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Title: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: jtuttle on June 04, 2008, 02:42:17 PM
Hey--
Just figured I'd restart this thread...

-- J.P.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: esplin on June 04, 2008, 05:42:16 PM
people used to catch me on RAF at school and make fun of me :]
but tomorrow is my last day and im done with school forever.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Jax on June 04, 2008, 05:47:21 PM
I have, on occasion, sat in the middle of the food court and yelled "Cinnabunz! Bun-zuh, bunzzz!" while scarfing down dozens of said baked treat.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: ANItiger13 on June 04, 2008, 05:48:59 PM
I call my friends by the Animorphs names.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: esplin on June 04, 2008, 05:50:02 PM
lol what do they say about that
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Bladeh Mercury on June 04, 2008, 08:49:39 PM
On a bus ride home I was reading 19, and the people surrounding me started to ridicule animorphs, it got around the bus fast.
(The only kid I know that's my age, reads animorphs, and lives in my town is a jerky kid named jason, I hate him so much.)
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: BigBoi0516 on June 04, 2008, 11:24:09 PM
When people bring up old stuff like "hey remember when you used to be in love with animorphs & i have to say that i still do....
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: AniDragon on June 04, 2008, 11:25:58 PM
When people bring up old stuff like "hey remember when you used to be in love with animorphs & i have to say that i still do....

Haha, yeah, it's like, "What's this 'used to be' stuff?"
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: ANItiger13 on June 04, 2008, 11:28:59 PM
I think I have called almost everyone of my friends by an Animorphs name.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Richard on June 04, 2008, 11:34:11 PM
My stack of books on my top shelf.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Duff on June 04, 2008, 11:39:06 PM
w/e my friend comes over i usually try to casually hide all my books and stuff. The other day the entire coffee table was just covered in papers about my fic so i tried to kinda scoop em away with some school stuff lol
not that i hide my fandom, but that level of obsession is scary lol
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Kelly on June 04, 2008, 11:41:51 PM
Probably telling my brother I tried to "aquire" our dog.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: WildAtHeart on June 05, 2008, 12:08:36 AM
I haven't had any recently haha. I'm noticing now, that if I bring it up, i get people going like "i used to love those!" "that series is great!"...so i'm happy lol
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Nomad Frog on June 05, 2008, 12:16:31 AM
ooh, you're lucky, Wild.  I'm sure I've let it slip "Oh, like that really awesome book series Animorphs?"  ... I swear crickets just appear out of nowhere if I mention that around here... XD
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: sherrilina on June 05, 2008, 12:40:58 AM
Probably telling my brother I tried to "aquire" our dog.
Dude, I would always try to "acquire" animals as well! :D Okay, not seriously, but it would cross my mind whenever I was touching/petting animals (like a neighbors' dog, my pet bird, a screech owl at the fair as this thing where you paid money and would then get your pick holding the animal--I was so excited and saved up my money so I could get my picture with a red-tailed hawk (which I of course totally geeked out about whenever I saw it--Tobias!) the following year, but noooo they stopped allowing it then!), and I would pretend to do so....:p I always loved to imagine turning into animals!

I can't think of any embarassing encounters exactly except reading the books themselves sometimes I guess, since not everyone is enlightened and realizes they're awesome books....
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Kelly on June 05, 2008, 12:45:19 AM
haha come on who hasn't tried to morph into one of their pets  :P
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: CounterInstinct on June 05, 2008, 07:02:38 AM
I onced tried to swat three flies, and ended up hitting two (not bad, huh?). What amazed me was that the third fly came back to "nurse" the two other Flies.

I suddenly thought: "WTFish, I killed Jake and Rachel, and Cassie is coming to make those two demorph!"

LOL. Too bad, The ants took "Jake" and "Rachel away to their doom."
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Nateosaurus on June 05, 2008, 07:11:20 AM
haha come on who hasn't tried to morph into one of their pets  :P

Haha, I'm guilty of that for sure. I used to "morph" in the backyard with my friend Daniel. I dont even think he read the books though, lol
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: crystalclear on June 05, 2008, 08:25:04 AM
I onced tried to swat three flies, and ended up hitting two (not bad, huh?). What amazed me was that the third fly came back to "nurse" the two other Flies.

I suddenly thought: "WTFish, I killed Jake and Rachel, and Cassie is coming to make those two demorph!"

LOL. Too bad, The ants took "Jake" and "Rachel away to their doom."

That's hilarious. ;D

Too bad I don't really have any embarassing Animorphs encounters, I notice some of my friends LOVE it, though, whenever I bring it up.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: zaprowsdower on June 05, 2008, 01:33:29 PM
I don't really talk about it to my friends 'cause I'm afraid they won't know what I'm talking about :(. There are a few guys I know, though, who were bigger fans and actually tried to win some contest to get on the show!
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: SuperBlue on June 05, 2008, 05:39:35 PM
Me and my two friends used to play Animorphs in my backyard when we were like 8 and we'd always ended up getting killed(Like the time we were pretending to be in lizard morph and snuck around the Yeerk pool, my friend's basement, and got killed by Visser Three, my friend's dog).....God I miss being a kid.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: ThermalRider on June 06, 2008, 12:18:59 PM
God I miss being a kid.
*sigh* Same here.

As for embarassing moments. Just today I went to a store and it was really hot outside. When I was walking across the parking lot I said: "I bet I could catch some awesome thermals off this blacktop."

And yes, I've tried to acquire and morph animals.

Also, I'm always making obscure Animorphs references.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Terenia on June 06, 2008, 01:11:45 PM
To this day I always check the mirrors in the dressing rooms at clothing stores, just in case one of them leads to a Yeerk Pool.

I'm not sure what I'd do if one of them ever actually opened...
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: sherrilina on June 10, 2008, 01:37:45 AM
To this day I always check the mirrors in the dressing rooms at clothing stores, just in case one of them leads to a Yeerk Pool.

