam (52:02):
Knowing that his dad would take him on adventures around
the world and there'd beopportunities for his robot to
mis be mistaken as a
PJ (52:08):
I don't know.
I don't know, man.
Adam (52:10):
well, we'll track that one as we go along too.
But for now this podcast has totransform and head back to hq.
I am Adam Moore.
PJ (52:18):
And I am PJ McNerney.
Adam (52:19):
Bye-bye.
PJ (52:21):
Bye bye.
The mobile armored podcast showis written, produced and edited.
Bye Adam Moore.
And PJ McNerney.
Welcome to the Mobile Armored Podcast Show, the
podcast that transforms into aHey baler.
name is Adam Moore, alongside myco-host and best friend, PJ
McNerney.
How's it going today, pj?
PJ (00:26):
I am doing well.
what interesting thing as a, ameta commentary, the last few
episodes have been spending alot of time in Europe.
And it's, it's interestingbecause like they're all
clustered together.
It's also interesting'cause alot of the times, like Gloria
shows up for them, so I don'tknow what her travel schedule
has been because like she's beenlike coming out to meet up with
(00:49):
her husband and then flying backunless she's got like some
appointment like we see today.
Adam (00:54):
She has a very appointment today.
Look, let's dive into theepisode because there's so much
to get into here.
It's episode 36 at theLipizzaner Mystery.
Steals the famous Lipizzanerstallions where an Arab
purchases them for$4 million.
But mask team member Dusty Hayesfoils their heist.
PJ (01:15):
A few things on the tagline already.
I love how like we have justculturally scrubbed away, like
anything except for he's anArab,
Adam (01:25):
He's
PJ (01:26):
then
Adam (01:26):
he is definitely Saudi or from the Emirates or
PJ (01:29):
They make it very clear like he's, a, a man of great wealth.
Also, dusty doesn't actuallyfoil their heist.
So
Adam (01:37):
he doesn't.
PJ (01:39):
I wanna point out like, who's ever reading these
taglines?
I think they watch five minutesof the episode.
Maybe.
'cause an AI would do a betterjob than this.
Adam (01:50):
Yeah.
Agreed.
PJ (01:51):
I,
Adam (01:52):
we open on external shots of Vienna, and then we're inside
a stately arena where anaudience is watching a soldier
in like an old timey uniformriding a white horse who can do
some tricks.
So I actually did some researchhere.
PJ (02:06):
Ooh.
Adam (02:07):
So we will go to.
corner.
So the uh, the Lipizzaner is aEuropean breed of riding horse
developed in the Asberg Empirein the 16th century.
PJ (02:19):
Oh.
Adam (02:19):
Yeah, it's powerful, slow to mature, long lived.
the name of the breed derivesfrom that of a village of
Lipica, Some fun facts for you,pj.
The breed has been endangerednumerous times by warfare
sweeping Europe, includingduring the war of the First
Coalition World War I and WorldWar ii.
And there's a Disney moviecalled Miracle of the White
(02:40):
Stallions about the rescue ofthose horses during World War II
by American troops.
PJ (02:46):
I am sure.
Adam (02:46):
if that's true or not.
PJ (02:48):
Yeah.
It's a, it's a good question.
I would be curious to see theveracity of the miracle of the
white stallions.
I.
On one hand, I think it's great.
On the other hand, do you wonderabout the nearby villages that
were not saved because they weresaving these horses?
Adam (03:03):
yeah.
Yeah.
There's a, it's like a littlebit of saving private Ryan in
PJ (03:09):
We've got to save the horses.
They're from a noble familywhose empire spanned Europe.
Adam (03:16):
400 years
PJ (03:17):
I, I'm not, I'm not against saving horses.
I wanna be really clear.
Horses are wonderful, wonderfulanimals.
Like you know, I, I'm curiousabout a horse that has been very
specifically bred and trained inprobably the most brutal
conditions to perform tricks
Adam (03:35):
Yeah.
PJ (03:35):
royalty.
Adam (03:36):
exactly.
Speaking of the tricks the, thisis classical dressage which
includes the highly controlledstylized jumps and known as the
heirs above the ground.
dates back hundreds of years.
So that's who the lipizzanerstallions are.
I don't know how many eight yearolds watching the show.
(03:58):
who they were or knew theirsignificance.
We were basically watching itand being like, why does this
guy wearing like a toga wannabuy horses for$4 million?
PJ (04:09):
Yeah, we're gonna get into that at Economics Corner too.
Adam (04:11):
Okay Matt and Matt's favorite travel companion.
No, not Gloria Dusty Hayes.
They're there watching theperformance.
They're inside this very it'svery upscale.
there's no reason to questionwhy Matt is there.
I am a little concerned'causeDusty's just wearing a t-shirt.
(04:31):
While Matt's wearing his suit,it seems like he probably could
have dressed up a little bit,maybe worn his.
His t-shirt with a tie on it.
But one thing I wanna point outthough, if you notice in the
background, pj, some of themembers of the iconic eighties
band flock of seagulls are inattendance.
Did you notice
PJ (04:47):
I,
Adam (04:47):
the
PJ (04:47):
I, I did notice that.
Thank you for the screenshot forthat, because I think I, I
would've missed it otherwise.
it's strange because they're alldressed pretty haphazardly.
Like, so I, I agree a suit wouldbe appropriate, but like, it's
almost like this is themiscellaneous box.
'cause there's like a dude inwhat looks like an old surgeon's
outfit on the right side of thescreen And it's like flock of
(05:09):
eagles.
Guys are just clearly like, Hey,we're flock of, maybe they're
playing, a concert there,
Adam (05:14):
I notice also that only Matt and Scott have seats and
everyone else is forced tostand.
PJ (05:20):
Yeah.
I think TBO has a seed as well,so it's like the billionaire,
his boy and his boy's robot.
Everyone else must stand.
I had a question for you.
Is Dusty like, I feel like it's,it's splits hairs here.
See actually the favorite travelcompanion, or is it Bruce?
Adam (05:35):
He has been of late,
PJ (05:36):
Yeah, it's true.
That's true.
Adam (05:38):
been O of late.
I mean, It used to be Bruce, butmaybe there's been a falling out
'cause we've seen Dusty a lotmore.
PJ (05:42):
Bruce is still pining over Vanessa.
So,
Adam (05:45):
It turns out that this is a special performance of the
stallions in honor of the emirof, I listened to it a bunch of
times.
It's not like the Emir of Amra.
What did you hear?
PJ (05:57):
you know, honestly it was, it was just like made up Middle
Eastern com country in theeighties.
I mean, it's not as bad as onethat legitimately appeared in
the Transformer show.
You know that one right.
Adam (06:11):
what was it called?
PJ (06:13):
Caria legitimately, look, I'm not making this shit up.
This basically was like in thetransformer show and it's like,
how the fuck did that get pastthe sensors?
So they didn't go that far.
