January 27, 2025 • 47 mins
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Matt Trakker, Scott, and T-Bob are enjoying some down time in Rio de Janiero…with a mysterious woman and a young girl….who might look suspiciously like Matt?!?
What is going on here….?
Oh, also V.E.N.O.M. steals, in the words of Miles Mayhem “a worthless painting”…only to have it turn out to be a map to a hidden stash of gold secreted away (along a lot of military equipment) by a certain infamous Party who may have taken over Germany in the 30s and 40s and fled to South America.
In other words…
Days of Lives meets The Odessa File… in cartoon form.
Come join Adam Moore and P.J. McNerney on the Mobile Armored Podcast Show as we dive into the latest M.A.S.K. episode to expose kids to the horrors of the mid-20th century!!!
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Adam (00:13):
welcome to the mobile armored podcast show, the
podcast that transforms into ashanty in the jungle.
My name is Adam Moore alongsidemy cohost and best friend PJ
McNerney.
How's it going PJ?
PJ (00:26):
I'm doing well today.
great to be back in the seatespecially with the pair of
episodes that we've had this onethrew me for a loop because as I
mentioned last episode, I didnot, I don't read the taglines,
like I'll, at best, I'll, justbe like advancing on YouTube or
wherever I'll be watching thisthing.
And, you know, every tagline onYouTube is the same.
(00:48):
Like, when Miles Mayhem killsAndy Tracker to get the masks,
Matt Tracker goes off on a questof vengeance,
Adam (00:56):
Right.
Yeah.
PJ (01:04):
caught off guard in the middle of it pretty hardcore.
Adam (01:08):
Yeah.
Well, it's episode 30, which Ijust want to.
Note that milestone, that we areat 30 episodes now Venom steals
a worthless painting, but Masklearns it really contains a
secret map to lost Nazitreasure.
PJ (01:23):
here's the thing.
You and I have kind of jokedslash kind of interrogated the
episodes because it feels likethe writers have been nippling
at the edges, like trying to getclose to this idea.
like we've seen this likeseveral times now where we're in
South America and there's somekind of German scientist
(01:45):
involved.
like, oh, dinosaur boy hadGerman scientists buying
dinosaur blood.
Adam (01:52):
Right.
PJ (01:52):
Andes had a.
Matt Tracker employed Germanscientists
Adam (01:57):
Right.
Right.
Heh heh heh.
PJ (02:01):
riches of Rio Where there's no bones about it.
It's Nazi
Adam (02:07):
Right.
PJ (02:07):
whoa Like I guess this was okay in the 80s This was kind of
like
Adam (02:13):
Oh.
Yeah.
PJ (02:15):
to think of another cartoon show that did this
Adam (02:17):
Yeah, I mean, you know, some of it is, drafting off of
Indiana Jones, Raiders of theLost Ark, right?
So Nazi supernaturalparaphernalia, whatever is out
there in the zeitgeist at thetime.
But yeah, I can't think ofanother cartoon that's doing
Nazi so much.
Well, look, we open on the cityof Rio de Janeiro, I guess.
(02:40):
Because it's called the LostRiches of Rio, but it doesn't
necessarily look like Rio, butwe're going to run with it.
And we're sort of panningthrough the jungles.
And then, in fact, we revealwe're on a farm, so all this
land has been cleared for a bigfarm in the middle of the
jungle.
And so that's, you know, Iimagine that a lot of rainforest
was cleared out to make way forall that land.
PJ (03:01):
Los Tracker Industries.
I kind of wondered if like, youknow, Matt was playing both
sides of the middle because Ican imagine like him having a
subsidiary that is a clearingthe rainforest.
the same time, like, you know,Getting the peaceful nations
alliance to like money to afoundation.
He has to stop the clearing therain for us.
(03:23):
then what he does is he takesthat money or part of that money
to pay the workers clearing therain forest.
And then just says he justhalves their hours.
then he can say like, Oh, we'vereduced clearing by 50%.
Adam (03:35):
Well, not to mention whatever cattle they're raising
on this, on this farm So he'sselling that too.
PJ (03:41):
Do you feel like it was weird, like, they're picking Rio
de Janeiro, and like, I mean,there's a very significant
landmark in Rio de Janeiro
Adam (03:49):
Yeah, they don't show it and they don't really use it as
a location in the episode.
but it does reduce theopportunity for Buddy Hawks
Award nominations.
PJ (04:00):
is true, I guess.
Good point.
Adam (04:04):
Well, Matt, Scott, and T Bob, they're sitting on the
porch dining with a local womanand her granddaughter, question
mark So my first thought was,all right, so a little piece of
local action for both father andson here.
PJ (04:16):
yeah, let's talk on this one right off the bat, because like,
last episode, told Matt aboutmarriage.
laughed uncomfortably.
And now Matt's visiting a localwoman and a girl.
I actually, when first watchingit, thought it was a daughter.
And
Adam (04:35):
I did too.
PJ (04:35):
later.
argue that later on that.
Cause that woman seems way tooyoung to be a grandmother.
Here's my question to you, Adam.
Who is Maria's father?
Adam (04:44):
Well, you know, you bring up a good point.
She's got the dark hair of hergrandmother, but if you look at
her face and you look at Scott'sface, there is quite the
similarity.
PJ (04:55):
Okay, so let's, let's dive into this one.
Okay, kind of felt like there'stwo theories, one that made Matt
look bad that made him lookhorrible.
Adam (05:05):
None that make them look good.
PJ (05:07):
if this is a quest Matt's on to kind of clean up his history?
So like he's actually visiting aformer lover and his daughter.
Adam (05:15):
Yeah.
PJ (05:16):
in which case it's going to be good that Scott's adopted.
Okay?
For what's to come.
so that's, the theory that makeshim look bad.
He's kind of like, kind of goingthrough and just being like,
look, I'm married now.
And, you
Adam (05:27):
What happened, happened.
And you know, I'll keep onpaying the support.
PJ (05:31):
right?
There was another theory I had,which was, what if this is a
tracker child, but not Matt?
Adam (05:39):
Okay.
So it's
PJ (05:40):
It's Andes.
Adam (05:41):
Okay.
PJ (05:43):
But we've also had the theory that Scott could be a
clone of Andy.
it gets awful if Matt's allowingany of this to happen.
Adam (05:52):
I hope I haven't told Gloria about this.
PJ (05:55):
so, in me, Adam, always to make stuff worse.
Adam (05:59):
Oh, I trust you.
So they're still sitting therearound the table and Scott's
offered tea and it doesn't wantany instead.
He asked for root beer and Mariadoesn't know what it is.
She says who would want to drinkdirty roots?
And then she giggles, and Scottgives her the most withering
side eye I've ever seen.
I mean, even T Bob is a bitshocked by how withering
PJ (06:24):
You've seen this before, where like, you know, you have
these girls who are clearlyattracted to Scott and kind of,
and he's just like not having itwhatsoever.
Adam (06:32):
no, he's,
PJ (06:33):
do you think that, you know, this is a, a factor because he
doesn't seem to have any realfriends at home,
Adam (06:39):
mm hmm.
PJ (06:39):
and so he's been socially maladjusted?
He doesn't, he doesn't want toform any roots, cause he doesn't
know he's leaving in the nextday.
Adam (06:47):
Unlike his father.
That's the exact reason whybecause he's leaving the next
day.
and nine months later Maria wasborn Matt says to Scott remember
Scott we're on a mission Senoradel Ramos has generously
consented display her milliondollar art collection of Goya's
for charity Okay,
PJ (07:05):
So, I mean, we know she's wealthy.
Adam (07:07):
Well, she has money from somewhere,
PJ (07:10):
Right, that is fair.
we don't know how she got thatwealth, but she's independently
wealthy.
Adam (07:16):
Well, Maria then kind of apropos of nothing says to
Scott.
I can show you something neat.
And my thought was, I bet shecan.
PJ (07:24):
Oh, Scott, you're
Adam (07:26):
Oh, oh boy.
Well, turns out what she wantsto show Scott is a rock
collection.
And Scott says, who cares aboutsome silly old rocks?
I like marbles better.
They roll.
And I guess Scott and Maria aremade for each other because
they're both incredibly boringpeople.
Scott likes marbles, she likesrocks.
(07:47):
Awesome
PJ (07:48):
What depth.
Up point, I felt like Scott'sgoing through this emo phase
because he's complained thisentire time.
He's complained about the tea,about having no root beer,
wanting to see horses, and nowthe rock collection.
It's like the thrill ofinternational travel is like
becoming passe to Scott.
Adam (08:06):
mean, it would be for me too.
Traveling around my da my dad'stransforming flying Camaro T
Bobb says, that's it.
You two can rock and roll.
Now, I was kind of being a bitcheeky throughout this with my
hints at a a Scott Mariarelationship going on.
But Tebop hits it right on thehead here.
PJ (08:25):
That even he sees it.
Adam (08:27):
Right.
PJ (08:28):
uh, Like something could happen here.
Adam (08:32):
Yeah.
Well, suddenly we learn that thegirl's painting is missing from
her room.
She says it wasn't valuable, butit was a present from my
grandmother.
And then we cut to Vanessarunning in the jungle, and Scott
looks out the window and appearsto see her running away.
PJ (08:49):
My thought on this was that of all the venom agents to send
creeping into a young girl'sroom, was in fact the least
creepy option.
Adam (08:58):
Agreed.
PJ (08:59):
sort of shudder to think about a masked cliff or sly
climbing into a young girl'sroom, in full regalia, just
like,
Adam (09:07):
Yeah,
PJ (09:08):
that would be.
Adam (09:09):
oh yeah, oh yeah, they definitely dodged a bullet
there.
PJ (09:12):
It did.
I
Adam (09:13):
Now, the shot is weird, it cuts to this shot of T Bob
climbing out of a second floorwindow, and Scott and Matt are
waiting below.
And Matt's examining an alarmsystem, and he says only one
person could cut this with alaser whip, Vanessa Warfield.
But it could have been cut bysomething else too, right?
PJ (09:32):
Well, okay, here's, here is like my logic train that Matt is
following.
His desired result is to
Adam (09:40):
Mm hmm.
PJ (09:40):
international treaties using his paramilitary group.
That's where he needs to get to.
Adam (09:46):
Mm hmm.
PJ (09:46):
if that is where he needs to get to, Venom must be involved.
Adam (09:50):
Agreed.
PJ (09:51):
Well, Vanessa is.
Adam (09:52):
Mm hmm.
PJ (09:53):
uses a laser whip.
Oh, the with something.
maybe it was a laser whip.
So if I say it was a laser whip,and there's only one laser whip
in the world, it belongs toVanessa.
And Vanessa's in Venom.
All right, let's bring in theparamilitary group.
Adam (10:10):
well, Matt says.
This is no ice cream social.
It's time to call and mask andI'm just I'm having trouble here
Were they having ice creambecause they weren't they were
just having tea.
So this is the beginning of myIncredible confusion about the
humor in this episode.
Like is it just me or issomething off?
(10:31):
Does it feel like it was?
translated poorly from anotherlanguage?
Oh,
PJ (10:37):
they translated it to English.
I mean, I just thought all thiscould be explained if we assume
that Matt's been day drinking.
Or if in fact the tea inquestion, because what is, what
is popular in South America isactually tea made from coca
leaves.
so it could very well be thecase that they're just enjoying
a coca leaf tea.
Adam (10:58):
so he's just he can't even remember what he was doing 10
seconds ago
PJ (11:02):
It was a laser whip.
It's not a Ice Cream Social!
Adam (11:05):
No more ice cream for us So matt pulls out the briefcase
computer and we go into theagent selection scene
PJ (11:13):
Specifically, Matt says, Select agents best suited for
mission in Rio de Janeiro.
And my question to you is, Adam,What kind of criteria do you
expect for that?
Adam (11:23):
I don't know.
I don't know what time of yearit is I,
PJ (11:27):
to Carnival?
Adam (11:28):
maybe, I mean, then I would expect Brad would be
chosen, but he's not.
