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Upcoming Episodes
Of course there is no input from me on these shows because I
have not seen them yet. I do have plot-bits from an extremely reliable source (namely
MORPHZ) on what will happen in the next season, though, with appropriate spoiler space.
Note: All summary-type information on this page comes from MORPHZ. They, in turn,
obtained their TV info from fans who have already seen the shows or from TV websites. In
other words, while strange speculations may be made here, the actual plot part (which is
in italics) is 100% reliable.
Face Off, Part I
The Animorphs are excited about the district basketball finals but for more urgent reasons
than who's going to win -- the Sharing is putting on the half-time show and a large event
like this is ideal for trapping new hosts. Little do they know that the controllers are
planning to unleash their newest breed of Yeerks -- ones that don't need Kandrona to live!
Tom and Chapman lose the disk and Tobias recovers it only to unlock its secret.
Face Off, Part II
The Yeerks' plan is revealed when Principal Chapman stops the game and announces that
there is a tornado warning in town and everyone must retreat to the basement shelter for
safety. The Animorphs know that there is nothing safe about this shelter -- it's the Yeerk
pool -- and the plan must be to infest everyone at the game. But Tobias has unlocked the
secret of the disk and with new morphing powers, the Animorphs enter the Yeerk pool and
the battle begins. How will it end? Find out next season!
Season Two:
Spoilers! These are major spoilers for the second season. Well, half the people on
the web know it by now, but I am still obliged to give a warning:
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Okay, now that we have that over with, here are little tidbits on the shows of the new season along with my . . . ::coughing:: excuse me, *our* own predictions for the show.
Tobias turns back to human . . .
Wait -- don't tell me. He'll still be able to morph as a human. Which totally cuts
off the whole identity-as-a-hawk and how-can-I-love-Rachel thing.
<Does that mean we won't be able to see that cute Swainsons' anymore?>
Rachel morphs into a Yeerk with DNA from the disk and controls Tobias . . .
Hmm. Rachel as a Yeerk. Maybe this will mean that the show will finally portray
Yeerks as, sympathetic characters! Then again, it could just have them as just other
animal-types. You know, you can morph animals, but apparently not other humans (remember
the cop in Ep #4, "On the Run"?), and Andalites seem totally off-limits.
<And a Rachel-Tobias Controller? As in TV Rachel with
complete control of Tobias's mind and body? Heh heh. I smell fanfics . . .>
Okay, according to the summary of Face-Off III, Rachel absolutely cannot stand
being a Yeerk and has to morph out.
<Figures.>
Marco is tripped in the Yeerk pool . . .
Does this mean Boris falls in the Pool and becomes infested? Or, excuse me,
"Yeerked?"
::shudder::
<So we get to see *Boris* doing the evil grin thing? Cool!>
Jake morphs into his brother . . .
Ah. So he plays Tom, Ax plays Jake, whilst Tom is tied up in the now-famous shed
and that nasty 'ole Yeerk gets ---
<Hey!>
Anyway, it could mean freedom for Tom. Which wouldn't be too good for the show,
because one of the most intriguing and suspenseful sub-stories of Animorphs is the
Jake/Tom thing. And while the above prediction isn't very plausible, just take it in
context with the rest of the rumor/spoilers for the premiere of Season Two.
Plus there is supposed to be an episode called "My Name is Erek." Now I've gotten the plot summary, and we can see that it is an adaptation from #10 but, as always, many things are changed. I'm betting money that they won't include the subplots about the Pemalites escaping to Earth from the Howlers and having their genetic essence placed in Earth animals, or Erek both craving and repulsed by the ability to commit violence. They even changed the purpose and function of the Pemalite crystal: in this version, it's simply a hologram generator, (made to "Hide the Yeerk pools from prying human eyes") and the reason Erek can't go after it is that it would destroy his hologram. But why would a supercomputer capable of such technological marvels be used as a crude hologram on/off switch?
And how are the AniTV people going to (or did) pull this
off without selling their yachts?