Adam (06:27):
Anyways, it's quite clear just based on what he's wearing,
he is not of the house of SaudiIt doesn't actually matter where
he's from, honestly,
PJ (06:34):
Yeah.
Adam (06:35):
but meanwhile, Scott has t Bob's head open and has turned
him into a popcorn machine.
So this is a Roy Batty nomineefor sure.
And this episode has so many RoyBatty moments.
and t Bobb does go quite mad, bythe way, by at the end of this
episode.
maybe
PJ (06:54):
yeah.
Adam (06:55):
crossed the line, but it's crazy.
PJ (06:57):
Yeah.
So he's, he's turned him into apopcorn holder, technically.
And, you know, we've seen thiswhole like, food storage
compartment before.
But my question to you, Adam,like once again, has Scott
cleaned out the spaghetti andmeatballs from the Italian
episode?
The pizza from the Italianepisode, or the panda poo from
(07:17):
the Panda episode?
Adam (07:19):
How many 10 year olds do you know, cleaned out their
robot
PJ (07:23):
Nope.
Adam (07:24):
storing food in it?
PJ (07:25):
None.
Unless he like tried to take ahose to him.
And Tim Bob's response isactually pretty on target.
He is like, I've got over amillion logic and motivation
circuits and what does heus mefor a popcorn box To which
Scott's like, I wonder if Icould turn you into a popcorn
popper.
Adam (07:41):
suddenly a bright light flashes and all the horses go
wild bucking their riders andlike their eyes turn into this
like scary purple color.
PJ (07:51):
It is scary.
Adam (07:52):
Now the horses turn on their masters and decide to go
charging toward a group ofpeople who are for some reason
sitting the actual arena.
I guess the cheap seats like,there's a waiver you have to
sign by sitting here.
You may
PJ (08:09):
You may be
Adam (08:10):
horse droppings or stampedes.
well a young boy is in dangerand so Dusty actually leaps down
from his second story balconyseat lands on a horse and guides
it away from the child and likethe other horses follow the
leader there.
badass.
PJ (08:28):
It really is.
Adam (08:29):
did you notice that Matt and Scott also jump off the
balcony to go and check onDusty?
PJ (08:34):
I did after the horses were well outta the arena
Adam (08:37):
yeah,
PJ (08:37):
like they jumped down when the danger had passed.
And regarding that young boy didyou notice that?
So the boy is like in the centerof the stage.
Everyone else is evacuating,including his mom who turns
around is like, oh my God, myson.
My question to you was, doesthis woman like attend the same
classes as Matt Tracker in termsof just child abandonment?
Adam (08:59):
yeah.
She read Matt's book.
PJ (09:01):
Hotels are great, but Matt Tracker.
Adam (09:04):
Hotel rooms, your new babysitter, so they're following
these horse tracks and they leadto a dead end.
And it's like the horses havejust now, later on outside the
emir.
Thanks Dusty for stopping thestampede line.
Is this a shucks?
I ain't had so much fun sincethe hogs ate Uncle George and I
(09:29):
listened to it three times toensure I was right, I heard it
no other way than the hogs ateUncle George.
let's unpack this a little bit.
A, the Hogs eight, uncle George,and B, it was fun.
PJ (09:43):
Yeah, I had the same thought and I came up with four
scenarios.
Adam (09:48):
Okay.
PJ (09:48):
go from best case to worst case.
Okay.
Best case scenario was UncleGeorge was some sort of straw
person, effigy.
Adam (09:57):
Okay.
PJ (09:58):
Of a member of the family that was then fed to the hugs.
Okay.
Like, and they just called itUncle George'cause he was the
black sheep or something likethat.
And that was just what they did.
Still disturbing.
Okay.
The next best case scenario,uncle George was the name of
some animal that upon death wasthen fed to the hogs, also
(10:21):
disturbing.
Okay.
Adam (10:22):
Yeah.
PJ (10:23):
Worst case scenarios.
Dusty belongs to a very smallreligious cult that requires
their dead to be consumed byhogs after they die.
Very disturbing.
Adam (10:33):
Yeah,
PJ (10:34):
however, the most problematic is the same idea,
except Uncle George wasn't deadyet.
Adam (10:42):
I think really any of them are valid.
But here's my, here's what Ikeep coming back to.
How are any of these fun?
I mean, All shucks.
I ain't had so much fun sincethe hogs ate Uncle George.
Like none of this sounds fun.
Buddy has a, that's a realproblem.
PJ (11:03):
there should have been some question, at least from Matt,
like, what do you mean?
I don't wanna stray, stray toofar into Buddy Hawk's territory,
but I think it's not too far ofa stretch to presume the the
Amir, who will be referred to asan Arabian repeatedly like
presumably he is, would be ofthe Muslim faith and.
(11:25):
Wouldn't it be like insulting insome way, shape or form to say
that someone was eaten by a hogbecause like, they're considered
unclean animal.
I mean, it's, it just,especially to an Amir, it feels
like a really, really weirdthing to say.
Adam (11:40):
The Amir doesn't seem super pleased after Dusty
reveals his funny story aboutpigs
PJ (11:48):
does.
Adam (11:48):
uncle.
PJ (11:49):
I mean, honestly, he's got a, the best reaction you can to
anyone who would actually hearthat.
Like, he like doesn't know whatto do with it.
So he is gonna kind of move on.
Adam (12:00):
The Amir says it is a shame I.
Myself, I would've given myentire fortune for just one of
those beautiful lip anners.
PJ (12:07):
My thought was basically they, you'd have a horse and no
money, and then you'd have toeat your just expensive horse.
Like that's a weird statement.
Adam (12:16):
Yeah.
But I do, I, yeah, I agree.
And I just wanna set it up onemore time here that here's how
the cut goes.
The Amir says, I would give myentire fortune one of those
beautiful horses.
Basically, rich, Matt's rich.
The cut, the immediate cut is toThunder Hawk racing down the
road like Matt does not messaround when someone is willing
(12:40):
to pay a fortune for something.
PJ (12:43):
Say Fortune.
Yeah.
He is speeding dangerously rightnow.
Adam (12:48):
well, The ride in there in Thunder Hawk and Scott mentions
the secret popcorn compartmentthat he built into tbo, which
causes Matt to have a brainstormand he slams on the brakes,
which causes tbo to go flyinginto the front seat, like
clearly.
No seatbelt for tbo.
I feel this is another Roy Battynomination as well.
PJ (13:07):
Hundred percent.
Another Roy Batty.
Few things here.
T Bobb should be wearing aseatbelt, so that's negligent on
Matt's part.
Matt should not be driving thatfast.
Adam (13:17):
First of all, speed limits do not apply to Matt Tracker.
No matter what country you'rein, but two, if you're driving a
Camaro, you can't drive thatthing slow.
What do you wanna do?
Drive 55 miles an hour in anIROC Z.
PJ (13:32):
Okay.
But even with that, Mattshouldn't be stopping that
short.