I'm not sure what I'd do if one of them ever actually opened...
ROFL! You can never trust a GAP store again....;)

I remember playing another game with a jump-rope where the person would spin around holding it so it'd shoot around the ground and you'd have to jump up to avoid getting hit with it--we pretended it was an andalite tail with blade! :p

Good times....:D
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: zaprowsdower on June 10, 2008, 07:59:37 PM
Y'all are so nuts... ;D ;)
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Venom on June 10, 2008, 08:01:35 PM
heh, when i was younger, and therefore smaller, and used to eat at mcdonalds, i asked for a happy meal with extra happy, and the person was an animorphs fan and told me to go around to the fridge for the entrance
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: zaprowsdower on June 10, 2008, 08:02:39 PM
Cewwwwwwll 8).
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Terenia on June 10, 2008, 08:43:20 PM
OMG, I would have freaked out!!!!

And yeah....I don't shop at The Gap.  :hide:
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: nothlitlifestyles on June 11, 2008, 01:52:21 AM
heh, when i was younger, and therefore smaller, and used to eat at mcdonalds, i asked for a happy meal with extra happy, and the person was an animorphs fan and told me to go around to the fridge for the entrance

Thats awesome. Im not so sure whether it would have tripped me out or completely made my day. Most likely that itself would have provided the extra happy for my happy meal though.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Panic on June 11, 2008, 02:41:47 AM
heh, when i was younger, and therefore smaller, and used to eat at mcdonalds, i asked for a happy meal with extra happy, and the person was an animorphs fan and told me to go around to the fridge for the entrance

I still do at 16.

And I've never gotten a response besides either a blank stare or a laugh.

Yes. I sometimes eat Happy Meals.

:P
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Raskipper on August 15, 2008, 03:01:15 PM
My older cousin used to come visit my family during fishing season.  When he was about 19 and I was 11, I told him about Animorphs.  He thought it was kind of dumb, and looking back I suddenly figured it out.

I told him about a crazy war story and showed him the book I had been currently reading.  The Departure.  A book with a girl turning into a butterfly on the cover doesn't exactly say "Look!  Battle time!"

I also used to pretend I was a member of the Animorphs.  Oh, and imagined riding Ax like a horse.  Humiliating for Ax, incredibly awesome for me.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Estelore on August 15, 2008, 03:30:50 PM
Hah! If it's any comfort, I once had an excellent and weird dream of riding Ax through town, stealing candy from a baby LITERALLY, and setting Santa's workshop on fire, while laughing maniacally.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Gumby on August 15, 2008, 07:51:51 PM
More then once, I have looked behind me, in case there was a Hork-bajir following me.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Myitt on August 15, 2008, 07:55:56 PM
Hah! If it's any comfort, I once had an excellent and weird dream of riding Ax through town, stealing candy from a baby LITERALLY, and setting Santa's workshop on fire, while laughing maniacally.

That.  Is amazing.  XD

I asked my friend who used to work at McDonald's if she'd ever had anyone ask her for a happy meal with extra happy, and she was like "yeah, all the time, it's annoying as hell".  I was all shocked until I realized...these people were probably potheads.   ::) 
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Estelore on August 15, 2008, 08:08:37 PM
That's what they WANT you to think! :(
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: traycon3 on August 15, 2008, 08:26:32 PM
My two most random Animorphs experiences were when:
A) I was working at McDonalds (yeah, I know. Unfortunately, no enterances in either the fridge or the freezer) and someone asked me if they could order a Happy Meal. I swear the first thing that popped into my head was "Only if you order it with extra happy." I was kinda glad I didn't say that...Though I did meet two of my very good friends through Animorphs.

B) I was driving home when suddenly this hawk swoops out of nowhere and scoops up some roadkill. As I'm slamming on my breaks so as not to hit it, I was yelling, "OMG, TOBIAS!!!"
Not exactly a shining moment for me.

Though I can honestly say my friend from McDonalds and I have not walked into there and asked for a Happy Meal with Extra Happy. Though it is tempting... ;D
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Myitt on August 15, 2008, 08:29:00 PM
I know, right, if they were asking her doesn't that make her a Controller?  So she can press the button that lets them in?  x3 

In sixth grade art class we all had to make these cheesy papier mache models of people, so I made mine of Rachel in spandex frozen in this running stance (still have it around here somewhere, heheh).  One of my (non-Animorphs-reading) friends in the class, who had blonde hair, looked over and saw that I was making a model of a girl with blonde hair, and she was all like "hey, is that me?"  And I just snickered.  "Nope, it's Animorphs."  "Figures." 

Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Nateosaurus on August 16, 2008, 02:07:42 AM
No one ever asked me for extra happy with their happy meals at McDonalds...

I asked once, and ended up getting no happy.. (lol they forgot the toy)

Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Myitt on August 16, 2008, 10:11:31 AM
Nuuuuuuuu! the toy's the best part!  :o  ::)
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Nomad Frog on August 16, 2008, 10:22:12 AM
I dunno, some of their toys suck.

when I was younger, I used to ask the cat if he was someone in morph, or I'd try and 'acquire' him...never did turn into him.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: traycon3 on August 16, 2008, 10:46:17 AM
I don't kill roaches anymore just in case...
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Myitt on August 16, 2008, 11:58:58 AM
I always liked the Transformery kind of toys....  ::)  Better than the food, anyway ^^

Definitely tried to morph my dog, and my cats x3

Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Nateosaurus on August 17, 2008, 06:16:29 AM
I accused a fly of being an animorph once.. it was too friendly..
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: traycon3 on August 17, 2008, 02:58:05 PM
I'm currently under the impression that JCPenny's is under Yeerk control. I was filling out an ap today and one of the questions had an answer that read:
I want to be a part of something bigger
I almost died. And nearly clicked it, just because.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: musicman88 on August 17, 2008, 03:41:03 PM
I accused a fly of being an animorph once.. it was too friendly..

This has happened quite a few times to me.  Bugs just seem to be a bit more interested in me every now and then...
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Qwerty the Charliecorn on August 17, 2008, 04:54:47 PM
I accused a fly of being an animorph once.. it was too friendly..