So I don't, I don't knowexactly.
I mean, it's a pretty broadbased question.
will you be demolishing favelas?
Will you be protecting Christthe Redeemer?
Like what, Matt?
There's a lot going on in Rio.
PJ (11:47):
I actually would think that Brad probably would be the last
agent chosen, cause he's gonnashow up, but won't be part of
the mission.
Adam (11:55):
Alright.
PJ (11:55):
He's just gonna go party, yeah?
Adam (11:57):
Well, the agents are Alex Sector, and the computer says
broad based scientific knowledgeneeded.
Well, he's playing chess againsta chimpanzee, fully clothed by
the way, and he's losing.
And then the alarm goes off andhe, he runs away.
And another chimp takes hisplace So these monkeys are both
(12:18):
wearing clothes.
They're in a cage.
What is he training thesemonkeys to do?
PJ (12:23):
So, I think that this is a a start to of the Apes.
Um,
Adam (12:29):
Seen any of the recent Planet of the Apes movies, this
is almost literally how itbegins in training Caesar,
PJ (12:36):
What's interesting is that we have chimpanzees playing
chess, and famously, we did havethat orangutan with the mop.
we're getting this, like, slowlydeveloping pattern primates and
work,
Adam (12:50):
Yeah.
I agree.
And I will tell you what I wouldhave loved to have seen for
season three.
Is Matt Tracker and a team ofchimpanzees fighting Venom and
Miles's train team ofchimpanzees.
Uh, Well, the second agentselected is Dusty Hayes and he's
selected because of his gatorvehicle.
(13:11):
So they just need the vehicle.
I guess they need him cause he'sdriving it.
All right.
Now, Dusty is riding a horse.
Towards what looks like water.
There's like a faucet in thedistance dripping water.
So I assume that means that thehorse is thirsty.
Then he gets the call.
He turns around and gallops off.
(13:31):
Which leads me to believe thehorse gets no water?
PJ (13:35):
Yeah, I thought the horse died on the way back is
Adam (13:38):
Yeah, I would assume.
PJ (13:40):
trio of sequences is like they're actually like really
well animated.
And they do this amazing rackfocus on the screen I mean, they
go from like the, the faucet inthe foreground being blurry.
To like, Brad and I was not BradDusty in the background and then
they, they reverse the focus andit's, and it's really cool.
(14:01):
doesn't mean much, but it'sawesome.
Adam (14:04):
No, it also doesn't Like, since when have we seen Dusty in
cowboy gear, riding around theopen range on a horse?
At least Alex's and Gloria's,which we're about to see, make
sense for the characters.
Never once has this come up.
So it's almost as if theanimators were told, It's an
American guy named Dusty.
Colorado.
Like, yeah, okay.
(14:24):
Third on the team is GloriaBaker.
She's needed because of hershark vehicle.
So same deal, I guess they justneed her vehicle and not her.
now she's in a very kind ofspeed racer.
Moment here.
It's an off road race.
She pulls up alongside a guy,waves, and then attempts to
drive him off the road.
She hits the metal, races aheadof him.
(14:44):
She gets the call, then turnsaround and drives past the guy
in the opposite direction.
And like this other driver is sodistracted that he ends up
jumping the road and crashinginto a river.
So Gloria's body count for theepisode is one so far.
PJ (15:01):
I loved how she tried to directly kill someone and then
she indirectly killed thatperson.
Adam (15:07):
Either way it worked.
PJ (15:08):
Also she's got her mask watch like hanging on the
steering wheel, which is prettycool.
Adam (15:14):
Yeah.
That's kind of bad ass.
PJ (15:16):
It's kind of bad ass.
Adam (15:17):
Also, did you notice, I'm looking at it now, does her
helmet have like a heart on it?
PJ (15:21):
It does have a heart on it.
Adam (15:23):
That's adorable.
I mean, say what you will,Gloria has been consistent from
day one.
She is not to be trifled with.
PJ (15:33):
Never,
Adam (15:34):
Well, we cut to the radiation chamber of death and
then we roll out to Rio fromBoulder Hill.
I assume they're probably goingto whatever airport the mask jet
is hangered.
PJ (15:46):
Side note, how many times do you think Buddy has to watch a
whole team shuffle into Boulder
Adam (15:51):
Silence.
PJ (15:57):
you know the rules, Buddy.
Can you, can you, can you topoff the, the wiper fluid please?
Adam (16:03):
Back at the ranch in the Amazon, Matt tells Scott that
he, T Bob and Maria will have togo off site scene.
While Mask tackles Venom.
More sightseeing.
PJ (16:14):
mean, again, it's, it's either hotel or sightseeing with
these, with this guy.
Uh, The statement right beforethat is Senora Del Ramos and I
have something important todiscuss.
don't you and T Bob gosightseeing with Maria?
And I really felt like was a lotof body language speaking
volumes with
Adam (16:31):
Mm hmm.
PJ (16:33):
just looking a little downtrodden at that moment.
Adam (16:35):
Well, and their, their hands are very close to
touching.
there may even be some physicalcontact between Matt and the
grandmother or slash motherhere.
So, it's gonna be a toughconversation.
But now, I wanna take a look atMatt's decision here to get mask
involved beyond what you said,right, which is he wants to
(16:56):
violate some internationaltreaties, but three things.
So first, Matt's just cool withgoing after venom.
For a worthless old painting,right?
There has been established.
There is no value to thispainting whatsoever, but that is
his, that's like check one, allright, going after venom, but
the painting is worthless.
Doesn't matter.
It could have been a box ofLegos all I care.
(17:19):
Second, we have a father of theyear moment here, as we pointed
out go off and, you know,Sightsee somewhere.
PJ (17:26):
Rio is not especially known for being safe.
Adam (17:29):
No, I mean, some areas are I'm sure.
And some aren't, but like, youknow, there's also an
international terroristorganization around once again.
Now, third, when Scott complainsabout having to go sightseeing,
Matt says.
Unless you'd like to stay foranother tea party, and that's
kind of sexist, but okay.
(17:50):
But Scott's reply is, Now Iunderstand why the Indians dump
tea in the harbor.
So we've got ourselves a BuddyHawks nomination here.
Right?
Plus a complete misunderstandingof the events of the Boston Tea
Party.
And also, finally, a completenon sequitur, like,
PJ (18:08):
It's a hundred percent.
Like, it's like how do we, howdo I connect this?
we'll make it a Boston Tea Partyrelated.
Adam (18:14):
but it's like the same thing as, as Matt talking about
the ice cream social, like theremust be some disconnect here
between whatever language thisepisode is written in and
whatever language we're viewingit in, because it does not make
sense.
PJ (18:29):
Yeah.
There's a
Adam (18:29):
Unless the writer is straight up crazy, and that's
highly possible.
PJ (18:33):
I mean, we've seen it before.
I kind of like the idea of someproducer coming in and said,
we've gotten some feedback andwe need to figure out how to
make something historicallyinaccurate and racist in the
most efficient way possible.
And all the writer says is, holdmy cocaine.
We get a great little responsehere though, because like they,
they decide to like, they wantto poke at that joke one more
(18:54):
time.
So Maria just basically says, doIndians in your country drink
tea, senior Scott?
Scott is just doesn't evenrespond.
He's just like,
Adam (19:03):
He just shrugs.
And it is, it's actually areally morose looking scene.
This could be out of a FrenchNew Wave film.
She's staring ahead solemnly.
He's got his eyes closed,shrugging.
We have to post this on PJ,because this really could be a
shot.
Out of the French New Wave It's,or, or, or uh, what am I
thinking?
Like a Scandinavian film,
PJ (19:24):
we should put, put it up to caption this shot.
Adam (19:29):
Venom's Hideout, well, what's Miles doing here?
PJ (19:31):
wordlessly drawing on the painting, or at least it's
glass.
Adam (19:35):
Right.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
PJ (19:38):
magnifying glass on one of his eyes.
And my immediate thought waslike, Is this what's inspiring
Maximus with his monocle in thesecond season?
Adam (19:47):
that's how you tell them apart, right?
One's got the monocle and onedoesn't.
Yeah.
now in this whole episode.
And it kicks off here.
There is something going downbetween Sly and Vanessa.
PJ (19:57):
yeah,
Adam (19:58):
because when the scene opens, Vanessa says, and this
kind of apropos of nothing, thatwas a waste.
And Sly says, what was thatthing?
And Vanessa says, I made itespecially for you, we kind of
see it in the foreground andit's very unclear what it is.
It's like some sort of blob onthe floor.
maybe like a chicken pot pie orsomething.
I, I don't know, but there'snonetheless, there's something
(20:19):
odd going on between them.
PJ (20:21):
is.
And I thought it was like, Idon't know.
I thought it was like, you know,some blob of bread or something
like that.
Because it's like tan lookingand on the floor.
Yeah, you're right.
It's like a chicken pot pie.
Adam (20:30):
but she's like, I made it especially for you, what is up
with you, Vanessa?
PJ (20:34):
Yes.
Yes.
There's like this weirdflirtation vibe.
Where Vanessa is actuallyespecially aggressive on Sly
this entire time.
Adam (20:43):
Yeah, she really is.
Miles reveals that the paintingis actually a map and he's
searching this painting for thepath to Hidden gold and sly says
you can't eat gold or anything.
Vanessa cooks either.
Yuck.
It's like this team needs somegroup therapy.
PJ (21:01):
But immediately following that, like Vanessa, and maybe we
should put, we should post thisas well.
Like Vanessa settles up right
Adam (21:07):
Yeah.
Yeah.
PJ (21:09):
this very like seductive way.
Adam (21:11):
Mm hmm.
PJ (21:13):
your stomach tell the difference?
And I was like, what does thatmean?
And, like, Miles says to Sly,forget your hunger pangs, Rax,
gold is food of the gods, and Iintend to savor every morsel.
owing to the translation thingyou said earlier, the only
explanation I said, what ifSly's on a trip right now, why,
(21:35):
it's from his perspective,everyone's talking and acting
insane.
Adam (21:39):
Could be the ayahuasca could be bad translation.
Maybe it's somewhere in between.
Maybe it's both, but we continueforward.
Meanwhile, Scott, Maria, and TBob are sightseeing in a
marketplace and Maria sees abeautiful ring and T Bob
suggests to Scott that he buy itfor her.
And Scott says, I've already gota ring right through my nose.
(22:01):
What is he talking about?
Again, I feel like I'm, in analtered state right now.
PJ (22:08):
This was the part where I really got on board with your
translation theory.
Because I, and I'm, I'm goingto, try my fucking best on this
Okay.
Which is that maybe Scott istrying to say, he's got a ring
around his nose, like a bullpulled around by Maria.
and maybe it's like an idiomthat's much more used in another
(22:30):
language.
got straight up translated.
So maybe it's familiar someplaceelse, but not here.
Adam (22:36):
Yeah, we will have to research that and find out.
But of course, you know that wedon't do much research, so they
go to a market stall and thiswas the one where the mother
slash grandmother question markbought the valueless painting
that was stolen from Maria'sbedroom.
But they don't find anythinglike it.
And, Maria says it was just apicture of Indians and sugarloaf
(22:57):
mountain.
So Scott then.
Pieces it together and theydecide to take the cable car up
Sugarloaf Mountain to search forclues to help mask.
Why not?
How else can we get you inpotential danger?
PJ (23:12):
Scott's bored already.
Adam (23:14):
Well, Venom is investigating some ancient ruins
and Sly is just kind of likekicking back in the sidecar of
Piranha.
Vanessa picks up an old picturethat they must have found during
their search of the ruins.
She finds a crab in it.
And she throws it away, and itlands on Sly's nose, kind of
clamping its claw down on him.
And again, what is going on withSly and Vanessa?
PJ (23:36):
So, I think been trying something just to see if they
can make something work.
Adam (23:41):
Yeah.
PJ (23:42):
really gotten into it.
Sly is like, thinks it's toorough.