Adam (13:38):
Yeah.
PJ (13:39):
talking about 10 horses here, Matt, not some infection.
Your scientist came up with a,in a lab in Africa?
Adam (13:46):
Yeah.
I mean, It's like has happenedbefore where he gets interested
in an unusual situation, whichis, you
PJ (13:53):
Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
Adam (13:54):
thing.
But also someone has placed amassive value.
On these horses, the Amir, hisentire fortune.
This guy's a billionaire.
So that's what actually hasMatt's, know, gears turning in
his head.
wait a minute.
So these horses are worth, afortune to this, to this, Amir.
They must be valuable.
(14:15):
I should figure out where theywent, because they're worth
billions of dollars to this man.
If they were just horses,wouldn't care, would he?
PJ (14:23):
no, these are all excellent points.
It, repeatedly puts Matt intothe worst light possible.
But it fits.
I mean, look, it all tracks withwhat we know about Mr.
Tracker.
Adam (14:33):
Yeah, it
PJ (14:33):
Don't mess with his shit, and he's in it for the money.
Adam (14:36):
Yep.
Uh, well, He,
PJ (14:38):
I.
Adam (14:38):
the computer pull up the architectural drawings of the
Palace of Vienna, and it turnsout an emergency passage was
built in the 18 hundreds in caseof civil unrest, big enough for
Emperor Franz Joseph to escapein a carriage with a team of
horses.
And I just felt that Matt couldrelate to that.
PJ (14:56):
I really love this comment by you.
It is like Matt's undergroundtrain is there in case the
people turn against him and thenhe is gonna hole up in Boulder
Hill.
You'll like take down the massesthat, that try to assault him.
Adam (15:10):
If he was ever discovered as the leader of mask, it
wouldn't just be Venom comingafter him.
There are so many people in theworld for people whose property
has just been straight updamaged to, I would share many
governments treaties andborders, he's violated the
leader.
They're all coming after him.
PJ (15:29):
Yeah.
I.
Adam (15:29):
say that's another reason why Boulder Hill is basically a
fortress.
PJ (15:33):
Smart move.
Adam (15:34):
yeah, Scott is sent back to the hotel as usual, but um,
actually a fun exchange.
Scott says they never get intoany trouble, but TB points out
the elephants in Singapore andthe Eiffel Tower from two
episodes ago.
And I thought it was like reallygood callbacks.
PJ (15:50):
Yeah.
I thought this is worth taking abeat on.
A couple different ar I mean,these are all episodic.
They're cartoon episodes.
We don't get a lot of continuitythese episodes except what you
and I impose on'em.
Adam (15:59):
Yeah.
PJ (15:59):
Hurricane is the most notable example, And it's the
first time for that callback forsomething for Scott.
I will note though, in.
Both of those examples.
Scott got in trouble inSingapore because his dad said,
go tour Singapore.
Adam (16:15):
Yeah.
PJ (16:15):
And basically just abandoned him to his own devices.
Matt also told Scott, go to theEiffel Tower, that'll be safe.
And then they had the battlethere.
So I think Scott could havepushed the issue that they don't
get into trouble, but troublejust kind of finds them because
they were abandoned.
Adam (16:36):
Point accepted.
PJ (16:37):
BP's pissed at this point in time.
Adam (16:40):
bobb is looming over Scott is back against the door in
Thunder Hawk.
I mean,
PJ (16:47):
Yeah.
Adam (16:47):
last thing Scott sees before his creation strangles
him to death.
PJ (16:53):
Yeah, his, his line back to t Bobb was pretty hilarious,
which is, that was in trouble.
That was fun.
And, and again, nearly trampledto death by elephants and
hanging off the Eiffel Tower,telling his father to go after
Venom.
Adam (17:08):
Yeah and
PJ (17:08):
He,
Adam (17:09):
line is, let me show you how I have fun, Scott.
I.
As he wraps his little roboticmittens around Scott's neck.
PJ (17:20):
I feel like Scott has lived so close to death that he
doesn't actually recognize realdanger, like the one in front of
him.
Which is proof to me that nomatter what you say, like Gloria
has taken Scott under her wing,she may not be the, like the mom
you want, but she's the presentmom that's there,
Adam (17:38):
exactly.
We cut to Matt and Dusty.
They are investigating thetunnel inside the palace where
the horses disappeared.
Matt finds a ring on the wall,kinda looks like something you
might tie a horse to.
He turns it a secret passagewayand Dusty asks him, how'd you
know that?
And for me, once again.
can relate.
(17:58):
He knows exactly how secretpassageway to escape from civil
unrest is accessed.
PJ (18:04):
Or for unusual situations.
Adam (18:06):
Exactly
PJ (18:08):
I really enjoy how like, no matter where they go, Matt's
like, come have fun, but makesure you bring your work clothes
with you.
Adam (18:15):
right.
PJ (18:15):
'cause they're in full uniform regalia.
Adam (18:18):
They are.
Matt finds a trip
PJ (18:20):
I
Adam (18:20):
which is programmed to make the ceiling fall down if
anyone tripped it.
And once again, can relate.
Well, They also find a sonictransmitter, computer tells Matt
that it was stolen by Venom, andthis has become a reoccurring
trend.
The computer ends constantlywithholding information from
Matt, like just the Sonictransmitter was stolen by Venom
(18:42):
computer, just be a littleproactive
PJ (18:44):
So the kindest thing I can think of, which puts me in the
writer defense award venomsteals so much stuff that most
of it isn't actually worthtalking about.
Like, does Matt really wanna geta notification about the latest
shit hole that they're livingin?
No.
Like, I think he's just turneddown the notification setting on
his computer.
Adam (19:04):
well, speaking Of venom, we cut to miles in the beautiful
Austrian countryside where theyare storing the horses.
Sly is gathering hay to feedthem, and Miles says to Sly,
finally find a job to suit yourtalents.
Wow, miles,
PJ (19:21):
why does he hate his people so much?
And sly there, like Sly actuallyshowed up, like Vanessa and
Cliff are gone at this point.
I didn't even know they were inthe episode till later on.
Adam (19:32):
now a helicopter arrives and the Emir shows up.
And the Amir offers a milliondollars for the horses, but
Miles changes the agreement.
It's now 1 million for stealingthem, another 4 million to
deliver them to the dock.
you know, Miles is dangerous.
But also, I really wouldn'tthreaten a Saudi oil
billionaire, but Okay.
(19:54):
You do you miles.
PJ (19:55):
I agree.
Like this was a, a moment in theepisode where I feel like Miles
thought he was Darth Vader inEmpire Strikes back saying, I am
altering the deal.
Pray.
Do not alter it any further.
Adam (20:07):
Right,
PJ (20:07):
In reality Amir or the Amir basically is Darth Vader and
Miles is an gna he's one of theguys shifting trash.
Adam (20:16):
right.
