Surprise Round! - Houston, We Have Zero Bars

What would I not give for those Mystique powers

No Grinch (probably) but they did roll a d20 in space! https://www.instagram.com/reel/DWt49dkjKUj/?igsh=MXJ1bGc2OTV6ZjQ5Yw==

Is it just me, or does the Grinch NASA question up top hit different in a post Katy Perry space flight world?

Re: hair vampire, I can’t believe no one considered the physical toll that being shaved every single day would take on your skin!

This has almost nothing to do with this just thought yalld enjoy someone dressing up as Sonic doing a pole/arial act

My lord… the “vampire hair eating” scenario was absolutely unhinged. Caldwell is insane lmfao

Shadow the edge-chog, am I right guys?

Anyone listening to this after Katy Perry went into space?

I’d tie myself to a chair and start crying and act like my friend had kidnapped me

I'd be a sheep for no rent and unlimited funds. I'm hairy as hell, I would be the prized sheep.

God Murph humorously exasperated with the rest of the crew will always be my favorite murph

I know they often joke about being "minor celebrities" or that no one would cast them on a prank show, but at this point, I wouldn't put it past Sam Reich to use the Surprise Round as fodder for GameChanger . . .

https://www.instagram.com/p/DAW8a4DSyrl/?igsh=ZXBoMWZqM285Nndq

Gesus ghrist it’s the grinch

Im so mad that i just came across a dude on tiktok that has a shadow/knuckles/sonic/tails neck tattoo for real.

My girlfriend doesn't listen to and naddpod things except surprise round (she's not into d&d) and she absolutely loves surprise round. What do I gotta do to get a surprise round shirt

Perfect amount of time for a "that was easy" joke. XD

I love the Grinch question mark on the icon💚💚

Fuck negotiations I’m becoming that guys sheep

They kept saying sheep instead of life stock lol

wild that the first spacewalk that is essentially “just for fun” is actively happening and they didn’t invite the grinch 🙄

Nothing like my 5yr daughter shouting from behind me in the car. "SHE'S GONNA GRAB OUR BUTTS?!"

Loved the episode. Crossing my fingers for Adventure Book Theater to come back. 🤞

im getting the shadow the hedgehog tattoo even without the mystique powers

"A footnote in the Grinch's obituary" is the millennial American Dream

Space camp was awesome and there was a tornado warning and I remember thinking it would be kind of a funny way to die if it had to end like that

Ok as a woman I have never understood rompers and jumpsuits. I don’t want to have to disrobe completely to have to pee or poo, especially in a public bathroom. I don’t understand why they’re so popular

Genuinely thought astronauts went to the bathroom in their suits!

Absolutely love these but man I miss 8-bit book club

The fact none of the guys thought of growing a beard to cover the neck tattoo is astonishing

I also just assumed I'd go to space at some point

I've started using suprise round questions to ambush my friends with. I make them think I'm asking a serious question and then BAM the grinch.

The dot on the question mark is the grinch I love it

The crew being pro Vampire Weinstein wasn’t on my 2024 bingo card

my phone has zero bars but i must scream

as soon as Jake mentioned how close you would be to the moon rolling the D20, my bf and I at the same time said “Emily’s back in”

I think for the Shadow the Hedgehog/Shapeshifter question, you HAVE to sign with a temporary tattoo company and start mass producing Shadow The Hedgehog temp tattoos and make a bunch of commercials as various members of the Sonic movie cast. Alternatively, write a one man show and perform it at your local theater.

What if the Sonic head speaks?

GEEZUS GREIST 🤣 honk honk 🪿✝️

Murph took a tiny L in the debate about Tails’ smell capabilities

The Shadow tattoo is going on the "I really would do anything to be a shapeshifter" list

Look, maybe Murph you're not the most popular dnd player... but as someone in the space industry, you are my top choice for rolling a d20 in space ;)

Primordial ooze is just vampire cum

Guys I hate to say this but I think grab your butt Emily could be problematic…

The vampire took your hair without asking when it gave you bangs. Seems untrustworthy with the sort of power imbalance thered be on their planet

Naddpod/Studio Trigger crossover with that vampire aliens question

I'm surprised Emily would choose to have mystique powers considering how important it is for her to be authentic. I'm fairly certain that in one of the comics she developed wicked multiple personality disorder and had to be in an institution. You can't tell me that once you made 1 improvement to your self you would ever revert back to who you were before.

"that was easy" nearly killed me

I thought tails was an ermine? Am I wrong?

Thank you for reading my prompt!! Made my day to see it kind of made the episode title It didn't come through bc I didn't want to make the prompt too long, but Caldwell was right that the intent was the friend was framing you for Sonic's death, which is why they get you to the house and drunk as quickly as possible and then vanish. By the time Tails and Knuckles confront you, your friend is doing 90 in a 60 halfway to the Mexican border and will probably run over Gex or something

How do you know the vampire planet has human food?

Murph! Someone else has already asked this question but is the Grinch like going into the vacuum of space with like a fishbowl helmet or just raw dog the helmet is the costume and it's just the Grinch

Hell yea I can use the new naddpod scarf to hide my shadow the hedgehog neck tattoo

the astronaut grinch in the first scenario strikes me as a veteran astronaut who is highly respected by his team regardless of the fact that he has clearly gone senile and should have retired 15 years ago

Murph drawing a hard line at Tails having a heightened sense of smell. like yeah he can fly but SMELL GOOD??? Absolutely not

I am so proud of Jake for remembering Miles Prower.