Vanessa thinks Sly is now justplaying part of the game.
And she doesn't respect the factthat no means no.
Adam (23:52):
They don't have a safety word.
And, by the way, I want to justsay that I'm happy Bruce isn't
on this mission.
Because clearly, Vanessa hasmoved on.
Now Sly might not be the rightperson to move on to?
But, or is this a rebound?
I don't know, but I would, Ijust would not want Bruce to see
what's happening here, is all Ihave to say.
PJ (24:09):
say, like, I don't know what their game is, man.
they, got their own thinghappening and don't want to
judge it.
I don't want to, I never want tojudge it.
And, and, you know, whateverthey're, you know, the twisting
paths that, that are between thetwo of them.
Adam (24:22):
Yeah, no judgment here, folks.
But Miles is frustrated.
He says he must have missedsomething on the map, but what?
Dot, dot, dot.
Meanwhile Matt and Alex, they'reworking in the Rhino computer
room in the back there, and theydiscovered that they need to go
up Sugarloaf Mountain.
And there's lots of dad jokes inhere, which there's too many to
mention.
(24:42):
I don't want to get into all ofthem.
But I'd also like to note thatMatt does not have Thunderhawk
in this episode.
PJ (24:49):
Yeah.
That's a really interestingthing.
He's in his ultra flash uniform.
Adam (24:53):
Mm hmm.
PJ (24:54):
seen since episode four.
Adam (24:58):
Gloria Spots venom on the beach below so they all hop into
their vehicles and they take offand we enter the mid episode
mask venom battle We've We'vegot gator Taking on Jack Hammer
and Piranha at the same time.
And he manages to disable bothof them.
Matt fires two rockets fromRhino at Switchblade causing
Miles to lose control and gocareening towards the Sugarloaf
(25:21):
Mountain cable cars.
And we do this zoom in on Matt'smask, which is actually a pretty
cool little zoom in.
And it reveals that Scott, T Boband Maria are on board the cable
car.
So it's Matt's fault that Scottis in danger once again.
They would have been fine had henot fired rockets at
Switchblade.
So Switchblade kind of careeningout of control, fires its lasers
(25:44):
ends up hitting the cable of thecable cars, causing it to
disconnect, the cable car goesswinging, and Matt has this
really terrifying scream, likeit's, rattles vocal cords when
you hear this guy do that.
PJ (25:58):
he is deep throated in this screen right now.
He is like, really afraid.
Adam (26:02):
I've never heard him that concerned about Scott before.
Maybe
PJ (26:08):
about Scott before.
Adam (26:09):
because both his children are on the cable car?
PJ (26:13):
Maybe.
I thought Miles was either beingreally clever here and
continuing to fire in order tocreate a distraction, or he's
just like and holding down thebutton
Adam (26:25):
Yeah.
Well, Venom escapes.
While Mask rushes to save Scott,T Bob, and Maria.
But it does not look good.
The cable is fraying.
It's about to snap.
PJ, what's gonna happen?
PJ (26:37):
I don't know, I think Scott and Maria's gonna die and T Bob
does not.
Adam (26:42):
Well, we'll find out after these messages.
Mask doesn't know what it'sgetting into.
We'll be right back.
Now back to mask and venom.
And we are back.
When we left you, Scott, T Bob,and local girl Maria were about
to fall to their doom.
There's lots of doom falling inthis TV series, huh?
PJ (27:02):
You know, one would think with the number of times that
Fallen to One's Doom isinvolved, they would install a
parachute into T Bob, orrockets, or Jackrabbits.
Adam (27:11):
yeah.
Jackrabbit was what I wasthinking, for sure.
Because Matt's big idea to savethem is not jackrabbit, or using
the anti grab guns on Rhino oranything like that.
His big idea is to fire lasersat the cable to weld the pieces
back together.
Like, other than firingindiscriminately Towards the
(27:33):
cable car.
His son is in would have been abetter choice.
PJ (27:36):
What I loved is that they have Rhino and Backlash, like
Dusty's there firing Backlashrandomly,
Adam (27:43):
Yeah, I know.
PJ (27:44):
which has known to be a force pusher, like,
Adam (27:49):
Yeah, right.
Why would it be able to generateany heat?
PJ (27:53):
right, right.
like, how terrifying is it fromthe point of view of the folks
inside the car, because you haveno communication, right?
It's like, why is dad shootingat us?
Adam (28:04):
Also just one thought Gloria could have used aura as
well Which in fact she doeslater in the episode to protect
someone.
Well Alex in fact suggestsJackrabbit.
But instead, we go the path ofinsanity here.
T Bobcarries, Scott, and Mariatransforms into scooter mode and
drives across the wire, them tosafety.
(28:27):
And he's got this menacing lookin his eyes.
I believe he clearly wanted toscare these kids.
PJ (28:33):
I mean, it's this look he's got.
I mean, I agree.
It's something insane.
He's definitely scaring thekids.
He's in it.
He's kind of saving the dayagain.
And I wonder his saving the dayface because this is the same
look he had when he blew awayblackout.
Adam (28:48):
Yeah, it's true.
Well, I think it's just a signthat he's Getting closer and
closer to his Roy Batty moment.
PJ (28:53):
Speaking of which,
Adam (28:55):
Yeah, When T Bob drops Scott and Maria into the arms of
Matt and Alex, but T Bob, hefalls off the wire, hits the
ground.
And what does everyone do?
They all laugh at T Bob.
he just saved their lives, thenhits the ground, and they bust
out laughing.
PJ (29:11):
it's like zero respect, no checking if he's okay.
Adam (29:16):
Nothing at all.
Well, Scott keeps the secret ofMask's identity, like he just
tells Maria, These are friendsof mine.
And Matt sends them off on theirown recognizance.
Go on.
Continue on your sightseeing.
Yeah, with Venom right outthere.
Excellent idea.
Yeah.
Father of the year nominee.
PJ (29:32):
Father of the year once again
Adam (29:34):
once the brats are gone, Matt takes off his helmet and
reveals that he planted a homingdevice on switchblade, that's
good.
He calls it a homing devicethough, but it's like a.
It's like a listening device,isn't it?
PJ (29:44):
it's a homing slash listening device.
And something just occurred tome right now, he's able to plant
a homing device on switchblade.
What's the difference betweenthat and planting a bomb to end
the threat of Venom once again,once and for all?
Adam (29:58):
I will make a vie for the writer's defense award here, and
I will say that Matt wasconcerned that if he blew up
Switchblade it would mostcertainly careen into the cable
car and kill his son anddaughter.
PJ (30:09):
Okay, I'm gonna push back.
he could have detonated it longafter.
Adam (30:14):
is true.
Counterpoint.
What if the radio transmitterhas a limited range?
PJ (30:19):
Okay, well I guess it's more limited than the listening
device they have on there?
wait till you can hear them,when they're in range, you
detonate it.
Done.
Adam (30:29):
Well, he does seem to want the gold.
PJ (30:32):
but to date, right now, we'll get into this, it's just a
painting.
We don't know anything aboutgold.
Adam (30:37):
That's right.
Oh, the, the, the extents towhich he's willing to go for a
worthless painting.
So we're back with Venom andthey're chanting in the jungle.
And Mayhem can't figure out themap on the painting.
So we ask Sly and Cliff to takea look.
Like, not Vanessa, the mostcapable of Venom agents?
Like, this is the guys, He'sconstantly insulting for their
(31:00):
lack of intelligence and hetosses the painting to them.
PJ (31:03):
I wanted to, I, I put this up for a Buddy Hawks nominee for
the sexism subcategory,
Adam (31:08):
Okay.
Sure.
PJ (31:09):
because this was clearly like a stupid move on Miles's
part.
And again, take a beat, Venomand Mask have moved a lot of
materiel.
Had a battle, endangeredchildren, so far over a painting
from the marketplace that wasstolen from a young girl's
bedroom.
(31:29):
Now, someone goes into a younggirl's bedroom and, like, steals
a Hello Kitty painting, like, doyou expect this much commotion?
Adam (31:40):
Right, I mean they've destroyed the Sugarloaf Mountain
cable car like that's that'sdone for weeks if not months for
sure Gloria killed a man inAttempt to get to Boulder Hill
quickly
PJ (31:52):
Dusty's killed a horse.
Adam (31:54):
All for a worthless painting.
Well, so, Miles tosses thepainting.
Cliff doesn't lift a finger,he's just like lounging on a
lounge chair.
And Vanessa brings out a pot ofcoffee.
Sly pours some, he sips it, andthen he spits it out, saying she
could kill someone with hercoffee.
And Vanessa says, here's mud inyour eye, throws the coffee
(32:16):
brewer at Sly, he ducks, thecoffee spills all over the
painting.
Now, Sly's line is, lousy pitch,Vanessa.
But it sounds like lousy bitch,Vanessa.
PJ (32:30):
Whatever's happening between these two, one of them is ending
up in a closet with a rope tiedaround them dead because it went
too far.
Adam (32:38):
Yeah, it's, it's getting icky.
Now, the coffee, which hasspilled all over the painting,
washes the paint away and a mapis revealed.
The map, and this is where we,Learn the truth.
It's the map showing the Nazigold.
wait, what?
since when have the Nazis beeninvolved here?
PJ (32:57):
That's exactly right.
This is my what the fuck momentof this episode.
When I saw it, I was like, oh,my and that's when it
crystallized, like, whoever'swriting this basically has just
associated South America withNazis and masks.
Adam (33:09):
Well, also.
Nazi gold is one thing, but aswe're going to learn, there's a
lot more than just Nazi gold Soit gets very confusing here.
But we go back to Rhino, Mattand company are listening in on
Venom's conversations and Alexhas heard stories of Nazi
Raiders bringing gold to SouthAmerica for safekeeping.
Okay.
(33:29):
But he never thought they weretrue.
PJ (33:31):
Where did he hear these stories?
Like, again, was he just likehe, Oh, I watched the movie
marathon man and the Odessa fileand boys from Brazil.
And I heard these stories fromthe movies And then Scott is
like super excited.
And again, I was reallydisturbed by this line.
Did you hear that T Bob?
Nazi gold.
Adam (33:50):
I know, it's so bizarre.
And by the way, you mentionedScott and T Bob are there.
What happened to Maria?
Scott and T Bob walked away andshe was left alone to kind of
find her own way home.
So Alice gets the coordinates ofwhere they're going by listening
to Miles.
And he says,
PJ (34:09):
job of thinking through this.
Like, what are the kids going toask, Hey, where did the Nazi
gold come from, mom and dad?
again, it was one thing for usto kind of joke about in prior
episodes.
I feel like we have beenvindicated though.
Adam (34:22):
I agree.
PJ (34:23):
writers have been doing this entire time.
I mean, again, I get it.
It's the eighties kind ofgoofball Nazi thing, but it's
really callous.
Adam (34:31):
Well, yeah, for sure.
And I'm curious to see if it'sgoing to pop up in more
episodes.
So we'll keep tracking that.
PJ (34:37):
We will.
Adam (34:38):
so Vanessa discovers the homing device and deactivates
it, but it's okay.
Cause Alice has got thecoordinates, coordinates.
It's going to be, it's going tobe fine.
So then we cut to Venom inside acave with all their vehicles
inside, including Switchblade.
So once again, a giant caveappears.
In the mask series.
(34:58):
So there's that now they'relooking around for the gold, but
what we also see there are likeold Nazi tanks in other gear.
So we're to believe that thebunch of Nazis loaded weapons
and tanks and gold on to a boat.
I'm guessing.
(35:18):
to Brazil, to then hide them allin a cave.
PJ (35:23):
again, this is like out of the Odessa file or boys from
Brazil where the Nazis arestockpiling their weapons and
gold to make their grand return.
Adam (35:31):
Well, Sly smells awful.
Some spoiled food and he asksVanessa, Hey, did you make this?
And in response, Vanessa popsout of a tank with a bazooka and
she points it at sly
PJ (35:44):
Again, Vanessa is playing a very different game than Sly.