PJ (20:17):
like, and I don't think he really understands how much
danger he is in
Adam (20:21):
No the oil billionaire could disappear him
PJ (20:25):
Yes.
Adam (20:26):
pretty quickly.
Amazingly the Amir agrees to thedeal, even when Miles insists
that the 5 million be paid inplatinum bars.
Like why does he want it paid inplatinum bars,
PJ (20:40):
I took it this way.
The Amir has too many dealsgoing on, so this is all a all
small, small change for him.
And he is like, I, I fuck it.
I don't care.
Like get me the fucking horses.
And he just carries platinumbars with him just because,
Adam (20:57):
I guess.
PJ (20:58):
This is worthwhile to go to Economics Corner for a second.
'cause I was trying to likefigure this one out.
It's like,'cause when he, hesays the, the whole thing when,
when one purchases perfection,one does not quibble over the
price.
And I got really curious, like,how much does a lipizzaner cost?
And when I looked it up online,at least in modern dollars, it's
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like$20,000 per horse.
maybe that means it's a total of$200,000 for 10 horses.
and in 1980$5, that's about$70,000 max for all 10 horses.
So let's say you were off by 10.
Let's say I'm off by 10 x.
At this point in time, we'retalking$700,000 Just to buy'em
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legitimately.
either basically there's somesort of vendetta or the Amir
just does no research.
He does not care.
Adam (21:49):
Or you know, just like the adrenaline.
PJ (21:52):
bored with his money.
It is like, oh, let's steal him.
Adam (21:56):
Yep.
Matt and Dusty show up.
They discover Venom's hidingspot.
and, uh, yeah, so the heli, hesees this helicopter taken off.
Right.
And there's an
PJ (22:04):
Yeah.
Adam (22:05):
it that Matt says that emblem, I've seen it before, and
it kinda looks like a, it's likea scorpion, right?
PJ (22:10):
It's a scorpion this will all become a very important
soon.
Adam (22:13):
Okay.
Matt goes into the barn slice iskind of sitting on the ground.
PJ (22:18):
I think he's kind of exhausted, like he's been doing
physical labor and he is takingshit for miles.
So he is like trying to take abreak and maybe recollect his
thoughts.
Adam (22:26):
Yeah.
PJ (22:27):
What am I doing with my life?
Adam (22:28):
Yeah.
And Matt is coming from likebehind him.
It's actually kind of scary.
PJ (22:32):
Yeah.
I, he looks like he's about tochoke out sly, like his hands
are like up And my first thoughtwas, look, if you wanted to take
care of this for good, is this,isn't this a good time for
Spectrum Laser?
Adam (22:45):
Yeah.
Well, suddenly Switchbladeappears from inside a giant pile
of hay.
And uh, it opens fire on Matt,leads us into the mid episode
mask, venom Dusty hitsswitchblade with the electric.
Ouch.
which does nothing apparently.
And then Switchblade turnsaround, opens fire on Gator.
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Dusty does some fancy drive-in,but ends up crashing into a
fallen tree.
Now Matt confronts sly in thehorse paddock, sly suddenly has
his stiletto mask on.
how did he let Sly put the maskon?
PJ (23:20):
I didn't know.
I mean, I felt maybe it waslike, you know, sly had it in
the paddock with the horses andMatt was just, you know,
basically distracted by whatMiles was doing with dusty.
Also, like, it's worthwhile tonote Slys going in for the kill
here with Stiletto.
He's got, and that's gotta dosome fancy kind of like flips to
get
Adam (23:37):
Yeah, he and Miles are really going for the kill.
PJ (23:42):
Yeah.
Adam (23:42):
not firing warning shots like they wanna
PJ (23:44):
Mm-hmm.
Adam (23:45):
Now Sly gets kicked by a horse, sending him flying out of
the paddock.
So not, this is not a normalhorse, which just kinda kicks
you and you get hurt reallybadly and fall down.
Like he flies a good a hundredyards.
So he is certainly gettingnominated for his own award
here.
PJ (24:02):
totally.
Adam (24:03):
Now, Matt sees Dusty struggling inside a tree.
Matt goes running after him.
Switchblade opens fire, sendingMatt flying through the air.
Onto a conveyor belt that'sleading to a hay baler.
Matt should be dead.
PJ (24:21):
Yeah, I, I didn't know how they were gonna top a sly rack,
and they did, because like theground explodes underneath Matt.
Adam (24:28):
Yep.
PJ (24:29):
goes flying through the air, does a 180 twist in the air, and
then lands solidly on his spineon that hay baler.
Adam (24:37):
right.
PJ (24:38):
his, his back is now broken.
Best case scenario,
Adam (24:42):
Venom escapes with the horses.
Dusty is trapped under the tree.
Matt Isga about to get churnedthrough the hay baler.
leads me to wonder what's gonnahappen.
PJ (24:52):
I don't know.
I, no.
We've got them in sight.
Hold on.
Mask will be right back.
Now watch what Mask does.
Adam (25:02):
We're back when we left you.
We watched as Matt Trackerchurned through a hay baler.
It chopped him into pieces.
There's sorts of limbs and feetand pieces of the mask and
various bales of hay.
It's very morbid,
PJ (25:18):
And
Adam (25:19):
to go on without
PJ (25:21):
but, in respect, he's going to feed Matt's remains to the
hogs um, because that is what'srequired by his cult.
Adam (25:31):
At least it'll be fun for him, and he explains it to
Scott.
You should have been there,Scott.
It was real fun.
PJ (25:38):
Now, afterwards, we're gonna sacrifice the hog and eat it.
So Matt's power will flow downinto you.
Just like Uncle George's powerhas flown into me.
Adam (25:49):
Sadly, that's not what happens.
Or happily, whatever side of thefence you're on.
It's either happy or sad.
happens actually is that Dustyejects Gator in boat mode, skids
across the ground, knocks likethe hay baler out of the way and
catches Matt in the seats.
So this is like a second prettybadass move from Dusty in this
episode.
PJ (26:09):
yeah, it really was Dusty's on point this episode.
Like, I mean, when it's callsfor it, like he's there.
Also a great use of the, kind ofthe mechanics of the vehicle.
'cause like it's exactly what wewould be doing to have fun with
it.
I had this thought that Dustyknows that he has to save Matt
because if he doesn't, Gloriawill do something far worse to
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him.
Like this.
this is under duress and thread.
when Gator gets there, Matt'sfalling off the baler And I have
to believe his back is brokenagain, because that's a 10 foot
drop right onto his spine again.
Adam (26:44):
Yeah.
In Gator, which is not
PJ (26:45):
And in.
Adam (26:46):
comfortable vehicle,
PJ (26:47):
Right.
And I felt like also, like therewas no reason for for Dusty to
then kind of like, he's notgonna fall out of Gator at that
point in time.
So I was like, eh, Dusty'sgetting a little handsy here.
Adam (26:56):
he does, He does, he reaches around Matt's waist
PJ (26:59):
And Dusty's,
Adam (27:00):
hogs.
