Animorphs was so great that some people definitely tried to make their own in the 90s, and one of those attempts was Mindwarp! It didn't succeed nearly as well, but Tanner thinks it's worth revisiting it's various interesting moments and clear plot hooks that never got expanded on thanks to a clearly hasty order to wrap things up. Together with Lindsay they'll expand it into a full tv series, all while discussing being the pyromaniac girl, divorce-ageddon, and putting a kid in a meat grinder. If you'd like to be on an episode, submit your pitch at https://forms.gle/DQiGdNRMFcz3po256! Our cover art is by Alex aka @ptchew, and her work can be found on ptchew.com. Our theme music is by Shawn Clake. Our email is NotIfIRebootYouFirst@gmail.com. If you would like to send us a friendship promo, or just give general feedback, feel free to contact us! Join our Discord at https://discord.gg/Hf8Y2yEJPe. You can find this podcast on BlueSky @NIIRYFPod, Lindsay @LindsayM476, and Tanner @SparkyUpstart!

Lindsay's Halloween episode is a little bit of a twist, as she's taking Terminator and looking at it through some new lenses, like Time Travel and Frankenstein. Can we break the cycle of bad parenting? Are we too queer to understand time loops and time spirals? And how will we address the Tron Ares Situation? This episode has no guest, but is inspired by a video from diamandahagan.bsky.social, and you can see it here: https://youtu.be/lQjQJMRSaXU?si=zYyzMaGVkwbuRdsc If you'd like to be on an episode, submit your pitch at https://forms.gle/DQiGdNRMFcz3po256. Our cover art is by Alex aka @ptchew, and her work can be found on ptchew.com. Our theme music is by Shawn Clake. Our email is NotIfIRebootYouFirst@gmail.com. If you would like to send us a friendship promo, or just give general feedback, feel free to contact us! Join our Discord at https://discord.gg/Hf8Y2yEJPe. You can find this podcast on BlueSky @NIIRYFPod, Lindsay @LindsayM476, and Tanner @SparkyUpstart.

Oh hey, it's time for our new annual tradition, rebooting a season of Penny Dreadful! In the second season we had to deal with witches, porcelain dolls, and some really baffling character decisions. Can we rectify it with Dracula canon, interconnected character arcs, and normal sex? If you'd like to be on an episode, submit your pitch at https://forms.gle/DQiGdNRMFcz3po256. Our cover art is by Alex aka @ptchew, and her work can be found on ptchew.com. Our theme music is by Shawn Clake. Our email is NotIfIRebootYouFirst@gmail.com. If you would like to send us a friendship promo, or just give general feedback, feel free to contact us! Join our Discord at https://discord.gg/Hf8Y2yEJPe. You can find this podcast on BlueSky @NIIRYFPod, Lindsay @LindsayM476, and Tanner @SparkyUpstart.

It's time for the annual Q&A! Sit back, relax, and listen as Tanner and Lindsay discuss rebooting bands, era specific media, and how to make cops not be cops. If you'd like to be on an episode, submit your pitch at https://forms.gle/DQiGdNRMFcz3po256.  Our cover art is by Alex aka @ptchew, and her work can be found on ptchew.com. Our theme music is by Shawn Clake. Our email is NotIfIRebootYouFirst@gmail.com. If you would like to send us a friendship promo, or just give general feedback, feel free to contact us! Join our Discord at https://discord.gg/Hf8Y2yEJPe. You can find this podcast on BlueSky @NIIRYFPod, Lindsay @LindsayM476, and Tanner @SparkyUpstart.

Girls just wanna have fun. And sometimes, to have fun? You gotta game! Emily is taking the cultural entity known as Ready Player One and starting from scratch because this isn't just any old Fortinitified nostalgic cash grab - this is one for GIRLS. It's got PONIES and SHE-RA and NICHE PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR. That's right, girls aren't like other girls. They're REAL, and it's never too late to become one. This blurb got away from me... Emily can be found @pand.bsky.social! Our cover art is by Alex aka @ptchew, and her work can be found on ptchew.com. Our theme music is by Shawn Clake. Our email is NotIfIRebootYouFirst@gmail.com. If you would like to send us a friendship promo, or just give general feedback, feel free to contact us! Join our Discord at https://discord.gg/Hf8Y2yEJPe. You can find this podcast on BlueSky @NIIRYFPod, Lindsay @LindsayM476, and Tanner @SparkyUpstart.