I had a question for you though,where did Vanessa find that
helmet?
Adam (35:52):
Right.
She's wearing a Nazi helmet.
I mean, inside the tank,
PJ (35:56):
right.
Adam (35:56):
assume
PJ (35:57):
Like, did she get it off of a body?
Adam (35:59):
that's a great question.
PJ (36:00):
mean, she's just like, whatever.
I'm just gonna wear this.
Adam (36:03):
And she's just pointing a bazooka, randomly.
Well, what they discover is thatthe gold has been dumped into a
pool of water in the cave thatis filled with piranhas.
Not the vehicle, but the flesheating fish.
Meanwhile, while searching forwhere Venom went, Dusty steps on
a landmine and survives! Sothere's a ragdoll nomination
(36:26):
right there.
PJ (36:26):
yeah, this scene where the explosion happens is like, you
know, he's dead.
Adam (36:31):
I mean, now, it turns out that Gloria used aura, and
that's how he was saved.
But the time between when theexplosion happens And when aura
is triggered, I don't think thatit's math.
The math ain't mathing.
she's protecting a charred bodyis what's really happening here.
But anyways, RIP dusty.
We'll see you again in a fewseconds.
(36:53):
Meanwhile, Sly is in Piranha,like underwater, scooping up all
the gold, and Switchblade islifting the gold out of the
water when Mask shows up.
Matt fires Rhino's lasers, cutsthe rope from the big net that
Switchblade was using, sendingall the gold back into the
water.
And crushing Piranha, with Slyin it.
Now he escapes barely, but wekinda got a ragdoll award here
(37:14):
for sure.
PJ (37:15):
definitely, because that gold would have crushed him.
Like gold is heavy.
Adam (37:19):
Yeah.
PJ (37:19):
I kind of thought they were, this was something that
surprised me.
I thought they're going to gowith a stronger joke of piranha
in a lake with piranhas
Adam (37:26):
Well that would have been an obvious joke to go with,
which actually kinda would havebeen funny.
We cut to Jackhammer.
Jackhammer's on Gator's tail.
And there's some more water upahead.
But instead of going into boatmode, Dusty decides to freeze
the water instead.
But he actually does a coolmove, because he turns around,
and then uses the ice as a rampto jump over Jackhammer, and
(37:47):
then backlashes Cliff onto theice.
So, cool move.
Good job.
Glad you're alive, Dusty.
And then we have the obligatoryShark Manta battle.
It's a card chase.
Gloria sends Vanessa off thecliff and into the water.
Which is actually a nice littlecallback to her escape scene at
the beginning of the episode.
PJ (38:05):
Yeah, I kind of really felt like they were paying that off
here, showing what kind of abadass driver she was, because
she does nearly the same thinghere, and because he goes into
the water.
And then Manta goes into thewater, but right afterwards, and
again, it shows you her mindset.
You've got this scene wherethey're on Gloria laughing at
putting Vanessa in the water.
Adam (38:26):
Yeah, she's very happy with that.
PJ (38:28):
Yeah.
Adam (38:29):
So we've got Vanessa, Sly, and Cliff all having fallen into
a pool of water filled withpiranhas.
So do we have a mass ragdollnomination here?
Are they all eaten to death?
PJ (38:39):
I mean, only kinda.
So now we're going to go tonature corner.
Piranhas got their viciousreputation from Theodore
Roosevelt, believe it or andvery specifically his writings,
because I don't think it was himintentionally, but good Was
visiting South America and thenatives wanted to put on a show.
Adam (38:59):
Mm hmm.
PJ (39:00):
they did is they sectioned off a part of the Amazon they
left piranhas in there for dayswithout food.
So they starved these piranhasout And then they put a live cow
into the water, which wasdevoured instantly.
it gave rise to the popularimagery we have today.
Adam (39:19):
No way.
PJ (39:20):
yeah, in reality, people actually swim with piranhas all
the time, just like people swimwith sharks.
Adam (39:25):
Huh?
Well, I have, I have to behonest, I was today years old
when I discovered this aboutpiranhas.
PJ (39:33):
Yeah, it's a fun story.
People should look it up.
Adam (39:36):
Well, the Jungle Cruise at Disneyland has been lying to me
for years.
Back to the battle.
Miles fires a rocket at Rhino,but Rhino survives.
Like, very sturdy machine,they've got there.
Then Matt says something weird.
He says there's gotta be a wayto stop mayhem without firing
missiles.
So I'm not sure why that'simportant.
PJ (39:58):
the only explanation I had was that if the missiles miss,
they'd hit the top of the caveand collapse it on them.
Adam (40:04):
Okay,
PJ (40:04):
for what they're about to do.
Like, you know, it doesn't makea whole lot of sense, my
explanation.
So like,
Adam (40:09):
Well, because here's what happens.
Alex says, According to mycalculations, simple harmonic
motion can be activated by the ycoordinates on the vibration
weapon.
Is there a science corner hereto go into?
PJ (40:24):
This was my weight.
What?
So here's my science cornerevaluation.
Alex is talking bullshit.
I mean, no one will be able tosee this on the podcast, but
like, in terms of like.
What is a simple harmonic motionon the y coordinates of a
vibration weapon?
Adam (40:37):
going up and down.
PJ (40:39):
Up and down.
Adam (40:40):
basically, what this means for Alyx is, they start hitting
the cave wall with Rhino'sbattering ram, causing
stalactites to fall onSwitchblade.
Could have caved in the wholecave, I imagine.
So, not sure why they didn't userockets.
But, nonetheless, Venom escapes,but Mask has got the gold.
are they going to keep the goldfor themselves?
PJ (41:01):
I had this like, thought, where like, Matt's like, Hey
everybody, let's take a beathere.
No one knew about this goldprior to this moment.
if we don't take it, what's tostop Venom from coming back?
Keepin
Adam (41:12):
Sure, so we'll divvy it up evenly.
I will get 90 percent of it.
You all can share the other 10%.
And uh, we'll just keep this asecret between the Four of us.
Well, we cut to a beautifulsunset on the ranch, and Matt
says goodbye to Senora DelRamos, thanking her for all her
help.
PJ (41:31):
it very professional.
Handshake.
You know, and I was wonderingwhat her help was.
I mean, basically, is it theGoya paintings?
Like, because that's really,
Adam (41:40):
Yeah, I, I, I don't know.
But the look shared between thetwo of them, there's definitely
It's a heavy look.
There's a lot of meaning.
There's a lot of meaning thereWell, Scott and T Bob show up
with a painting and a shovel toshow Maria.
They're going to go pan forgold.
T Bob says fool's gold is morelike it.
(42:00):
And they all start laughing.
of the final note here that thisepisode was either translated
from another language or waswritten by someone.
On acid or both.
PJ (42:14):
It occurred to me like the implication here is Scott now
has a belief that everyworthless painting in the
marketplace is actually a map toNazi gold.
So.
Adam (42:23):
Totally.
Well, we cut to the more, youknow, Scott and Tiva were
playing hide and seek.
T Bob falls out of a fridge, andScott says, T Bob, you should
never hide in a fridge.
And I just think a better lessonwould be, don't play hide and
seek in a junkyard.
he's the son of a billionaire.
Why are they in a junkyard?
PJ (42:45):
well, why is it Scott playing at a park with other
children?
Oh, right.
He has no friends.
In fact, the only mention of anyfriends is way back in Assault
on Liberty, when he was going togo to a friend's house
Adam (42:57):
Oh yeah.
To do magic.
PJ (42:58):
Where's this landfill located, Adam?
You think it's on Trackerproperty?
Like, it's actually just part ofthe massive, like, property
that's there,
Adam (43:05):
So yeah.
So what we see in the backgroundis it's like all these crushed
cars.
And I wonder if it's.
All the mask vehicles that wereblown up during previous
missions.
And so he's got to destroy themthere because he can't let them
be destroyed out there in thewild.
PJ (43:19):
Right.
Adam (43:20):
Rider's defense fund.
I'm going for it again.
PJ (43:22):
And as a perk, the mask agents get to dump their trash
there, which is how that oldrefrigerator made it there.
Adam (43:29):
Well, that is it for episode 30.
So let's Check out the skillsthat the computer selected for
each agent.
Alex Sector was chosen for hisbroad based scientific
knowledge.
PJ (43:40):
And so the closest this comes to pass is Alex talking
gibberish about vibration on theY axis,
Adam (43:46):
Yeah.
PJ (43:47):
which really meant use the battering ram to hit the wall
until the stalactites fall,which anyone could have figured
out.
So minus as far as I'mconcerned.
Adam (43:56):
Alright.
Dusty Hayes was chosen becausehis vehicle is Gator.
PJ (44:01):
Well, Gator did disable both Piranha and Jackhammer in the
first battle by canyon walls andthen froze the lake to stop
Jackhammer in the second battle,
Adam (44:10):
Okay.
I agree with that one.
And then Gloria was chosenbecause her vehicle is Shark.
PJ (44:17):
Yeah, so as far as I could tell, there was nothing that
Shark did in the first battle.
Then went toe to toe in thesecond battle, but honestly, is
Shark involved or is it Gloria'sskills?
So,
Adam (44:28):
Yeah.
Agreed.
PJ (44:30):
driving skills, much higher grade.
But the computer was like,Shark, B
Adam (44:34):
Yeah.
Agreed with all those.
Moving on to our awards for theepisode.
The Slyrax Ragdoll Award.
I think the most obvious one isDusty and the Landmine.
PJ (44:43):
Oh yeah, easy.
That he's, he dead.
Adam (44:46):
Yeah, he's dead.
R.
I.
P.
Dusty.
We will see you next episode.
PJ (44:50):
Oh, I wanted an honorable mention
Adam (44:52):
Oh, please.
Yeah.
Yeah,
PJ (44:57):
And I think it's funny.
Cause in one case she kills andthe other one she saves
Adam (45:02):
I see, I don't think the driver gets a ragdoll award
because I think he's dead.
PJ (45:08):
there.
Okay.
call.
Adam (45:09):
The Buddy Hawks award.
What do you got?
PJ (45:12):
I got Scott for his Indians dumping tea in Boston Harbor
Adam (45:16):
Yeah.
Yeah, I agree with that one aswell.
Roy Batty moment of the episodefor T Bob?
PJ (45:22):
I really thought it was like.
T Bob, you know, just saved twokids, and then happened to fall
over, and they just startedlaughing at him.
So, like, I really felt likethat is like, what do you want
from me?
Like, that was my Roy Battymoment.
Adam (45:36):
Yeah, totally, Father of the Year, Matt Tracker.
PJ (45:40):
almost in the same beat, letting the kids go after they
nearly died, with Venom stillout there.
Adam (45:45):
yeah, agreed, And is this episode Panda Poo?
Yes or no?
PJ (45:50):
I mean, I'm, I I don't think it is.
I mean, I actually think theanimation's pretty good.
It goes back to some old mapsmask tropes with cave.
we've, we've asserted the tropeof South American Nazis miles
obsession with old maps.
I will say it is, you know,barely not panda poo.
'cause the dialogue is insane.
Adam (46:11):
Well, see, I give it Pandapoo for the dialogue
itself.
I mean, it's not the worst, it'snot the worst one ever, for
sure.
It is not the worst one ever,ever.
But, dialogue alone crosses theline for me.
So, I'm sorry, I think it'sPandapoo.
PJ (46:26):
Panda poo.
All right.
Adam (46:28):
Well, that is episode 30.
Episode 31, the title is on thenose, it's called Deadly Blue
Slime.
Mask goes to Africa to stop abotched experiment that has
created a deadly blue slime thatconsumes everything in its path.
Interesting.
Okay.
(46:48):
Well,
PJ (46:49):
is that there's no mention of Venom in this.
Adam (46:51):
that's right.
I would assume Venom is behindthe deadly blue slime though.
PJ (46:55):
maybe.
This is actually kind ofinteresting.
It'd be kind of cool to haveanother sort of like Rotex thing
where it was like some other
Adam (47:02):
Mm hmm.
