My Favourite Monster
Welcome to My Favourite Monster, a podcast where two professional house sitters, ttrpg fans and comedy fantasy fiction authors, George Penney & Tony Johnson consider every monster in the universe for their pet potential, one by one. Be it xenomorphs, Trogdor, Jaws or a mind flayer we will consider them all!
Episodes
48 episodes
EP 47 A Room With A Moose - Heaven or Hell?
It's a room with a Moooooose! (from Invader Zim)What do you need to know to survive/enjoy/prosper from this MOOSEY FATE?What is gravitational whale astronomy?Is the borg just space-box?Is an infinite moose ...
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Season 3
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Episode 47
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31:30
EP 46(Special!) Anne Boleyn - The Vengeful Queen
Special OverLondon takeover! As the 19th of May is the anniversary of Anne Boleyn rather unfairly getting the chop, we figured it was high time we honored both her and our OverLondon universe equivalent The Vengeful Queen! (ma...
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Season 3
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Episode 46
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49:17
(Season 3 return!) EP 45 Powdered Toast Man - Nanotech Buttocks
Ahahaha, we're doing this again!!! In this episode we delve into the depths of our shared history, to that which grew ridges on our smooth child-brains (for better or worse): Powdered Toast Maaaaaan (from the absurd and disturbing "Ren and Stim...
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Season 3
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Episode 45
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49:17
EP 44 The Meg - Shark Pigging
We investigate how a combined Meg-Jason Statham fusion would work as a pet and almost manage to make a coherent episode:Can you milk a cow shark?How exactly, do you grind cheese?Can you use Jason Stratham as a grin...
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Season 2
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Episode 44
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36:33
EP 43 The VelociPastor - Low expectations exceeded!
We delve into the awful cult movie The VelociPastor and answer all of the questions:What use is a were-dinosaur at a children's party?How cheap was the crappy dinosaur costume?Is China in Pennsylvania or Pittsburgh...
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Season 2
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Episode 43
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32:16
EP 42 Oscar the Grouch - nuclear powered pachyderm polyamory
We're back! Season 2 baybee!We kick off with the highly contested, Oscar the Grouch... yes, we'll do a proper monster next time I promise.Anyway - we ask the real questions:Is his can nuclear powered?
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Season 2
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Episode 42
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37:02
EP 41 Naughty Editors - psychic damage and you
As we are just finishing off the edit on a book, we thought we'd have a (hopefully informative) rant about editors and the editorial process. Because gnarr.Signs your editor may stink and how to find a shiny unicorn.What ar...
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Season 1
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Episode 41
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54:51
EP 40 The Secret Purpose of the Crystal Gems from Steven Universe
So I had a think about it, and it turns out the Crystal Gem species is rather overpowered. Like... Immortal xenomorph meets nano-tech hegemonic-swarm combined with planet sculpting and a side salad of resurrection plus faster than light t...
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Season 1
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Episode 40
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44:11
EP 39 The Affront - British Tentacle Awfulness
We investigate "The Affront", one of the most charismatic and truly awful alien species to ever exist. A tentacled gas-sac parody of British aristocracy from the book Excession by Iain M Banks, one of the greatest science fiction writers that e...
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Season 1
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Episode 39
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41:41
EP 38 Jashin-chan Doroppukikku - Anime episode wai
In this episode we ramble about our current favorite anime... Jashin-chan Doroppukikku (Dropkick on my Devil) as well as think about pork cutlets and reminisce about eating roast duck ramen in Tokyo.Anyway who doesn't love a regeneratin...
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Season 1
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Episode 38
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35:20
EP 37 Predator - Spiderflaps vs mud
George made me watch the original Predator and we consider it as a pet. For example:Does it keep walking into stuff at ambient temperature?Where to I get magic invisi-mud?We probe the dark truth as to where glowsti...
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Season 1
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Episode 37
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51:42
EP 36 Alien Covenant Android rant - why is android stubble?
We rant and rave about the androids and magical black goo in Alien Covenant (and Prometheus).Quite a bit, actually...Neutrino shockwave? ...no... just no.Join the egg sniffers guild today, we have cookies!Why a...