This has happened quite a few times to me.  Bugs just seem to be a bit more interested in me every now and then...

I once had a fly stalk me for three days. I counted. At the end, it either died or disappeared. I even talked to it a few times. Of course, it didn't reply.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: amy_animorph on November 24, 2008, 05:10:08 PM
I have yelled "ANDALITE!" at my dog on more than one occasion.

and also, one day this summer my friend and I were in her basement, looking through random boxes, when I stumbled across four Animorphs books in a box of her brothers. I literally yelled "OMG YOU HAVE ANIMORPHS!" and she just looked at me...and still refused to touch them.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: fao13 on January 20, 2009, 10:16:02 PM
ok, THIS should be a long confession. I have.....

-Tried to aquire my dog
-Tried to MORPH said dog
-Stopped killing insects and bugs, in fear of murdering one of the Animorphs
-Looked at hawks with a new found respect, fascination, and slight suspicsion
-wondered seriously if i knew any Controllers

my two most embarrassing ones were once, when i was sitting around with my friends bored, i sighed and accidently said outloud, "Man...i wish i were an Andalite" THAT one was tough to live down.

and today actually, when my teacher comes behind me as i'm doing Classwork, and pulls out a doodle i've done of Andalites. she was like "what is this?"

Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: goom on January 20, 2009, 10:22:25 PM
people used to catch me on RAF at school and make fun of me :]
but tomorrow is my last day and im done with school forever.

lucky. i don't have any classes in computer labs anymore :P
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: SuperBlue on January 20, 2009, 10:31:37 PM
heh, when i was younger, and therefore smaller, and used to eat at mcdonalds, i asked for a happy meal with extra happy, and the person was an animorphs fan and told me to go around to the fridge for the entrance

OMG I would've been really freaked out
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Uza-chan on January 21, 2009, 10:53:01 AM
omg, this thread is awesome! XD

I first started reading animorphs in middle school and like two of my closest friends are a year older than me so they were in high school and I was in middle school, reading animorphs and stuff. And like, when we finally got to hang out once I accidentally brought my Animorphs with me, I can't remember which one I was reading, but when they saw it they just kept laughing and laughing and were like: So THIS is what you do when we're not with you?

The cool thing was that one of them ended up giving me all of her old books. # 1 and half of # 18 :P
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: esplin on January 21, 2009, 01:38:10 PM
People have caught me re-reading animorphs in high school and getting on RAF..
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Galladerotom on January 21, 2009, 08:41:33 PM
Whenever I bring it up people say that they either remeber the TV show a little bit or that they have never heard of it sad really  :'( .
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: goom on January 21, 2009, 08:44:19 PM
heh, when i was younger, and therefore smaller, and used to eat at mcdonalds, i asked for a happy meal with extra happy, and the person was an animorphs fan and told me to go around to the fridge for the entrance

OMG I would've been really freaked out

that would have been epic. i'm thinking about going to macdonalds (first time!) just for that.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Dameg on January 22, 2009, 09:56:43 AM
My friends also think Animorphs is old, for children and that kind of stuff, but I don't care... They read Harry Potter, still enjoy the anime and comics they liked when they were children... so they can't say anything ^^
I'm not embarrassed. If somebody have a problem with Animorphs, let's fight! >:D
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Zana89 on February 02, 2009, 11:36:38 AM
Funny thread :D

I haven't really had any embarrassing Animorphs encounters.
When I was younger I tried very hard to morph into my dog on several occations and I also used to draw Andalites and Yeerks all the time.
My uncle, brother and I used to always play Animorphs (my brother would be Jake, my uncle would be Ax and I would be the other four 'cause I was the expert, haha) and we'd even give our parents characters and we'd stay in character when we talked to them, although they had no idea they were even in it and didn't understand one bit of what we were saying XD

This was all when I was younger of course. Now I don't play Animorphs anymore :P
I do still read the books, watch the show and talk about it, but I don't find it embarrassing. If people don't like Animorphs or have some strange idea that it's "kid's stuff", I don't care. I still love it and it's their loss, not mine ;D
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: demos666 on February 02, 2009, 11:40:02 AM
When i was younger i bought those little GPS tracker things and using it i follow a few people for three days....
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Starsword on February 02, 2009, 07:01:04 PM
1. Two days ago, I saw a very hungry Red Tail eating his lunch on the sidewalk. I got within two feet of it, and it was hungry enough that it still didn't care. I was thrilled.

2. Last year I was taking this girl to a formal and was really trying to impress her. Then my phone falls off the table. She picks it up and looks at my Animorphs background. "oh, is that the old tv show?" "Um,... yeah, its complicated..." quickly stuffing the phone in my pocket.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Damien on February 04, 2009, 09:01:27 PM
This isn't really an embarrassing thing but while I sit on the bus and stare out the window I imagine myself as an animorph and how I would seriously react and how I would become said animorph. I get like ten different possible ways this could happen like each bus ride. It is actually quiet fun.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: goom on February 04, 2009, 09:07:27 PM
My friends also think Animorphs is old, for children and that kind of stuff, but I don't care... They read Harry Potter, still enjoy the anime and comics they liked when they were children... so they can't say anything ^^
I'm not embarrassed. If somebody have a problem with Animorphs, let's fight! >:D

animorphs > harry potter

'nuff said
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Mira on February 04, 2009, 09:15:21 PM
I have, on occasion, sat in the middle of the food court and yelled "Cinnabunz! Bun-zuh, bunzzz!" while scarfing down dozens of said baked treat.

I have done two things actually. One of them is quite similar to that one. I was playing truth or dare with my only IRL animorphs-friend. (luckily for me it was at my home and not in some café) I prefere "dare" so my task was to act like Ax. We had made some sandwiches, and I took one of them and tried to press down as much of it as possible in my mouth.

