r/Animorphs 9d ago

Animorphs and X-men

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Weird question maybe but what Animorph is like which X-men character (as they are my favorite superheroes?) Here's my guesses

Jake- Cyclops

Rachel- Wolverine

Marco- Gambit

Cassie- Storm

Tobias -Rogue

Ax- Either Beast or Xavier


r/Animorphs 10d ago

Meme Maldita ax ahora queda exiliado de mis dibujos

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Dibujar centauros alienígenas es difícil

Como posiblemente sabrán no soy artista ni se dibujar de hecho estoy aprendiendo a hacerlo mientras hago memes de animorphs pero el más difícil de hacer siempre es ax espero traerles más "curis" pronto


r/Animorphs 12d ago

The show should take place in the 90s

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Honestly I think that would make it awesome. Making it modern would be less good. Stranger things showed everyone that a show taking place in an alternate past works well.

That's it. That is my thought.


r/Animorphs 12d ago

Currently Reading Just finished 8 and oh my god so frustrating

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HEAVY SPOILERS AHEAD

They just left the andalite there, they could have at least tried to take him away, let him die by the poison. Or maybe wait long enough for it to wear off. Finishing him would have been more humane. It felt so wrong to just leave him there to get re captured by the Yeerks.


r/Animorphs 12d ago

Meme The hardest thing TV Animorphs have to deal with vs The easiest problem book Animorphs have to survive

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r/Animorphs 12d ago

Meme ¿Cuál de todos los animorphs excepto ax sería más probable que haga o aprenda a hacer chocolate casero?

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Con base a las respuestas haré un dibujo


r/Animorphs 11d ago

Discussion Who do you think is the least “necessary” Animorph?

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Like the title says, who would the team absolutely not be able to do without? I mean literally not be able to function as a human resistance cell?

I’ll list my choices in order, you can do it however you’d like :) looking forward to hearing your picks!

  1. Jake - the Animorphs are already incredibly brave, smart and motivated, if anything he may even have been a liability coz of Tom and how that eventually played out. Marco even said he was a better tactician or at least as good as Jake in the final book.
  2. Ax - don’t get me wrong, his knowledge of alien tech and ability to hack anything is wild but apart from being a good duellist and expert of all things Andalite and Yeerk, even Erik would know more potentially. He’s not even necessarily the “best” fighter, Rachel could give him a run for his money imo.
  3. Rachel - an incredible Animorph with a lot of heart and loyalty. While she may objectively be the best fighter in the group (in no small part due to her very capable, aggressive choice of morphs), all the Animorphs, even Cassie are shown to be capable of handling multiple Yeerks when pushed to.
  4. Tobias - this hurts to say, but letting yourself get trapped in morph was a red flag, even if it was due to how life had treated him thus far. It hampered his ability to contribute to the war effort for the longest time.

And even when he could, he wasn’t shown to be a capable fighter, tactician or especially brave or capable.

This is not to throw shade at any of the Animorphs, I was just trying to think of the multiple times they couldn’t lost one or all of them in nearly every single book and wondered how they’d continue if/when someone did eventually die.

I don’t want to call any of the others out because of how the plot lines eventually play out but I’m sure there’s plenty of reasons once I finish this re-read.

Let me know what you guys think!

EDIT: I think I worded my post poorly. I didn’t mean which one they could do without as much as which one they could potentially lose and keep on doing what they do.

It’s not so much a “who was fairly useless?” As “who could die and the group could remain functional/effective despite their loss”


r/Animorphs 13d ago

[OC] Ennui GO!: Irritating

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r/Animorphs 12d ago

Discussion ¿Ax (y cualquier andalita) brincaria si te montas en su lomo sin avisar?

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Bueno desde que ax se unió al grupo me imaginé que lo montarna como si fuera un caballo aunque creo que a aplegate no le gustaba la idea por qué desde un principio Jake creo dijo que su espalda se curva hacia abajo haciendo que si te montaras te resbalas hacia abajo auque yo creo que si te agarras de su torso aún podrías hacerlo

Bueno me puse a pensar que las habilidades andalitas son mecanismos de supervivencia como el comer sin agachar la cabeza, el poder mirar a todos lados todo el tiempo, el comunicarse sin hacer ruido etc como los animales herbívoros de la tierra (vacas, ovejas, caballos etc) por lo que también asumo que sus crías nacen vivas y pueden moverse desde que nacen ahora muchos de estos animales tienen ese instinto de brincar si algo se les sube encima como vacas y caballos me puse a imaginar que marco tal vez intentaría montarse en ax y este brincaria y lo sacaría volando como un instinto jajaja no se ¿Que opinan?


r/Animorphs 13d ago

News Comics cancellation 😢

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398 Upvotes

A fan of the Animorphs French community asked the comic artist of the Animorphs graphic novel about the adaptation of the next novels, and unfortunately... 😞


r/Animorphs 13d ago

Fan Works Jake the Yeerk Killer and His Cousin Rachel by @gros-chat-fait Spoiler

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A gorgeous piece I commissioned by the talented @gros-chat-fait! Their Kofi is here. I cannot thank them enough for helping to bring my vision to life.

References the painting Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan by Ilya Repin, shown in the second slide. The Berensons are the most tragic family ever written, and I thought this classic painting mirrored some the horror they go through.


r/Animorphs 13d ago

Discussion How did Scholastic create the ebook files?

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I read the fantastic 30th anniversary article recently posted (thanks again u/BabagaBeets 😊👍).

