Show notes
TMNT Shellcast is back and hotter than ever with its review of "Turtles at the Earth's Core" from season 3 episode 10 of the 1989 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series. In this episode, Donatello tries to locate the Technodrome by analyzing module-arrival patterns but is interrupted by an earthquake. The Turtles discover a "lost world" underground where dinosaurs thrive and Shredder's minions are sent to retrieve a crystal that powers the hidden world. The Turtles, aided by a friendly diplodocus named Dippy, confront Shredder, defeat his minions, retrieve the crystal, and escape on Dippy's back while being chased by a pteranodon carrying April.Jon returns from heaven on earth (00:04:10) to host this week's podcast episode. Andrew eats the ultimate pepperoni pizza, serving it up at Vinnie's for $8.49 (00:14:50). Jon sprinkles dinosaur trivia questions throughout the episode (00:29:14) while also spearheading the Mount Rushmore of Fictional Dinosaurs (00:53:16). He surprises Chris and Andrew with a list of Turtlisms from the episode (01:52:09) before recapping a rare Shellcast Sportsbook parlay (01:56:23). Chris leads discussion during the Villain Power Ranking where the Foot Soldiers and Krang make BIG moves (01:58:14). Then Jon loses the Pizza Poll (02:06:29), sending him to the Pizza Time! wheel where he spins garlic (02:09:44). Andrew and Chris end the episode with answers to the Pizza Poll Question: What is the best insulting nickname? (02:14:16).Also featured in this episode are front loading TMNT Shellcast vacation time (00:03:07), excursions (00:03:42), wine and A LOT of cheese (00:03:57), island life is the life for Jon (00:04:27), Jon photobombs Jason Mamoa (00:08:01), frozen calamari (00:10:11), limes FTW (00:11:01), chips & salsa (00:12:21), crab rags (00:12:39), Brooklyn accents (00:17:16), maybe the best Domino's pizza (00:19:24), buckle up (00:20:37), the return of Shitty Friend April (00:24:18), Jon's quick #2 (00:31:10), pale Krang (00:36:30), Donnie hits (00:40:33), never ending anchovies (00:42:08), air conditioned Krang (00:51:55), Barney (00:54:00), Godzilla (00:57:33), baby Sinclair (00:59:10), Reptar (01:01:26), Yoshi (01:03:38), Littlefoot (01:05:59), Rex (01:07:59), Dino (01:10:32), Prickle (01:11:24), T-Rex Zord (01:12:25), fuck you Xfinity (01:13:47), the saddest 30 seconds (01:28:04), chaffed from whalin' too hard (01:30:00), how wa wow wa wowie (01:34:32), shits and gigs (01:44:07), Krang the Jew (01:55:42), Mikey hits (01:56:40), Krang's kneecaps (02:04:58), Chris knows something about being afraid (02:07:20), forthcoming shitrant (02:10:01), Chris drank the Ranch-aid (02:13:09), chief (02:15:29), fuck face (02:16:40), dink (02:17:15), thanks Algeria (02:19:35), 1K streams (02:20:41), merch is (eventually) coming (02:21:38), the sinkining Twitter ship (02:23:37), we've got ads now (02:25:43), go be a dominatrix (02:25:43).Links mentioned:Gumby Banging Horses š¢ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwfelChITYcDrinking Out Of Cups š¢ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdU635esPpQExtreme Dinosaurs š¢ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06lvk4ui918Cowabunga!š¢ Leave a Turtlecom voicemail.š¢ Stream TMNT Shellcast on Spotify, YouTube, Apple, Google, and Amazon.š¢ Follow @tmntshellcast on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter.š¢ Visit tmntshellcast.com.