Then it's the scout incident. Which I've allready told you about in another tread. I was going to my first ever scout meating and as I had nothing else to do I read animorphs 4 to 8 without break and then I read number 9 as I went to the address. And there I put away the book and placed my hand on the handle and just froze and stood there like a fool too scared to go in. No questions please. I know very well that everyone knows exactly what was going on in my mind at that time, and why I was hesitating, besides I live in northern Sweden, it was quite dark and that made my fantasies even more strange I think. This long time after this day, I'm actually a little proud that I decided to go in there anyway :) :)
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Dameg on February 05, 2009, 12:53:26 AM
I live in northern Sweden, it was quite dark and that made my fantasies even more strange I think.
I understand you ^^ When I visited Norway, (it was summer, so very light (even by "night" >_< hard to sleep doing camping in your countries!)), in a boat in the fjords, it was so strange... I was sure I'd see fantasy people... It's really strange ^^' I wanna go back T_T
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Mira on February 05, 2009, 09:58:52 AM

I understand you ^^ When I visited Norway, (it was summer, so very light (even by "night" >_< hard to sleep doing camping in your countries!)), in a boat in the fjords, it was so strange... I was sure I'd see fantasy people... It's really strange ^^' I wanna go back T_T
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Of course, no one except someone with serious mental illness would visit Norway or Sweden in the winter, I have problems to sleep at summer too.

Last summer when I was out walking with my sister picking flowers for the midsummer day it was mist over the hills, the only thing which failed the picture was that there wasn't any dancing fairies, then it could have been picked from a book about out folklore.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Dameg on February 06, 2009, 04:43:04 AM
Yeah, mist! There was a lot of mist on the water, it's why it was really strange ;)

And I think the aurora borealis are only in winter...? So it'd be a reason to go to Sweden or Norway in winter ^^
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Mira on February 06, 2009, 08:44:23 AM
Yeah, mist! There was a lot of mist on the water, it's why it was really strange ;)

And I think the aurora borealis are only in winter...? So it'd be a reason to go to Sweden or Norway in winter ^^

Maybe... But I haven't seen any aurora this winter. They are only seen on extremely cold nights. I think that people like I who have seen at least ten each year easily forget about them.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: agentAK on February 13, 2009, 03:11:49 AM
I've done all the generic stuff, and most of the things listed in this thread. Here are two I don't think you've heard before:

When I first got into Animorphs at about age five, I wore a spandex leotard under my clothing for seven years straight. Just in case. I also wore a tight covering over my ears when I slept, so I couldn't be infested in my sleep. My parents thought I was nuts, but didn't stop me.

I drew Andalites, specifically Ax, on my notes. On day in math, I didn't realize that my teacher was going to collect the sheet we were working on. I was in the bathroom when he took it off my desk, and when I couldn't find it I figured I had already shoved it into my mess of a binder. The next day he handed them back. I just stared in horror when I realized that he had taken mine. I have this mad crush on Ax. I'm not going to lie. Not only was he doodled all over the blank spaces of my paper in hearts, I had written "Isthill" in place of my last name! My teacher looked at me weird for a month.
...THIS WAS LAST MONTH.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Dameg on February 13, 2009, 04:20:07 AM
:lol: :lol:
I often draw on my own note, even on the papers for tests ;) Some of my teachers even kept a photocopy of my drawings ^^' But I think I never draw any Andalite for them... the last one was an about-nude woman ;)
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Mr. Guy36 on February 14, 2009, 01:35:49 PM
I've been writing <Hope...> on most of my desks, just in case someone notices.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: agentAK on February 14, 2009, 03:43:39 PM
Dude! I have to start doing that. I was going to have an Animorphs quote as my graduation comment, but I couldn't decide on one before the deadline, so I went with my back up
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Aleron on February 15, 2009, 02:10:22 AM
I was reading some of the books the other day, and enjoying them, when one of my roommates was like "at least my books are above middle-school reading level".

Can't say it didn't get under my skin.  I can read all kinds of books, it's just no series has held my heart as long as Animorphs has.  It's special.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Aquilai on February 15, 2009, 08:16:56 AM
Can't say it didn't get under my skin.  I can read all kinds of books, it's just no series has held my heart as long as Animorphs has.  It's special.

I think nearly all of us can agree with that. Nowadays with the internet I find it difficult to just sit down and read a paper/physical book. I generally like all of KA's books. Although I am missing a certain book in the Everworld series...

I do remember back in the wee days of childhood I did say to my sister: "Clean the plates Ax!" as she was licking something off one can't remember what we were having but we both just cracked ourselves laughing. Aside from staring intently at a spider in the bathroom whilst doing a number one I think most of my Animorph-related incidents have been fairly few and far between.  :-[
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Aleron on February 15, 2009, 03:40:12 PM
When I was moving my friend into his house, we kept running into a red-tailed hawk.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Mira on March 07, 2009, 02:21:19 PM
OK today we had some guests and what did we got to eat? Cinnamon buns!! And as I didn't want mine I just let it lie there i front of me... Until I got one of my ideas so I took it, went out to the forest and placed it there. Some hours later I went back just for fun still. And it had disappeared.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: foxglade on March 10, 2009, 03:09:55 AM
Ha. I read books during reccess at school, and whenever I see a funny line I read it out loud. So once I was reading and I randomly read out, "Oh come on. I'm nobody's prince." like y'know, in The Message. And slowly everyone just looks at me, just like in the book right before that line. I just cracked up and everyone just shook their heads and went back to talking again. SO funny.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: ChimichangaChupacabra on March 10, 2009, 03:59:03 AM
I don't really have anything of note to add here, aside from a lame running joke a friend and I have with her younger sister, a Mickey D's employee.  The constant "I'd like a Happy Meal with extra Happy" dealio.  It's kind of amusing asking it of someone oblivious to the books.  Yay for "avoid the crazy-person" reactions.  :)
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: V2113 on March 12, 2009, 11:47:14 AM
haha come on who hasn't tried to morph into one of their pets  :P

I think the real question is who has succeeded. I'm shocked to say I think I can answer that with a truthful yes. And not in my dreams or daydreams or imaginings but in real life. I was petting my cat and thinking 'be the cat. You are the cat, I AM THE CAT!!!' then, my cat, Damian, got all quiet for a minute and jumped up, his usual self. Then I kept thinking it and I couldn't move my thumb. This tingly feeling crept through me and I ran to the mirror. My eyes looked really odd, they weren't the normal blue. They were more... greenish, like my cat. My hair subtley changed a little bit. It got darker. But then I freaked and was all HUMAN HUMAN HUMAN HUMAN HUMAN!!!! And my eyes got more ormal and I could move my thumb, but my eyes still stayed slightly more green than blue. I think I got very semi nothlited.