PJ (27:03):
oh, you're still alive.
Oh.
Oh, well.
Adam (27:06):
But yeah uh, surprise, surprise, Matt's alive.
So how about that?
PJ (27:09):
How about that?
Adam (27:10):
Meanwhile, Scott is back at the hotel and he's tinkering
around with tbo and he says,room service ought to be here
any minute with more popcorn.
And T Bobb expressly says, but Idon't want to be a popcorn
popper.
Roy Batty nominees all over this
PJ (27:29):
Yeah.
Scott asked him, where's yourspirit of adventure?
And my question in this casewas, what adventure, Scott,
you're gonna cause him to getunnaturally hot and screw up his
circuits?
Adam (27:38):
Yeah and then on top of that, making matters worse,
Scott makes an adjustment thatcauses teebo to get stuck in
scooter mode and go racingaround the room.
PJ (27:48):
Yes.
Adam (27:48):
the room service guy shows up
PJ (27:50):
I.
Adam (27:50):
and when he does TB bursts through the door and starts like
speeding down the hallway.
PJ (27:56):
Mm-hmm.
Adam (27:57):
a mess right now,
PJ (27:58):
Yeah.
Adam (27:59):
It actually ties into the episode.
So credit to the writer herebecause Bobb crashes into the
Emir, who's coming out of hishotel room.
Just goes to show you that Mattstays at excellent hotels.
If it's good enough for theEmir, it's good enough for the
Tracker family.
This crash causes all theplatinum bars to fall out of the
Amir suitcase.
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And Scott sees this, and then hesees a photo of the Liper horses
and then starts, starts piecingthings together on his own.
PJ (28:27):
Okay, I want to do an economics corner check here for
a second.
Uh, Which is almost borders onscience corner, but,
Adam (28:33):
Okay.
PJ (28:34):
Platinum weighs more than gold.
And we talked a few episodesback about the suitcase of gold
bars weighing somewhere north of300 pounds.
So for 400 million in platinum,I did the math.
And$85, So it's gonna be about31 bars, of platinum, which
comes out to 839 pounds So thatsuitcase is on wheels, but the
(28:58):
emirs men are juicing.
Adam (29:00):
That's the thing.
It's on wheels,
PJ (29:01):
Yeah.
Adam (29:02):
least has some plausibility.
PJ (29:03):
Yeah.
We'll talk about that thoughlater on.
as we Find out what happens thatthose uh, sets of platinum bars.
Adam (29:10):
yeah.
Calls Matt to sort of update himon the information, He tells
Matt about, I'll just, I'll saywhat the, that line of dialogue
is.
He tells Matt, a little whileago I saw some Arabian men with
platinum bars, and Matt says,Arabian.
Kinda, and then it's followed bymultiple shots of the Emir, like
(29:32):
as Matt is remembering him.
Now, if you remember everyonelast episode, PJ made a bet with
me.
He bet there would be two words
PJ (29:41):
Mm-hmm.
Adam (29:41):
of shots.
Is this what you were betting meon?
PJ (29:44):
Yes.
This is what I was betting youon because I want to unpack this
pretty dramatically.
Adam (29:51):
Yeah.
PJ (29:51):
Okay.
So first, I think it's actuallykind of remarkable and, and
shows his privilege that Scottknows what platinum bars look
like.
Adam (29:59):
Yeah.
PJ (30:00):
Okay.
I would guess it would besilver, but no, Scott knows
enough to differentiate betweensilver and platinum bars
Adam (30:06):
yeah.
PJ (30:07):
and Scott has seen that this guy has a picture of a horse,
which just could be a postcard.
Okay, so I want us to understandthe evidence that Scott has and
Matt has at this particularpoint in time in this episode.
Also, apparently Scott has beentrained by Matt to be suspicious
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of Arabian men
Adam (30:30):
Yeah.
Yeah.
PJ (30:31):
Scott's then therefore trained to use circumstantial
evidence to convict
Adam (30:36):
Which is
PJ (30:36):
so
Adam (30:37):
has trained the mask computer to do as well,
PJ (30:39):
he Correct.
So Matt's face with the platinumbars, he looks pissed.
And then he, he goes into thislike, thought pattern of like an
Arabian, and then like, they dothis like music as, and Matt's
face lights up in realizationwhere it's first his face, he
remembers the em emblem on theside of the helicopter.
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Then they see the flag with thesame emblem on it, and then
three shots of the Amir, ofincreasing suspicion each time.
Okay.
And then Dusty has to shake Mattfrom his trance saying, Matt,
what's wrong?
And Matt's conclusion is this.
Emir Venom is trading with Emir.
(31:25):
So here's my deal, man.
I don't want to live in theworld where Matt's legal
framework operates becauseapparently circumstantial
evidence is enough to prosecutehis case against anyone.
Adam (31:40):
sure.
PJ (31:40):
if there'd been something about Matt hearing that the
buyer was using platinum barsfor their purchase, maybe I'd be
okay with trying to do thisconnection.
But as far as I can tell, Mattis going after the Amir because
he is in his words, an Arabianand Dusty supplants this with
his next line.
You're right, he's Arabian andhe also one of those horses.
(32:05):
So Dusty, your proof here is eare one of those horses.
He's Arabian.
That is the proof you guys areoffering up to us.
So how fucked up is that to giveto kids?
And Matt said I should haveknown when I saw the emblem on
that chopper because clearly acourt case would not be trying
(32:27):
to introduce any notion that thechopper was potentially stolen.
So this Adam is like we're gonnacome back to this when we get
back to the Buddy Hawks award.
But it's pretty dramatic interms of what we know and what
Matt has jumped to
Adam (32:42):
As part of all this, we learn that the Emir is leaving
on his like, oil tanker thatnight.
So I just wanna point out thattravels around in his crude oil
tanker, like not a private jet.
He just sails around in a megaship filled with crude oil.
PJ (33:01):
which no one did research because if we recall, I had to
like check this, like Vienna istechnically not landlocked.
Like the Danube runs through it,
Adam (33:10):
Yeah.
PJ (33:11):
but we're talking
Adam (33:12):
fit on the
PJ (33:12):
Yeah, exactly.
We're talking about an oiltanker sitting on the Danube,
like just kind of rollingthrough.
Adam (33:20):
No.
The type of thing that would getcaught in the Suez Canal can
easily make its way up theDanube.
Guess what?
We have a late episode agentselection scene.
So first up, Gloria Baker,champion race, driver, Black
belt and Kung fu team hottie.
Matt's wife, she's at thedentist.
the alarm goes off and she takesa girl's teddy bear and puts it
(33:41):
in her place.
but the dentist kind of turnsaround and goes to like continue
what he was doing for a fewsolid moments before realizing
it's a teddy bear.
And I worry that she's notseeing the best dentist in town.
PJ (33:54):
Yeah, I wonder if you had like, vision problems which I
agree is not what you want in adentist.
