November 4, 2024 • 54 mins
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WE'RE BACK FROM HIATUS! Unfortunately, V.E.N.O.M. probably wishes they could go on hiatus. Once the mightiest terrorist organization in the world, Miles Mayhem's bunch has been reduced to living in a leak-prone shanty in the middle of the jungle. It's not even for an evil scheme... this is just where they live now. Sad. That, plus T-Bob becomes a God (again?), Scott threatens T-Bob with a hammer, and one of West Coast Hip Hop's greatest icons is thawed out and revived! Welcome back to the Mobile Armored Podcast Show!!!
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Adam (00:12):
Welcome to the Mobile Armored podcast show.
The podcast that transforms intoa podcast about the mysterious
cities of gold.
I am Adam Moore alongside my cohost and best friend, PJ
McNerney and PJ, we are back.
PJ (00:28):
This feels so good
Adam (00:29):
good to be back from our, from our hiatus.
We needed to rest.
We needed to rest our vocalcords.
We needed to rest our brainsfrom 25 episodes of Mask.
Scrambling them.
a weary world now celebrates asThe Mobile Armored Podcast show
returns.
PJ (00:48):
wait, We shouldn't lie to our audience.
In reverse order, like, thispast week, we had to miss a
record because there was a majorfire in my neck of the woods,
and I don't mean that as, like,some kind of metaphor.
I mean, literally, we were underpre evacuation orders to
potentially leave.
And where was Mask?
(01:10):
Somewhere in the Andes.
Adam (01:12):
Where was the ice beam when you needed it?
PJ (01:16):
Fucking send Gator out, man.
Or that freeze bomb from Rhino.
Adam (01:20):
so here we are, folks, beginning the second third of
the series, 26.
Secret of the Andes Mask mustprotect a revived Incan priest
who has been frozen in an ice,found in the Andes, from Venom,
who may know the secret locationEl Dorado.
PJ (01:40):
Just stop right there.
Now you've probably edited thisout already, but it took you
like three times to get throughthat sentence because let's face
it.
That's insane,
Adam (01:51):
It's
PJ (01:51):
like,
Adam (01:52):
insane.
PJ (01:53):
we're, we're in bonkers land right now, and Adam, what does
that have to do with a toythat's all about powered masks
and transforming cars?
Adam (02:02):
It has absolutely nothing to do with it.
PJ (02:04):
Okay, feels like it would be great for like a failed or like
a failed pilot of like anIndiana Jones cartoon.
Like I could totally see that
Adam (02:15):
kid, a robot, and a revived ancient Incan priest
going on adventures in theAmazon rainforest.
PJ (02:23):
I love it.
Adam (02:24):
Well, we open with Matt, Scott, and T Bob skiing in the
Andes.
some untouched natural beauty,no less.
Like this is not a ski resort.
This is just pristine mountainsand Matt Scott and T Bob are
just tearing through it.
PJ (02:41):
I really enjoy how the only way they probably could have
gotten there was to be airliftedyou know, dropped out, like just
to go skiing in an area thatyou're right is untamed.
This is pristine nature.
Andy's like, you have to paysomeone under the table in the
government to ski this area.
Adam (03:02):
Yeah.
Or, or not, or just, you know,cross borders illegally and be
dropped out of the sky fromThunderhawk, but anyways, yeah.
Matt is having a blast, hethinks it's fun, but Scott says
he's freezing, and for goodnesssake, buy this kid a real coat.
PJ (03:19):
Look, I'm going to go to bat for Matt on this one.
That is the warmest coat inAndy's closet.
Give him a break.
How else can he project hisfeelings towards his long lost
younger brother, except byclothing his adopted son in his
dead brother's clothes.
Adam (03:37):
I'll
PJ (03:37):
But you're right.
You're right, he is freezing.
It is not cool at all.
And his reac Matt's reaction?
He's just smiling.
Adam (03:45):
Yes.
Freeze, my boy, freeze.
Well, suddenly, a giant eagleoverhead, And then a huge
avalanche begins and they takecover behind an outcropping.
But T Bob rolls down the hill,like one of those, you know,
snowballs in a cartoon thatkeeps getting bigger and bigger.
(04:07):
And let's be honest though, thisavalanche would have killed all
of them.
Right?
PJ (04:12):
Yes.
Adam (04:13):
not, they're all dead.
So there's your Slyrax ragdollaward already.
PJ (04:17):
Right off the bat or like a minute in maybe I'm going to
actually make a presumption hereis that there's a way of reading
this episode as the dyingfantasy of Scott.
Like everything from here on outis basically like Scott's
trapped under the ice, losingoxygen.
And this is just like, what'scoming up.
That explains a lot.
Adam (04:39):
Does that mean the rest of the Mask series is all part of
Scott's, like, dying fantasy?
PJ (04:46):
Yeah, this is now, we're now entering Temi Westfall Tommy
Westfall territory at this pointin time.
Like this entire, like the restof it is basically like Scott
imagining, Oh boy.
And then I'm not there forracing, but I'm with my new mom,
Gloria, and we're having anamazing time.
what did this eagle have to dowith the avalanche?
Adam (05:08):
I think it's when it made its call.
PJ (05:11):
Is it, or is it more likely when you're skiing in an area
that's off limits, like youmight actually like cause an
avalanche to occur?
Adam (05:19):
Right, that's exactly why you're not allowed to ski there,
Matt.
PJ (05:22):
Right?
Presuming that this is not afantasy, how amazing is Scott's
strength?
Like, he is manhandling thisheavy robot to prevent from
being swept away from the snow.
Adam (05:33):
Yeah, mean, he must work out wherever Matt works out, or
is taking the same that Mattinjects in himself.
PJ (05:42):
It was the 80s.
It was a very different time,man.
Adam (05:45):
the avalanche ends, and they're all alive, amazingly,
and Scott spots something shinyin the distance, and they go
over to it, and it turns out tobe an Incan priest.
Encased in ice and Matt says hemust have been frozen for
hundreds of years
PJ (06:02):
I mean, Matt, the right thing to say is he's been dead
for hundreds of years.
He's frozen to death.
Like, sure.
Adam (06:10):
very well preserved.
I will say that much and the iceis Crystal clear.
PJ (06:15):
Yeah.
Adam (06:17):
you know, but you're right.
He's dead
PJ (06:20):
Yeah.
I mean, this is the same kind oflike crystal clarity that you
get out of like, The fortress ofsolitude in Superman, where it's
like, you know, he's encased inthat, that crystal chamber.
How does Matt know this guy's anIncan priest?
Adam (06:37):
It's a great point It's a, I mean, he's wearing a
headdress.
PJ (06:41):
Sure.
But like, I mean, I don't thinkyou or I, if we saw a frozen
body, like would know, Oh,that's an Incan priest.
I mean, maybe at best we'd knowthe history of the area and be
like, It's Incan, I guess,
Adam (06:55):
You make an excellent point.
Another Matt leap of logic.
PJ (06:58):
or he's like funding expeditions and is studying the
shit constantly.
Adam (07:03):
Well, look, he's funding something because what's the
first thing they do after theyfind this guy?
They take him to an advancedscience facility.
thaw him out.
Like, why on earth would you dothis?
And to me, the quote that cameto my mind was, your scientists
were so preoccupied with whetherthey could, they didn't stop to
think whether they should.
(07:25):
they're thawing the guy out tryto bring him back to life.
PJ (07:28):
All right.
We have to go to science cornerfor a second here.
All right.
Can you unfreeze someone frozenin ice?
The answer is not with ourcurrent technology.
Adam (07:41):
like a skeleton or a mummified remains of
PJ (07:44):
Sure,
Adam (07:45):
before,
PJ (07:46):
yeah, right to revivify someone to bring them back to
life, like, because like, youget this crystallization of the
brain tissue from the blood.
So you actually have to replacethe blood with something else in
order to perform this to, to besure.
Then again, maybe the doctorabout to meet has.
other advanced methods.
(08:06):
I had one other question foryou.
Is it possible that the personwe're about to revivify has
diseases for which we have nonatural defenses for?
Like kind of a reverse smallpoxupon the modern man?
Adam (08:20):
I think that's a possibility, though, I mean, I
do go back to, you know, howsmallpox killed off so many
people in the quote unquote newworld, and that it's very likely
that our Incan priest here wouldcatch something from Matt or
Scott or T Bob, and end up dyingthe end the episode.
(08:42):
Which, by the way, I'm gonna puta little bookmark here.
ever find out what happens tothe priest after the end of the
episode?
PJ (08:49):
I mean, as far as I know, no, but let's revisit that
question.
Adam (08:55):
Okay.
Can we talk about the cryogenicdoctor who
PJ (08:59):
Oh my god,
Adam (09:00):
So his name is Dr.
Wolfsburg.
He's clearly German.
Is this a boys from Brazilsituation here?
I mean, he's some kind of a madscientist.
He's got his own Frankensteinmonster.
is so unethical.
Like what is going on here?
PJ (09:17):
whoa, it is not unethical in the country they're in at that
point in time, okay?
There's some very flexible lawsin, you know, in a country that
probably has no extraditiontreaty.
Let's break this one down bywhat's in the episode.
The scientist, who is clearlyGerman, states, in all my years
(09:38):
of cryogenic research, I've seennothing like it.
Adam (09:41):
Mm hmm.
PJ (09:42):
Years.
So, the year is 85.
Should we presume this doctor'sabout in his mid sixties?
Adam (09:49):
Yeah.
We can say that.
PJ (09:50):
Where was he 40 years earlier?
Was he just getting out of medschool?
Adam (09:55):
in 1945 in Germany,
PJ (09:58):
Why did he flee to South America then?
Adam (10:02):
all great questions.
Maybe he just liked the weatherbetter,
PJ (10:06):
sure.
And you know what?
I would feel like I would beprobably talking crazy if this
isn't the first time we'veencountered this.
Adam (10:15):
right?
PJ (10:16):
We've had
Adam (10:17):
least one other.
PJ (10:18):
another one where there's a German scientist in South
America.
Adam (10:23):
Yeah.
With, with life extending right?
That's what it was, right?
It was like, could
PJ (10:27):
Yes, that was the dinosaur blood one.
Adam (10:30):
Yeah.
Well, I mean, I guess operationpaperclip didn't manage to scoop
these two up.
PJ (10:33):
Guess not.
Adam (10:34):
thing in South America.
PJ (10:36):
Do you think it's weird that, you know, because this is
very much like in the era afterBoys from Brazil, the
Odessophile Marathon Man, like,like the writers are clearly
channeling.
I'm not crazy, am I?
I mean,
Adam (10:49):
I don't think, I mean, clearly made this guy German
with a capital G.
Like he is like, the accent isvery Dr.
Strangelove, honestly, is I feellike they really leaned hard
into that.
PJ (11:02):
yeah, yeah, I agree.
Adam (11:04):
So can we talk about why Scott and T Bob are allowed in
this room?
PJ (11:11):
I guess, who's funding it, Adam?
Adam (11:15):
Never explicitly said.
PJ (11:17):
Who's funding it, Adam?
Adam (11:19):
I don't think Matt would want, actually, it to be known
whether or not he's funding anoperation such as this.
PJ (11:26):
Wait a second, okay, hold on.
You're saying Matt doesn't havecreative ways to fund a secret
operation?
Away from the prying eyes of anygovernment?
Are you saying he doesn'talready have experience in this?
Adam (11:40):
Touche.
Well, anyways, folks, it works.
Incan priest wakes up.
He sees T Bob and Immediatelybegins worshipping him.
T Bob says, Somebody tell him Idon't have any spare change.
BuddyHawk's nomination, rightthere.
PJ (12:03):
100%.
I had a, I had a sub questionthough.
Adam (12:06):
huh.
PJ (12:07):
Are we going to nominate him based on.
Racism or classism?
Adam (12:12):
Both.
PJ (12:14):
All right,
Adam (12:15):
It's both.
PJ (12:16):
it's both t bob is both racist and classist.
Adam (12:20):
Very much so.
PJ (12:22):
Scott and t bob are also freaked out.
Adam (12:24):
Yeah, they really are.
PJ (12:25):
matt is like calm as a cucumber
Adam (12:28):
Yeah, it's like, he's, it's almost as if he's seen this
before.
PJ (12:31):
right Exactly.
Adam (12:34):
Perhaps failed attempts at it though.
I'm thinking like, you know TheFly.
Like
PJ (12:40):
It's like,
Adam (12:41):
Fly type things have happened in the past and it
hasn't worked.
And this time he's overjoyedthat
PJ (12:46):
Oh,
Adam (12:46):
they revived.
A frozen dead body.
PJ (12:50):
which implies they have frozen and unthawed many, many
times before.
Oh, it worked this time.
Oh, good.
Adam (12:59):
Well
PJ (13:00):
out of three.
Adam (13:00):
Well done, Dr.
Rolfsberg.
Well the priest is worshiping TBob and there's some other
scientists there who apparentlyAncient Incan, like the spoken
language, which has never beenheard before, but okay, he
explains that the priest's nameis Tupac.
(13:21):
That's right, folks.
It's Tupac of West coast, hiphop royalty.
who departed us.