PJ (47:03):
that Venom wants to take advantage of.
But I guess we'll find out.
Adam (47:06):
We will, we will find out next episode, but for now, this
podcast has to transform andhead back to HQ.
I am Adam Moore.
PJ (47:13):
And I am PJ McNerney.
Adam (47:15):
Bye bye.
PJ (47:16):
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 ashanty in the jungle.
My name is Adam Moore alongsidemy cohost and best friend PJ
McNerney.
How's it going PJ?
PJ (00:26):
I'm doing well today.
great to be back in the seatespecially with the pair of
episodes that we've had this onethrew me for a loop because as I
mentioned last episode, I didnot, I don't read the taglines,
like I'll, at best, I'll, justbe like advancing on YouTube or
wherever I'll be watching thisthing.
And, you know, every tagline onYouTube is the same.
(00:48):
Like, when Miles Mayhem killsAndy Tracker to get the masks,
Matt Tracker goes off on a questof vengeance,
Adam (00:56):
Right.
Yeah.
PJ (01:04):
caught off guard in the middle of it pretty hardcore.
Adam (01:08):
Yeah.
Well, it's episode 30, which Ijust want to.
Note that milestone, that we areat 30 episodes now Venom steals
a worthless painting, but Masklearns it really contains a
secret map to lost Nazitreasure.
PJ (01:23):
here's the thing.
You and I have kind of jokedslash kind of interrogated the
episodes because it feels likethe writers have been nippling
at the edges, like trying to getclose to this idea.
like we've seen this likeseveral times now where we're in
South America and there's somekind of German scientist
(01:45):
involved.
like, oh, dinosaur boy hadGerman scientists buying
dinosaur blood.
Adam (01:52):
Right.
PJ (01:52):
Andes had a.
Matt Tracker employed Germanscientists
Adam (01:57):
Right.
Right.
Heh heh heh.
PJ (02:01):
riches of Rio Where there's no bones about it.
It's Nazi
Adam (02:07):
Right.
PJ (02:07):
whoa Like I guess this was okay in the 80s This was kind of
like
Adam (02:13):
Oh.
Yeah.
PJ (02:15):
to think of another cartoon show that did this
Adam (02:17):
Yeah, I mean, you know, some of it is, drafting off of
Indiana Jones, Raiders of theLost Ark, right?
So Nazi supernaturalparaphernalia, whatever is out
there in the zeitgeist at thetime.
But yeah, I can't think ofanother cartoon that's doing
Nazi so much.
Well, look, we open on the cityof Rio de Janeiro, I guess.
(02:40):
Because it's called the LostRiches of Rio, but it doesn't
necessarily look like Rio, butwe're going to run with it.
And we're sort of panningthrough the jungles.
And then, in fact, we revealwe're on a farm, so all this
land has been cleared for a bigfarm in the middle of the
jungle.
And so that's, you know, Iimagine that a lot of rainforest
was cleared out to make way forall that land.
PJ (03:01):
Los Tracker Industries.
I kind of wondered if like, youknow, Matt was playing both
sides of the middle because Ican imagine like him having a
subsidiary that is a clearingthe rainforest.
the same time, like, you know,Getting the peaceful nations
alliance to like money to afoundation.
He has to stop the clearing therain for us.
(03:23):
then what he does is he takesthat money or part of that money
to pay the workers clearing therain forest.
And then just says he justhalves their hours.
then he can say like, Oh, we'vereduced clearing by 50%.
Adam (03:35):
Well, not to mention whatever cattle they're raising
on this, on this farm So he'sselling that too.
PJ (03:41):
Do you feel like it was weird, like, they're picking Rio
de Janeiro, and like, I mean,there's a very significant
landmark in Rio de Janeiro
Adam (03:49):
Yeah, they don't show it and they don't really use it as
a location in the episode.
but it does reduce theopportunity for Buddy Hawks
Award nominations.
PJ (04:00):
is true, I guess.
Good point.
Adam (04:04):
Well, Matt, Scott, and T Bob, they're sitting on the
porch dining with a local womanand her granddaughter, question
mark So my first thought was,all right, so a little piece of
local action for both father andson here.
PJ (04:16):
yeah, let's talk on this one right off the bat, because like,
last episode, told Matt aboutmarriage.
laughed uncomfortably.
And now Matt's visiting a localwoman and a girl.
I actually, when first watchingit, thought it was a daughter.
And
Adam (04:35):
I did too.
PJ (04:35):
later.
argue that later on that.
Cause that woman seems way tooyoung to be a grandmother.
Here's my question to you, Adam.
Who is Maria's father?
Adam (04:44):
Well, you know, you bring up a good point.
She's got the dark hair of hergrandmother, but if you look at
her face and you look at Scott'sface, there is quite the
similarity.
PJ (04:55):
Okay, so let's, let's dive into this one.
Okay, kind of felt like there'stwo theories, one that made Matt
look bad that made him lookhorrible.
Adam (05:05):
None that make them look good.
PJ (05:07):
if this is a quest Matt's on to kind of clean up his history?
So like he's actually visiting aformer lover and his daughter.
Adam (05:15):
Yeah.
PJ (05:16):
in which case it's going to be good that Scott's adopted.
Okay?
For what's to come.
so that's, the theory that makeshim look bad.
He's kind of like, kind of goingthrough and just being like,
look, I'm married now.
And, you
Adam (05:27):
What happened, happened.
And you know, I'll keep onpaying the support.
PJ (05:31):
right?
There was another theory I had,which was, what if this is a
tracker child, but not Matt?
Adam (05:39):
Okay.
So it's
PJ (05:40):
It's Andes.
Adam (05:41):
Okay.
PJ (05:43):
But we've also had the theory that Scott could be a
clone of Andy.
it gets awful if Matt's allowingany of this to happen.
Adam (05:52):
I hope I haven't told Gloria about this.
PJ (05:55):
so, in me, Adam, always to make stuff worse.
Adam (05:59):
Oh, I trust you.
So they're still sitting therearound the table and Scott's
offered tea and it doesn't wantany instead.
He asked for root beer and Mariadoesn't know what it is.
She says who would want to drinkdirty roots?
And then she giggles, and Scottgives her the most withering
side eye I've ever seen.
I mean, even T Bob is a bitshocked by how withering
PJ (06:24):
You've seen this before, where like, you know, you have
these girls who are clearlyattracted to Scott and kind of,
and he's just like not having itwhatsoever.
Adam (06:32):
no, he's,
PJ (06:33):
do you think that, you know, this is a, a factor because he
doesn't seem to have any realfriends at home,
Adam (06:39):
mm hmm.
PJ (06:39):
and so he's been socially maladjusted?
He doesn't, he doesn't want toform any roots, cause he doesn't
know he's leaving in the nextday.
Adam (06:47):
Unlike his father.
That's the exact reason whybecause he's leaving the next
day.
and nine months later Maria wasborn Matt says to Scott remember
Scott we're on a mission Senoradel Ramos has generously
consented display her milliondollar art collection of Goya's
for charity Okay,
PJ (07:05):
So, I mean, we know she's wealthy.
Adam (07:07):
Well, she has money from somewhere,
PJ (07:10):
Right, that is fair.
we don't know how she got thatwealth, but she's independently
wealthy.
Adam (07:16):
Well, Maria then kind of apropos of nothing says to
Scott.
I can show you something neat.
And my thought was, I bet shecan.
PJ (07:24):
Oh, Scott, you're
Adam (07:26):
Oh, oh boy.
Well, turns out what she wantsto show Scott is a rock
collection.
And Scott says, who cares aboutsome silly old rocks?
I like marbles better.
They roll.
And I guess Scott and Maria aremade for each other because
they're both incredibly boringpeople.
Scott likes marbles, she likesrocks.
(07:47):
Awesome
PJ (07:48):
What depth.
Up point, I felt like Scott'sgoing through this emo phase
because he's complained thisentire time.
He's complained about the tea,about having no root beer,
wanting to see horses, and nowthe rock collection.
It's like the thrill ofinternational travel is like
becoming passe to Scott.
Adam (08:06):
mean, it would be for me too.
Traveling around my da my dad'stransforming flying Camaro T
Bobb says, that's it.
You two can rock and roll.
Now, I was kind of being a bitcheeky throughout this with my
hints at a a Scott Mariarelationship going on.
But Tebop hits it right on thehead here.
PJ (08:25):
That even he sees it.
Adam (08:27):
Right.
PJ (08:28):
uh, Like something could happen here.
Adam (08:32):
Yeah.
Well, suddenly we learn that thegirl's painting is missing from
her room.
She says it wasn't valuable, butit was a present from my
grandmother.
And then we cut to Vanessarunning in the jungle, and Scott
looks out the window and appearsto see her running away.
PJ (08:49):
My thought on this was that of all the venom agents to send
creeping into a young girl'sroom, was in fact the least
creepy option.
Adam (08:58):
Agreed.
PJ (08:59):
sort of shudder to think about a masked cliff or sly
climbing into a young girl'sroom, in full regalia, just
like,
Adam (09:07):
Yeah,
PJ (09:08):
that would be.
Adam (09:09):
oh yeah, oh yeah, they definitely dodged a bullet
there.
PJ (09:12):
It did.
I
Adam (09:13):
Now, the shot is weird, it cuts to this shot of T Bob
climbing out of a second floorwindow, and Scott and Matt are
waiting below.
And Matt's examining an alarmsystem, and he says only one
person could cut this with alaser whip, Vanessa Warfield.
But it could have been cut bysomething else too, right?
PJ (09:32):
Well, okay, here's, here is like my logic train that Matt is
following.
His desired result is to
Adam (09:40):
Mm hmm.
PJ (09:40):
international treaties using his paramilitary group.
That's where he needs to get to.
Adam (09:46):
Mm hmm.
PJ (09:46):
if that is where he needs to get to, Venom must be involved.
Adam (09:50):
Agreed.
PJ (09:51):
Well, Vanessa is.
Adam (09:52):
Mm hmm.
PJ (09:53):
uses a laser whip.
Oh, the with something.
maybe it was a laser whip.
So if I say it was a laser whip,and there's only one laser whip
in the world, it belongs toVanessa.
And Vanessa's in Venom.
All right, let's bring in theparamilitary group.
Adam (10:10):
well, Matt says.
This is no ice cream social.
It's time to call and mask andI'm just I'm having trouble here
Were they having ice creambecause they weren't they were
just having tea.
So this is the beginning of myIncredible confusion about the
humor in this episode.
Like is it just me or issomething off?
(10:31):
Does it feel like it was?
translated poorly from anotherlanguage?
Oh,
PJ (10:37):
they translated it to English.
I mean, I just thought all thiscould be explained if we assume
that Matt's been day drinking.
Or if in fact the tea inquestion, because what is, what
is popular in South America isactually tea made from coca
leaves.
so it could very well be thecase that they're just enjoying
a coca leaf tea.
Adam (10:58):
so he's just he can't even remember what he was doing 10
seconds ago
PJ (11:02):
It was a laser whip.
It's not a Ice Cream Social!
Adam (11:05):
No more ice cream for us So matt pulls out the briefcase
computer and we go into theagent selection scene
PJ (11:13):
Specifically, Matt says, Select agents best suited for
mission in Rio de Janeiro.
And my question to you is, Adam,What kind of criteria do you
expect for that?
Adam (11:23):
I don't know.
I don't know what time of yearit is I,
PJ (11:27):
to Carnival?
Adam (11:28):
maybe, I mean, then I would expect Brad would be
chosen, but he's not.
So I don't, I don't knowexactly.
I mean, it's a pretty broadbased question.
will you be demolishing favelas?
Will you be protecting Christthe Redeemer?
Like what, Matt?
There's a lot going on in Rio.
PJ (11:47):
I actually would think that Brad probably would be the last
agent chosen, cause he's gonnashow up, but won't be part of
the mission.
Adam (11:55):
Alright.
PJ (11:55):
He's just gonna go party, yeah?