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Season 1
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Episode 36
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51:09
EP 35: Gaspode the Wonder Dog - from Terry Pratchett's Discworld
We dive into the Discworld and consider Gaspode, the cynical ball of stench and disease or as he would put it "Mans best friend, et cetera, et cetera. Give the little doggie a biscuit. Homo-Sapiens! You can keep 'em."We talk about G...
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Season 1
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Episode 35
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40:10
EP 34: Hallucigenia - The wierdest creature that ever lived
In this episode we travel back 500 million years to look at the pure and unadulterated nightmare fuel of the Cambrian explosion. In particular the weirdest creature named after a literal hallucination: Hallucigenia.* How many pikachu's can ...
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Season 1
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Episode 34
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37:45
EP 33: Mimics - Chewing gum on the foot of a tarrasque
We delve into the potential of the beloved Mimics:Are tofu halflings an ethical food option?How do they fare against clothing, fall and chainmail blankets?Do mimics have pollen allergies?What is the saddes...
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Season 1
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Episode 33
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44:13
EP 32 Chimera - A lawnmower that tastes like chicken
This is one of those episodes where Tony gets fascinated by the cthonic things that kicked around before Greek myth and George works out which goat head isn't plotting against you.Does your pet Chimera need house-training three time...
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Season 1
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Episode 32
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48:14
EP 31 Genius Sharks from Deep Blue Sea - Crank That Dump Stat
For George's birthday shark-o-rama we evaluate the genetically modified hyper-intelligent sharks from Deep Blue Sea. It's one of **those** episodes:Where do I buy fluffy leopard print chainmail?Are sharks anti-capitalistic ...
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Season 1
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Episode 31
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42:30
EP 30: Tarrasque - the Apocalypse Engine
This episode we evaluate the absurdly overpowered Tarrasque as a pet:Which out of D&D and Pathfinder has the sexiest Tarrasque?How did it evolve from fish-pig... to cat-tortoise... to walking apocalypse?Is Godz...
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Season 1
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Episode 30
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47:22
EP 29: Tabaxi, catwoman and catgirls - Nyan Nyan Nyan
So we thought we would rate as a pet three concurrent cat-like things, nyan. All three of these would do just fine at either a catgirl, cosplay or furry convention. Which is what a human in DnD typically feels they have joined whenever they wal...
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Season 1
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Episode 29
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36:26
EP 28 Graboids - Lovechild of a Bulette and a Dirt-Chicken
In this episode we evaluate the subterranean tentacle-worms, Graboids, from the iconic horror-comedy Tremors as a potential pet.Save on water with a dirt-moat for your evil lair?Is this really just a dirt-chicken?N...
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Season 1
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Episode 28
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30:35
EP 27: Spelljammer's Giant Space Hamsters - Go for the eyes Boo!
So... Spelljammer is back! And with Boo’s Astral Menagerie it's high time we took at look at Boo's kin, the Giant Space Hamsters!Wait... the giant intergalactic hamster-wheel goes how fast?!?What sub-species is rig...
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Season 1
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Episode 27
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29:55
EP 26: Audrey II, the Carnivorous Plant from Little Shop of Horrors - The ethics of the dungeon crawl!
In this episode we discover that dentists make good fertilizer, as we explore the pet potential of Audrey II from Little Shop of Horrors... We even sing a little bit:Is looting a dungeon just salvage without a pirate hat?Wh...
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Season 1
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Episode 26
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37:13
EP 25: Aboleths - Free mucus for everybody!
In this episode Tony tries to get the tin foil hat off George so he can convince her how wonderful their new Aboleth "pet" is. Honest, it's the pet, not us. We wouldn't lie to you, fellow human.Who needs rolled up newspapers when yo...
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Season 1
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Episode 25
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46:52
EP 24: Tribble Trouble - The Furriest Amoeba
In an episode that rivals the Slaad one for pure chaos, we barely evaluate Star Trek's beloved intergalactic parasite, the Tribble as a pet:What noise does one make when it's bounced off Capn Kirk's head?Why does Kirk have ...
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Season 1
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Episode 24
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36:03