It was embarrasing because when I told my friend about this she was like, "V, I think you had a few too many M 'n' Ms that day." Then I said, "But I didn't have any M'n'Ms that day!!" Then she responded, "Why? Did you lose them like you lost your marbles?"

I still haven't asked for a happy meal with extra happy. I haven't been to McDonald's in a while... but when I go into a dressing room I ocassionally look all around it for a way out. And once, at school I had to grab something from the gym's supply closet and when it took me 5 minutes to get out the teacher was all like 'what took you so long?' and I said, "I got lost in the yeerk pool on my way back."
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: ThinkAgain on March 17, 2009, 09:30:09 PM
I remember in my old house before I moved some years back, my dad randomly shouts WOW when looking out the window. I ask him why, and he says he saw a hawk catch a mouse not 30 feet from the window.
In order my thoughts were "TOBIAS!" and "I really wish I was looking out the window at the same time..."

As for the Happy Meals with extra happy, as I got was a plain old run-of-the-mill happy meal.



But there was also this tunnel under the jungle gym in the park near my house before I moved...
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Kit Cloudkicker on March 21, 2009, 02:57:36 PM
So, a friend of mine got it stuck in my head that pickles look an awful lot like green Yeerks...and on occasion when asked if I want pickles with something, I quite unintentionally reply "No thanks, too yeerk-like."
 
:facepalm:
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Brad the Brit on March 21, 2009, 03:01:00 PM
i once saw a group of sea gulls whilst waiting for a bus. i was tempted to shout dont worry no controlers here...
but i was with people so i dident...
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: mynameistobias on March 24, 2009, 10:11:48 PM
My grandpa was an engineer by nature.  There was a room in his basement filled with radios and other bits of machines.  To a young kid this looks a lot like yeerkish activity.  I snuck down to his forbidden office one day looking for proof of some Z-space communication device.  I heard my grandpa come down the stairs so I hid behind the couch hoping he wouldn't find me.  Unfortunately he did.  I guess he thought I was masturbating and my parents and I had to have a lovely discussion about the magical changes I was going through.  I never pretended to be an animorph after that.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: ThinkAgain on March 24, 2009, 10:21:51 PM
That's probably one of the funniest thing's I've heard in a long time.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Seryna on March 27, 2009, 05:14:03 PM
I have, on occasion, sat in the middle of the food court and yelled "Cinnabunz! Bun-zuh, bunzzz!" while scarfing down dozens of said baked treat.

I just did that last night (I blame discovering this site and reminding me of how awesome Ax was in human morph).  Luckily, my boyfriend is used to me spouting off randomness about one book or another  ;D
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Brad the Brit on March 27, 2009, 06:08:34 PM
yay go cinnomen bunz
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Shark Akhrrana on April 07, 2009, 03:18:23 PM
heh, when i was younger, and therefore smaller, and used to eat at mcdonalds, i asked for a happy meal with extra happy, and the person was an animorphs fan and told me to go around to the fridge for the entrance

OMG i tried that !!!

<_< they just looked at me funny
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Dameg on April 08, 2009, 02:38:10 AM
My grandpa was an engineer by nature.  There was a room in his basement filled with radios and other bits of machines.  To a young kid this looks a lot like yeerkish activity.  I snuck down to his forbidden office one day looking for proof of some Z-space communication device.  I heard my grandpa come down the stairs so I hid behind the couch hoping he wouldn't find me.  Unfortunately he did.  I guess he thought I was masturbating and my parents and I had to have a lovely discussion about the magical changes I was going through.  I never pretended to be an animorph after that.

I laughed till I cried about 5 minutes... now, still laughing, I can write (pfffuhuh), scuse me ^^' I'm sorry for you, what's an horrible experience ^^'
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Shark Akhrrana on April 08, 2009, 01:32:30 PM
I had taken up birdwatching before i started reading the books. You know with one of those bird identifying books from the library. I have parakeets , ****atiels , and love birds at my house  , Indian Ring neck parrot, and several birds that were injured and i would take them home and stuff. <_< man that sounds way to much like Cassie's barn. XD

When i started reading the books I got into my mind that i had to find Tobias somehow.
I could already tell a Red tail from a Red Shoulder or a Swanson and kept a record of how many birds i saw. So i thought it would be easy
I used to be able to bird call  a semi accurate hawk cry ( I can't anymore )
but yeah never found Tobias XD

I did try to acquire the egret and the jays that I had rescued
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: AniDragon on April 09, 2009, 01:47:00 PM
There's this restaurant in my home town that had a sign up for a while that said "NO TAX". However, the "T" fell off, so it instead said "NO AX".