Adam (11:57):
Well, the agents are Alex Sector, and the computer says
broad based scientific knowledgeneeded.
Well, he's playing chess againsta chimpanzee, fully clothed by
the way, and he's losing.
And then the alarm goes off andhe, he runs away.
And another chimp takes hisplace So these monkeys are both
(12:18):
wearing clothes.
They're in a cage.
What is he training thesemonkeys to do?
PJ (12:23):
So, I think that this is a a start to of the Apes.
Um,
Adam (12:29):
Seen any of the recent Planet of the Apes movies, this
is almost literally how itbegins in training Caesar,
PJ (12:36):
What's interesting is that we have chimpanzees playing
chess, and famously, we did havethat orangutan with the mop.
we're getting this, like, slowlydeveloping pattern primates and
work,
Adam (12:50):
Yeah.
I agree.
And I will tell you what I wouldhave loved to have seen for
season three.
Is Matt Tracker and a team ofchimpanzees fighting Venom and
Miles's train team ofchimpanzees.
Uh, Well, the second agentselected is Dusty Hayes and he's
selected because of his gatorvehicle.
(13:11):
So they just need the vehicle.
I guess they need him cause he'sdriving it.
All right.
Now, Dusty is riding a horse.
Towards what looks like water.
There's like a faucet in thedistance dripping water.
So I assume that means that thehorse is thirsty.
Then he gets the call.
He turns around and gallops off.
(13:31):
Which leads me to believe thehorse gets no water?
PJ (13:35):
Yeah, I thought the horse died on the way back is
Adam (13:38):
Yeah, I would assume.
PJ (13:40):
trio of sequences is like they're actually like really
well animated.
And they do this amazing rackfocus on the screen I mean, they
go from like the, the faucet inthe foreground being blurry.
To like, Brad and I was not BradDusty in the background and then
they, they reverse the focus andit's, and it's really cool.
(14:01):
doesn't mean much, but it'sawesome.
Adam (14:04):
No, it also doesn't Like, since when have we seen Dusty in
cowboy gear, riding around theopen range on a horse?
At least Alex's and Gloria's,which we're about to see, make
sense for the characters.
Never once has this come up.
So it's almost as if theanimators were told, It's an
American guy named Dusty.
Colorado.
Like, yeah, okay.
(14:24):
Third on the team is GloriaBaker.
She's needed because of hershark vehicle.
So same deal, I guess they justneed her vehicle and not her.
now she's in a very kind ofspeed racer.
Moment here.
It's an off road race.
She pulls up alongside a guy,waves, and then attempts to
drive him off the road.
She hits the metal, races aheadof him.
(14:44):
She gets the call, then turnsaround and drives past the guy
in the opposite direction.
And like this other driver is sodistracted that he ends up
jumping the road and crashinginto a river.
So Gloria's body count for theepisode is one so far.
PJ (15:01):
I loved how she tried to directly kill someone and then
she indirectly killed thatperson.
Adam (15:07):
Either way it worked.
PJ (15:08):
Also she's got her mask watch like hanging on the
steering wheel, which is prettycool.
Adam (15:14):
Yeah.
That's kind of bad ass.
PJ (15:16):
It's kind of bad ass.
Adam (15:17):
Also, did you notice, I'm looking at it now, does her
helmet have like a heart on it?
PJ (15:21):
It does have a heart on it.
Adam (15:23):
That's adorable.
I mean, say what you will,Gloria has been consistent from
day one.
She is not to be trifled with.
PJ (15:33):
Never,
Adam (15:34):
Well, we cut to the radiation chamber of death and
then we roll out to Rio fromBoulder Hill.
I assume they're probably goingto whatever airport the mask jet
is hangered.
PJ (15:46):
Side note, how many times do you think Buddy has to watch a
whole team shuffle into Boulder
Adam (15:51):
Silence.
PJ (15:57):
you know the rules, Buddy.
Can you, can you, can you topoff the, the wiper fluid please?
Adam (16:03):
Back at the ranch in the Amazon, Matt tells Scott that
he, T Bob and Maria will have togo off site scene.
While Mask tackles Venom.
More sightseeing.
PJ (16:14):
mean, again, it's, it's either hotel or sightseeing with
these, with this guy.
Uh, The statement right beforethat is Senora Del Ramos and I
have something important todiscuss.
don't you and T Bob gosightseeing with Maria?
And I really felt like was a lotof body language speaking
volumes with
Adam (16:31):
Mm hmm.
PJ (16:33):
just looking a little downtrodden at that moment.
Adam (16:35):
Well, and their, their hands are very close to
touching.
there may even be some physicalcontact between Matt and the
grandmother or slash motherhere.
So, it's gonna be a toughconversation.
But now, I wanna take a look atMatt's decision here to get mask
involved beyond what you said,right, which is he wants to
(16:56):
violate some internationaltreaties, but three things.
So first, Matt's just cool withgoing after venom.
For a worthless old painting,right?
There has been established.
There is no value to thispainting whatsoever, but that is
his, that's like check one, allright, going after venom, but
the painting is worthless.
Doesn't matter.
It could have been a box ofLegos all I care.
(17:19):
Second, we have a father of theyear moment here, as we pointed
out go off and, you know,Sightsee somewhere.
PJ (17:26):
Rio is not especially known for being safe.
Adam (17:29):
No, I mean, some areas are I'm sure.
And some aren't, but like, youknow, there's also an
international terroristorganization around once again.
Now, third, when Scott complainsabout having to go sightseeing,
Matt says.
Unless you'd like to stay foranother tea party, and that's
kind of sexist, but okay.
(17:50):
But Scott's reply is, Now Iunderstand why the Indians dump
tea in the harbor.
So we've got ourselves a BuddyHawks nomination here.
Right?
Plus a complete misunderstandingof the events of the Boston Tea
Party.
And also, finally, a completenon sequitur, like,
PJ (18:08):
It's a hundred percent.
Like, it's like how do we, howdo I connect this?
we'll make it a Boston Tea Partyrelated.
Adam (18:14):
but it's like the same thing as, as Matt talking about
the ice cream social, like theremust be some disconnect here
between whatever language thisepisode is written in and
whatever language we're viewingit in, because it does not make
sense.
PJ (18:29):
Yeah.
There's a
Adam (18:29):
Unless the writer is straight up crazy, and that's
highly possible.
PJ (18:33):
I mean, we've seen it before.
I kind of like the idea of someproducer coming in and said,
we've gotten some feedback andwe need to figure out how to
make something historicallyinaccurate and racist in the
most efficient way possible.
And all the writer says is, holdmy cocaine.
We get a great little responsehere though, because like they,
they decide to like, they wantto poke at that joke one more
(18:54):
time.
So Maria just basically says, doIndians in your country drink
tea, senior Scott?
Scott is just doesn't evenrespond.
He's just like,
Adam (19:03):
He just shrugs.
And it is, it's actually areally morose looking scene.
This could be out of a FrenchNew Wave film.
She's staring ahead solemnly.
He's got his eyes closed,shrugging.
We have to post this on PJ,because this really could be a
shot.
Out of the French New Wave It's,or, or, or uh, what am I
thinking?
Like a Scandinavian film,
PJ (19:24):
we should put, put it up to caption this shot.
Adam (19:29):
Venom's Hideout, well, what's Miles doing here?
PJ (19:31):
wordlessly drawing on the painting, or at least it's
glass.
Adam (19:35):
Right.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
PJ (19:38):
magnifying glass on one of his eyes.
And my immediate thought waslike, Is this what's inspiring
Maximus with his monocle in thesecond season?
Adam (19:47):
that's how you tell them apart, right?
One's got the monocle and onedoesn't.
Yeah.
now in this whole episode.
And it kicks off here.
There is something going downbetween Sly and Vanessa.
PJ (19:57):
yeah,
Adam (19:58):
because when the scene opens, Vanessa says, and this
kind of apropos of nothing, thatwas a waste.
And Sly says, what was thatthing?
And Vanessa says, I made itespecially for you, we kind of
see it in the foreground andit's very unclear what it is.
It's like some sort of blob onthe floor.
maybe like a chicken pot pie orsomething.
I, I don't know, but there'snonetheless, there's something
(20:19):
odd going on between them.
PJ (20:21):
is.
And I thought it was like, Idon't know.
I thought it was like, you know,some blob of bread or something
like that.
Because it's like tan lookingand on the floor.
Yeah, you're right.
It's like a chicken pot pie.
Adam (20:30):
but she's like, I made it especially for you, what is up
with you, Vanessa?
PJ (20:34):
Yes.
Yes.
There's like this weirdflirtation vibe.
Where Vanessa is actuallyespecially aggressive on Sly
this entire time.
Adam (20:43):
Yeah, she really is.
Miles reveals that the paintingis actually a map and he's
searching this painting for thepath to Hidden gold and sly says
you can't eat gold or anything.
Vanessa cooks either.
Yuck.
It's like this team needs somegroup therapy.
PJ (21:01):
But immediately following that, like Vanessa, and maybe we
should put, we should post thisas well.
Like Vanessa settles up right
Adam (21:07):
Yeah.
Yeah.
PJ (21:09):
this very like seductive way.
Adam (21:11):
Mm hmm.
PJ (21:13):
your stomach tell the difference?
And I was like, what does thatmean?
And, like, Miles says to Sly,forget your hunger pangs, Rax,
gold is food of the gods, and Iintend to savor every morsel.
owing to the translation thingyou said earlier, the only
explanation I said, what ifSly's on a trip right now, why,
(21:35):
it's from his perspective,everyone's talking and acting
insane.
Adam (21:39):
Could be the ayahuasca could be bad translation.
Maybe it's somewhere in between.
Maybe it's both, but we continueforward.
Meanwhile, Scott, Maria, and TBob are sightseeing in a
marketplace and Maria sees abeautiful ring and T Bob
suggests to Scott that he buy itfor her.
And Scott says, I've already gota ring right through my nose.
(22:01):
What is he talking about?
Again, I feel like I'm, in analtered state right now.
PJ (22:08):
This was the part where I really got on board with your
translation theory.
Because I, and I'm, I'm goingto, try my fucking best on this
Okay.
Which is that maybe Scott istrying to say, he's got a ring
around his nose, like a bullpulled around by Maria.
and maybe it's like an idiomthat's much more used in another
(22:30):
language.
got straight up translated.
So maybe it's familiar someplaceelse, but not here.
Adam (22:36):
Yeah, we will have to research that and find out.
But of course, you know that wedon't do much research, so they
go to a market stall and thiswas the one where the mother
slash grandmother question markbought the valueless painting
that was stolen from Maria'sbedroom.
But they don't find anythinglike it.
And, Maria says it was just apicture of Indians and sugarloaf
(22:57):
mountain.
So Scott then.
Pieces it together and theydecide to take the cable car up
Sugarloaf Mountain to search forclues to help mask.
Why not?
How else can we get you inpotential danger?
PJ (23:12):
Scott's bored already.
Adam (23:14):
Well, Venom is investigating some ancient ruins
and Sly is just kind of likekicking back in the sidecar of
Piranha.
Vanessa picks up an old picturethat they must have found during
their search of the ruins.
She finds a crab in it.
And she throws it away, and itlands on Sly's nose, kind of
clamping its claw down on him.
And again, what is going on withSly and Vanessa?
PJ (23:36):
So, I think been trying something just to see if they
can make something work.
Adam (23:41):
Yeah.
PJ (23:42):
really gotten into it.
Sly is like, thinks it's toorough.
Vanessa thinks Sly is now justplaying part of the game.
And she doesn't respect the factthat no means no.
Adam (23:52):
They don't have a safety word.
And, by the way, I want to justsay that I'm happy Bruce isn't
on this mission.
Because clearly, Vanessa hasmoved on.
Now Sly might not be the rightperson to move on to?
But, or is this a rebound?
I don't know, but I would, Ijust would not want Bruce to see
what's happening here, is all Ihave to say.
PJ (24:09):
say, like, I don't know what their game is, man.
they, got their own thinghappening and don't want to
judge it.
