Show notes
Jon gives warning during "Beware the Lotus" from season 3 episode 28 of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987 tv series.In the tv episode, Channel 6's romantic news series (00:15:09) disrupts the Turtles' movie night (00:17:26), and chaos ensues when Lotus, a formidable ninja, replaces Shredder as Krang’s protégé (00:25:10). As Lotus schemes to capture the Turtles (01:15:31), Splinter recognizes her ninja skills and the connection to her mysterious past (01:17:16). Amidst the conflict, alliances shift among Krang, Shredder, and Lotus (01:34:00), culminating in a surprising resolution where Lotus chooses her own path (01:40:35), leaving Leonardo with a bittersweet longing for a connection that wasn't meant to be (01:40:48).In the podcast episode, Andrew (00:08:04) and Jon (00:08:30) score hot chili pizza during Pizza Time! (00:03:55). Chris joins Andrew during Buy or Sell: Unexpected Things. A lone cowabunga! (01:18:30) prompts a Shellcast Sportsbook update (01:45:02). Andrew recites Turtlisms (01:43:01) and Jon leads the Villain Power Ranking (01:46:40), where Lotus debuts strongly (01:47:43), Krang leapfrogs Shredder (01:52:01), Fripp gets benched (01:54:48), and the Foot Soldiers flip flop with Bebop & Rocksteady (01:55:41). Jon wins the Pizza Poll Results (01:58:34), sending Chris to the Pizza Wheel, where he spins hot plate special (02:03:52). One Power-Up: Respin (02:04:48) yields mini French bread pizza (02:04:28), a second Power-Up: Respin (02:04:48) yields the works (02:05:00), a third Power-Up: Respin (02:06:20) yields the works again, against all odds (02:06:31), before the fourth a final Power-Up: Respin (02:07:03) hands Chris squid (02:07:08). Andrew (02:09:25) and Jon (02:10:29) share their answers to the Pizza Poll Question: What food do you think would best represent Minnesota? (02:08:26).Also featured are Prime regression (00:00:57), sans turkey (00:02:12), Jon's lasagna walk (00:02:28), luxury take out (00:05:54), Marco Polo Jon (00:09:38), pizza reheat protip (00:10:00), silent r's (00:10:52), full moon crazies (00:15:50), chair vs. couch (00:20:14), gold math (00:29:35), Chris's miss (00:36:55), bloody nose rightaway (00:40:23), Friday 5PM exams (00:41:02), trashin' xmas cards (00:59:58), salamander sustenance (01:02:14), door simulation (01:04:28), hotel bathtubs (01:08:31), Lotus vs. Karai (01:18:52), Jon commits (01:45:21), Chris bargains (01:45:51), graveyard vs. cementary (01:56:52), first female on VPR (01:57:27), state with most iconic food (02:12:48), Jon #humblebrag (02:16:41), turtlecom voicemail challenge (02:17:35), Spotify Wrapped challenge (02:18:59), and a new segment teaser (02:19:59).Shout out to Area 4 Pizza (00:08:44), TMNT Shellcast Halloween Episode (00:18:09), The Replacements (00:23:44), Yahoo! Fantasy Sports (00:51:29), MLB (00:53:14), and Steve (01:00:58). Cowabunga!🐢 Leave a Turtlecom voicemail.🐢 Stream TMNT Shellcast on Spotify, YouTube, Apple, Google, and Amazon.🐢 Follow @tmntshellcast on TikTok, Instagram, and X.🐢 Visit tmntshellcast.com.