Far earlier than he should have.
PJ (13:31):
Indeed,
Adam (13:32):
who came first?
PJ (13:34):
So,
Adam (13:35):
Incan priest or Tupac, the rapper.
Right.
PJ (13:40):
up, Tupac's, Shakur the, the famous rapper he only started
his career in 89.
So Tupac the priest actuallycame first which begs the
question, where did Tupac Shakurget his name from?
Adam (13:54):
Well, I'm going to actually look that up.
When was Tupac born?
Okay.
Well, he was born in 1971, andhis name is Tupac.
Like
PJ (14:03):
Right,
Adam (14:03):
his given name.
It was Tupac.
So we can't, unfortunately wecannot connect.
This Tupac's name, to the reasonwhy Tupac Shakur was named.
However, we can pretend.
Right.
PJ (14:19):
but they probably are on to us already at this point.
I had a question on thisscientist, does he actually
understand ancient Incan, or doyou think he's just making shit
up?
Adam (14:28):
Yeah, he's getting paid as an interpreter for language that
no one understands
PJ (14:32):
Oh,
Adam (14:33):
say whatever he wants anyways.
PJ (14:35):
oh, he's Tupac, like he's just
Adam (14:38):
also reveals that Tupac thinks T Bob is the god of
prosperity and Dr.
Himmler, I mean Wolfsburg, uh,explains to Matt that T Bob
should probably play alongbecause it will help with the
priest's acclimation to this newreality.
PJ (14:54):
Alright, this is where I stopped and I said, hold on,
however you slice it, like, thisdoctor is a genius for bringing
someone back from being frozen,so, full credit.
Adam (15:06):
huh.
PJ (15:07):
What the fuck does he know about trying to re acclimate
someone, like with this psychquackery?
Unless
Adam (15:14):
Mm
PJ (15:15):
his first rodeo with this sort of thing.
Adam (15:17):
Indeed.
And this is why it's going towork this time.
Because they have something tohelp him acclimate.
Unlike the other 15 who thawedout, monsters, and they had to
put down.
I want to just sort of timecheck everyone here.
is all about four minutes intothe episode.
(15:39):
Like we're not even into theaction of the episode yet.
Mm
PJ (15:43):
Yeah.
Adam (15:44):
so it turns out the priest was on his way to bless El
Dorado, the mythical city ofgold, when the gods closed the
mountain.
PJ (15:53):
What?
Adam (15:54):
was the avalanche that froze him a thousand years ago?
PJ (15:57):
I, I mean, look, at this point I'm good with believing
that it was a god or aliens asgods bringing the mountain down
to freeze him because like youwould probably need alien tech
to freeze him correctly.
Correct.
Right.
All right.
We've seen it before.
Star Chariot.
Adam (16:19):
cryogenically this state.
So yeah, it probably was Yeah,we We have indeed.
We have indeed.
It's all, it's all connected,PJ.
Well, we catch up to Venom, andit's very sad.
I'm, once again, feeling verybad for Venom in this episode.
(16:42):
They're hanging out in aThatched roof cabin in the
woods.
It's raining out and like theroof is leaking, like drips are
coming through the ceiling andthey've got like an opened, of
beans, like emptied out can ofbeans.
That's catching the water onthis table where miles is
examining the map of the area.
It's
PJ (17:04):
mm.
Adam (17:06):
racks.
This is the last time I let youchoose our headquarters.
There's a ton of sophisticatedcomputer equipment in there.
So just like all around not agreat idea.
PJ (17:17):
Mm mm.
Adam (17:18):
Miles says if I wanted a 24 hour shower, I would have
brought my shampoo.
And Sly's response is, canalways use a shower mayhem.
I'm like whoa! First, sick burn.
PJ (17:33):
Yes.
Adam (17:34):
Second, is this because Miles is always wearing the same
uniform
PJ (17:39):
I mean,
Adam (17:39):
and over again?
PJ (17:40):
it could be, it'd be nice if he, you know, he washed it every
once in a while.
Let's talk about like, this isopen revolt against mayhem at
this point in time, like zerorespect.
Adam (17:52):
100%.
PJ (17:53):
That said, can you blame him?
I mean, Venom used to have somepretty sophisticated underground
bases.
They had a sub, they were in theArctic, which was like all, you
know, Galleria glass,
Adam (18:07):
Yeah,
PJ (18:08):
slumming it now.
Adam (18:09):
yeah, and it's, it's, it's so depressing.
I mean, there's a line where Slysays to Miles something along
the lines of, well, you wantedit to be a place where no one
would ever look or no one wouldfind us.
It's like, but there must beother places besides this
shanty.
(18:29):
And by the way, lived therebefore Venom showed up and where
are they now?
PJ (18:35):
They died due to exposure.
Adam (18:37):
All around sad and disturbing.
So Vanessa calls everyone'sattention to a TV screen where
there's this guy explaining thatTupac's intellect is off the
charts.
learned to speak English in twoweeks.
And he's planning to make apilgrimage El Dorado.
PJ (18:56):
I had so many questions at this point in time.
Adam (18:58):
Yeah, go for it.
PJ (19:00):
Were people more capable in the past than they are today?
That you could learn English intwo weeks?
Adam (19:07):
I think it's Tupac is that intelligent.
PJ (19:12):
Maybe all the Incans were!
Adam (19:14):
Okay, sure.
Well,
PJ (19:15):
Like,
Adam (19:16):
city of gold.
So,
PJ (19:17):
yeah.
Also, is this Eldorado newssomething you actually want to
be broadcasting?
Adam (19:23):
well, that's what I was trying to figure out is what is
this broadcast they're watching?
It's like, it's almost likewelcome to exposition
television, where we will tellyou information that you
characters need to know tofurther the plot of the show.
PJ (19:35):
This is some sort of weird C Span where they like cover like
all like the international, it'slike C Span for archeology.
That's, you know, that's, that'swhat Miles loves.
Like he loves like every singleancient city that he can try and
go after.
You know, what was interesting,it was like, I thought it was
(19:56):
like, it wasn't intentionallytrying to tell folks about
Eldorado, but like, talk aboutTupac.
And what I thought this impliedwas that maybe Vanessa, if she
also enjoys this channel, likeshuman interest stories.
Adam (20:08):
Sure.
PJ (20:09):
And then It's been two weeks.
What the hell has Scott, T Bob,and Matt been doing down there?
Adam (20:14):
Yeah,
PJ (20:15):
go back to skiing?
Adam (20:17):
that's a great point.
What in the world have they beendoing down there?
I mean, Scott and T Bub havebeen stuck in the hotel for
sure.
What Matt was doing, I don'tknow.
Is there some babe down therethat he knows?
PJ (20:28):
He's married now!
Adam (20:30):
You're right.
I apologize.
I'm sure that's not at all whatMatt would be doing.
PJ (20:35):
Is he trying to secure the rights to all the gold of El
Dorado?
He's like, I found the priest.
I own him now, according to thelaws of your country.
Adam (20:45):
Is he trying to search for more bodies to revive?
There must be dozens of frozenIncans in those hills.
So Miles hears this and says,City of Gold, we move on it
immediately.
so this leads to a big questionfor me.
you think Venom was out heredoing nothing and this is when
their plan begins, where they'rejust sitting there waiting for
(21:07):
something interesting to happen?
PJ (21:10):
My answer to this is yes.
Look, we should reflect on thelast few episodes.
Miles not been doing great.
Adam (21:20):
No.
PJ (21:21):
So last episode, he had no plan to extract money from L.
A.
despite covering it in plants.
And two episodes ago, he wasvacuuming change off the floor
of a Las Vegas casinos.
They are hard up right now andhe is looking for an easy win.
Adam (21:40):
Is it easy?
He's waiting for something.
This is what makes it evensadder for me.
This is their new hideout! Like,It's not even, it's not even for
this mission.
It's just, this is where Venomlives.
This is where Venom lives now.
Sorry folks.
PJ (22:00):
Oh Lord.
Adam (22:01):
and uh, We're crying for Miles and Sly and Cliff and
Vanessa, how far they've fallen.
anyways
PJ (22:12):
so, so they find out about this and despite the fact, this
is probably a, a unwatched CSpan for Archaeology channel,
would there be a shit ton ofother tourists that are trying
to get to El Dorado as well?
Adam (22:25):
yeah, let's, let's all follow this priest on
PJ (22:27):
Yeah,
Adam (22:28):
to Eldorado.
PJ (22:30):
this, like, there's definitely a commune that's
gonna make their way down here,like, let's go follow the
priest!
Adam (22:39):
Well, despite all that on the trail of Tupac is Scott and
T Bob.
And Scott says to T Bob, So TBob, how does it feel being junk
parts yesterday and a god today?
And I feel that fits into theRoy Batty
PJ (22:56):
Oh, 100%.
And my reaction was like, damnit, Scott, that's your only
friend.
Why?
Why?
I don't know.
Adam (23:07):
now you've learned what it feels like to be touched by a
god as he squeezes God's face.
I mean, they're just setting allthis up.
You know, I keep on coming backto what our buddy Jason Burns
said a bunch of episodes back,where this whole show is really
like a villain origin story.
(23:28):
But sometimes I wonder, is itactually T Bob's
PJ (23:31):
T bob, yes.
Yes.
Adam (23:33):
Well, after saying that Tupac gets right up in Scott's
face and he's like, be silent.
Slaves do not speak unlessspoken to.
So I'm getting here that Matthas pawned off his son be a
slave a genius, recently thoughtout Incan priest who's on his
(23:53):
way to El Dorado.
Am I getting that correctly?
I just want to make sure I'mfollowing the logic here.
PJ (24:00):
Yeah, I mean, it's either to the Incan priest or it's to the
god of the Incan priest, buteither way, it's pretty much the
same.
Adam (24:07):
Okay.
PJ (24:08):
T bob's has to state, the only reason Scott was allowed to
come is because he told Tupac isthat Scott's his favorite slave.
Adam (24:16):
Why did you even, Masked Writers, why did you even need
the slave element of it?
You didn't, Need it at all.
Like
PJ (24:24):
They didn't need it, but they wanted it.
Adam (24:26):
I'm going to, this is another Laurel for the writers.
PJ (24:32):
We need to invent a new category for them.
I enjoy that this pretendingthat T Bob is a god makes it
okay that Scott's a slave.
Adam (24:40):
All right.
PJ (24:41):
It also implies though that in Tupac's Incan culture, slaves
could be as young as ten.
And that's just okay.
Adam (24:48):
Yeah.
It's like, this is just the wayhe thinks.
He's just, not from our culture.
We have to respect his culture.
Okay.
PJ (24:57):
This is cultural sensitivity taken too far!
Adam (25:01):
T Bob really loves that Scott is a slave, so we're just,
keep on just rubbing it in here.
And Scott says, wait till I getyou home, Exalted One.
I'll reprogram a hammer.
So in the same conversation,another Roy Batty moment.
PJ (25:18):
100%.
I had a feeling if Tupac hadheard that, he would have killed
Scott.
Adam (25:23):
Yeah.
I don't think you threaten theIncan God and survive to tell
the tale, anyways, for no reasonwhatsoever, Matt pulls out his
briefcase computer, which issmaller this time, but It's
almost the size of a laptop now,so I guess the tech is getting
better and better.
So he pulls it out of hisbackpack and he gets a message
from Bruce, who tells him thatthey've detected Venom moving to
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intercept them.
PJ (25:46):
So I had so many questions on this one.
If you know where venom is, whyaren't you seal team sixing
them?
And actually just something elsejust occurred to me.
Like, is it that like, imaginelike they do know where venom
is, but actually they've beenhaving a collective laugh.
It's like, it's like, Matt,you're not going to believe
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this.
It's like, Miles isn't theshittiest Shaq you've ever seen
in your life, it is really,really pathetic, we can't,
Adam (26:16):
have a toilet indoors.
PJ (26:19):
I can't get the snipers to stop laughing, it's a really a
big deal, like, we would takethese guys out if it wasn't so
pathetic,
Adam (26:26):
I think you're probably right there.
Well, we go into the agentselection scene then.
Cause the word venom.
Has been said, so now mask mustform.
PJ (26:36):
it's a trigger word.
Adam (26:38):
so we go into the agent selection scene.
He asks for the best team foraction in rugged mountain
terrain.
Interesting.
one is Bruce Sato who isassigned to Thunderhawk.
Again, I don't know if.
A Chevy Camaro is good forrugged mountain terrain, but
okay.
Brad Turner, who drives amotorcycle, which might not be
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great for rugged mountainterrain.
But anyways, that's the team,Bruce and Brad.
PJ (27:10):
Do you think that Brad's gonna take this opportunity to
have an ayahuasca retreat?
Adam (27:15):
I think Brad is already there having an ayahuasca
retreat because he just tellsBruce to get here as soon as
possible.
And there's no mention of, youknow
PJ (27:24):
Brad?
Adam (27:26):
it's like Brad.
Yeah, that's he he's in thesweat lodge.
I'll get him.
Matt says, Bruce meet us atMachu Picchu right away.
So let's get a time check here.
Remembering of course that twoweeks has already passed since
the day they thought out Tupac.