Yeah. You can probably all figure out what I was thinking when I saw that.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Shark Akhrrana on April 09, 2009, 02:25:00 PM
HAHAHAH it seems they had Ax show up for dinner once XD
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: elruchito on April 13, 2009, 03:36:37 PM
when i was younger and reading in school the book covers used to embarass me.  why is that kid changing into a bunny?  or the butterfly, book 19.  ahh.  i left that bok at home.


now when i'm older and i talk about animorphs, it irritates me when people say "oh yeah i used to read those" and then when i ask them the most basic question such as
"what were they about" no one can answer.

then they admit.  "whoops actually i just liked to flip the pages and watch them change"
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Dameg on April 13, 2009, 11:39:45 PM
when i was younger and reading in school the book covers used to embarass me.  why is that kid changing into a bunny?  or the butterfly, book 19.  ahh.  i left that bok at home.


now when i'm older and i talk about animorphs, it irritates me when people say "oh yeah i used to read those" and then when i ask them the most basic question such as
"what were they about" no one can answer.

then they admit.  "whoops actually i just liked to flip the pages and watch them change"
I agree!!
But the butterfly one is beautiful ^^' And now I still read them where I want and don't care about what people can think.
And it's totally true that other people who remember reading Animorphs when they were young, don't remember what the story is about!! But remember they liked to turn the pages to see the morphing (who irritate me a lot, because it damages the books, so I don't do it and I don't want they do it with my books when I lend them!!).
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Hunter on April 14, 2009, 02:26:01 AM
not really embarrassing, but look what i found in ebay!

animorphs books (http://cgi.ebay.com.au/49-x-Animorphs-books-plus-extras_W0QQitemZ200330139118QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAU_Books_Childrens_New?hash=item200330139118&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2|65%3A1|39%3A1|240%3A1318)
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Shark Akhrrana on April 14, 2009, 03:07:02 AM
TT_TT man i had all that
my dad made me give them away
" THOSE BOOKS OF YOURS TAKE TO MUCH SPACE"
<_< i saved a few in my closet
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Hunter on April 14, 2009, 05:13:30 AM
TT_TT man i had all that
my dad made me give them away
" THOSE BOOKS OF YOURS TAKE TO MUCH SPACE"
<_< i saved a few in my closet

jeez that sucks!!! if i were you, i would have slapped him across the face with the expensive china... lol j/k
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Shark Akhrrana on April 14, 2009, 04:11:38 PM
I HAD EVERY SINGLE BOOK. even the alternamorphs
The only 2 books i didn't have were Vegimorphs XD and teh Meet the stars one that talked about teh TV show
everything else i had
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Starsword on April 15, 2009, 08:10:26 PM
I used to have one bookmark which didnt come in the books. It was torn and tattered but I loved it. I have been searching for a long time, and I know its in my house but I can't find it.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Shark Akhrrana on April 16, 2009, 02:10:06 AM
i remember those bookmarks that came with book 8
and i told my little brother i had bitten it and he thought i did
XD and he went and told my mom on me XD
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Dameg on April 16, 2009, 07:01:34 AM
I don't have the bookmarks (oh, I want them T_T) nor the posters (I'd kill for them!!) nor Meet the stars (that one, I really don't care)... But I would kill anyone who wanna take my books away!! >_<
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Mira on April 18, 2009, 06:19:50 PM
TT_TT man i had all that
my dad made me give them away
" THOSE BOOKS OF YOURS TAKE TO MUCH SPACE"
<_< i saved a few in my closet

jeez that sucks!!! if i were you, i would have slapped him across the face with the expensive china... lol j/k

I agree I would do exactely the same thing, but as he has even more books then me, I don't think he would ever do that...
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: ThinkAgain on April 27, 2009, 07:21:21 PM
I was a library person. The only actual copies I own are the Hork-Bajir Chronicles and Visser, because the library didn't have those. I'd really like to own them, but I don't know where to find them. Finding a complete set on ebay is rare, and often around $200, which I am not willing to spend when I have e-books.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: AniDragon on April 28, 2009, 06:42:20 AM
I found most of the books I was missing at a second hand store. (Though when I say "missing", I mean "had them in French but really wanted them in English")
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Dameg on April 28, 2009, 11:20:05 AM
I found most of the books I was missing at a second hand store. (Though when I say "missing", I mean "had them in French but really wanted them in English")
lol I have most of them in French. In fact, I bought in English only the volumes they didn't translated in French. I'd like to own them all in English, but it's quite expensive and it takes too much place ^^'
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: SkyMorpher on May 02, 2009, 12:07:02 AM
I got some of mine from a secondhand store that someone donated a whole box to. Others are liberated ex-library copies. Working in a libary has perks lol. BNut I still need about half the books.

I do have bookmarks, I scored a copy of The Alien with them still intact.

I tend to geek out when I see red-tails around here. Or any of those TV ads with grizzly bears or the bank ads with the gorilla. I've also begun trying to pick up various plushes of the battle morphs. I do have a gorilla and a white tiger as well as a orange tiger statue thingy,and my Tobias plushie with hawk sounds....and I guess my Beanie Baby wolves count. Oh and a whole Bald Eagle flock lol, I love them. I was tempted to get the Great Horned Owl plushie from a store I used to work at, but it didn't work and I wasn't sure it was worth it.