Basically, if you have to bethat close to realize that a
teddy bear is not a human.
Did you notice that she'srocking the purple hair and pink
lipstick?
Like it's kind of a, a differentlook for her.
Adam (34:10):
Yeah.
It's a little bit of a gem inthe holograms going on
PJ (34:13):
I, for one, I'm glad that Matt's wife's coming to Vienna,
but I had a question, given thatwe've established there's only
the Danube that's there ishaving a vehicle whose primary
transformation is for water,like a good idea
Adam (34:26):
I agree.
You know, Last episode they dida really good job of choosing
the right vehicles for theepisode.
This one, they just chosevehicles.
PJ (34:32):
yeah, I mean, I love it when Gloria shows up.
I mean, she's,'cause she'sawesome,
Adam (34:36):
I'm sure Matt enjoys it too.
PJ (34:37):
mm-hmm.
Adam (34:38):
Second up is Buddy Hawks.
So Buddy is really dressed up.
I thought he was in disguise andmaybe he is because he's wearing
like a, a, you know, a kind oflike an old Newsies cap in a
suit that matches.
He's holding like a bouquet ofroses.
of waiting for a date as we findout.
'cause she comes running thisblonde, wearing a pink dress.
Comes running up, he gets thecall, he run towards her hands,
(35:00):
her the flowers.
Then runs away.
Not even a, Hey, sorry,something came up.
Nothing.
Just the flowers, and he runslike, man.
All right.
PJ (35:09):
Yeah, to, to me, you could have done this with like as some
sort of French movie and itwould've fit, I think we've
actually seen this one before.
Like I, I think we have, I feellike we've seen this, but I love
the idea that he's doing it tothe same person twice.
Like this is like, he like hadto fight really hard to like,
get back like, oh no, listenBelinda, I'm gonna show up this
(35:33):
time.
the, and this is like his onetrue chance at love.
and then he's gotta justbasically ditch her again.
Adam (35:38):
I'm curious where he's meeting her.
Just as I look at the frames, itlooks like she's running past a
liquor store.
And when you look at the shotwhere he hands her the flowers
and runs off, it's clearly like,sort of hardware store.
'cause it says power tools inthe window.
where's he taking her on a date?
I'm, I wanna get myself a newband saw and I thought maybe you
could come and check it out withme.
(35:59):
look, if she's into it, then hehas found his soulmate.
PJ (36:02):
Not this time apparently.
Adam (36:04):
We uh, we cut to the mask jet in flight.
PJ (36:06):
It is a cool set of shots we get at the jet.
Adam (36:08):
the jet's cool.
it's really rocking.
So we cut to the harbor whichis, seems like it's big enough
for a handful of, shippingcontainer, vessels and oil
tankers and that sort of thing,but.
my research, I can't find anylocation in Vienna that has that
kind of or shipyards to supportthose kind of vessels.
(36:33):
did you
PJ (36:33):
No Uhuh.
No.
I mean this is, this was clearlythe writers did no research.
Again, I mean, you'd really haveto kind of make the claim that,
they're doing this like, like inthe Black Sea or something like
that.
Adam (36:44):
Okay like I said, we do cut to these shipyards, sly and
Cliff deliver the horses to theAmir ship.
So Cliff is here.
And by the way, Vanessa shows uptoo,
PJ (36:52):
yeah.
What the hell were they doing?
Adam (36:54):
just hanging out on the ship the whole time.
I guess I, I don't know.
PJ (36:59):
I think Cliff was at another artist's retreat and Vanessa
just wanted some time toherself.
Some me time in, in Vienna.
Adam (37:05):
A lot of good shopping in Vienna.
The Amir connects with Miles andsays, very good, Mr.
Mayhem.
I see.
For sufficient money you willeven keep your word.
mayhem says, for sufficientmoney, I'll even deal with you.
PJ (37:17):
I was like, whoa.
I was like hard for me not tosee this as a Buddy Hawk's mom
at this point in.
I was like,
Adam (37:22):
Oh, completely.
Amir says, as we agreed,$4million in platinum bars, would
you like to count it?
And Miles says it should all behere.
The Amir's response is honoramong thieves, Cliff gets
totally offended by this, hesays, who's he calling?
A thief?
And he gets ready to fire torchat the guy when Miles tells him,
basically like, like, you know,like, calm down.
(37:43):
Or else they're gonna set thestraw and the stalls on fire.
PJ (37:46):
So here's a couple things.
I was like, cliff, you're aterrorist.
You've murdered people.
Why are you taking such umbrageto being called a thief unless
you are racist as well.
Like, he is just looking, he'sjust fixing for an excuse.
Adam (38:01):
Mask shows up, Buddy's on the balcony, Wearing his
penetrator mask.
Vanessa uses whip to capturehim, but Buddy uses Penetrator
to phase himself out of whip'sgrip.
PJ (38:10):
I thought it was fun, fun use of powers we're getting
here.
You know, like, again, they're,I say what you will, they're
playing into it.
you know, we've gotten whip atthis point in time.
We've gotten a penetrator.
We've got a few more before the,the episode's done.
Adam (38:22):
Gloria shows up in front of the emir and his men and asks
going somewhere and the henchmanpull out like two of their long
knives.
But Gloria knocks the Amir andhis henchman out of commission
using Aura.
So another fun use of the powersthere.
Uh, And here's another one.
Matt uses Spectrum ultrasonicsto spook the horses and cause
them to run out of the ship.
jumps onto the lead horse andguides them all into a waiting
(38:46):
truck.
PJ (38:46):
I thought this was gonna fuck the horses up though.
Like, I don't think it's reallytalked about how much that's
like, you've just spooked themagain and traumatized them, but
fine.
Adam (38:57):
an So Miles is escaping in switchblade with the Platinum
Thunder Hawk takes to the sky,and Matt says, do unto others.
Let's see how you like beingforced down.
He fires that switchblade andblows the canopy off.
Great shot Matt.
PJ (39:10):
Yeah, it really was.
I mean, they shattered theglass.
But I had a question, man.
What's up with Matt'sthreatening quote here?
Adam (39:17):
Yeah.
PJ (39:17):
he's, he's misremembering it pretty badly.
my, my thing is this, if you'regonna threaten someone, I
recommend not using a quote ofJesus And then misusing it
because like, it's like do untoother, I mean, I'm not sure what
Bible he's reading, but it'slike, do unto others and it is
like, wait, wait, wait, wait.
did you not know?
It's about forgiveness, man.
Adam (39:38):
right.
PJ (39:39):
I'm gonna just do this unto others.
Adam (39:42):
It's so Do others they fire at your transforming car,
in which case, blow them out ofthe sky.
That's in one of the more moderntranslations of the Bible, I
think.
PJ (39:56):
Maybe that's the one.
Matt had commissioned
Adam (39:59):
the tracker.
Translation.