PJ (27:43):
A hundred percent.
So a non existent direct flight
Adam (27:48):
Mm hmm.
PJ (27:48):
Denver to Machu Picchu would probably be about 10 hours.
Adam (27:52):
Yeah.
PJ (27:53):
Most flights actually require two stops taken to 14,
but we can assume that.
Let's face it.
The mass jet doesn't care about,you know, following most flight
patterns.
Adam (28:03):
So 10 hours.
And then I also want to add toour equation here.
The fact that been walking fortwo days straight.
Wait, what?
been walking for two daysstraight a revived ancient Incan
priest.
Matt, who I believe, but hischild, without stopping, like,
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what is this, Lord of the Rings?
Matt has made his son walk fortwo days straight.
PJ (28:39):
I mean, I guess that's, is it better?
Maybe it's not better thangetting left in the hotel.
Maybe letting left in the hotelwould have been a better option
this time.
Adam (28:47):
I don't know if Scott survives this one, honestly.
PJ (28:50):
I actually, there was a revelation I had, which is that
Matt left T Hawk behind his mostprecious thing in the world.
And then now that he knows thatthere's a.
Terrorist organization comingfor them
Adam (29:02):
Mm hmm.
PJ (29:03):
is continuing on the path.
The best idea.
Adam (29:06):
Well, I think it'd be great to have a conversation
with Tupac at least.
Like, hey, buddy, look, there'ssome evildoers coming.
maybe get in the sky
PJ (29:15):
A little motivation.
Adam (29:16):
just a shrug.
keep walking
PJ (29:18):
It's fine.
Adam (29:19):
because venom is on their way to intercept them Well, they
arrive at Tupac's humble home isa bunch of ruins.
He, well, I mean, you know, he's500 years old.
What are you gonna do?
He pulls a golden disc from ahidden compartment in the rubble
of the wall of his old home, andhe raises it into the air and
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shouts, and suddenly the bigeagle, from the opening of the
episode, lands in front ofTupac.
PJ (29:46):
So before we get to the Eagle, like I did want to like
take a beat on this.
Cause like this scene, like.
just me or is there a hugemissed opportunity here?
Because this is a man comingback to the ruins of a place he
used to live in
Adam (30:02):
hmm.
PJ (30:03):
his entire culture is gone.
Everyone he knew is long deadfor centuries.
It felt like a legitimately sadscene.
Adam (30:12):
Mm
PJ (30:12):
Like, there was something that hit me, it was like, my
god, wouldn't it be alright justto take a beat and have Tupac be
sad?
Adam (30:19):
Yeah.
All that's left are the ghostsof my, of my family, of my
friends, of my culture, mycivilization, all I ever knew.
Anyways.
PJ (30:28):
Yeah,
Adam (30:28):
disc.
PJ (30:29):
behind this like, complex, alien like Indiana Jones like
wall that shifts that's somehowstill standing, even though the
rest of the structures aren't.
Adam (30:40):
Yeah, Well, suddenly Venom shows up, and we have our
typical mid episode battle.
run for cover while Tupac, TBob, and Scott are captured by
Vanessa using whip, and well, Imean Tupac is.
Bob is holding on to his legs,and Scott is holding on to T
Bob's leg.
Seems like they probably couldhave just let go and fine.
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But anyways, T Bob can't keephis grip.
He lets go and he and Scott gofalling to their doom.
PJ (31:11):
Couple things.
This is a rare mid episodebattle where Venom just attacks
whomever is there.
Like, It's just kind of, youknow, basically like attacking a
bunch of tourists and I was kindof curious how many people
actually were killed off screenbecause, you know, they're
shooting the ground here
Adam (31:27):
Yeah.
PJ (31:28):
all the randos take off
Adam (31:29):
Mm
PJ (31:30):
the headpiece of the staff of raw that, you know, they just
required gets dropped and yeah,like this is like, Scott and T
Bob are falling to their doom.
Like, there is no one savingthem.
Adam (31:42):
Exactly.
So my question to you, PJ, iswhat's going to happen?
PJ (31:46):
I don't know, man.
This is, I'm on the edge of myseat.
Adam (31:50):
We'll find out after these messages.
We've got them in sight.
Hold on.
Mask will be right back.
Now watch what Mask does.
And we're back.
is dead.
Matt beside himself with grief.
But I'm sure he'll get over it.
PJ (32:08):
I really think it'd be nice if Matt showed some concern
prior to Scott dying all thetime.
Like, we are hitting thispattern over and over again
where the most affection we eversee Scott get for Matt Is when
Scott's dying or has died orabout to die.
Like that is the entry pointtime after time.
Adam (32:29):
And so then what happens is they use the reviver device
to revive Scott.
His brain accidentally getsswapped with T Bob's and it's
just a comedy of errors.
What actually happens isThunderhawk shows up out of
nowhere and catches them.
And it turns out Bruce is flyingThunderhawk.
PJ (32:50):
was actually cool because it was the right thing to do
because like they didn't, hedidn't just have like
Thunderhawk just kind of beunder there and they land on the
wings, he did a dive to matchthe velocity of Scott and T Bob,
had them grab on and then hepulled up.
I mean, they would need musclesof steel to do that and not have
their arms ripped off, but
Adam (33:10):
Absolutely.
PJ (33:11):
it was the only way to do this, right?
Mm
Adam (33:13):
So live.
Thanks, Bruce.
We cut to Venom's campsite atnight.
We've got a nice little tent setup and a cozy campfire going.
It's very homey.
PJ (33:23):
hmm.
Adam (33:23):
cozy.
They've probably got somemarshmallows ready to go, some
hot cocoa.
Unfortunately, Tupac is refusingto help Miles without Temula,
the god, by his side, and that'sof course T Bob.
Miles wants to know who Temulais and Tupac starts drawing a
picture of T Bob on the groundand Miles smiles at As if he
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knows who T Bob is.
PJ (33:49):
He finally remembers after, who are you?
When I saw that drawing, I wasimmediately thinking that looks
a lot like the robots from theblack hole.
Like, so now I'm questioning,does Miles actually know that
it's T Bob or is he recallingthat failed Disney movie?
Adam (34:05):
Yeah, and also, what a weird looking god.
no offense to the ancientIncans, your god looks like an
easter egg.
PJ (34:12):
unless it's an alien.
Adam (34:14):
Unless it's an alien.
But very interesting, yes,Miles.
Knows who they're talking about.
It's the egg shaped robot thatseems to hang around with Mask
all the time.
We cut back to Mask and it turnsout that T Bob is just playing
around with Tupac's golden disc.
Again, proving that T Bob isinsane.
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Declares that he's going to getsome shut eye.
Scott says, you're not human.
You don't need to sleep.
boy, there's a lot of Roybaddies in this episode.
PJ (34:44):
So many.
Has such a love haterelationship with him.
Adam (34:48):
Yeah.
PJ (34:49):
then the look he gives has such indignation towards T Bob.
Where does he get that from?
Oh, right.
Adam (34:56):
Yeah, like father, like son.
PJ (34:58):
Mm hmm.
Adam (34:59):
And by the way, Brad Turner is there, finally wearing
his sunglasses at night.
PJ (35:03):
It helps with the journey man, whatever journey you want
to interpret that as.
Adam (35:08):
He's like, look Matt, I gotta be honest with you, am
still right in the middle of it.
So I'm gonna do the best I can,but um, your three heads are
gonna have to come back intoone.
And anyways Matt sent Scott WithBrad still in the midst of his
ayahuasca trip to head back tothe city to bring the golden
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disc to one of the scientistsMaybe the least responsible mask
agent to be flying a child onthe back of a motorcycle
helicopter
PJ (35:35):
Indeed.
I mean, really it's like, okay,here you go.
No helmet.
No seatbelt.
did you notice these guys werewearing ties in the jungle
Adam (35:47):
Yep, Brad and Bruce, both wearing ties.
PJ (35:49):
and Brad's got his leather jacket on,
Adam (35:52):
They dropped everything and came running.
PJ (35:55):
but how much is he sweating at this point in time?
It's like, you know what?
It's humid out.
You don't need the leatherjacket on,
Adam (36:01):
Well, while T Bob is lying down getting sleep, despite the
fact that he's not human, Cliffand Vanessa tie a rope around
his foot and kidnap him.
PJ (36:09):
I was like, did Venom not notice the mask vehicles there
or like do any kind ofreconnaissance?
So just like
Adam (36:15):
They would have had to.
How did
PJ (36:17):
Yeah.
Haha.
Adam (36:18):
in the first place?
I mean, Yeah, no, I mean It's, Ihave no words for it.
I mean, clearly they must knowby now that T Bob with mask and
fine.
I guess that justifies themsneaking around and having to
kidnap T Bob without going intoa firefight.
anyways.
We cut to Scott and Brad flyingin Condor and two giant eagles
approach and force them to land.
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And Scott hands the disc to thebirds and they fly away
PJ (36:46):
How does Scott know to give?
The thing to the Eagles,
Adam (36:52):
He just has a sense.
You, you must need this had aline.
He was like, I think, I think Iknow why they're here or
something along those lines andjust gives them the priceless
artifact without even a fight,or anything.
Like the Eagles don't even seemlike they're going to attack.
They're just sitting there.
PJ (37:07):
Okay.
Well, I'm going to ask, I'mgoing to jump slightly, but I'm
going to ask you a questionbecause there's an unseen scene
here, Which is Brad's going toget back to Matt and Matt's
going to ask, did you get Scottto town and did you give the
golden disc to the scientists?
And Brad's only response isgoing to be, we gave the disc to
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the Eagles.
And that's going to be like,Brad, what did I tell you?
Adam (37:35):
Yeah.
And by the way, speaking ofScott, the other.
Instruction he was given, right?
Return Scott to the hotel.
Brad leaves Scott behind on acliff overlooking the city.
It basically says, you okay totake it from here?
Like, if you look at the shot,he's miles from the city.
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He's up in the mountains with noclear way down to the city
below.
I think it's a father of theyear by proxy nominee.
PJ (38:03):
100%.
I mean, it's only one wrong moveand Scott's dead.
Scott's line is no sweat.
The hotel isn't far And so folksremember this isn't an age
without cell phones.
So like if Scott like breaks hisleg, he's just going to be on
the mountain alone with no oneto contact him.
Adam (38:25):
Good job, Brad.
Meanwhile, Matt finallydiscovers that T Bob has been
kidnapped by Venom, butfortunately T Bob has a tracking
device on him.
So Matt and Bruce take off inThunderhawk in pursuit.
PJ (38:37):
So Scott didn't even check on T Bob before leaving.
Adam (38:40):
Nope,
PJ (38:41):
And Bruce's line is like, I haven't seen him all morning.
My response is like, where thefuck do you say something?
Adam (38:47):
because no one cares about T Bob, is odd in this case,
because T Bob is very importantto the plot
PJ (38:55):
Yes.
Adam (38:56):
much the Incan priest, you know, cares about him.
So, mask, firing on allcylinders.
Well done, boys.
Meanwhile, Tupac and T Bob arenow leading Venom through the
mountains they cross a bridge,like a wooden suspension bridge.
And once they got on the otherside, they start rolling some
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amazingly spherical boulders.
Towards Sly and Miles, who areboth in Piranha.
I mean, these boulders, they'recomplete spheres.
Where the
PJ (39:28):
Yes.
Adam (39:28):
come from?
PJ (39:29):
Alien technology.
Adam (39:31):
okay, there we go.
and Vanessa flies over theravine and, in Manta, catches
them with Whip.
And Miles threatens to dismantleT Bob, rivet by rivet, if Tupac
disobeys him again.
Wow.
PJ (39:45):
It's pretty brutal.
And uh, Vanessa again, team badass.
But let's do a little check onthe vehicles for Venom.
Miles is riding shotgun withSly.
In Piranha,
Adam (39:57):
Yeah.
PJ (39:57):
Vanessa,
Adam (39:58):
okay.
PJ (39:59):
as expected, is flying Manta,
Adam (40:01):
Mm-Hmm?
PJ (40:02):
Cliff is flying Switchblade.
Adam (40:05):
Yeah.
PJ (40:05):
I don't want to get down on this, but this is a man with
limited depth perception,
Adam (40:09):
Yeah.
And also there is a venomvehicle that would probably be
well suited for rugged mountainterrain.
it's not a motorcycle with asidecar that transforms into a
submarine
PJ (40:21):
right?
Adam (40:22):
At any rate, Tupac leads Miles to an entrance into a cave
Tupac presses a stone next to awaterfall, which causes a bunch
of water to wash Miles, Vanessa,and Sly away.
then, Tupac and T Bob go intothe secret entrance that
appears.
PJ (40:39):
Yeah.
I, I thought it was cool that TBob does a nice job of
activating, deactivating,reactivating his tracker this
episode.
Adam (40:47):
Right, so Mask can find out where he's
PJ (40:48):
Yeah.
And cause then I think Venomdetected that a tracker was on
but.
Venom's all dead now, so itdoesn't matter.
Adam (40:56):
No, they get washed away by like this
PJ (40:58):
yeah,
Adam (40:58):
torrent of water.
