The Animorphs Cookbook

Caleb, Max, Thaddeus
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Everything you need to know about literary theory, philosophy, politics, and the human condition that can be learned from reading The Animorphs.

  1. Oct 5

    Book 10: The Android

    We got boys turning into skinwalker dogs to listen to the Offspring while robot dogs manipulate mankind to look after actual dogs! It's topsy-turvy in Book 10 as we are introduced to the Chee and a major expansion to Animorph cosmology.In , Caleb talks about verisimilitude, the acceleration of the series away from it, and how Applegate and Grant avoid one of the biggest traps in modern fiction. Max (he/him)Thaddeus (she/her)Caleb (he/him)

    Book 10: The Android

  2. Sep 25

    Book 9: The Secret

    We're back with the next Cassie book, so you know this tree-hugging has claws...and smells! The gang joins our heroes as they agonize over the ethics of carnivores and the logistics of practical ecoterrorism, and we try not to get too hung up on that time the body-snatching alien army got beaten by a skunk. In , Max walks us through some of the history of US environmentalism informing the Animorphs and ways the evolution of those issues affect our reading today. Max (he/him)Thaddeus (she/her)Caleb (he/him)

    Book 9: The Secret

  3. Sep 7

    Book 8: The Alien

    Ax book! Ax book! Ax book! It's time for the first foray of our fan-favorite narrator. The gang talks about delicious globules, the charm of stupid plans, and Animorphs as high farce.Then it's Caleb's turn to reply-all some as he refamilizarizes our audience with "defamiliarization," the Russian formalists, and alienated perspective as an essential sci-fi tool. Max (he/him)Thaddeus (she/her)Caleb (he/him)

    Book 8: The Alien

  4. Aug 27

    Megamorphs #1: The Andalite's Gift

    With the series on the way to moon, it's time for the first Megamorphs! We break down the first super-sized helping of Animorphs like a swarm of nanomachines eating a birthday party. In thoughspeak, Thaddeus provides us the shortest title for a critical examination of Animorphs thus far :"All Novels Are Megamorphs, or The Novel is the Genre of Chaos (Complimentary)" Mikhail Bakhtin shows up for the first time as a guest, and it won't be the last time. Max (he/him)Thaddeus (she/her)Caleb (he/him)

    Megamorphs #1: The Andalite's Gift

  5. Aug 3

    Book 7 - The Stranger

    It's Elimist time! The ultimate race of deus ex machina-loving John de Lancie analogs shows up to stop our heroes from non-consensual vore and ask "Dr. Who, who?" We reintroduce the series' #1 b******t wizard and prep for the ensuing time shenanigans. Fittingly, all this time-travel has Max Thoughtspeaking about contingency and lost futures. Max (he/him)Thaddeus (she/her)Caleb (he/him)

    Book 7 - The Stranger

  6. Jul 20

    Book 6 - The Capture

    As if the cosmic and body horrors weren't enough! It's time for some full-blown existential dread in Book 6 as Jake gets a front-row seat to Yeerk infestation. We discuss alien jacuzzi genocides, extraordinary Animorph rendition, and how well Ax can actually throw hands [tail]. In , Thaddeus locks us inside our own minds for the deconstruction of the Self in literary theory, and what that has to say about a book series where child soldiers fight the enslavement of all human subjectivity. Max (he/him)Thaddeus (she/her)Caleb (he/him)

    Book 6 - The Capture

  7. Jul 12

    Book 5 - The Predator

    Marco takes his first stab at narration when he's not busy refusing the call to action. Our shorms provide a recap and discuss the DNA-deep treat-lust of human teens, the genre of Animorph-ian farce, and the incompetence of Yeerk expeditionary forces. In Thoughspeak, Caleb mindcasts about the concept of the panopticon and the paranoid surveillance logic that drives narration of the whole series. Max (he/him)Thaddeus (she/her)Caleb (he/him)

    Book 5 - The Predator

  8. Jun 15

    Book 4 - The Message

    It's time to get aquatic and rescue some Andalites! Our hosts dream-SOS a summary of the first Cassie book and discuss the addition of the sixth Animorph: Aximili-Esgarrouth-Isthill For , Max takes us through the Utopian Scholastic aesthetic that so dominated the world of the characters and their young audience.Max (he/him)Thaddeus (she/her)Caleb (he/him)

    Book 4 - The Message
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Everything you need to know about literary theory, philosophy, politics, and the human condition that can be learned from reading The Animorphs.

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    Caleb, Max, Thaddeus
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    13
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    Explicit
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