Did Emily also grab Gesus’ butt

Hate to break this to you but if one of you was brought to space you would almost definitely not be the first D&D player up there. Surely one of those nerdy astronauts plays!

HEMP 🗣🗣

SOMEONE TELL JAKE ABOUT HOW COOL THEY MADE GOLIATHS IN THE NEW PHB!! THEY CHANGED THEM AND THEYRE SO COOL!!! Edit: SO IS ELDRITCH KNIGHT!!!!

Armageddon rules: it’s cheaper and easier to teach D&D players to be astronauts than astronauts to play D&Dzzzz

omfg the grinch face in the cover art logo

Speaking of space the Starliner module undocking and reentry is happening today/tonight! You can watch at NASA.com (Happening via NASA not NASO)

ooo a cover for surprise round. We’re getting crazy now.

Half a bottle of wine in and zero bars

Book recommendation for Emily: Challenger by Adam Higginbotham. It's not funny but it is the real story of Challenger, the disaster with the teacher in space... A little too close to the bit in this episode

If it’s a planet of keratin vampires, you’d also have to worry about them trying to get your nails, which is pretty horrifying

Love the cover art!

You do have to read all the comics, learn all the lore, and obviously solve all the choose your own adventure books

I think you get the tattoo and make it your mission to get hugely into Sonic, then get tats of the other characters

"The colors on Shadow the Hedgehog are kinda cool" -Jake Hurwitz

Gesus

Yo. Never have to clothes shop again with Mystique powers. Huge money saver.

An Astronaut in a Grinch costume isn't as insane as it might initially seem. Former Astronaut and current US Senator Mark Kelly smuggled a full gorilla costume onto the ISS and used it to prank his crew mates.

Can’t wait for the gang to finally watch the Jim Carrey Grinch movie for a mixed bag next July

Love a correct rendition of Emily’s perfect song!

To me, the shaving vamp is less being a sheep and more of a spa trip. Can it be waxed and not shaved? And can I keep most of my eyebrows? If so, SOLD! I won’t think too deeply about where the hair is going.

Shout out the big G Geezus 🗣️ 🔥🔥

I love the new surprise round logo

Geezus made me crack up in public

1) I have a deep-seated fear of being untethered from my shuttle while in space (this will never happen to me), so I'd be out immediately. 2) Can you use foundation on the neck tattoo or does it need to be visible?

Surprise Round is the final form of NADDPOD. It is the ultimate culmination of all the insane unhinged energy in the short rests and mixed bags

Your friend pulled the "It's your curse now, good luck sucker."

Murp sheep don't get paid. The hairpire is offering you a job with free housing and unlimited pay in exchange for shaving.

I'm (pleasantly) surprised by the new intro and the art!

You guys should watch the cutscenes for the 'Shadow the Hedgehog' PS2 game at some point. SPOILERS there was a basic morality system where you chose your path via which objective you completed for each mission. Full evil path had you kill the president of off brand USA, and then announce to a defeated Sonic that you were going to take over the world. Also you could use guns. Wild experience.

Like Emily, I'd have passed on this trip long before I've gotten to the shuttle but, assuming I've agreed for some reason, the Grinch isn't phasing me if the other astronauts are all acting normally. I trust the Scientific process!

"you would be a footnote in the grinch's obituary" is actually such a hard line

It's Arrakis but instead of a water shortage everyone craves hair

I love how much Jake loves his mum. And how quickly Emily jumps to solving a problem via climbing (or in this case, a chimney shimmy).

If I'm boarding the space shuttle and I see the Grinch, I'm immediately looking for the Jake Busey character from Contact, nothing good can come from sending the Grinch to space and someone is gonna try to put a stop to it.

The Vampire has absolutely no incentive to keep to this deal after you've agreed to go with them tho

"Hey you can't talk to Houston man" is the hardest I've laughed in a while omg

Gesus christ, can we clarify why Emily grabbed all of our butts?

0% confidence in a NASA space shuttle; didn't the Challenger disaster shut down the program?

WHOA

An astronaut Grinch would be great for the Grinch campaign!

The last one is really "could you stand having razor burn ALL THE TIME"

I'd take the Mystique deal and replace Jake on NADDPOD.

Woah they have an intro sound and thumbnail for it.

I think the Mystique one is easy! I would just always have a perfect beard to cover the tattoo on the chin and if I ever wanted to I would be able to cover the neck with something else. Maybe I could even deal with a bit of a larger beard just to cover it up. I also think you can cover up the neck with just makeup like they do in movies

sonic tattoo easy fix is just shift to someone with a beard 👌

WE HAVE OFFICIAL ART OMGGG

I love the Grinch Question mark.

Not even 10 minutes in and I’m fully crying laughing

This is my first episode listening to this podcast! Cant wait to see what all the hype is about :D

Honestly it's insane the grinch is THIS present in the podcast still. I'll never forget listening to c1 in the tendra and the boob's CONSTANTLY referenced the grinch. Now it's come to this.

Refresh. Refresh. Refresh. New ep. Now I can listen to this and fall asleep

Houston has a ton of bars actually.

That escalated quickly

I work nightshift this is a godsend thank you for this joy you beautiful bastards

I was just about to go to bed. Noooooooo. So pumped (hoping for some grinch)

First!!! Go two crew!!!!!