PJ (41:00):
yeah, this is a collective ragdoll nomination,
Adam (41:02):
Yeah, I
PJ (41:03):
leaving only Cliff alive, who will go on to found an
artist retreat with the remnantsof the money left over from
Venom after selling off itstech.
Adam (41:15):
Wonderful.
He'll put a new roof on theshanty in the forest.
This sets up the final Maskbattle because.
Despite the fact that they wereall washed away by a torrent of
water, Venom is very much stillalive.
T Hawk goes after Manta, andMatt uses Spectrum Hang Glider
to dodge a bunch of laser rays,firing away.
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Condor takes on Manta, Venom is,as usual, defeated.
By mask Bruce fires one of thefamous magnetic jet pucks that
always seem to do in one of theflying Venom vehicles.
PJ (41:53):
Yep, was a cool fight sequence.
And it's interesting that maskis actually outnumbered this
episode, both in terms ofvehicles and agents.
Adam (42:02):
Mm hmm.
PJ (42:02):
still come out on top.
Adam (42:03):
because Venom is incompetent, which I think we
have to start taking that intoconsideration that if Venom has
four agents, it's really morelike two.
So, in most situations,actually, Venom is way
outnumbered.
PJ (42:18):
True.
So one agent's Vanessa and theother agent is the collective
intelligence of Miles, Sly, andCliff.
Adam (42:25):
Correct.
Well, meanwhile, inside thecave, the Eagles come and
deliver the gold disc to T Boband Tupac, and there's one
interpretation of the sentence Ijust said, which is the band,
the Eagles, delivering one oftheir gold albums.
But, sadly, it's not true.
It's just a giant eagle thatcomes and delivers the disc to
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Tupac.
They put it in the wall and itopens up yet another cave
entrance.
PJ (42:51):
it would have made maybe even more sense if the Eagles,
the birds transformed into theEagles, the band, like it would
have been fine in this episodeand maybe make a little bit more
sense, but why those Eagles, theAre so intelligent.
They have such agency in thisepisode.
Adam (43:10):
they actually, that'd be like a very Scooby Doo ending
type of thing.
Right where it was the Eaglesall along.
PJ (43:17):
Let's just start rocking out
Adam (43:19):
Yeah.
Hotel, California startsplaying.
What's interesting is that noone ever asks any questions
about the Eagles in thisepisode.
They don't say, wow, they'rebig.
They don't say like, they mustbe somehow connected to Tupac.
They nothing just
PJ (43:33):
nothing.
Adam (43:34):
giant Eagles.
Okay.
Well standing at the entrancethe cave, Matt is snuck up on by
Cliff in Piranha's Submarine andkind of fires and causes what
appears to be a piece of a vineto fall on Matt.
And for some reason, Mattcollapses unconscious.
(43:55):
must have been one heck of avine.
PJ (43:57):
A snow vine.
That's a coca leaf.
Adam (44:00):
Says No more pussyfooting around, and I'm not sure we use
that language, Cliff.
PJ (44:05):
Cliff Venom HR would like to have a word with you.
we're getting some reports aboutsome language in the workplace
that's not exactly appropriate.
Well, let me just write downthis incident right here.
Adam (44:22):
But yeah, but so Matt is unconscious and uh, and Cliff is
kind of stalking towards him.
He
PJ (44:27):
Okay.
Adam (44:27):
to see who's under the spectrum mask, but Brad gets a
great idea.
He sort of says pussy footing,huh?
And so he creates a hocus pocusof a giant panther who causes
Cliff to dive into the river andswim away.
PJ (44:41):
So I thought it was a good use of hocus pocus.
I also want to point out that ifCliff had been a really
effective agent, he might havejust used torch to burn Matt.
Adam (44:51):
Right.
PJ (44:52):
Like, where's the leader?
Who's in conscious of the enemy.
I'm just going to kill himhorribly, horribly.
Adam (45:00):
Well, he wanted to know who it was behind the mask.
PJ (45:03):
Sure.
Adam (45:04):
do you think that Matt probably has some sort of booby
trap like, you know, Batman inthe Dark Knight?
Yeah,
PJ (45:10):
spectrum.
Like, you know, I don't know,blindness or something like
that.
Adam (45:14):
yeah.
Well, Tupac and T Bob discoverthe City of Gold.
And uh, that's kind of, that's,that's it.
That's the reveal.
Mask can't find T Bob, it's backto the hotel where a very
forlorn Scott is packing hisbags.
And I love that they're preparedto just give up on T Bob.
PJ (45:33):
sorry, son.
We have to leave your bestfriend behind.
Adam (45:36):
Yeah.
Like, oh, well, we'll build youanother one.
But suddenly a dusty, exhaustedT Bob shows up at the hotel
door.
He claims.
Tupac was like an octopus.
He was all over him.
Kissing, hugging, and it seemsthere's more to Tupac than we
ever imagined.
PJ (45:55):
The imagery, like, again, this is a children's cartoon,
folks.
Like, Like, this is somethingthat you bring to like a, You
know, child protective servicesor like, you know, some
specialized therapist of like,Hey, show me on this dolly where
Tupac touched you.
It's uh, it's,
Adam (46:15):
Incan priest touched you.
PJ (46:17):
you know, it sort of makes you wonder.
I mean, you asked the question,do we find out what happens to
Tupac after this?
Adam (46:24):
Mm hmm.
PJ (46:25):
So let me ask you this, is that dirt on T Bob?
Like, at what point in time didT Bob not be able to take it
anymore?
Adam (46:34):
It's true.
It's very true.
And he really wants to get outof the country fast.
PJ (46:40):
It's true.
He wants out of there very
Adam (46:42):
do anything to get out of this country.
PJ (46:45):
Hmm.
Adam (46:46):
yeah, because I would imagine the authorities would
have a few questions for you.
PJ (46:49):
I mean, assuming you could find a body in El Dorado.
And it also makes T Bob had towalk all the way back to the
hotel?
Adam (46:58):
Yeah.
Or turn it to scooter modeunless he can't, unless Scott
tells him to transform intoscooter mode.
PJ (47:02):
But why didn't he turn on his tracker?
Adam (47:04):
Yeah.
Great question.
Well, Scott doesn't believe thatT Bob really found the City of
Gold.
but T Bob shows them a smallgolden idol that looks like him
as proof that he was there.
And as I said, T Bob says he'lldo anything to get out of the
country.
Including being Scott's slave.
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so Scott tells him to bring hisbags down to the cab.
So it was kind of a selfinflicted Roy Batty moment
there.
I feel
PJ (47:32):
it's also a question though, like, is this the payoff the
writers wanted?
Like, the turnabout?
Like, aha, look, now T Bob's theslave of Scott again, after
Scott was his.
Like, it's, it's a weird thing.
It's like, oh, like, look howclever I am as a writer.
It's like, no, go fuck yourself.
Like, there's no need to go tothis place.
Adam (47:53):
no need at all.
Let's talk about
PJ (47:56):
Who owns it?
Assuming you can find it.
Adam (47:59):
I mean, does the Incan priest become the, the knight
from the last crusade?
just stands there and guards ElDorado for all, for a time
immemorial.
PJ (48:09):
I like the idea, it's like you must choose, but choose
wisely.
For like all these little idolsthat are there and you have to
choose the T Bob one.
Also, what stops Venom from justtrying again?
Besides laziness.
Adam (48:22):
the fact that they're all dead, and that they are working
out of a shanty in the middle ofthe jungle.
I don't know, PJ, we cut to themore, you know, moment Bob has
built a crazy contraption thatcan like do your laundry and I
don't know, do a whole bunch ofother stuff, vacuuming.
And it's all plugged into onesocket and the fuse blew out and
(48:45):
we learned that overloadingcircuits could cause a fire and
I feel like that is actually alittle bit over the head of the
target audience.
don't know.
You tell me.
PJ (48:56):
I was like, what the fuck, like, what is the message here
that like, you're trying to tellkids, like, like how many
devices do you think you'retrying to plug into the wall and
how much wattage does itactually take kids?
Adam (49:11):
Well, yeah, and maybe ground it a little in real life.
Because I'm a kid and I'm sayinglike, Okay, don't try to build a
big giant robot out of householdappliances and then plug it in.
Because Matt said it's a badidea to do that.
Why not just, like, you know,all those old extension cords?
That caused all those fires.
Why not show Scott making adaisy chain out of those things
(49:34):
to like stretch his TV into hisbedroom or something, you know,
and that
PJ (49:38):
Yeah.
Adam (49:39):
fuse or causes a spark or causes a fire or something like
that.
I just, as a kid, I don't, Idon't even see this as a lesson.
I'm like, I want to see whatthat robot's going to do.
PJ (49:48):
Can I build that?
I'll just make sure I don'toverload it circuits.
Adam (49:52):
Whatever that means.
PJ (49:54):
Also counterpoint last episode, we saw Scott welding T
Bob in the hotel room.
Adam (50:00):
Right.
PJ (50:01):
So like kind of mixed messages fucking going on here.
Adam (50:06):
Right.
Welding's fine.
Oh man.
Well, that is the episode folks.
Time for our awards, the fatherof the year award.
What do you got?
PJ (50:15):
You know, man, there's so many.
I mean, there's Matt takingScott to ski on a mountain that
is clearly off limits.
There's Matt taking Scott on atwo day hike, which likely would
kill him.
Adam (50:28):
Yeah.
PJ (50:30):
I mean, there's, there's the actual father of the year award,
but I do like your specialfather of the year award
Adam (50:35):
Mm hmm.
PJ (50:36):
for the surrogate father.
Adam (50:38):
Yeah.
PJ (50:38):
Yeah.
Yeah.
Adam (50:41):
award.
It's one.
For Brad abandoning Scott on thetrail and two, it's Matt
entrusting his son with Brad inthe first place.
So it's combination there.
PJ (50:56):
Yeah.
I think that's, I think that'strue.
I think actually you're right.
Actually.
Mad.
Interesting.
Scott to Brad is the worstthing.
Like
Adam (51:03):
Right.
Roy Batty award.
PJ (51:07):
I mean the entire episode,
Adam (51:09):
Pretty much.
Pretty much, I have no argumentto that
PJ (51:12):
I mean, you know, he's insulted by Scott multiple
times.
He is assaulted by the Incanpriest.
Adam (51:20):
Yeah.
And perhaps, sexually assaultedby
PJ (51:24):
It's creepy.
It's creepy the way they frameit.
Adam (51:28):
Hugging and kissing.
I
PJ (51:29):
Yeah.
Adam (51:30):
yeah, that's, that's no good guys.
That's not good.
PJ (51:34):
Yeah.
Adam (51:34):
Sly Rax, Ragdoll Award.
PJ (51:37):
Well, we do have the earlier one where Matt and Scott and T
Bob clearly died in thatavalanche.
And we also have Venom on thecliff without Cliff, ironically.
Adam (51:49):
Yeah, I think that's probably the one for me.
PJ (51:51):
Yeah.
I think so too.
Adam (51:54):
they're definitely dead.
And now, of course, the BuddyHawks Award.
PJ (51:59):
I mean, I, I think he actually might be winning this
across the series, but I thinkit's T Bob
Adam (52:05):
Mm hmm.
PJ (52:06):
again, this time for and not entirely of his own volition,
but he's impersonating a God.
Adam (52:12):
For me, it's actually at the beginning of the episode
when T Bob has the line, Willsomeone tell this guy I don't
have any spare change?
Both
PJ (52:23):
Yeah.
Adam (52:24):
and classist.
PJ (52:25):
Yes.
Agreed.
Adam (52:27):
Like
PJ (52:27):
Yeah.
Adam (52:28):
here's an, here's a, you know, unclothed man with brown
skin bowing before me with hishand held out.
He must want change.
PJ (52:37):
It's a good point.
Yeah.
I've got to go with like, thatis, that's uh, yeah.
T Bob T Bob wins in multipleways.
Adam (52:43):
Yeah.
He really does.
Good job.
Good job, Alex, for programmingT Bob that way.
PJ (52:48):
A racist, classist robot.
Adam (52:50):
Oh boy.
Well, that does it for episode26.
Episode 27 is called PandaPower.
Venom abducts endangered pandabears from China and Mask must
rescue them.
I, I gotta find out what theiruh, their evil plot is here,
because this sounds like adifferent show altogether.
PJ (53:11):
Once again, you know, how far have the mighty fallen?
We had venom stealing the statueof Liberty and requesting 3
billion for it.
We've had venom threatened todestroy the world with an
asteroid.
Adam (53:26):
Yeah.
PJ (53:27):
We've had Venom threaten to destroy the world with, you
know, mechanical bugs.
Like, now we're stealing pandas?
Like, we're down to poaching?
Adam (53:37):
It's really sad guys, next?
Are you gonna be mugging peopleon the street?
Cliff, that woman's purse looksheavy.
Go get it.
Torch on! I said steal thepurse, not burn her to death.
PJ (53:53):
Oh, here's the purse anyway.
Adam (53:55):
well, it's great to be back from hiatus, everyone.
Thanks for hanging in while wetook our much needed rest.
But we are back in action.