I don't want to, I never want tojudge it.
And, and, you know, whateverthey're, you know, the twisting
paths that, that are between thetwo of them.
Adam (24:22):
Yeah, no judgment here, folks.
But Miles is frustrated.
He says he must have missedsomething on the map, but what?
Dot, dot, dot.
Meanwhile Matt and Alex, they'reworking in the Rhino computer
room in the back there, and theydiscovered that they need to go
up Sugarloaf Mountain.
And there's lots of dad jokes inhere, which there's too many to
mention.
(24:42):
I don't want to get into all ofthem.
But I'd also like to note thatMatt does not have Thunderhawk
in this episode.
PJ (24:49):
Yeah.
That's a really interestingthing.
He's in his ultra flash uniform.
Adam (24:53):
Mm hmm.
PJ (24:54):
seen since episode four.
Adam (24:58):
Gloria Spots venom on the beach below so they all hop into
their vehicles and they take offand we enter the mid episode
mask venom battle We've We'vegot gator Taking on Jack Hammer
and Piranha at the same time.
And he manages to disable bothof them.
Matt fires two rockets fromRhino at Switchblade causing
Miles to lose control and gocareening towards the Sugarloaf
(25:21):
Mountain cable cars.
And we do this zoom in on Matt'smask, which is actually a pretty
cool little zoom in.
And it reveals that Scott, T Boband Maria are on board the cable
car.
So it's Matt's fault that Scottis in danger once again.
They would have been fine had henot fired rockets at
Switchblade.
So Switchblade kind of careeningout of control, fires its lasers
(25:44):
ends up hitting the cable of thecable cars, causing it to
disconnect, the cable car goesswinging, and Matt has this
really terrifying scream, likeit's, rattles vocal cords when
you hear this guy do that.
PJ (25:58):
he is deep throated in this screen right now.
He is like, really afraid.
Adam (26:02):
I've never heard him that concerned about Scott before.
Maybe
PJ (26:08):
about Scott before.
Adam (26:09):
because both his children are on the cable car?
PJ (26:13):
Maybe.
I thought Miles was either beingreally clever here and
continuing to fire in order tocreate a distraction, or he's
just like and holding down thebutton
Adam (26:25):
Yeah.
Well, Venom escapes.
While Mask rushes to save Scott,T Bob, and Maria.
But it does not look good.
The cable is fraying.
It's about to snap.
PJ, what's gonna happen?
PJ (26:37):
I don't know, I think Scott and Maria's gonna die and T Bob
does not.
Adam (26:42):
Well, we'll find out after these messages.
Mask doesn't know what it'sgetting into.
We'll be right back.
Now back to mask and venom.
And we are back.
When we left you, Scott, T Bob,and local girl Maria were about
to fall to their doom.
There's lots of doom falling inthis TV series, huh?
PJ (27:02):
You know, one would think with the number of times that
Fallen to One's Doom isinvolved, they would install a
parachute into T Bob, orrockets, or Jackrabbits.
Adam (27:11):
yeah.
Jackrabbit was what I wasthinking, for sure.
Because Matt's big idea to savethem is not jackrabbit, or using
the anti grab guns on Rhino oranything like that.
His big idea is to fire lasersat the cable to weld the pieces
back together.
Like, other than firingindiscriminately Towards the
(27:33):
cable car.
His son is in would have been abetter choice.
PJ (27:36):
What I loved is that they have Rhino and Backlash, like
Dusty's there firing Backlashrandomly,
Adam (27:43):
Yeah, I know.
PJ (27:44):
which has known to be a force pusher, like,
Adam (27:49):
Yeah, right.
Why would it be able to generateany heat?
PJ (27:53):
right, right.
like, how terrifying is it fromthe point of view of the folks
inside the car, because you haveno communication, right?
It's like, why is dad shootingat us?
Adam (28:04):
Also just one thought Gloria could have used aura as
well Which in fact she doeslater in the episode to protect
someone.
Well Alex in fact suggestsJackrabbit.
But instead, we go the path ofinsanity here.
T Bobcarries, Scott, and Mariatransforms into scooter mode and
drives across the wire, them tosafety.
(28:27):
And he's got this menacing lookin his eyes.
I believe he clearly wanted toscare these kids.
PJ (28:33):
I mean, it's this look he's got.
I mean, I agree.
It's something insane.
He's definitely scaring thekids.
He's in it.
He's kind of saving the dayagain.
And I wonder his saving the dayface because this is the same
look he had when he blew awayblackout.
Adam (28:48):
Yeah, it's true.
Well, I think it's just a signthat he's Getting closer and
closer to his Roy Batty moment.
PJ (28:53):
Speaking of which,
Adam (28:55):
Yeah, When T Bob drops Scott and Maria into the arms of
Matt and Alex, but T Bob, hefalls off the wire, hits the
ground.
And what does everyone do?
They all laugh at T Bob.
he just saved their lives, thenhits the ground, and they bust
out laughing.
PJ (29:11):
it's like zero respect, no checking if he's okay.
Adam (29:16):
Nothing at all.
Well, Scott keeps the secret ofMask's identity, like he just
tells Maria, These are friendsof mine.
And Matt sends them off on theirown recognizance.
Go on.
Continue on your sightseeing.
Yeah, with Venom right outthere.
Excellent idea.
Yeah.
Father of the year nominee.
PJ (29:32):
Father of the year once again
Adam (29:34):
once the brats are gone, Matt takes off his helmet and
reveals that he planted a homingdevice on switchblade, that's
good.
He calls it a homing devicethough, but it's like a.
It's like a listening device,isn't it?
PJ (29:44):
it's a homing slash listening device.
And something just occurred tome right now, he's able to plant
a homing device on switchblade.
What's the difference betweenthat and planting a bomb to end
the threat of Venom once again,once and for all?
Adam (29:58):
I will make a vie for the writer's defense award here, and
I will say that Matt wasconcerned that if he blew up
Switchblade it would mostcertainly careen into the cable
car and kill his son anddaughter.
PJ (30:09):
Okay, I'm gonna push back.
he could have detonated it longafter.
Adam (30:14):
is true.
Counterpoint.
What if the radio transmitterhas a limited range?
PJ (30:19):
Okay, well I guess it's more limited than the listening
device they have on there?
wait till you can hear them,when they're in range, you
detonate it.
Done.
Adam (30:29):
Well, he does seem to want the gold.
PJ (30:32):
but to date, right now, we'll get into this, it's just a
painting.
We don't know anything aboutgold.
Adam (30:37):
That's right.
Oh, the, the, the extents towhich he's willing to go for a
worthless painting.
So we're back with Venom andthey're chanting in the jungle.
And Mayhem can't figure out themap on the painting.
So we ask Sly and Cliff to takea look.
Like, not Vanessa, the mostcapable of Venom agents?
Like, this is the guys, He'sconstantly insulting for their
(31:00):
lack of intelligence and hetosses the painting to them.
PJ (31:03):
I wanted to, I, I put this up for a Buddy Hawks nominee for
the sexism subcategory,
Adam (31:08):
Okay.
Sure.
PJ (31:09):
because this was clearly like a stupid move on Miles's
part.
And again, take a beat, Venomand Mask have moved a lot of
materiel.
Had a battle, endangeredchildren, so far over a painting
from the marketplace that wasstolen from a young girl's
bedroom.
(31:29):
Now, someone goes into a younggirl's bedroom and, like, steals
a Hello Kitty painting, like, doyou expect this much commotion?
Adam (31:40):
Right, I mean they've destroyed the Sugarloaf Mountain
cable car like that's that'sdone for weeks if not months for
sure Gloria killed a man inAttempt to get to Boulder Hill
quickly
PJ (31:52):
Dusty's killed a horse.
Adam (31:54):
All for a worthless painting.
Well, so, Miles tosses thepainting.
Cliff doesn't lift a finger,he's just like lounging on a
lounge chair.
And Vanessa brings out a pot ofcoffee.
Sly pours some, he sips it, andthen he spits it out, saying she
could kill someone with hercoffee.
And Vanessa says, here's mud inyour eye, throws the coffee
(32:16):
brewer at Sly, he ducks, thecoffee spills all over the
painting.
Now, Sly's line is, lousy pitch,Vanessa.
But it sounds like lousy bitch,Vanessa.
PJ (32:30):
Whatever's happening between these two, one of them is ending
up in a closet with a rope tiedaround them dead because it went
too far.
Adam (32:38):
Yeah, it's, it's getting icky.
Now, the coffee, which hasspilled all over the painting,
washes the paint away and a mapis revealed.
The map, and this is where we,Learn the truth.
It's the map showing the Nazigold.
wait, what?
since when have the Nazis beeninvolved here?
PJ (32:57):
That's exactly right.
This is my what the fuck momentof this episode.
When I saw it, I was like, oh,my and that's when it
crystallized, like, whoever'swriting this basically has just
associated South America withNazis and masks.
Adam (33:09):
Well, also.
Nazi gold is one thing, but aswe're going to learn, there's a
lot more than just Nazi gold Soit gets very confusing here.
But we go back to Rhino, Mattand company are listening in on
Venom's conversations and Alexhas heard stories of Nazi
Raiders bringing gold to SouthAmerica for safekeeping.
Okay.
(33:29):
But he never thought they weretrue.
PJ (33:31):
Where did he hear these stories?
Like, again, was he just likehe, Oh, I watched the movie
marathon man and the Odessa fileand boys from Brazil.
And I heard these stories fromthe movies And then Scott is
like super excited.
And again, I was reallydisturbed by this line.
Did you hear that T Bob?
Nazi gold.
Adam (33:50):
I know, it's so bizarre.
And by the way, you mentionedScott and T Bob are there.
What happened to Maria?
Scott and T Bob walked away andshe was left alone to kind of
find her own way home.
So Alice gets the coordinates ofwhere they're going by listening
to Miles.
And he says,
PJ (34:09):
job of thinking through this.
Like, what are the kids going toask, Hey, where did the Nazi
gold come from, mom and dad?
again, it was one thing for usto kind of joke about in prior
episodes.
I feel like we have beenvindicated though.
Adam (34:22):
I agree.
PJ (34:23):
writers have been doing this entire time.
I mean, again, I get it.
It's the eighties kind ofgoofball Nazi thing, but it's
really callous.
Adam (34:31):
Well, yeah, for sure.
And I'm curious to see if it'sgoing to pop up in more
episodes.
So we'll keep tracking that.
PJ (34:37):
We will.
Adam (34:38):
so Vanessa discovers the homing device and deactivates
it, but it's okay.
Cause Alice has got thecoordinates, coordinates.
It's going to be, it's going tobe fine.
So then we cut to Venom inside acave with all their vehicles
inside, including Switchblade.
So once again, a giant caveappears.
In the mask series.
(34:58):
So there's that now they'relooking around for the gold, but
what we also see there are likeold Nazi tanks in other gear.
So we're to believe that thebunch of Nazis loaded weapons
and tanks and gold on to a boat.
I'm guessing.
(35:18):
to Brazil, to then hide them allin a cave.
PJ (35:23):
again, this is like out of the Odessa file or boys from
Brazil where the Nazis arestockpiling their weapons and
gold to make their grand return.
Adam (35:31):
Well, Sly smells awful.
Some spoiled food and he asksVanessa, Hey, did you make this?
And in response, Vanessa popsout of a tank with a bazooka and
she points it at sly
PJ (35:44):
Again, Vanessa is playing a very different game than Sly.
I had a question for you though,where did Vanessa find that
helmet?
Adam (35:52):
Right.
She's wearing a Nazi helmet.
I mean, inside the tank,
PJ (35:56):
right.
Adam (35:56):
assume
PJ (35:57):
Like, did she get it off of a body?
Adam (35:59):
that's a great question.
PJ (36:00):
mean, she's just like, whatever.
I'm just gonna wear this.
Adam (36:03):
And she's just pointing a bazooka, randomly.