PJ (40:00):
the Tracker translation.
Adam (40:02):
Well, A switch plate actually explodes in mid air and
Miles goes falling to his doom,gripping the suitcase full of
platinum bars.
He splashes into the water.
He's underwater.
He's struggling to swim to thesurface carrying this heavy
case.
I think he's already dead as itis.
Like
PJ (40:19):
I agree.
I agree.
Adam (40:21):
right
PJ (40:21):
Yes.
Adam (40:22):
On top of it though, shark appears, fires two missiles at
miles causing the suitcase toopen and sending all the
platinum bars to the bottom ofthe ocean.
think this is what I'd call aplatinum sly rack nomination.
PJ (40:36):
look, the fall alone would've killed him.
the platinum would've drug himunder, like we're talking about
800 pounds.
Adam (40:43):
Yeah.
PJ (40:44):
And she's shot at by torpedoes underwater.
Adam (40:48):
right.
PJ (40:48):
Okay, rest in peace.
Miles,
Adam (40:50):
We'll see you next episode.
Sly, Vanessa and Cliff all kindof hop on to piranha's sidecar
submarine, which drives on thesurface to go out and pick up
miles.
Is that thing really seaworthywith that many people on it?
PJ (41:02):
who cares at this point in time, man,
Adam (41:04):
Yeah,
PJ (41:04):
like, it's the Danube.
You know, I don't expect it getsthat many high winds.
Adam (41:08):
I guess they just, jug off and their little, their little
submarine
PJ (41:12):
they're all chugging off.
Probably way slower than normal.
Like,'cause it's normally onlyholds one, it has four on it.
Adam (41:21):
Yeah.
PJ (41:22):
so
Adam (41:23):
says, I could go after them and Matt says, no.
And then he says something aboutjoin up with the others by the
time we catch them.
What is he talking about?
PJ (41:32):
that's, I was like, what is he?
Yeah.
I was like, what the fuck, Matt?
I mean do, do you think there'sanother venom sub in the Danube?
Adam (41:40):
yeah, what others, it's the whole entire Venom team that
we've known so far.
and then to your point earlier,Piana is going at a quarter
speed.
mean, you could swim and catchthem.
PJ (41:51):
right.
Adam (41:52):
The answer is nope.
In fact, then he says, besideswe've got the real culprit.
to the Emir, but is he the realculprit?
Venom did all the hard work.
PJ (42:01):
Yeah.
And in fact, we get a line fromBuddy right after this as well,
that they try to cement it.
Adam (42:06):
Yeah.
Buddy says, I don't know how theEmir is going to explain to the
Austrian police how all thoselipizzaners got on his ship.
PJ (42:13):
And I was like very easily buddy.
How about this?
Venom stole the horses.
That's true.
Venom stole my platinum, whichis now at the bottom of the
Danube.
Thanks to you guys.
And you could just say, venomwas about to steal my ship.
So like, it's actually reallyeasy to blame the terrorist
organization for all this stuff.
(42:34):
Besides the fact you never hadanything concrete beyond
circumstantial evidence andracism.
Adam (42:42):
Indeed.
PJ (42:42):
And here's the other deal, like, let's say they could get
him on something, right?
The, if the Amir is not alreadycozy with the Austrian
government, look, some moneywill exchange hands and it'll be
fine
Adam (42:54):
well.
But anyways, that's that for thecase.
Matt and company arrive at thehotel and they're in the lobby
and the police is completelydestroyed.
there's a shot of Matt
PJ (43:04):
Yeah.
Adam (43:04):
one eye It's like very odd.
Is he okay?
PJ (43:09):
I don't know, man.
Like this was a weird choice.
It's like, I hope he is nothaving a stroke or something
like that.
My thought on this basically waslike, he's not perturbed because
I, I would imagine he owns thathotel.
Adam (43:21):
Oh yeah, no, for sure.
He definitely owed the hotel.
and we have this like exchangebetween, buddy and Gloria.
Buddy says, you know, it mightbe less trouble if he came with
us next time.
And Gloria says, in fact, wemight even have less trouble if
we let him join Venom.
Like, Wow, Gloria, we had to getyour step kid outta the picture.
(43:41):
And Scott loves this.
He's like, we could workundercover.
Tebo says I'd rather be apopcorn popper, but I'd love to
play out what would happen ifScott and Teb actually did join
Venom.
PJ (43:50):
I love the notion of some kid and a robot who they've seen
before coming and saying, Hey,can we join your terrorist
organization?
And like I, miles, I don't knowwhat he would do about this, but
I was like, ah, I guess but Ithink Mask would accidentally
murder Scott and t Bobb on oneof the missions or Venom would
(44:12):
do the handful of research toknow that, oh, this is the son
of a billionaire.
We should just hold him forransom.
Adam (44:20):
Yeah, exactly.
Venom's not really smart about,their, plans.
Well, Popcorn pops out of tbo.
Everyone laughs and we cut tothe more, you know, moment.
is teaching Scott how to behavearound a horse.
And he says that some of themaren't very smart.
And Scott says, you mean likeTbo?
(44:43):
So adding another Roy Battynomination to this episode.
And the lesson is that when youwalk behind a horse, you need to
have your hand on the horse sothey know that you're there.
'cause otherwise they might kickyou.
And that is exactly what happensto Tbo.
Very much like Sly Tbo getskicked and flies through the air
and hits the wall of the stablethat they're in.
(45:05):
And we kinda have another RoyBatty mixed with a Sly Racks
nomination here.
PJ (45:09):
Yeah.
It's a rare combo, but we getit.
I thought this was actually adecent lesson for kids who have
not been around horses.
Adam (45:17):
how many opportunities did you have to be around a horse?
PJ (45:20):
very few.
I can only remember one time.
And ironically it involved merunning around the ass of the
horse.
And like it freaked out thehorse trainer who's like, oh
shit, you should have beentouching the horse the entire
time.
Adam (45:34):
That's why they needed the lesson.
PJ (45:36):
That's what
Adam (45:37):
say that I was in the presence of a horse my thirties
so, be very nice PJ to your ownhorse growing up.
PJ (45:45):
I didn't
Adam (45:46):
well,
PJ (45:46):
think I, I thought I visited Aarse.
Adam (45:49):
No, I understand.
I understand.
Yep.
Mm-hmm.
PJ (45:51):
here's the story, is that my dad left me alone in a hotel, so
I wandered out to the hotelstables.
Adam (45:57):
okay.
That does actually sound aboutright.
All right.
that's fair.
Let's cut to our awards.
We gotta dive right into the RoyBatty.
This
PJ (46:05):
Whew.
Adam (46:06):
like every scene that T Bobb is in is another Roy Batty
moment.
And he does go crazy at the end.
Like we see him throughout theend of the episode driving in
scooter mode like crazy, justdestroying this hotel.
PJ (46:19):
you're right.
Looks like every scene with aminute it is a new Roy Batty.