But of course, as always, we dohave to transform and head back
to HQ.
I am Adam Moore.
PJ (54:09):
And I am PJ McNerney.
Buh
Adam (54:11):
Buh bye!
PJ (54:12):
bye.
The mobile armored podcast showis written, produced and edited.
Bye Adam Moore.
And PJ McNerney.
Welcome to the Mobile Armored podcast show.
The podcast that transforms intoa podcast about the mysterious
cities of gold.
I am Adam Moore alongside my cohost and best friend, PJ
McNerney and PJ, we are back.
PJ (00:28):
This feels so good
Adam (00:29):
good to be back from our, from our hiatus.
We needed to rest.
We needed to rest our vocalcords.
We needed to rest our brainsfrom 25 episodes of Mask.
Scrambling them.
a weary world now celebrates asThe Mobile Armored Podcast show
returns.
PJ (00:48):
wait, We shouldn't lie to our audience.
In reverse order, like, thispast week, we had to miss a
record because there was a majorfire in my neck of the woods,
and I don't mean that as, like,some kind of metaphor.
I mean, literally, we were underpre evacuation orders to
potentially leave.
And where was Mask?
(01:10):
Somewhere in the Andes.
Adam (01:12):
Where was the ice beam when you needed it?
PJ (01:16):
Fucking send Gator out, man.
Or that freeze bomb from Rhino.
Adam (01:20):
so here we are, folks, beginning the second third of
the series, 26.
Secret of the Andes Mask mustprotect a revived Incan priest
who has been frozen in an ice,found in the Andes, from Venom,
who may know the secret locationEl Dorado.
PJ (01:40):
Just stop right there.
Now you've probably edited thisout already, but it took you
like three times to get throughthat sentence because let's face
it.
That's insane,
Adam (01:51):
It's
PJ (01:51):
like,
Adam (01:52):
insane.
PJ (01:53):
we're, we're in bonkers land right now, and Adam, what does
that have to do with a toythat's all about powered masks
and transforming cars?
Adam (02:02):
It has absolutely nothing to do with it.
PJ (02:04):
Okay, feels like it would be great for like a failed or like
a failed pilot of like anIndiana Jones cartoon.
Like I could totally see that
Adam (02:15):
kid, a robot, and a revived ancient Incan priest
going on adventures in theAmazon rainforest.
PJ (02:23):
I love it.
Adam (02:24):
Well, we open with Matt, Scott, and T Bob skiing in the
Andes.
some untouched natural beauty,no less.
Like this is not a ski resort.
This is just pristine mountainsand Matt Scott and T Bob are
just tearing through it.
PJ (02:41):
I really enjoy how the only way they probably could have
gotten there was to be airliftedyou know, dropped out, like just
to go skiing in an area thatyou're right is untamed.
This is pristine nature.
Andy's like, you have to paysomeone under the table in the
government to ski this area.
Adam (03:02):
Yeah.
Or, or not, or just, you know,cross borders illegally and be
dropped out of the sky fromThunderhawk, but anyways, yeah.
Matt is having a blast, hethinks it's fun, but Scott says
he's freezing, and for goodnesssake, buy this kid a real coat.
PJ (03:19):
Look, I'm going to go to bat for Matt on this one.
That is the warmest coat inAndy's closet.
Give him a break.
How else can he project hisfeelings towards his long lost
younger brother, except byclothing his adopted son in his
dead brother's clothes.
Adam (03:37):
I'll
PJ (03:37):
But you're right.
You're right, he is freezing.
It is not cool at all.
And his reac Matt's reaction?
He's just smiling.
Adam (03:45):
Yes.
Freeze, my boy, freeze.
Well, suddenly, a giant eagleoverhead, And then a huge
avalanche begins and they takecover behind an outcropping.
But T Bob rolls down the hill,like one of those, you know,
snowballs in a cartoon thatkeeps getting bigger and bigger.
(04:07):
And let's be honest though, thisavalanche would have killed all
of them.
Right?
PJ (04:12):
Yes.
Adam (04:13):
not, they're all dead.
So there's your Slyrax ragdollaward already.
PJ (04:17):
Right off the bat or like a minute in maybe I'm going to
actually make a presumption hereis that there's a way of reading
this episode as the dyingfantasy of Scott.
Like everything from here on outis basically like Scott's
trapped under the ice, losingoxygen.
And this is just like, what'scoming up.
That explains a lot.
Adam (04:39):
Does that mean the rest of the Mask series is all part of
Scott's, like, dying fantasy?
PJ (04:46):
Yeah, this is now, we're now entering Temi Westfall Tommy
Westfall territory at this pointin time.
Like this entire, like the restof it is basically like Scott
imagining, Oh boy.
And then I'm not there forracing, but I'm with my new mom,
Gloria, and we're having anamazing time.
what did this eagle have to dowith the avalanche?
Adam (05:08):
I think it's when it made its call.
PJ (05:11):
Is it, or is it more likely when you're skiing in an area
that's off limits, like youmight actually like cause an
avalanche to occur?
Adam (05:19):
Right, that's exactly why you're not allowed to ski there,
Matt.
PJ (05:22):
Right?
Presuming that this is not afantasy, how amazing is Scott's
strength?
Like, he is manhandling thisheavy robot to prevent from
being swept away from the snow.
Adam (05:33):
Yeah, mean, he must work out wherever Matt works out, or
is taking the same that Mattinjects in himself.
PJ (05:42):
It was the 80s.
It was a very different time,man.
Adam (05:45):
the avalanche ends, and they're all alive, amazingly,
and Scott spots something shinyin the distance, and they go
over to it, and it turns out tobe an Incan priest.
Encased in ice and Matt says hemust have been frozen for
hundreds of years
PJ (06:02):
I mean, Matt, the right thing to say is he's been dead
for hundreds of years.
He's frozen to death.
Like, sure.
Adam (06:10):
very well preserved.
I will say that much and the iceis Crystal clear.
PJ (06:15):
Yeah.
Adam (06:17):
you know, but you're right.
He's dead
PJ (06:20):
Yeah.
I mean, this is the same kind oflike crystal clarity that you
get out of like, The fortress ofsolitude in Superman, where it's
like, you know, he's encased inthat, that crystal chamber.
How does Matt know this guy's anIncan priest?
Adam (06:37):
It's a great point It's a, I mean, he's wearing a
headdress.
PJ (06:41):
Sure.
But like, I mean, I don't thinkyou or I, if we saw a frozen
body, like would know, Oh,that's an Incan priest.
I mean, maybe at best we'd knowthe history of the area and be
like, It's Incan, I guess,
Adam (06:55):
You make an excellent point.
Another Matt leap of logic.
PJ (06:58):
or he's like funding expeditions and is studying the
shit constantly.
Adam (07:03):
Well, look, he's funding something because what's the
first thing they do after theyfind this guy?
They take him to an advancedscience facility.
thaw him out.
Like, why on earth would you dothis?
And to me, the quote that cameto my mind was, your scientists
were so preoccupied with whetherthey could, they didn't stop to
think whether they should.
(07:25):
they're thawing the guy out tryto bring him back to life.
PJ (07:28):
All right.
We have to go to science cornerfor a second here.
All right.
Can you unfreeze someone frozenin ice?
The answer is not with ourcurrent technology.
Adam (07:41):
like a skeleton or a mummified remains of
PJ (07:44):
Sure,
Adam (07:45):
before,
PJ (07:46):
yeah, right to revivify someone to bring them back to
life, like, because like, youget this crystallization of the
brain tissue from the blood.
So you actually have to replacethe blood with something else in
order to perform this to, to besure.
Then again, maybe the doctorabout to meet has.
other advanced methods.
(08:06):
I had one other question foryou.
Is it possible that the personwe're about to revivify has
diseases for which we have nonatural defenses for?
Like kind of a reverse smallpoxupon the modern man?
Adam (08:20):
I think that's a possibility, though, I mean, I
do go back to, you know, howsmallpox killed off so many
people in the quote unquote newworld, and that it's very likely
that our Incan priest here wouldcatch something from Matt or
Scott or T Bob, and end up dyingthe end the episode.
(08:42):
Which, by the way, I'm gonna puta little bookmark here.
ever find out what happens tothe priest after the end of the
episode?
PJ (08:49):
I mean, as far as I know, no, but let's revisit that
question.
Adam (08:55):
Okay.
Can we talk about the cryogenicdoctor who
PJ (08:59):
Oh my god,
Adam (09:00):
So his name is Dr.
Wolfsburg.
He's clearly German.
Is this a boys from Brazilsituation here?
I mean, he's some kind of a madscientist.
He's got his own Frankensteinmonster.
is so unethical.
Like what is going on here?
PJ (09:17):
whoa, it is not unethical in the country they're in at that
point in time, okay?
There's some very flexible lawsin, you know, in a country that
probably has no extraditiontreaty.
Let's break this one down bywhat's in the episode.
The scientist, who is clearlyGerman, states, in all my years
(09:38):
of cryogenic research, I've seennothing like it.
Adam (09:41):
Mm hmm.
PJ (09:42):
Years.
So, the year is 85.
Should we presume this doctor'sabout in his mid sixties?
Adam (09:49):
Yeah.
We can say that.
PJ (09:50):
Where was he 40 years earlier?
Was he just getting out of medschool?
Adam (09:55):
in 1945 in Germany,
PJ (09:58):
Why did he flee to South America then?
Adam (10:02):
all great questions.
Maybe he just liked the weatherbetter,
PJ (10:06):
sure.
And you know what?
I would feel like I would beprobably talking crazy if this
isn't the first time we'veencountered this.
Adam (10:15):
right?
PJ (10:16):
We've had
Adam (10:17):
least one other.
PJ (10:18):
another one where there's a German scientist in South
America.
Adam (10:23):
Yeah.
With, with life extending right?
That's what it was, right?
It was like, could
PJ (10:27):
Yes, that was the dinosaur blood one.
Adam (10:30):
Yeah.
Well, I mean, I guess operationpaperclip didn't manage to scoop
these two up.
PJ (10:33):
Guess not.
Adam (10:34):
thing in South America.
PJ (10:36):
Do you think it's weird that, you know, because this is
very much like in the era afterBoys from Brazil, the
Odessophile Marathon Man, like,like the writers are clearly
channeling.
I'm not crazy, am I?
I mean,
Adam (10:49):
I don't think, I mean, clearly made this guy German
with a capital G.
Like he is like, the accent isvery Dr.
Strangelove, honestly, is I feellike they really leaned hard
into that.
PJ (11:02):
yeah, yeah, I agree.
Adam (11:04):
So can we talk about why Scott and T Bob are allowed in
this room?
PJ (11:11):
I guess, who's funding it, Adam?
Adam (11:15):
Never explicitly said.
PJ (11:17):
Who's funding it, Adam?
Adam (11:19):
I don't think Matt would want, actually, it to be known
whether or not he's funding anoperation such as this.
PJ (11:26):
Wait a second, okay, hold on.
You're saying Matt doesn't havecreative ways to fund a secret
operation?
Away from the prying eyes of anygovernment?
Are you saying he doesn'talready have experience in this?
Adam (11:40):
Touche.
Well, anyways, folks, it works.
Incan priest wakes up.
He sees T Bob and Immediatelybegins worshipping him.
T Bob says, Somebody tell him Idon't have any spare change.
BuddyHawk's nomination, rightthere.
PJ (12:03):
100%.
I had a, I had a sub questionthough.
Adam (12:06):
huh.
PJ (12:07):
Are we going to nominate him based on.
Racism or classism?
Adam (12:12):
Both.
PJ (12:14):
All right,
Adam (12:15):
It's both.
PJ (12:16):
it's both t bob is both racist and classist.
Adam (12:20):
Very much so.
PJ (12:22):
Scott and t bob are also freaked out.
Adam (12:24):
Yeah, they really are.
PJ (12:25):
matt is like calm as a cucumber
Adam (12:28):
Yeah, it's like, he's, it's almost as if he's seen this
before.
PJ (12:31):
right Exactly.
Adam (12:34):
Perhaps failed attempts at it though.
I'm thinking like, you know TheFly.
Like
PJ (12:40):
It's like,
Adam (12:41):
Fly type things have happened in the past and it
hasn't worked.
And this time he's overjoyedthat
PJ (12:46):
Oh,
Adam (12:46):
they revived.
A frozen dead body.
PJ (12:50):
which implies they have frozen and unthawed many, many
times before.
Oh, it worked this time.
Oh, good.
Adam (12:59):
Well
PJ (13:00):
out of three.
Adam (13:00):
Well done, Dr.
Rolfsberg.
Well the priest is worshiping TBob and there's some other
scientists there who apparentlyAncient Incan, like the spoken
language, which has never beenheard before, but okay, he
explains that the priest's nameis Tupac.
(13:21):
That's right, folks.
It's Tupac of West coast, hiphop royalty.
who departed us.
Far earlier than he should have.
PJ (13:31):
Indeed,
Adam (13:32):
who came first?
PJ (13:34):
So,
Adam (13:35):
Incan priest or Tupac, the rapper.
Right.
PJ (13:40):
up, Tupac's, Shakur the, the famous rapper he only started
his career in 89.