Well, what they discover is thatthe gold has been dumped into a
pool of water in the cave thatis filled with piranhas.
Not the vehicle, but the flesheating fish.
Meanwhile, while searching forwhere Venom went, Dusty steps on
a landmine and survives! Sothere's a ragdoll nomination
(36:26):
right there.
PJ (36:26):
yeah, this scene where the explosion happens is like, you
know, he's dead.
Adam (36:31):
I mean, now, it turns out that Gloria used aura, and
that's how he was saved.
But the time between when theexplosion happens And when aura
is triggered, I don't think thatit's math.
The math ain't mathing.
she's protecting a charred bodyis what's really happening here.
But anyways, RIP dusty.
We'll see you again in a fewseconds.
(36:53):
Meanwhile, Sly is in Piranha,like underwater, scooping up all
the gold, and Switchblade islifting the gold out of the
water when Mask shows up.
Matt fires Rhino's lasers, cutsthe rope from the big net that
Switchblade was using, sendingall the gold back into the
water.
And crushing Piranha, with Slyin it.
Now he escapes barely, but wekinda got a ragdoll award here
(37:14):
for sure.
PJ (37:15):
definitely, because that gold would have crushed him.
Like gold is heavy.
Adam (37:19):
Yeah.
PJ (37:19):
I kind of thought they were, this was something that
surprised me.
I thought they're going to gowith a stronger joke of piranha
in a lake with piranhas
Adam (37:26):
Well that would have been an obvious joke to go with,
which actually kinda would havebeen funny.
We cut to Jackhammer.
Jackhammer's on Gator's tail.
And there's some more water upahead.
But instead of going into boatmode, Dusty decides to freeze
the water instead.
But he actually does a coolmove, because he turns around,
and then uses the ice as a rampto jump over Jackhammer, and
(37:47):
then backlashes Cliff onto theice.
So, cool move.
Good job.
Glad you're alive, Dusty.
And then we have the obligatoryShark Manta battle.
It's a card chase.
Gloria sends Vanessa off thecliff and into the water.
Which is actually a nice littlecallback to her escape scene at
the beginning of the episode.
PJ (38:05):
Yeah, I kind of really felt like they were paying that off
here, showing what kind of abadass driver she was, because
she does nearly the same thinghere, and because he goes into
the water.
And then Manta goes into thewater, but right afterwards, and
again, it shows you her mindset.
You've got this scene wherethey're on Gloria laughing at
putting Vanessa in the water.
Adam (38:26):
Yeah, she's very happy with that.
PJ (38:28):
Yeah.
Adam (38:29):
So we've got Vanessa, Sly, and Cliff all having fallen into
a pool of water filled withpiranhas.
So do we have a mass ragdollnomination here?
Are they all eaten to death?
PJ (38:39):
I mean, only kinda.
So now we're going to go tonature corner.
Piranhas got their viciousreputation from Theodore
Roosevelt, believe it or andvery specifically his writings,
because I don't think it was himintentionally, but good Was
visiting South America and thenatives wanted to put on a show.
Adam (38:59):
Mm hmm.
PJ (39:00):
they did is they sectioned off a part of the Amazon they
left piranhas in there for dayswithout food.
So they starved these piranhasout And then they put a live cow
into the water, which wasdevoured instantly.
it gave rise to the popularimagery we have today.
Adam (39:19):
No way.
PJ (39:20):
yeah, in reality, people actually swim with piranhas all
the time, just like people swimwith sharks.
Adam (39:25):
Huh?
Well, I have, I have to behonest, I was today years old
when I discovered this aboutpiranhas.
PJ (39:33):
Yeah, it's a fun story.
People should look it up.
Adam (39:36):
Well, the Jungle Cruise at Disneyland has been lying to me
for years.
Back to the battle.
Miles fires a rocket at Rhino,but Rhino survives.
Like, very sturdy machine,they've got there.
Then Matt says something weird.
He says there's gotta be a wayto stop mayhem without firing
missiles.
So I'm not sure why that'simportant.
PJ (39:58):
the only explanation I had was that if the missiles miss,
they'd hit the top of the caveand collapse it on them.
Adam (40:04):
Okay,
PJ (40:04):
for what they're about to do.
Like, you know, it doesn't makea whole lot of sense, my
explanation.
So like,
Adam (40:09):
Well, because here's what happens.
Alex says, According to mycalculations, simple harmonic
motion can be activated by the ycoordinates on the vibration
weapon.
Is there a science corner hereto go into?
PJ (40:24):
This was my weight.
What?
So here's my science cornerevaluation.
Alex is talking bullshit.
I mean, no one will be able tosee this on the podcast, but
like, in terms of like.
What is a simple harmonic motionon the y coordinates of a
vibration weapon?
Adam (40:37):
going up and down.
PJ (40:39):
Up and down.
Adam (40:40):
basically, what this means for Alyx is, they start hitting
the cave wall with Rhino'sbattering ram, causing
stalactites to fall onSwitchblade.
Could have caved in the wholecave, I imagine.
So, not sure why they didn't userockets.
But, nonetheless, Venom escapes,but Mask has got the gold.
are they going to keep the goldfor themselves?
PJ (41:01):
I had this like, thought, where like, Matt's like, Hey
everybody, let's take a beathere.
No one knew about this goldprior to this moment.
if we don't take it, what's tostop Venom from coming back?
Keepin
Adam (41:12):
Sure, so we'll divvy it up evenly.
I will get 90 percent of it.
You all can share the other 10%.
And uh, we'll just keep this asecret between the Four of us.
Well, we cut to a beautifulsunset on the ranch, and Matt
says goodbye to Senora DelRamos, thanking her for all her
help.
PJ (41:31):
it very professional.
Handshake.
You know, and I was wonderingwhat her help was.
I mean, basically, is it theGoya paintings?
Like, because that's really,
Adam (41:40):
Yeah, I, I, I don't know.
But the look shared between thetwo of them, there's definitely
It's a heavy look.
There's a lot of meaning.
There's a lot of meaning thereWell, Scott and T Bob show up
with a painting and a shovel toshow Maria.
They're going to go pan forgold.
T Bob says fool's gold is morelike it.
(42:00):
And they all start laughing.
of the final note here that thisepisode was either translated
from another language or waswritten by someone.
On acid or both.
PJ (42:14):
It occurred to me like the implication here is Scott now
has a belief that everyworthless painting in the
marketplace is actually a map toNazi gold.
So.
Adam (42:23):
Totally.
Well, we cut to the more, youknow, Scott and Tiva were
playing hide and seek.
T Bob falls out of a fridge, andScott says, T Bob, you should
never hide in a fridge.
And I just think a better lessonwould be, don't play hide and
seek in a junkyard.
he's the son of a billionaire.
Why are they in a junkyard?
PJ (42:45):
well, why is it Scott playing at a park with other
children?
Oh, right.
He has no friends.
In fact, the only mention of anyfriends is way back in Assault
on Liberty, when he was going togo to a friend's house
Adam (42:57):
Oh yeah.
To do magic.
PJ (42:58):
Where's this landfill located, Adam?
You think it's on Trackerproperty?
Like, it's actually just part ofthe massive, like, property
that's there,
Adam (43:05):
So yeah.
So what we see in the backgroundis it's like all these crushed
cars.
And I wonder if it's.
All the mask vehicles that wereblown up during previous
missions.
And so he's got to destroy themthere because he can't let them
be destroyed out there in thewild.
PJ (43:19):
Right.
Adam (43:20):
Rider's defense fund.
I'm going for it again.
PJ (43:22):
And as a perk, the mask agents get to dump their trash
there, which is how that oldrefrigerator made it there.
Adam (43:29):
Well, that is it for episode 30.
So let's Check out the skillsthat the computer selected for
each agent.
Alex Sector was chosen for hisbroad based scientific
knowledge.
PJ (43:40):
And so the closest this comes to pass is Alex talking
gibberish about vibration on theY axis,
Adam (43:46):
Yeah.
PJ (43:47):
which really meant use the battering ram to hit the wall
until the stalactites fall,which anyone could have figured
out.
So minus as far as I'mconcerned.
Adam (43:56):
Alright.
Dusty Hayes was chosen becausehis vehicle is Gator.
PJ (44:01):
Well, Gator did disable both Piranha and Jackhammer in the
first battle by canyon walls andthen froze the lake to stop
Jackhammer in the second battle,
Adam (44:10):
Okay.
I agree with that one.
And then Gloria was chosenbecause her vehicle is Shark.
PJ (44:17):
Yeah, so as far as I could tell, there was nothing that
Shark did in the first battle.
Then went toe to toe in thesecond battle, but honestly, is
Shark involved or is it Gloria'sskills?
So,
Adam (44:28):
Yeah.
Agreed.
PJ (44:30):
driving skills, much higher grade.
But the computer was like,Shark, B
Adam (44:34):
Yeah.
Agreed with all those.
Moving on to our awards for theepisode.
The Slyrax Ragdoll Award.
I think the most obvious one isDusty and the Landmine.
PJ (44:43):
Oh yeah, easy.
That he's, he dead.
Adam (44:46):
Yeah, he's dead.
R.
I.
P.
Dusty.
We will see you next episode.
PJ (44:50):
Oh, I wanted an honorable mention
Adam (44:52):
Oh, please.
Yeah.
Yeah,
PJ (44:57):
And I think it's funny.
Cause in one case she kills andthe other one she saves
Adam (45:02):
I see, I don't think the driver gets a ragdoll award
because I think he's dead.
PJ (45:08):
there.
Okay.
call.
Adam (45:09):
The Buddy Hawks award.
What do you got?
PJ (45:12):
I got Scott for his Indians dumping tea in Boston Harbor
Adam (45:16):
Yeah.
Yeah, I agree with that one aswell.
Roy Batty moment of the episodefor T Bob?
PJ (45:22):
I really thought it was like.
T Bob, you know, just saved twokids, and then happened to fall
over, and they just startedlaughing at him.
So, like, I really felt likethat is like, what do you want
from me?
Like, that was my Roy Battymoment.
Adam (45:36):
Yeah, totally, Father of the Year, Matt Tracker.
PJ (45:40):
almost in the same beat, letting the kids go after they
nearly died, with Venom stillout there.
Adam (45:45):
yeah, agreed, And is this episode Panda Poo?
Yes or no?
PJ (45:50):
I mean, I'm, I I don't think it is.
I mean, I actually think theanimation's pretty good.
It goes back to some old mapsmask tropes with cave.
we've, we've asserted the tropeof South American Nazis miles
obsession with old maps.
I will say it is, you know,barely not panda poo.
'cause the dialogue is insane.
Adam (46:11):
Well, see, I give it Pandapoo for the dialogue
itself.
I mean, it's not the worst, it'snot the worst one ever, for
sure.
It is not the worst one ever,ever.
But, dialogue alone crosses theline for me.
So, I'm sorry, I think it'sPandapoo.
PJ (46:26):
Panda poo.
All right.
Adam (46:28):
Well, that is episode 30.
Episode 31, the title is on thenose, it's called Deadly Blue
Slime.
Mask goes to Africa to stop abotched experiment that has
created a deadly blue slime thatconsumes everything in its path.
Interesting.
Okay.
(46:48):
Well,
PJ (46:49):
is that there's no mention of Venom in this.
Adam (46:51):
that's right.
I would assume Venom is behindthe deadly blue slime though.
PJ (46:55):
maybe.
This is actually kind ofinteresting.
It'd be kind of cool to haveanother sort of like Rotex thing
where it was like some other
Adam (47:02):
Mm hmm.
PJ (47:03):
that Venom wants to take advantage of.
But I guess we'll find out.
Adam (47:06):
We will, we will find out next episode, but for now, this
podcast has to transform andhead back to HQ.
I am Adam Moore.
PJ (47:13):
And I am PJ McNerney.
Adam (47:15):
Bye bye.
PJ (47:16):
Bye bye.
The mobile armored podcast showis written, produced and edited.
Bye Adam Moore.
And PJ McNerney.
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