Oh there was trying to explain the ANdalite and Hork Bajir plushies I made lol. (I'll do pics when I'm happy with them, the Andalite needs some adjustments.)
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Gumby on May 02, 2009, 11:13:23 AM
You made an andalite plushie? et's see.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: foxglade on May 02, 2009, 08:31:28 PM
My friend Grainne (I know, weird name - so what) made these little cartoons of all our group members.
Mine was a picture of me saying, "Animorphs aren't real?" and crying. Lol.
Anyway, my friend Natalya has only read up to 39 coz the library only has 39 regular titles. She was looking at episodes of Animorphs on YouTube and apparently on one little note it says that Rachel dies in the last one. Spoiler much?
So one time I said to Claire, "Wouldn't it be weird if you were a Controller?" and she hasn't read the books, but I swear she looked shifty.  ;)
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Mira on May 09, 2009, 06:08:43 PM
Talking about names and weird some time ago I got a strange feeling that my sisters name "Linnéa" sounded quite like an andalite name, so I turned to Wikipedia, only to find another name that is quite ordinary up here... Estrid...
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Dameg on May 10, 2009, 02:07:24 AM
Talking about names and weird some time ago I got a strange feeling that my sisters name "Linnéa" sounded quite like an andalite name, so I turned to Wikipedia, only to find another name that is quite ordinary up here... Estrid...
Yeah, true, Linnéa looks like an Andalite or Elf name... Was she adopted? :P
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Mira on May 10, 2009, 03:45:20 AM
Not her... (But actually I know another Linnéa who IS adopted)
Anyway, they are named after a flower... just like in Lord of the rings...
Thanks Dameg! Now I'm really confused
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Dameg on May 10, 2009, 03:49:32 AM
lol You're welcome ^^
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Shark Akhrrana on May 18, 2009, 05:18:11 PM
When i was in school i was reading the books somewhere half in the series.
always had a book with me
So once the Boys and Girls club put up a sign for some performance thing that they were doing and it said
" Sharing is caring"
I totally freaked out thinking O_O " NO WAY the Sharing can't be REAL"
I hid in the  bathroom during the entire assembly.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Stasiea on May 18, 2009, 05:51:02 PM
Once I sat on the bus and read #12, fell asleep and then I woke up as I felt some pulsating pain in my leg. It took me some minutes to see that I had not turned into a crocodile and when I had calmed down a bit my friend Vladimir asked me if I was alrigt, he said my face looked green. Then it took me some more minutes to tell myself that I was just travel sick.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Ax-man on May 18, 2009, 05:53:39 PM
i was convinced my teachers were controlers back in fifth grade, everytime i got in trouble and they'd ask to see me after class id get freaked out and run straight to my bus
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Mira on May 18, 2009, 06:09:56 PM
i was convinced my teachers were controlers back in fifth grade, everytime i got in trouble and they'd ask to see me after class id get freaked out and run straight to my bus

And then... You got into more trouble? ;)
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Ax-man on May 18, 2009, 06:49:53 PM
nah, good thing about being a kid back then, teachers just really never cared
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Dameg on May 18, 2009, 07:58:58 PM
When i was in school i was reading the books somewhere half in the series.
always had a book with me
So once the Boys and Girls club put up a sign for some performance thing that they were doing and it said
" Sharing is caring"
I totally freaked out thinking O_O " NO WAY the Sharing can't be REAL"
I hid in the  bathroom during the entire assembly.

lol And did you find a proof against them? :P
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Shark Akhrrana on May 19, 2009, 01:54:54 AM
not really i hid so i didn't see anything that could prove my reasoning was correct.

it was just the fact that it was about SHARING and CARING and it was a Boys and Girls club ...I mean ...that is basically how the book describes it
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Dameg on May 19, 2009, 10:44:54 AM
not really i hid so i didn't see anything that could prove my reasoning was correct.

it was just the fact that it was about SHARING and CARING and it was a Boys and Girls club ...I mean ...that is basically how the book describes it

lol right ^^ You were lucky, then :P
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: foxglade on May 22, 2009, 12:52:01 AM
We were in Religion and we had to some research on Mother Tereasa (that how u spell it?) for some reason. Anyway, we were all talking about her and I say, "I wonder what Erek would say about her?" and everyone goes silent, so I had to explain who Erek was. "See, he's this android who's been around for about a million years..." and then I explained about how he knew heaps of historical figures. After that, everyone was like "Oh..." but I don't think anyone really got it.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Dameg on May 22, 2009, 03:43:45 AM
We were in Religion and we had to some research on Mother Tereasa (that how u spell it?) for some reason. Anyway, we were all talking about her and I say, "I wonder what Erek would say about her?" and everyone goes silent, so I had to explain who Erek was. "See, he's this android who's been around for about a million years..." and then I explained about how he knew heaps of historical figures. After that, everyone was like "Oh..." but I don't think anyone really got it.


lol I'm imagining the scene... lol!!
And about "Tereasa", I think it's "Theresa".
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Mira on May 26, 2009, 06:01:52 PM
(http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k70/Miripzie/AWW6.jpg)
This is quite embarassing... Look what they have start to take over NOW
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Alic on May 26, 2009, 09:47:52 PM
Ill be 23 next week, I just rebought the entire series a couple months ago. Read them in my car at work so people wouldn't think I'm weird.. I was a manager at that job lol. My roommate teases me all the time.. Last week I was trying to fall asleep and I heard him and my other friends say something about animorphs and they started giggling... My roommate doesn't even read.. He could never appreciate th books..

Oh and I still have dreams where I am an andalite..
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: filmstu2005 on May 27, 2009, 04:14:53 AM
I had the whole Animorph collection. For some reason my book #19 The Departure was lying out on my desk. My aunt came over and she takes my room when she does. She saw the book and for some odd reason fell in love with the cover (a pretty blk girl turning into a beautiful butterfly. For those that dont know, im blk.) And i dont knoy why, but she would NOT let that book go. I was a bit worried at first, b/c she has a trek and can't use her "speech quarters" efficiently. So i didnt know what was up wit hher.

Then i came into the room and she pratically thrust the book into my face, glamouring over it like it was this one of a kind special masterpiece. Then I was like, "that? Please. That's nothing." And i slid open my secret compartment and showed her the entire stack of Animorph books. She nearly passed out and then proceeded to toss the Butterfly book aside. Guess it wasn't that special anymore...
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: CrimsonRose15 on May 27, 2009, 03:08:50 PM
I was hanging out with my friends making dinner and made a comment about how broccoli was an alien species of plant from the time of the dinosaurs.  I got a hug.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Katjazz on May 30, 2009, 04:49:41 PM
In class I'd always make animorphs references, and speak about them almost like text books. Seriously, if we talked about animals or stuff, I'd be like "Well, in Animorphs they turn into..." and they'd all kinda groan and roll there eyes at me.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Dameg on May 30, 2009, 07:26:55 PM
I also often make Animorphs references when we talk about animals...
For example, about a week ago, we saw 2 crows attacking a kite. When my friends seemed surprised, I said "yeah, I know, crows are suckers, they sometimes attack birds of prey, sometimes they also make band to attack them... Tobias always complain about it..." lol
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Zanshiro on June 02, 2009, 09:06:21 PM
Never really had any except for today