<I know! They're going to run down to Spencer's Gifts and pick up a handy
Kitchen Droid! It slices, it dices, it cooks Julie Ann's fries! (or anyone's fries for
that matter). And if they're all out of those they can get an animatronic skeleton and
modify it so it looks vaguely canine. Something that makes the battle droids from Star
Wars Ep.1 look positively frightening.>
The next episode is not a trilogy of "The Legacy" as I had previously
supposed, but an ep called "The Front." (Gee, can't they make up their mind as
to whether they want to do the "The . . ." title pattern or not?) We know now
that Tom has *not* been freed in the previous episodes because here he is, a genuine
Controller . . . and he's getting into a relationship with Melissa!
<Eek. Isn't he a bit old for her? I had estimated an at the very least five year's difference between those two on the show . . .>
And Tom's trying to make Melissa one of ::melodramatic
ominous music:: THEM!!
<Ack! Run!! Whoa, wait a minute, I think they're talking about me . . . Power to
the Yeerks!>
Ax has taken a job at an electronic store . . .
He'll probably be fiddling with the equipment and advancing
human technology a couple millennia or so . . . that, or freaking out the customers even
more than normal electronic store clerks.
. . where he discovers a Yeerk plot to place Yeerks in cell phones so they can
infest the hapless person who puts them to their ear! Ax and Erek have to stop the cell
phones from being sold, and Rachel has to help Melissa, who owns one of the cell phones
herself, before it's too late . . .
It's somewhat late in the evening, or else I might be irritated by this summary.
The bare summary alone is a shining (or maybe some adjective with less pleasant
connotations) example of how AniTV makes a farce of the series I know and love, making it
look like some mindless kids-against-aliens story. I can just see it: Gasp! The Yeerks are
going to infest people via telephone! We must stop them! Paulo as Ax goes through goofy
antics to keep people from buying the phones (though, since he works at the store and the
Animorphs have little or no morals and ethics, why not just destroy the 'phones and/or all
the nasty little slugs along with them?) and get fired.
<I'm not even going to comment that it would be impossible
(even disregarding the fact that it's so ridiculous it's not even funny anymore) in every
sense of the word for a Yeerk to live in a cell phone and crawl into someone's ear from
it, due to the fact that many comments have been made about infestation via thermos. And
that gets Julie's friend Giuli started on Steve Martin quotes . . .>
Okay, to avoid a rant, let's go onto the next episodes. It seems I was not totally
deceived in thinking there was a three-parter called "The Legacy:" here it is,
except it's called "Changes." ::resists urge to break into Tupac Shakur rap
often played on radio one time too often::
<Since Julie is being overcome by a wild urge to copy the aforementioned rap
lyrics off a server somewhere and draw all their correlations to Animorphs, I'll take over
for the moment. It seems that these freakish humans who are posing as the Animorphs are
getting ready for their prom. There are some elements from book #14 in here, where the
kids discover an alien artifact that turns out to be a, what's the term, "Andalite
portable waste disposal unit?" toilet, whatever. However, I'm guessing there are no
horse-Controllers here. (Ah, poor Jillay 926. He was a brave warrior . . .) Ahem.>
<There is also an element involving cosmetic testing on animals. Since the AniTV
producers want the leaders of tomorrow, at least the ones who avoid brainwashing, to be
environmentally conscious. They decided to infiltrate the place, evidently coming to the
conclusion that being politically correct is more important than saving Earth. Jake is
kidnapped by the testing people . . . but he's also kidnapped by animal-rights activists
protesting the company. This could either be to glorify the activists, or to show that
people can also do foolish, misguided things in the name of causes they believe in. Such
as the folly of the TV Animorphs making fools of themselves by attempting to save their
world. It's obvious that they're going to loose . . . although we have to take in account
that the TV Yeerks are equally or more stupid than the Anis, creatures born of plot holes
and convenience (I mourn for these mutant descendants of my race).
Oh yeah, there's a kid with a video camera who apparently records the Animorphs in
"action," too. And I don't mean Brooke Nevin and Christopher Ralph in an
off-take . . .>
Okay, here I am again. Anyway, there is only a short summary for part 2 of
"Changes," which involves the Animorphs stealing video footage of Marco
de-morphing.
(They shouldn't worry that much . . . all they have to do is make sure it makes its
way to the National Enquirer before anyone else, then not even the Yeerks would
believe the footage was real).
The third ep is even more ambiguous, and all we know for now is
that it features the winner of the Animorphs TV contest (Nicholas from Oregon) in a bit
part. Yay for him! Maybe he'll be able to turn the show around. :)
All for now!
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