Our friend Christina has returned with an observation: there are plenty of stories about what it's like to be a kid at the Xavier Mansion, but what if we got a story about what it's like being a teacher? For that matter, what if the teachers were actual teachers and not former X-Men shoved into that position? With that framework, Tanner and Lindsay are ready to create a handful of OCs and finally educate some of these mutants. Christina can be found on bsky @CWoodsArt@bsky.social! Our cover art is by Alex aka @ptchew, and her work can be found on ptchew.com. Our theme music is by Shawn Clake. Our email is NotIfIRebootYouFirst@gmail.com. If you would like to send us a friendship promo, or just give general feedback, feel free to contact us! Join our Discord at https://discord.gg/Hf8Y2yEJPe. You can find this podcast on BlueSky @NIIRYFPod, Lindsay @LindsayM476, and Tanner @SparkyUpstart.

This is a little bit of a self-congratulatory episode, but we really did never get a chance to talk about everything that went into making our 200th episode! So now that we've got our sea legs back, let's take a moment to look at some various bits and bobs from Mikey Crichts and Billy Shakes that Tanner used to assemble this script, and a little bit of insight into the themes of the story that make it lend itself to this style oh so well. Our cover art is by Alex aka @ptchew, and her work can be found on ptchew.com. Our theme music is by Shawn Clake. Our email is NotIfIRebootYouFirst@gmail.com. If you would like to send us a friendship promo, or just give general feedback, feel free to contact us! Join our Discord at https://discord.gg/Hf8Y2yEJPe. You can find this podcast on BlueSky @NIIRYFPod, Lindsay @LindsayM476, and Tanner @SparkyUpstart.

Tanner asked Lindsay to talk about her OT3 - no, her OTHER OT3. The one with Butch and Sundance! She doesn't think she can improve upon perfection (though Tanner would recommend changing the music), but she does want to expand on the third corner of the triangle - one Miss Etta Place, who...could be damn near anyone from that time! Allegedly. History is muddy. Our cover art is by Alex aka @ptchew, and her work can be found on ptchew.com. Our theme music is by Shawn Clake. Our email is NotIfIRebootYouFirst@gmail.com. If you would like to send us a friendship promo, or just give general feedback, feel free to contact us! Join our Discord at https://discord.gg/Hf8Y2yEJPe. You can find this podcast on BlueSky @NIIRYFPod, Lindsay @LindsayM476, and Tanner @SparkyUpstart.

Ah shit, here we go again. The tv adaptation of the Halo video game got cancelled just after they reached the titular Halo. How does our brother in Ryan plan on rectifying this? He's gonna make it take even LONGER to get there! Wait, what? Well, let him cook, and while he does Lindsay will ask about the messed up Spartan turbo-puberty and Tanner will determine which characters should kiss! Our cover art is by Alex aka @ptchew, and her work can be found on ptchew.com. Our theme music is by Shawn Clake. Our email is NotIfIRebootYouFirst@gmail.com. If you would like to send us a friendship promo, or just give general feedback, feel free to contact us! Join our Discord at https://discord.gg/Hf8Y2yEJPe. You can find this podcast on BlueSky @NIIRYFPod, Lindsay @LindsayM476, and Tanner @SparkyUpstart.

The challenges return (for real this time) with Lindsay tasking Tanner with doing an updated remake of the 90s cartoon Mummies Alive! Tanner tried to avoid doing a deep dive but still came out of this with a RIDICULOUS amount of notes on this because a) so much of the show feels like wasted potential due to it only getting 42 episodes and b) it spent 42 episodes on NONSENSE and SLAPSTICK. And making mockeries of the Egyptian gods. But we can refine it! We can make it a little more special! A little more character driven! And a little more a lot gayer! Our cover art is by Alex aka @ptchew, and her work can be found on ptchew.com. Our theme music is by Shawn Clake. Our email is NotIfIRebootYouFirst@gmail.com. If you would like to send us a friendship promo, or just give general feedback, feel free to contact us! Join our Discord at https://discord.gg/Hf8Y2yEJPe. You can find this podcast on BlueSky @NIIRYFPod, Lindsay @LindsayM476, and Tanner @SparkyUpstart.

