Ep 0029 - Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018)

9/3/2024

This time around we’re discussing Pacific Rim. No, not the good one—who do you take us for?

Content warnings for this episode:

Our theme is “She Loves Your Fusion” by PartyFactor on Pixabay. Other sound effects also sourced from Pixabay. Any and all clips of copyrighted media are included for transformative use or commentary, and On the Shoulders of Giants makes no claim of ownership on the sampled audio.

Mechs Discussed

Gipsy Avenger

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Guardian Bravo

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Bracer Phoenix

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Saber Athena

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Titan Redeemer

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Scrapper

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November Ajax

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Valor Omega

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Obsidian Fury

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Cool Factor(tm) Score

Other Images of Things Discussed

partyin' in the apocolypse

kaiju corpse beach house

jaeger scrap yard

hand shot

deals inside a jeager body

power core (missing)

scrappy!!

sorry, scrapper

solo cockpit

oh shit it's the fuzz

scrapper ball mode owns

"So.. what are you in for?"

it's like she's still with us...

SHATTERDOOOOME

love triangle (real not fake)

Full Metal Jacket (2019)

fistful of sprinkles

they should kiss over sundaes

divorced dads

shao (totally not evil)

a wild jaeger has appeared

i see you have drawn your blade...

flashback (bad)

ah yes, the drone pilot suit, sexy

drone warfare

alice (real)

FIGHT ON THE ICE

bisected

oh that's a pilot, i guess

drone pilots lookin cool

infected drone jaeger

d o m i n a t i o n

openin' a hole

master mechanic

repairs and upgrades

this is technically a speech

we doin' rockets again

tokyo attacked, JKs spotted (-alice)

rammed

spin whip attack

this is unedited

mega-merged-kaiju

insert witty line here

the big attack money shot

*leonardo dicaprio pointing dot gif*

oh we doing rockets AGAIN?

cause im freeeeeee, free falliiiiiing

a survivable crash from low earth orbit

GAME TIME!

This time around, Niko had us guessing what was a REAL Jaeger name from the Pacific Rim Universe, or a hilarious 2018 online Jaeger Maker joke. Yes, there was an official Jaeger builder, and yes, the Jaeger names in Pacific Rim are as dumb as something an online poster would come up with.

Below are the, sadly, not real Jaegers featured. Credit to their visionary creators!