So Tupac the priest actuallycame first which begs the
question, where did Tupac Shakurget his name from?
Adam (13:54):
Well, I'm going to actually look that up.
When was Tupac born?
Okay.
Well, he was born in 1971, andhis name is Tupac.
Like
PJ (14:03):
Right,
Adam (14:03):
his given name.
It was Tupac.
So we can't, unfortunately wecannot connect.
This Tupac's name, to the reasonwhy Tupac Shakur was named.
However, we can pretend.
Right.
PJ (14:19):
but they probably are on to us already at this point.
I had a question on thisscientist, does he actually
understand ancient Incan, or doyou think he's just making shit
up?
Adam (14:28):
Yeah, he's getting paid as an interpreter for language that
no one understands
PJ (14:32):
Oh,
Adam (14:33):
say whatever he wants anyways.
PJ (14:35):
oh, he's Tupac, like he's just
Adam (14:38):
also reveals that Tupac thinks T Bob is the god of
prosperity and Dr.
Himmler, I mean Wolfsburg, uh,explains to Matt that T Bob
should probably play alongbecause it will help with the
priest's acclimation to this newreality.
PJ (14:54):
Alright, this is where I stopped and I said, hold on,
however you slice it, like, thisdoctor is a genius for bringing
someone back from being frozen,so, full credit.
Adam (15:06):
huh.
PJ (15:07):
What the fuck does he know about trying to re acclimate
someone, like with this psychquackery?
Unless
Adam (15:14):
Mm
PJ (15:15):
his first rodeo with this sort of thing.
Adam (15:17):
Indeed.
And this is why it's going towork this time.
Because they have something tohelp him acclimate.
Unlike the other 15 who thawedout, monsters, and they had to
put down.
I want to just sort of timecheck everyone here.
is all about four minutes intothe episode.
(15:39):
Like we're not even into theaction of the episode yet.
Mm
PJ (15:43):
Yeah.
Adam (15:44):
so it turns out the priest was on his way to bless El
Dorado, the mythical city ofgold, when the gods closed the
mountain.
PJ (15:53):
What?
Adam (15:54):
was the avalanche that froze him a thousand years ago?
PJ (15:57):
I, I mean, look, at this point I'm good with believing
that it was a god or aliens asgods bringing the mountain down
to freeze him because like youwould probably need alien tech
to freeze him correctly.
Correct.
Right.
All right.
We've seen it before.
Star Chariot.
Adam (16:19):
cryogenically this state.
So yeah, it probably was Yeah,we We have indeed.
We have indeed.
It's all, it's all connected,PJ.
Well, we catch up to Venom, andit's very sad.
I'm, once again, feeling verybad for Venom in this episode.
(16:42):
They're hanging out in aThatched roof cabin in the
woods.
It's raining out and like theroof is leaking, like drips are
coming through the ceiling andthey've got like an opened, of
beans, like emptied out can ofbeans.
That's catching the water onthis table where miles is
examining the map of the area.
It's
PJ (17:04):
mm.
Adam (17:06):
racks.
This is the last time I let youchoose our headquarters.
There's a ton of sophisticatedcomputer equipment in there.
So just like all around not agreat idea.
PJ (17:17):
Mm mm.
Adam (17:18):
Miles says if I wanted a 24 hour shower, I would have
brought my shampoo.
And Sly's response is, canalways use a shower mayhem.
I'm like whoa! First, sick burn.
PJ (17:33):
Yes.
Adam (17:34):
Second, is this because Miles is always wearing the same
uniform
PJ (17:39):
I mean,
Adam (17:39):
and over again?
PJ (17:40):
it could be, it'd be nice if he, you know, he washed it every
once in a while.
Let's talk about like, this isopen revolt against mayhem at
this point in time, like zerorespect.
Adam (17:52):
100%.
PJ (17:53):
That said, can you blame him?
I mean, Venom used to have somepretty sophisticated underground
bases.
They had a sub, they were in theArctic, which was like all, you
know, Galleria glass,
Adam (18:07):
Yeah,
PJ (18:08):
slumming it now.
Adam (18:09):
yeah, and it's, it's, it's so depressing.
I mean, there's a line where Slysays to Miles something along
the lines of, well, you wantedit to be a place where no one
would ever look or no one wouldfind us.
It's like, but there must beother places besides this
shanty.
(18:29):
And by the way, lived therebefore Venom showed up and where
are they now?
PJ (18:35):
They died due to exposure.
Adam (18:37):
All around sad and disturbing.
So Vanessa calls everyone'sattention to a TV screen where
there's this guy explaining thatTupac's intellect is off the
charts.
learned to speak English in twoweeks.
And he's planning to make apilgrimage El Dorado.
PJ (18:56):
I had so many questions at this point in time.
Adam (18:58):
Yeah, go for it.
PJ (19:00):
Were people more capable in the past than they are today?
That you could learn English intwo weeks?
Adam (19:07):
I think it's Tupac is that intelligent.
PJ (19:12):
Maybe all the Incans were!
Adam (19:14):
Okay, sure.
Well,
PJ (19:15):
Like,
Adam (19:16):
city of gold.
So,
PJ (19:17):
yeah.
Also, is this Eldorado newssomething you actually want to
be broadcasting?
Adam (19:23):
well, that's what I was trying to figure out is what is
this broadcast they're watching?
It's like, it's almost likewelcome to exposition
television, where we will tellyou information that you
characters need to know tofurther the plot of the show.
PJ (19:35):
This is some sort of weird C Span where they like cover like
all like the international, it'slike C Span for archeology.
That's, you know, that's, that'swhat Miles loves.
Like he loves like every singleancient city that he can try and
go after.
You know, what was interesting,it was like, I thought it was
(19:56):
like, it wasn't intentionallytrying to tell folks about
Eldorado, but like, talk aboutTupac.
And what I thought this impliedwas that maybe Vanessa, if she
also enjoys this channel, likeshuman interest stories.
Adam (20:08):
Sure.
PJ (20:09):
And then It's been two weeks.
What the hell has Scott, T Bob,and Matt been doing down there?
Adam (20:14):
Yeah,
PJ (20:15):
go back to skiing?
Adam (20:17):
that's a great point.
What in the world have they beendoing down there?
I mean, Scott and T Bub havebeen stuck in the hotel for
sure.
What Matt was doing, I don'tknow.
Is there some babe down therethat he knows?
PJ (20:28):
He's married now!
Adam (20:30):
You're right.
I apologize.
I'm sure that's not at all whatMatt would be doing.
PJ (20:35):
Is he trying to secure the rights to all the gold of El
Dorado?
He's like, I found the priest.
I own him now, according to thelaws of your country.
Adam (20:45):
Is he trying to search for more bodies to revive?
There must be dozens of frozenIncans in those hills.
So Miles hears this and says,City of Gold, we move on it
immediately.
so this leads to a big questionfor me.
you think Venom was out heredoing nothing and this is when
their plan begins, where they'rejust sitting there waiting for
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something interesting to happen?
PJ (21:10):
My answer to this is yes.
Look, we should reflect on thelast few episodes.
Miles not been doing great.
Adam (21:20):
No.
PJ (21:21):
So last episode, he had no plan to extract money from L.
A.
despite covering it in plants.
And two episodes ago, he wasvacuuming change off the floor
of a Las Vegas casinos.
They are hard up right now andhe is looking for an easy win.
Adam (21:40):
Is it easy?
He's waiting for something.
This is what makes it evensadder for me.
This is their new hideout! Like,It's not even, it's not even for
this mission.
It's just, this is where Venomlives.
This is where Venom lives now.
Sorry folks.
PJ (22:00):
Oh Lord.
Adam (22:01):
and uh, We're crying for Miles and Sly and Cliff and
Vanessa, how far they've fallen.
anyways
PJ (22:12):
so, so they find out about this and despite the fact, this
is probably a, a unwatched CSpan for Archaeology channel,
would there be a shit ton ofother tourists that are trying
to get to El Dorado as well?
Adam (22:25):
yeah, let's, let's all follow this priest on
PJ (22:27):
Yeah,
Adam (22:28):
to Eldorado.
PJ (22:30):
this, like, there's definitely a commune that's
gonna make their way down here,like, let's go follow the
priest!
Adam (22:39):
Well, despite all that on the trail of Tupac is Scott and
T Bob.
And Scott says to T Bob, So TBob, how does it feel being junk
parts yesterday and a god today?
And I feel that fits into theRoy Batty
PJ (22:56):
Oh, 100%.
And my reaction was like, damnit, Scott, that's your only
friend.
Why?
Why?
I don't know.
Adam (23:07):
now you've learned what it feels like to be touched by a
god as he squeezes God's face.
I mean, they're just setting allthis up.
You know, I keep on coming backto what our buddy Jason Burns
said a bunch of episodes back,where this whole show is really
like a villain origin story.
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But sometimes I wonder, is itactually T Bob's
PJ (23:31):
T bob, yes.
Yes.
Adam (23:33):
Well, after saying that Tupac gets right up in Scott's
face and he's like, be silent.
Slaves do not speak unlessspoken to.
So I'm getting here that Matthas pawned off his son be a
slave a genius, recently thoughtout Incan priest who's on his
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way to El Dorado.
Am I getting that correctly?
I just want to make sure I'mfollowing the logic here.
PJ (24:00):
Yeah, I mean, it's either to the Incan priest or it's to the
god of the Incan priest, buteither way, it's pretty much the
same.
Adam (24:07):
Okay.
PJ (24:08):
T bob's has to state, the only reason Scott was allowed to
come is because he told Tupac isthat Scott's his favorite slave.
Adam (24:16):
Why did you even, Masked Writers, why did you even need
the slave element of it?
You didn't, Need it at all.
Like
PJ (24:24):
They didn't need it, but they wanted it.
Adam (24:26):
I'm going to, this is another Laurel for the writers.
PJ (24:32):
We need to invent a new category for them.
I enjoy that this pretendingthat T Bob is a god makes it
okay that Scott's a slave.
Adam (24:40):
All right.
PJ (24:41):
It also implies though that in Tupac's Incan culture, slaves
could be as young as ten.
And that's just okay.
Adam (24:48):
Yeah.
It's like, this is just the wayhe thinks.
He's just, not from our culture.
We have to respect his culture.
Okay.
PJ (24:57):
This is cultural sensitivity taken too far!
Adam (25:01):
T Bob really loves that Scott is a slave, so we're just,
keep on just rubbing it in here.
And Scott says, wait till I getyou home, Exalted One.
I'll reprogram a hammer.
So in the same conversation,another Roy Batty moment.
PJ (25:18):
100%.
I had a feeling if Tupac hadheard that, he would have killed
Scott.
Adam (25:23):
Yeah.
I don't think you threaten theIncan God and survive to tell
the tale, anyways, for no reasonwhatsoever, Matt pulls out his
briefcase computer, which issmaller this time, but It's
almost the size of a laptop now,so I guess the tech is getting
better and better.
So he pulls it out of hisbackpack and he gets a message
from Bruce, who tells him thatthey've detected Venom moving to
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intercept them.
PJ (25:46):
So I had so many questions on this one.
If you know where venom is, whyaren't you seal team sixing
them?
And actually just something elsejust occurred to me.
Like, is it that like, imaginelike they do know where venom
is, but actually they've beenhaving a collective laugh.
It's like, it's like, Matt,you're not going to believe
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this.
It's like, Miles isn't theshittiest Shaq you've ever seen
in your life, it is really,really pathetic, we can't,
Adam (26:16):
have a toilet indoors.
PJ (26:19):
I can't get the snipers to stop laughing, it's a really a
big deal, like, we would takethese guys out if it wasn't so
pathetic,
Adam (26:26):
I think you're probably right there.
Well, we go into the agentselection scene then.
Cause the word venom.
Has been said, so now mask mustform.
PJ (26:36):
it's a trigger word.
Adam (26:38):
so we go into the agent selection scene.
He asks for the best team foraction in rugged mountain
terrain.
Interesting.
one is Bruce Sato who isassigned to Thunderhawk.
Again, I don't know if.
A Chevy Camaro is good forrugged mountain terrain, but
okay.
Brad Turner, who drives amotorcycle, which might not be
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great for rugged mountainterrain.
But anyways, that's the team,Bruce and Brad.
PJ (27:10):
Do you think that Brad's gonna take this opportunity to
have an ayahuasca retreat?
Adam (27:15):
I think Brad is already there having an ayahuasca
retreat because he just tellsBruce to get here as soon as
possible.
And there's no mention of, youknow
PJ (27:24):
Brad?
Adam (27:26):
it's like Brad.
Yeah, that's he he's in thesweat lodge.
I'll get him.
Matt says, Bruce meet us atMachu Picchu right away.
So let's get a time check here.
Remembering of course that twoweeks has already passed since
the day they thought out Tupac.
PJ (27:43):
A hundred percent.
So a non existent direct flight
Adam (27:48):
Mm hmm.
PJ (27:48):
Denver to Machu Picchu would probably be about 10 hours.
Adam (27:52):
Yeah.
PJ (27:53):
Most flights actually require two stops taken to 14,
but we can assume that.
Let's face it.