Revenge of the Fifth! That means it's time to do a Star War once again. This time, it's The Last Jedi, a movie that Lindsay and Tanner generally think is the strongest of the sequel films - except for all the parts that don't work. But you know what, we can pivot and rearrange some parts to make the themes actually make sense this time around (without capitulating to angry boys). Lindsay kills the hero's journey, Tanner kills someone's arm, and they both kill Reylo. Stay tuned to the end for a special announcement... Our cover art is by Alex aka @ptchew, and her work can be found on ptchew.com. Our theme music is by Shawn Clake. Our email is NotIfIRebootYouFirst@gmail.com. If you would like to send us a friendship promo, or just give general feedback, feel free to contact us! Join our Discord at https://discord.gg/Hf8Y2yEJPe. You can find this podcast on BlueSky @NIIRYFPod, Lindsay @LindsayM476, and Tanner @SparkyUpstart.

...but he's finally returned to us! And he brings an age-old tale of a soon looking for his father, gathering friends, learning what it means to be a man, and...engaging in various minigames? Yes, Benny has recruited Tanner and Lindsay onto his crew to turn the story of Telemachus into a video game where we get a secondhand view of the Odyssey. There will be twists and turns, a rant about the Bronze Age (affectionate), and it's gonna get kinda gay! Our cover art is by Alex aka @ptchew, and her work can be found on ptchew.com. Our theme music is by Shawn Clake. Our email is NotIfIRebootYouFirst@gmail.com. If you would like to send us a friendship promo, or just give general feedback, feel free to contact us! Join our Discord at https://discord.gg/Hf8Y2yEJPe. You can find this podcast on BlueSky @NIIRYFPod, Lindsay @LindsayM476, and Tanner @SparkyUpstart. Benny can be found on BlueSky @bennactive.bsky.social, and his podcast is @eurigarsfoc.bsky.social.

...but it's not that hard, y'know? Ever After High was a spin-off of Monster High about Fairy Tale characters, but as Harley makes clear it's also about fighting against conformity, choosing your own destiny, and girls being friends (honestly, huge). Lindsay and Tanner are gonna work with him to make this an actual full-length show, giving all these characters space to breath, looking a little more closely at the fairy tale origins, and plugging all those weird plot holes. Also, we collectively made a new OC! Our cover art is by Alex aka @ptchew, and her work can be found on ptchew.com. Our theme music is by Shawn Clake. Our email is NotIfIRebootYouFirst@gmail.com. If you would like to send us a friendship promo, or just give general feedback, feel free to contact us! Join our Discord at https://discord.gg/Hf8Y2yEJPe. You can find this podcast on BlueSky @NIIRYFPod, Lindsay @LindsayM476, and Tanner @SparkyUpstart. Harley can be found on BlueSky @iwritequeersins.bsky.social.

Oh no, there's flesh on the gunpla too...Tanner's taking it back to the 00s with their requel of Custom Robo, which had one game famous for the massive plot twist halfway through and another game that...was also released in the states. But maybe we can combine these things, use the lesser-known plot elements to bridge the gap, and make it a little gayer? Of course we will, you know us. Our cover art is by Alex aka @ptchew, and her work can be found on ptchew.com. Our theme music is by Shawn Clake. Our email is NotIfIRebootYouFirst@gmail.com. If you would like to send us a friendship promo, or just give general feedback, feel free to contact us! Join our Discord at https://discord.gg/Hf8Y2yEJPe. You can find this podcast on BlueSky @NIIRYFPod, Lindsay @LindsayM476, and Tanner @SparkyUpstart.

Content Warning in this episode, and Drakengard by extension, for violence, war, mutilation, death, incest, cannibalism, and pedophilia. In this episode, Raena's here to explain Drakengard and the greater DrakenNieR franchise to us. It's...a lot. But the main thing is that she'd like to see if the first Drakengard game can be made fun to play, even though the slog of the original is kind of the point? If that doesn't work, maybe we can at least make it weirder. Raena cannot be found online. She's a ghost! Our cover art is by Alex aka @ptchew, and her work can be found on ptchew.com. Our theme music is by Shawn Clake. Our email is NotIfIRebootYouFirst@gmail.com. If you would like to send us a friendship promo, or just give general feedback, feel free to contact us! Join our Discord at https://discord.gg/Hf8Y2yEJPe. You can find this podcast on BlueSky @NIIRYFPod, Lindsay @LindsayM476, and Tanner @SparkyUpstart.