And like I, so, I mean, and soit's like everything's a strong
contender.
I mean, I, I could give it to tBob at the lesson at the end.
I could be convinced though,like, it's like Scott fucking
with t Bobb circuits after TBobb told him not to, And then
he goes berserk.
Adam (46:38):
Yeah, I think that's the moment there.
Don't do it.
Don't do it.
And he does it.
And t Bobb freaks out has thoselike red sparks around him and
starts driving around likecrazy.
I think this is him kind ofachieving his first true Roy
Batty moment.
But there's so many, I mean,there are so many shots of t
Bobb in angry mode and like thatone we mentioned before of him
hovering over Scott clearlyangry ready to take out his
(47:01):
vengeance upon his creator.
we may be crossing the Rubiconhere,
PJ (47:05):
We'll have to keep a tight eye on this one.
Adam (47:07):
father of the year moment.
What do you,
PJ (47:10):
I mean, it's so trite.
It's so, and it's such a tropeat this point in time.
But leaving Scott at the hotelalone and then he proceeds to
destroy it.
Can Matt not see that?
Scott just wants some attention.
Adam (47:21):
I agree.
It's.
Just cliche now, every episode,it's
PJ (47:25):
Mm-hmm.
Adam (47:26):
fact, Scott even knows it in that line early on in the
episode where Matt says, Scott,I want you to, and Scott
interrupts him and says, I know.
Go back to the hotel.
So even Scott knows A,
PJ (47:36):
it's sad,
Adam (47:37):
cry for help from a sad, lonely child.
How about the Sly Racks RagdollAward,
PJ (47:42):
man.
Another one.
We have so many possibilities.
We get sly racks getting kickedby the horse.
Adam (47:47):
Yep
PJ (47:47):
we got Matt basically, you know, getting blown up, flying
through the air, breaking hisback twice,
Adam (47:55):
Yeah.
PJ (47:55):
And then miles, you know, getting blown up, falling into
water, nearly drowning.
Then it getting blown up.
So at first I was gonna tie him,but as I discussed it, I think
Miles actually might pull thisone ahead.
Adam (48:08):
I think For me, it's Matt because he does
PJ (48:10):
Yeah,
Adam (48:10):
twice, yeah, maybe he's not dead, but he's certainly
paralyzed,
PJ (48:14):
Let's give it to both of'em.
I'm game with that.
I mean Matt, you're right, hebreaks his back twice.
He gets shot at once.
Miles gets shot at twice, onceby a laser, and then the second
time by a, a torpedo.
Adam (48:26):
Yeah.
PJ (48:27):
So,
Adam (48:28):
Matt and Miles, we will see you next episode, buddy
Hawks Award.
PJ (48:33):
I'm in one camp for this, but I, I'll, I'll momentarily
say that I could see Matt andMiles both being contenders
given the exchange between Milesand the Emir.
But um, honestly, given thatMatt is supposed to be the good
guy.
And because a lot of his quoteunquote proof seems to hinge on
this person being, in his words,an Arabian, I gotta give it to
(48:57):
Matt'cause it's like we'll neverhold up in courts, sir, you're
just picking it because let'sface it, you're racist.
Adam (49:03):
I agree a hundred percent.
That's exactly my vote as well.
It's definitely Matt gets theBuddy Hawks award, What do you
think?
Is this episode Panda Poo?
PJ (49:11):
So this entire episode, it's, it's venom getting hired
for smash and grab job by anArabian for horses that are not
that expensive.
And so the stakes are actuallyincredibly low.
I kind of felt like Venommight've made up, made off with
a hundred, not a hundred, butthe, the million bucks that got
paid for the steel,
Adam (49:31):
Yeah.
PJ (49:31):
Even though they didn't get the 4 million.
So it's, I mean, Dusty's gotsome badass maneuvers.
the episode's forgettable.
it's not the worst we've everseen.
It's fine.
It's, there's parts that arefun.
Adam (49:43):
Yeah.
PJ (49:44):
it's barely not panda poo for me, but that's a, I'm being
pretty generous.
Adam (49:48):
Yeah, I'm on the edge too.
I think this episode has some ofthe best animation,
PJ (49:52):
It does.
Adam (49:54):
It's really sharp.
It has great use of thevehicles, mask powers some real
stunts, especially the Matt andMiles ones, but yeah, the stakes
are super low.
There's the Arabian thing, soI'm kind of on the line, but
maybe it just crosses over alittle bit into panda poo.
PJ (50:12):
I'm game with that.
I mean, I'm not going to bat forthis episode, I'll say that
much.
before we talk about where we'regoing to next.
I do wanna point out somethinginteresting is that we've been
in Europe for a while.
Like we started off inSwitzerland with the, the
finance minister.
Then we jetted over to Rome.
But then we were in Paris.
then we were in the Netherlandsand now we're in Vienna.
(50:33):
And we're going to still not bein the US next, right.
The episode right before this,the last time we saw them in the
US was deadly blue slime.
and so my question to you, Adam,is Matt actively trying to avoid
authorities by basically goingto all of these different
countries?
Adam (50:54):
wasn't deadly Blue slime in Africa.
PJ (50:55):
What, yeah.
But the beginning of theepisode, he was in the US
Adam (50:58):
were in the us.
Yeah.
So he's
PJ (50:59):
right?
Adam (51:00):
from the authorities.
PJ (51:01):
Yeah.
So he is not returned back tohis home at this point in time,
and nor will he.
Adam (51:07):
I get it.
That's why he needs the sesecret escape, train from his
mansion to Boulder
PJ (51:11):
Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
Adam (51:12):
this is exactly the type of thing he is.
He is doing Okay, let's look atepisode 37, coming up next.
It's called the Sacred Rock.
Buckle Up folks.
frightens a tribe of Australianaborigines their God Mimi is
angry with them.
When TB makes an appearance, thetribe thinks he is their deity.
So I think what's interesting isthe last time we were in
(51:34):
Australia, venom enslavedAborigines,
PJ (51:37):
Mm-hmm.
Adam (51:38):
And we have the recurrence of TBO as the mistaken deity of
some, tribe.
PJ (51:45):
Haven't seen that since the ink in Priest.
Adam (51:47):
Here we go again.
PJ (51:49):
It sort of makes you wonder then like did Scott research the
shape of tbo and decided thisone was in the shape of so many
like gods within the maskuniverse?
Adam (52:02):
Knowing that his dad would take him on adventures around
the world and there'd beopportunities for his robot to
mis be mistaken as a
PJ (52:08):
I don't know.
I don't know, man.
Adam (52:10):
well, we'll track that one as we go along too.
But for now this podcast has totransform and head back to hq.
I am Adam Moore.
PJ (52:18):
And I am PJ McNerney.
Adam (52:19):
Bye-bye.
PJ (52:21):
Bye bye.
The mobile armored podcast showis written, produced and edited.
Bye Adam Moore.
And PJ McNerney.
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