The mass jet doesn't care about,you know, following most flight
patterns.
Adam (28:03):
So 10 hours.
And then I also want to add toour equation here.
The fact that been walking fortwo days straight.
Wait, what?
been walking for two daysstraight a revived ancient Incan
priest.
Matt, who I believe, but hischild, without stopping, like,
(28:31):
what is this, Lord of the Rings?
Matt has made his son walk fortwo days straight.
PJ (28:39):
I mean, I guess that's, is it better?
Maybe it's not better thangetting left in the hotel.
Maybe letting left in the hotelwould have been a better option
this time.
Adam (28:47):
I don't know if Scott survives this one, honestly.
PJ (28:50):
I actually, there was a revelation I had, which is that
Matt left T Hawk behind his mostprecious thing in the world.
And then now that he knows thatthere's a.
Terrorist organization comingfor them
Adam (29:02):
Mm hmm.
PJ (29:03):
is continuing on the path.
The best idea.
Adam (29:06):
Well, I think it'd be great to have a conversation
with Tupac at least.
Like, hey, buddy, look, there'ssome evildoers coming.
maybe get in the sky
PJ (29:15):
A little motivation.
Adam (29:16):
just a shrug.
keep walking
PJ (29:18):
It's fine.
Adam (29:19):
because venom is on their way to intercept them Well, they
arrive at Tupac's humble home isa bunch of ruins.
He, well, I mean, you know, he's500 years old.
What are you gonna do?
He pulls a golden disc from ahidden compartment in the rubble
of the wall of his old home, andhe raises it into the air and
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shouts, and suddenly the bigeagle, from the opening of the
episode, lands in front ofTupac.
PJ (29:46):
So before we get to the Eagle, like I did want to like
take a beat on this.
Cause like this scene, like.
just me or is there a hugemissed opportunity here?
Because this is a man comingback to the ruins of a place he
used to live in
Adam (30:02):
hmm.
PJ (30:03):
his entire culture is gone.
Everyone he knew is long deadfor centuries.
It felt like a legitimately sadscene.
Adam (30:12):
Mm
PJ (30:12):
Like, there was something that hit me, it was like, my
god, wouldn't it be alright justto take a beat and have Tupac be
sad?
Adam (30:19):
Yeah.
All that's left are the ghostsof my, of my family, of my
friends, of my culture, mycivilization, all I ever knew.
Anyways.
PJ (30:28):
Yeah,
Adam (30:28):
disc.
PJ (30:29):
behind this like, complex, alien like Indiana Jones like
wall that shifts that's somehowstill standing, even though the
rest of the structures aren't.
Adam (30:40):
Yeah, Well, suddenly Venom shows up, and we have our
typical mid episode battle.
run for cover while Tupac, TBob, and Scott are captured by
Vanessa using whip, and well, Imean Tupac is.
Bob is holding on to his legs,and Scott is holding on to T
Bob's leg.
Seems like they probably couldhave just let go and fine.
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But anyways, T Bob can't keephis grip.
He lets go and he and Scott gofalling to their doom.
PJ (31:11):
Couple things.
This is a rare mid episodebattle where Venom just attacks
whomever is there.
Like, It's just kind of, youknow, basically like attacking a
bunch of tourists and I was kindof curious how many people
actually were killed off screenbecause, you know, they're
shooting the ground here
Adam (31:27):
Yeah.
PJ (31:28):
all the randos take off
Adam (31:29):
Mm
PJ (31:30):
the headpiece of the staff of raw that, you know, they just
required gets dropped and yeah,like this is like, Scott and T
Bob are falling to their doom.
Like, there is no one savingthem.
Adam (31:42):
Exactly.
So my question to you, PJ, iswhat's going to happen?
PJ (31:46):
I don't know, man.
This is, I'm on the edge of myseat.
Adam (31:50):
We'll find out after these messages.
We've got them in sight.
Hold on.
Mask will be right back.
Now watch what Mask does.
And we're back.
is dead.
Matt beside himself with grief.
But I'm sure he'll get over it.
PJ (32:08):
I really think it'd be nice if Matt showed some concern
prior to Scott dying all thetime.
Like, we are hitting thispattern over and over again
where the most affection we eversee Scott get for Matt Is when
Scott's dying or has died orabout to die.
Like that is the entry pointtime after time.
Adam (32:29):
And so then what happens is they use the reviver device
to revive Scott.
His brain accidentally getsswapped with T Bob's and it's
just a comedy of errors.
What actually happens isThunderhawk shows up out of
nowhere and catches them.
And it turns out Bruce is flyingThunderhawk.
PJ (32:50):
was actually cool because it was the right thing to do
because like they didn't, hedidn't just have like
Thunderhawk just kind of beunder there and they land on the
wings, he did a dive to matchthe velocity of Scott and T Bob,
had them grab on and then hepulled up.
I mean, they would need musclesof steel to do that and not have
their arms ripped off, but
Adam (33:10):
Absolutely.
PJ (33:11):
it was the only way to do this, right?
Mm
Adam (33:13):
So live.
Thanks, Bruce.
We cut to Venom's campsite atnight.
We've got a nice little tent setup and a cozy campfire going.
It's very homey.
PJ (33:23):
hmm.
Adam (33:23):
cozy.
They've probably got somemarshmallows ready to go, some
hot cocoa.
Unfortunately, Tupac is refusingto help Miles without Temula,
the god, by his side, and that'sof course T Bob.
Miles wants to know who Temulais and Tupac starts drawing a
picture of T Bob on the groundand Miles smiles at As if he
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knows who T Bob is.
PJ (33:49):
He finally remembers after, who are you?
When I saw that drawing, I wasimmediately thinking that looks
a lot like the robots from theblack hole.
Like, so now I'm questioning,does Miles actually know that
it's T Bob or is he recallingthat failed Disney movie?
Adam (34:05):
Yeah, and also, what a weird looking god.
no offense to the ancientIncans, your god looks like an
easter egg.
PJ (34:12):
unless it's an alien.
Adam (34:14):
Unless it's an alien.
But very interesting, yes,Miles.
Knows who they're talking about.
It's the egg shaped robot thatseems to hang around with Mask
all the time.
We cut back to Mask and it turnsout that T Bob is just playing
around with Tupac's golden disc.
Again, proving that T Bob isinsane.
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Declares that he's going to getsome shut eye.
Scott says, you're not human.
You don't need to sleep.
boy, there's a lot of Roybaddies in this episode.
PJ (34:44):
So many.
Has such a love haterelationship with him.
Adam (34:48):
Yeah.
PJ (34:49):
then the look he gives has such indignation towards T Bob.
Where does he get that from?
Oh, right.
Adam (34:56):
Yeah, like father, like son.
PJ (34:58):
Mm hmm.
Adam (34:59):
And by the way, Brad Turner is there, finally wearing
his sunglasses at night.
PJ (35:03):
It helps with the journey man, whatever journey you want
to interpret that as.
Adam (35:08):
He's like, look Matt, I gotta be honest with you, am
still right in the middle of it.
So I'm gonna do the best I can,but um, your three heads are
gonna have to come back intoone.
And anyways Matt sent Scott WithBrad still in the midst of his
ayahuasca trip to head back tothe city to bring the golden
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disc to one of the scientistsMaybe the least responsible mask
agent to be flying a child onthe back of a motorcycle
helicopter
PJ (35:35):
Indeed.
I mean, really it's like, okay,here you go.
No helmet.
No seatbelt.
did you notice these guys werewearing ties in the jungle
Adam (35:47):
Yep, Brad and Bruce, both wearing ties.
PJ (35:49):
and Brad's got his leather jacket on,
Adam (35:52):
They dropped everything and came running.
PJ (35:55):
but how much is he sweating at this point in time?
It's like, you know what?
It's humid out.
You don't need the leatherjacket on,
Adam (36:01):
Well, while T Bob is lying down getting sleep, despite the
fact that he's not human, Cliffand Vanessa tie a rope around
his foot and kidnap him.
PJ (36:09):
I was like, did Venom not notice the mask vehicles there
or like do any kind ofreconnaissance?
So just like
Adam (36:15):
They would have had to.
How did
PJ (36:17):
Yeah.
Haha.
Adam (36:18):
in the first place?
I mean, Yeah, no, I mean It's, Ihave no words for it.
I mean, clearly they must knowby now that T Bob with mask and
fine.
I guess that justifies themsneaking around and having to
kidnap T Bob without going intoa firefight.
anyways.
We cut to Scott and Brad flyingin Condor and two giant eagles
approach and force them to land.
(36:41):
And Scott hands the disc to thebirds and they fly away
PJ (36:46):
How does Scott know to give?
The thing to the Eagles,
Adam (36:52):
He just has a sense.
You, you must need this had aline.
He was like, I think, I think Iknow why they're here or
something along those lines andjust gives them the priceless
artifact without even a fight,or anything.
Like the Eagles don't even seemlike they're going to attack.
They're just sitting there.
PJ (37:07):
Okay.
Well, I'm going to ask, I'mgoing to jump slightly, but I'm
going to ask you a questionbecause there's an unseen scene
here, Which is Brad's going toget back to Matt and Matt's
going to ask, did you get Scottto town and did you give the
golden disc to the scientists?
And Brad's only response isgoing to be, we gave the disc to
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the Eagles.
And that's going to be like,Brad, what did I tell you?
Adam (37:35):
Yeah.
And by the way, speaking ofScott, the other.
Instruction he was given, right?
Return Scott to the hotel.
Brad leaves Scott behind on acliff overlooking the city.
It basically says, you okay totake it from here?
Like, if you look at the shot,he's miles from the city.
(37:56):
He's up in the mountains with noclear way down to the city
below.
I think it's a father of theyear by proxy nominee.
PJ (38:03):
100%.
I mean, it's only one wrong moveand Scott's dead.
Scott's line is no sweat.
The hotel isn't far And so folksremember this isn't an age
without cell phones.
So like if Scott like breaks hisleg, he's just going to be on
the mountain alone with no oneto contact him.
Adam (38:25):
Good job, Brad.
Meanwhile, Matt finallydiscovers that T Bob has been
kidnapped by Venom, butfortunately T Bob has a tracking
device on him.
So Matt and Bruce take off inThunderhawk in pursuit.
PJ (38:37):
So Scott didn't even check on T Bob before leaving.
Adam (38:40):
Nope,
PJ (38:41):
And Bruce's line is like, I haven't seen him all morning.
My response is like, where thefuck do you say something?
Adam (38:47):
because no one cares about T Bob, is odd in this case,
because T Bob is very importantto the plot
PJ (38:55):
Yes.
Adam (38:56):
much the Incan priest, you know, cares about him.
So, mask, firing on allcylinders.
Well done, boys.
Meanwhile, Tupac and T Bob arenow leading Venom through the
mountains they cross a bridge,like a wooden suspension bridge.
And once they got on the otherside, they start rolling some
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amazingly spherical boulders.
Towards Sly and Miles, who areboth in Piranha.
I mean, these boulders, they'recomplete spheres.
Where the
PJ (39:28):
Yes.
Adam (39:28):
come from?
PJ (39:29):
Alien technology.
Adam (39:31):
okay, there we go.
and Vanessa flies over theravine and, in Manta, catches
them with Whip.
And Miles threatens to dismantleT Bob, rivet by rivet, if Tupac
disobeys him again.
Wow.
PJ (39:45):
It's pretty brutal.
And uh, Vanessa again, team badass.
But let's do a little check onthe vehicles for Venom.
Miles is riding shotgun withSly.
In Piranha,
Adam (39:57):
Yeah.
PJ (39:57):
Vanessa,
Adam (39:58):
okay.
PJ (39:59):
as expected, is flying Manta,
Adam (40:01):
Mm-Hmm?
PJ (40:02):
Cliff is flying Switchblade.
Adam (40:05):
Yeah.
PJ (40:05):
I don't want to get down on this, but this is a man with
limited depth perception,
Adam (40:09):
Yeah.
And also there is a venomvehicle that would probably be
well suited for rugged mountainterrain.
it's not a motorcycle with asidecar that transforms into a
submarine
PJ (40:21):
right?
Adam (40:22):
At any rate, Tupac leads Miles to an entrance into a cave
Tupac presses a stone next to awaterfall, which causes a bunch
of water to wash Miles, Vanessa,and Sly away.
then, Tupac and T Bob go intothe secret entrance that
appears.
PJ (40:39):
Yeah.
I, I thought it was cool that TBob does a nice job of
activating, deactivating,reactivating his tracker this
episode.
Adam (40:47):
Right, so Mask can find out where he's
PJ (40:48):
Yeah.
And cause then I think Venomdetected that a tracker was on
but.
Venom's all dead now, so itdoesn't matter.
Adam (40:56):
No, they get washed away by like this
PJ (40:58):
yeah,
Adam (40:58):
torrent of water.
PJ (41:00):
yeah, this is a collective ragdoll nomination,
Adam (41:02):
Yeah, I
PJ (41:03):
leaving only Cliff alive, who will go on to found an
artist retreat with the remnantsof the money left over from
Venom after selling off itstech.
Adam (41:15):
Wonderful.