Do you have any idea how hard it is to reboot something with no TV Tropes page, no AO3 presence, and seemingly no fandom whatsoever? Well, Lindsay's trying her best with the Maisie Dobbs mystery series, which she definitely didn't fully imagine herself. She and Tanner will outline some ways to translate the first three books into a brief British miniseries, complete with hidden gays, cults, and...psychic powers? Ah, here we go again. Our cover art is by Alex aka @ptchew, and her work can be found on ptchew.com. Our theme music is by Shawn Clake. Our email is NotIfIRebootYouFirst@gmail.com. If you would like to send us a friendship promo, or just give general feedback, feel free to contact us! Join our Discord at https://discord.gg/Hf8Y2yEJPe. You can find this podcast on BlueSky @NIIRYFPod, Lindsay @LindsayM476, and Tanner @SparkyUpstart.

It's time to reboot an edgy, hard-hitting teen mystery/medical drama...that aired on the Canadian equivalent of Nickelodeon? Yeah, Open Heart never had a chance, even with it's solid cast and cool (admittedly half-baked) ARG companion app. Lindsay's gonna help Tanner flesh out the good parts like it's inherent Gothic melodrama, a surprisingly good representation of schizophrenia, and a teen who loves spreadsheets. Our cover art is by Alex aka @ptchew, and her work can be found on ptchew.com. Our theme music is by Shawn Clake, who's contact info is available upon request. Our email is NotIfIRebootYouFirst@gmail.com. If you would like to send us a friendship promo, or just give general feedback, feel free to contact us! Join our Discord at https://discord.gg/Hf8Y2yEJPe. You can find this podcast on BlueSky @NIIRYFPod, Lindsay @LindsayM476, and Tanner @SparkyUpstart.

What's the secret of The Secret History? It's that these characters all think they're the main character of a grand sweeping narrative, but in reality they're just rich kids who aren't as clever as they think they are, sucked into the vortex of an egomaniac language professor. But Lindsay's put together a plan for a miniseries that highlights just how unhinged the cast of Dark Academia's great grandpapa have become, and Tanner...thinks these kids just need to touch grass. Our cover art is by Alex aka @ptchew, and her work can be found on ptchew.com. Our theme music is by Shawn Clake, who's contact info is available upon request. Our email is NotIfIRebootYouFirst@gmail.com. If you would like to send us a friendship promo, or just give general feedback, feel free to contact us! Join our Discord at https://discord.gg/Hf8Y2yEJPe. You can find this podcast on BlueSky @NIIRYFPod, Lindsay @LindsayM476, and Tanner @SparkyUpstart.

Am I wrong though? Am I? It's the night before Christmas and we're taking on the classic tale of a special snowflake reindeer who's being barred from society because of certain physical aspects...huh, I wonder what the conservatives would think of this. Still, we can smooth some of the edges off of this - make it more applicable to today, stop Santa and his 8 Standard Reindeer from being culpable in bullying, and why don't we make Yukon Cornelius some kind of wizard while we're at it? Our cover art is by Alex aka @ptchew, and her work can be found on ptchew.com. Our theme music is by Shawn Clake, who's contact info is available upon request. Our email is NotIfIRebootYouFirst@gmail.com. If you would like to send us a friendship promo, or just give general feedback, feel free to contact us! Join our Discord at https://discord.gg/Hf8Y2yEJPe. You can find this podcast on BlueSky @NIIRYFPod, Lindsay @LindsayM476, and Tanner @SparkyUpstart.

In our newest CHALLENGE EPISODE, Tanner's given Lindsay the task of creating the Cruella sequel we...don't really need, but we might deserve, even if Disnopolis would never let us take this close a look at 80s Cold War Fashion Authoritarianism. We also discuss what makes a punk a punk, the artist and their muse, and the umpteenth gay character. Our cover art is by Alex aka @ptchew, and her work can be found on ptchew.com. Our theme music is by Shawn Clake, who's contact info is available upon request. Our email is NotIfIRebootYouFirst@gmail.com. If you would like to send us a friendship promo, or just give general feedback, feel free to contact us! Join our Discord at https://discord.gg/Hf8Y2yEJPe. You can find this podcast on BlueSky @NIIRYFPod, Lindsay @LindsayM476, and Tanner @SparkyUpstart.