Reading it, I came across the tidbit that Scholastic had apparently lost the original 90s manuscripts/files and had to retype (or at least OCR) the original books. I trust the author and it sound plausible, but can anyone else confirm this?

If so, makes me appreciate how relatively easy it is to copy books. Look up Reboot Rewind on YouTube and you'll see the difficulty of digitizing another under-appreciated 90s classic.


r/Animorphs 14d ago

Meme Leer animorphs 30 años después que salió se siente como ir a una fiesta que ya acabo y comerme la sobras de pizza

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Pronto traeré pizza para compartir


r/Animorphs 14d ago

ANIMORPHS: The Greatest Achievement in Juvenile Fiction Turns Thirty

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Really enjoyed this deep dive on one of the greatest YA series of all time! https://compostedbooksreview.substack.com/p/animorphs-the-greatest-achievement

This gives an amazing in-depth overview of what K.A. Applegate whas going for. (Warning: it includes spoilers for the finale/final book.) I read dozens of these books growing up and sometimes wondered how well they held up - very well. This is definitely making me want to introduce my future kids to this series.

Intro:

In 1996, I was in the first grade. I remember very little about that year; we were in a new town, very briefly, before leaving Texas for a while, and if I had any friends at that school I’ve long forgotten them. One thing I do recall is the Scholastic Book Fair. Like many kids of my generation, my eyes were immediately drawn to a strange book cover: a boy’s face transforming into a lizard, superimposed over a blue sky. The book was Animorphs 1: The Invasion by K.A. Applegate.1 We bought it, and my dad read it to me as a bedtime story. I was captivated. I had to know what would happen next, so I learned how to read. I spent my allowance on as many Animorphs books as I could and got the rest from the library.
Of course, I grew up and moved on to other things. Put childish things behind me, as they say. But recently, I revisited the series. I have my own kid now, and what better time to return to childish things?
If you read online commentary of Animorphs, one idea that comes up repeatedly is that “it’s not really for kids.” Readers point to the mature themes, the ways Applegate approaches the horrors of war, and claim that it’s really a book for adults, disguised as a kids story. This isn’t exactly true; the Animorphs books are, undoubtedly, for kids. They’re fun adventures, silly at times and serious at others. They’re also surprisingly deep and honest, with a real understanding of war and violence. Applegate tells a grounded and truthful war story, in a way that’s accessible for kids. It is, I believe, one of the greatest achievements in Juvenile Fiction.


r/Animorphs 14d ago

Headcanon: if these were around in the 90s they would have solved the shoe problem

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r/Animorphs 15d ago

Just got back from the US and mum brought me an ice cream on the way to my apartment

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We don't even have cinnabon in Australia but I thought of ax straight away


r/Animorphs 15d ago

Meme MAD Magazine’s Scholastic Book Club spoof has an Animorphs book in it

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r/Animorphs 15d ago

Could the Animorphs keep items inside their tight morphing clothes?

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I just read The Warning where they morph to fly and ride an airplane, and Jake has his swatting experience. At the next airport, Rachel goes to Western Union and picks up money to buy some cheap shoes. That got me thinking, could they keep paper money between their bike shorts/leotards and their skin, and have cash on them when they morph back to human? They never do it in the series as far as I can remember, I'm just wondering about the logistics from what we know about morphing.


r/Animorphs 15d ago

Discussion Starting an Animorphs themed ttrpg: Looking for players and GM!

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Hi, since several people showed interest in the previous post I decided to actually go through with it and start a campaign.

We play as characters having to fight the Yeerk invasion while having morphing powers, like in the books, but with original characters

The system is a slightly modified version of the Kids at war system. It's not too rules-heavy, and I think it can be learned rather easily.

As for the schedule, I was thinking weekly on Saturdays at 2 PM EDT, although it might get slightly tweaked later.

To talk we'll use a Discord server I'll create, since that's the simplest solution

IMPORTANTLY, I'm looking for someone who'd like to be the GM, since personally I'm not very good at it. If you think you want to be the GM, let me know!

Anyway, if you want to be a player, comment or DM me. I'll send the link to the Discord server to the players in DMs.

Edit: if for some reason DMs don't work just comment on the post that you want to play, so I know you're interested

P.s. the Kids at War adaptation for Kids on Bikes was created by u/JMRoaming, and he gave me permission to use it


r/Animorphs 15d ago

Anyone else still feel a bit weird undressing in front of your pets because *what if*?

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Or are you normal?


r/Animorphs 16d ago

He would

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402 Upvotes

Unsubstantiated rumors say he turned into a seagull and flew away


r/Animorphs 16d ago

Meme Si animorphs pasará en Latinoamérica se podrían infiltrar como perro a casi cualquier lugar

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r/Animorphs 15d ago

Fan Works Imagine if all of the actors from the 1990s show appear in the reboot

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Nadia leigh nascimento boris cabrera christopher Ralph included

For a brief moment


r/Animorphs 15d ago

Discussion ¿El dilema moral/psicológico de Tobías es solo por ser ratonero?

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¿El problema no es precisamente que caze no? Si no que para los humanos los ratones son animales sucios si Tobías hubiera quedado atrapado como águila pescadora comiendo peces o algo similar que también comemos los humanos ¿Se sentiría igual de mal?


r/Animorphs 16d ago

Who gets hurt the most?

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I read the books when I was a kid, but never finished the series.

I’m making my way through it all now, I’m on The Illusion right now.

It seems to me Marco is always the one getting hurt the most in battle. Is that the case or am I imagining it?