He'll put a new roof on theshanty in the forest.
This sets up the final Maskbattle because.
Despite the fact that they wereall washed away by a torrent of
water, Venom is very much stillalive.
T Hawk goes after Manta, andMatt uses Spectrum Hang Glider
to dodge a bunch of laser rays,firing away.
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Condor takes on Manta, Venom is,as usual, defeated.
By mask Bruce fires one of thefamous magnetic jet pucks that
always seem to do in one of theflying Venom vehicles.
PJ (41:53):
Yep, was a cool fight sequence.
And it's interesting that maskis actually outnumbered this
episode, both in terms ofvehicles and agents.
Adam (42:02):
Mm hmm.
PJ (42:02):
still come out on top.
Adam (42:03):
because Venom is incompetent, which I think we
have to start taking that intoconsideration that if Venom has
four agents, it's really morelike two.
So, in most situations,actually, Venom is way
outnumbered.
PJ (42:18):
True.
So one agent's Vanessa and theother agent is the collective
intelligence of Miles, Sly, andCliff.
Adam (42:25):
Correct.
Well, meanwhile, inside thecave, the Eagles come and
deliver the gold disc to T Boband Tupac, and there's one
interpretation of the sentence Ijust said, which is the band,
the Eagles, delivering one oftheir gold albums.
But, sadly, it's not true.
It's just a giant eagle thatcomes and delivers the disc to
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Tupac.
They put it in the wall and itopens up yet another cave
entrance.
PJ (42:51):
it would have made maybe even more sense if the Eagles,
the birds transformed into theEagles, the band, like it would
have been fine in this episodeand maybe make a little bit more
sense, but why those Eagles, theAre so intelligent.
They have such agency in thisepisode.
Adam (43:10):
they actually, that'd be like a very Scooby Doo ending
type of thing.
Right where it was the Eaglesall along.
PJ (43:17):
Let's just start rocking out
Adam (43:19):
Yeah.
Hotel, California startsplaying.
What's interesting is that noone ever asks any questions
about the Eagles in thisepisode.
They don't say, wow, they'rebig.
They don't say like, they mustbe somehow connected to Tupac.
They nothing just
PJ (43:33):
nothing.
Adam (43:34):
giant Eagles.
Okay.
Well standing at the entrancethe cave, Matt is snuck up on by
Cliff in Piranha's Submarine andkind of fires and causes what
appears to be a piece of a vineto fall on Matt.
And for some reason, Mattcollapses unconscious.
(43:55):
must have been one heck of avine.
PJ (43:57):
A snow vine.
That's a coca leaf.
Adam (44:00):
Says No more pussyfooting around, and I'm not sure we use
that language, Cliff.
PJ (44:05):
Cliff Venom HR would like to have a word with you.
we're getting some reports aboutsome language in the workplace
that's not exactly appropriate.
Well, let me just write downthis incident right here.
Adam (44:22):
But yeah, but so Matt is unconscious and uh, and Cliff is
kind of stalking towards him.
He
PJ (44:27):
Okay.
Adam (44:27):
to see who's under the spectrum mask, but Brad gets a
great idea.
He sort of says pussy footing,huh?
And so he creates a hocus pocusof a giant panther who causes
Cliff to dive into the river andswim away.
PJ (44:41):
So I thought it was a good use of hocus pocus.
I also want to point out that ifCliff had been a really
effective agent, he might havejust used torch to burn Matt.
Adam (44:51):
Right.
PJ (44:52):
Like, where's the leader?
Who's in conscious of the enemy.
I'm just going to kill himhorribly, horribly.
Adam (45:00):
Well, he wanted to know who it was behind the mask.
PJ (45:03):
Sure.
Adam (45:04):
do you think that Matt probably has some sort of booby
trap like, you know, Batman inthe Dark Knight?
Yeah,
PJ (45:10):
spectrum.
Like, you know, I don't know,blindness or something like
that.
Adam (45:14):
yeah.
Well, Tupac and T Bob discoverthe City of Gold.
And uh, that's kind of, that's,that's it.
That's the reveal.
Mask can't find T Bob, it's backto the hotel where a very
forlorn Scott is packing hisbags.
And I love that they're preparedto just give up on T Bob.
PJ (45:33):
sorry, son.
We have to leave your bestfriend behind.
Adam (45:36):
Yeah.
Like, oh, well, we'll build youanother one.
But suddenly a dusty, exhaustedT Bob shows up at the hotel
door.
He claims.
Tupac was like an octopus.
He was all over him.
Kissing, hugging, and it seemsthere's more to Tupac than we
ever imagined.
PJ (45:55):
The imagery, like, again, this is a children's cartoon,
folks.
Like, Like, this is somethingthat you bring to like a, You
know, child protective servicesor like, you know, some
specialized therapist of like,Hey, show me on this dolly where
Tupac touched you.
It's uh, it's,
Adam (46:15):
Incan priest touched you.
PJ (46:17):
you know, it sort of makes you wonder.
I mean, you asked the question,do we find out what happens to
Tupac after this?
Adam (46:24):
Mm hmm.
PJ (46:25):
So let me ask you this, is that dirt on T Bob?
Like, at what point in time didT Bob not be able to take it
anymore?
Adam (46:34):
It's true.
It's very true.
And he really wants to get outof the country fast.
PJ (46:40):
It's true.
He wants out of there very
Adam (46:42):
do anything to get out of this country.
PJ (46:45):
Hmm.
Adam (46:46):
yeah, because I would imagine the authorities would
have a few questions for you.
PJ (46:49):
I mean, assuming you could find a body in El Dorado.
And it also makes T Bob had towalk all the way back to the
hotel?
Adam (46:58):
Yeah.
Or turn it to scooter modeunless he can't, unless Scott
tells him to transform intoscooter mode.
PJ (47:02):
But why didn't he turn on his tracker?
Adam (47:04):
Yeah.
Great question.
Well, Scott doesn't believe thatT Bob really found the City of
Gold.
but T Bob shows them a smallgolden idol that looks like him
as proof that he was there.
And as I said, T Bob says he'lldo anything to get out of the
country.
Including being Scott's slave.
(47:25):
so Scott tells him to bring hisbags down to the cab.
So it was kind of a selfinflicted Roy Batty moment
there.
I feel
PJ (47:32):
it's also a question though, like, is this the payoff the
writers wanted?
Like, the turnabout?
Like, aha, look, now T Bob's theslave of Scott again, after
Scott was his.
Like, it's, it's a weird thing.
It's like, oh, like, look howclever I am as a writer.
It's like, no, go fuck yourself.
Like, there's no need to go tothis place.
Adam (47:53):
no need at all.
Let's talk about
PJ (47:56):
Who owns it?
Assuming you can find it.
Adam (47:59):
I mean, does the Incan priest become the, the knight
from the last crusade?
just stands there and guards ElDorado for all, for a time
immemorial.
PJ (48:09):
I like the idea, it's like you must choose, but choose
wisely.
For like all these little idolsthat are there and you have to
choose the T Bob one.
Also, what stops Venom from justtrying again?
Besides laziness.
Adam (48:22):
the fact that they're all dead, and that they are working
out of a shanty in the middle ofthe jungle.
I don't know, PJ, we cut to themore, you know, moment Bob has
built a crazy contraption thatcan like do your laundry and I
don't know, do a whole bunch ofother stuff, vacuuming.
And it's all plugged into onesocket and the fuse blew out and
(48:45):
we learned that overloadingcircuits could cause a fire and
I feel like that is actually alittle bit over the head of the
target audience.
don't know.
You tell me.
PJ (48:56):
I was like, what the fuck, like, what is the message here
that like, you're trying to tellkids, like, like how many
devices do you think you'retrying to plug into the wall and
how much wattage does itactually take kids?
Adam (49:11):
Well, yeah, and maybe ground it a little in real life.
Because I'm a kid and I'm sayinglike, Okay, don't try to build a
big giant robot out of householdappliances and then plug it in.
Because Matt said it's a badidea to do that.
Why not just, like, you know,all those old extension cords?
That caused all those fires.
Why not show Scott making adaisy chain out of those things
(49:34):
to like stretch his TV into hisbedroom or something, you know,
and that
PJ (49:38):
Yeah.
Adam (49:39):
fuse or causes a spark or causes a fire or something like
that.
I just, as a kid, I don't, Idon't even see this as a lesson.
I'm like, I want to see whatthat robot's going to do.
PJ (49:48):
Can I build that?
I'll just make sure I don'toverload it circuits.
Adam (49:52):
Whatever that means.
PJ (49:54):
Also counterpoint last episode, we saw Scott welding T
Bob in the hotel room.
Adam (50:00):
Right.
PJ (50:01):
So like kind of mixed messages fucking going on here.
Adam (50:06):
Right.
Welding's fine.
Oh man.
Well, that is the episode folks.
Time for our awards, the fatherof the year award.
What do you got?
PJ (50:15):
You know, man, there's so many.
I mean, there's Matt takingScott to ski on a mountain that
is clearly off limits.
There's Matt taking Scott on atwo day hike, which likely would
kill him.
Adam (50:28):
Yeah.
PJ (50:30):
I mean, there's, there's the actual father of the year award,
but I do like your specialfather of the year award
Adam (50:35):
Mm hmm.
PJ (50:36):
for the surrogate father.
Adam (50:38):
Yeah.
PJ (50:38):
Yeah.
Yeah.
Adam (50:41):
award.
It's one.
For Brad abandoning Scott on thetrail and two, it's Matt
entrusting his son with Brad inthe first place.
So it's combination there.
PJ (50:56):
Yeah.
I think that's, I think that'strue.
I think actually you're right.
Actually.
Mad.
Interesting.
Scott to Brad is the worstthing.
Like
Adam (51:03):
Right.
Roy Batty award.
PJ (51:07):
I mean the entire episode,
Adam (51:09):
Pretty much.
Pretty much, I have no argumentto that
PJ (51:12):
I mean, you know, he's insulted by Scott multiple
times.
He is assaulted by the Incanpriest.
Adam (51:20):
Yeah.
And perhaps, sexually assaultedby
PJ (51:24):
It's creepy.
It's creepy the way they frameit.
Adam (51:28):
Hugging and kissing.
I
PJ (51:29):
Yeah.
Adam (51:30):
yeah, that's, that's no good guys.
That's not good.
PJ (51:34):
Yeah.
Adam (51:34):
Sly Rax, Ragdoll Award.
PJ (51:37):
Well, we do have the earlier one where Matt and Scott and T
Bob clearly died in thatavalanche.
And we also have Venom on thecliff without Cliff, ironically.
Adam (51:49):
Yeah, I think that's probably the one for me.
PJ (51:51):
Yeah.
I think so too.
Adam (51:54):
they're definitely dead.
And now, of course, the BuddyHawks Award.
PJ (51:59):
I mean, I, I think he actually might be winning this
across the series, but I thinkit's T Bob
Adam (52:05):
Mm hmm.
PJ (52:06):
again, this time for and not entirely of his own volition,
but he's impersonating a God.
Adam (52:12):
For me, it's actually at the beginning of the episode
when T Bob has the line, Willsomeone tell this guy I don't
have any spare change?
Both
PJ (52:23):
Yeah.
Adam (52:24):
and classist.
PJ (52:25):
Yes.
Agreed.
Adam (52:27):
Like
PJ (52:27):
Yeah.
Adam (52:28):
here's an, here's a, you know, unclothed man with brown
skin bowing before me with hishand held out.
He must want change.
PJ (52:37):
It's a good point.
Yeah.
I've got to go with like, thatis, that's uh, yeah.
T Bob T Bob wins in multipleways.
Adam (52:43):
Yeah.
He really does.
Good job.
Good job, Alex, for programmingT Bob that way.
PJ (52:48):
A racist, classist robot.
Adam (52:50):
Oh boy.
Well, that does it for episode26.
Episode 27 is called PandaPower.
Venom abducts endangered pandabears from China and Mask must
rescue them.
I, I gotta find out what theiruh, their evil plot is here,
because this sounds like adifferent show altogether.
PJ (53:11):
Once again, you know, how far have the mighty fallen?
We had venom stealing the statueof Liberty and requesting 3
billion for it.
We've had venom threatened todestroy the world with an
asteroid.
Adam (53:26):
Yeah.
PJ (53:27):
We've had Venom threaten to destroy the world with, you
know, mechanical bugs.
Like, now we're stealing pandas?
Like, we're down to poaching?
Adam (53:37):
It's really sad guys, next?
Are you gonna be mugging peopleon the street?
Cliff, that woman's purse looksheavy.
Go get it.
Torch on! I said steal thepurse, not burn her to death.
PJ (53:53):
Oh, here's the purse anyway.
Adam (53:55):
well, it's great to be back from hiatus, everyone.
Thanks for hanging in while wetook our much needed rest.
But we are back in action.
But of course, as always, we dohave to transform and head back
to HQ.
I am Adam Moore.
PJ (54:09):
And I am PJ McNerney.
Buh
Adam (54:11):
Buh bye!
PJ (54:12):
bye.
The mobile armored podcast showis written, produced and edited.
Bye Adam Moore.
And PJ McNerney.
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