LOL so today I was In my English class at my university, computers in the room.
Checked paypal ebay invoice, niehbor next to me. Rebought lost books

- Lot of 52 Animorphs Books $89.99

 Dude-"Whats Animorphs?"
Me- "Uh...." *closes page*






Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Mira on June 07, 2009, 01:24:21 PM
Finally I have succeded to infect everyone in my age >:D
And as a result... This summer we have decided to have a competition. The one who sees most animals that the animorphs have morphed wins, and as we live about 100-200 km from the nearest city this will be quite fun... I CAN'T WAIT TO THE NEXT BEAR-WARNING...
And as I'm the only one who have read more books then those which are translated into Swedish... I'm going to win >:D I know more animals than the others...
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Dameg on June 08, 2009, 02:34:20 AM
lol This seems a very funny game ^^
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: foxglade on July 07, 2009, 12:08:01 AM
couple more since last time I came on...
1. me and Natalya (the only other in The Group who read Animorphs) are taking over, one by one. We try and get people to read Animorphs and Rangers Apprentice. So when Carlie started reading them, me and Natalya went about half crazy, dancing around and evilly laughing, also yelling "we're taking over!" repeatedly.
2. I love quoting Animorphs, so I decided to get the extract out of 27 (the exposed), the conversation about giant squid. I didn't realise it went for three pages, so I spent all lunchtime and most of DEAR time copying it out. When people asked what I was doing, I'd just grin and laugh maniacally.  >:D
3. I named my cooking group after the Animorphs. Monique - Rachel, Carlie - Marco, Sophie - Jake, Maddy - Tobias and
me - Cassie. They think I'm insane, but hey... anyway, so we were playing dodgeball in the shed, and Maddy got hit. I swear I almost yelled out "NO! NOT TOBIAS!" but what I actually did was I went up to her after the game and I said, "Are you alright, To - I mean, Maddy?" seriously, I need help :)
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: foxglade on July 07, 2009, 07:28:00 AM
oh and sorry to spam, it's me again... 4 tiny (legs begin to sprout, from everybody round about...lol hooray for Roald Dahl) things relating to the topic:
1. in said cooking class (refer to above post) there were some flies hanging out near the window and Monique went to swat them, and I practically screamed "NOOOOOO!" anyway one seemed injured so I caught it and put it outside, and whispered, "Don't worry, it's safe to demorph"
2. I just went to have a shower, and we recently got a new shower curtain. It's blue and completely un - see through. I clicked on the light, and reflexively, I jerked back the curtain to make sure there were no Andalites morphing behind it :)
3. I got out of said shower, and I saw a leaf curled up under the sink. It kinda looked like a snail, so I instantly froze up and said "Yeerk". I got changed keeping my eye on it the whole time, and ran back to my room.
4. at dinner, I mentioned that i'd seen some blue rat poison pellets in the cupboard in this way, completely accidentally: "Dad, what's up with the blue box?" I kinda played that back and realized my error, but, too late, he already thought I was insane.
trying to stay up all night tonight, Animorphs help me... I mean literally. I'm reading them to keep me awake.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Mira on July 08, 2009, 06:39:57 PM
there were some flies hanging out near the window and Monique went to swat them, and I practically screamed "NOOOOOO!" anyway one seemed injured so I

I have swat flies too once... or maybe more than once but one time I suddenly nocited that I hade killed 6 flies...
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Ax-man on July 15, 2009, 02:15:45 PM
this wasent embarssing or anything but i felt this was a good place to put it:
i was walking home today and i seen a golden retriever just sitting in in front of its house, being all normal. i dident think anything of it, but then its owner comes from around the house and says "homer! come!"
guys, i found jakes house
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Chad32 on July 15, 2009, 02:31:55 PM
Either that, or someone who liked Animorphs enough to name their golden retriever Homer. Best check up on that.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: QIfry on July 18, 2009, 12:50:07 AM
My stack of books on my top shelf.


I, also, put up my collection of books on the top bookshelf with pride.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: foxglade on July 19, 2009, 04:58:41 AM
this wasent embarssing or anything but i felt this was a good place to put it:
i was walking home today and i seen a golden retriever just sitting in in front of its house, being all normal. i dident think anything of it, but then its owner comes from around the house and says "homer! come!"
guys, i found jakes house

my friend Chelsea (who is Canadese) and her family have a big golden lab, and I slept over her house recently. So we were eating dinner (pancakes, indecently) and suddenly the dog, who's name is Prince, is just... there. So I yell in surprise, "Jake!". When I explained to Chels who Jake was, she started cacking herself and Prince gives me this stern look, so I say, "Forgive me, Prince Jake."
I still call the dog Prince Jake :P
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: baldolera on July 23, 2009, 05:23:25 PM
soooo... i was thinking about putting my friend's bike on one of the girls' houses driveway, and then i he saw me doing it. he said, "stop, stop, seriously" and i just kept on yelling, "i'm gonna put your andalite ship on yeerk territory..."
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: baldolera on July 23, 2009, 05:25:30 PM
Hah! If it's any comfort, I once had an excellent and weird dream of riding Ax through town, stealing candy from a baby LITERALLY, and setting Santa's workshop on fire, while laughing maniacally.

That.  Is amazing.  XD

I asked my friend who used to work at McDonald's if she'd ever had anyone ask her for a happy meal with extra happy, and she was like "yeah, all the time, it's annoying as hell".  I was all shocked until I realized...these people were probably potheads.   ::) 
 

CONTROLLERS!!!
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: baldolera on July 23, 2009, 05:25:59 PM
Hah! If it's any comfort, I once had an excellent and weird dream of riding Ax through town, stealing candy from a baby LITERALLY, and setting Santa's workshop on fire, while laughing maniacally.

That.  Is amazing.  XD

I asked my friend who used to work at McDonald's if she'd ever had anyone ask her for a happy meal with extra happy, and she was like "yeah, all the time, it's annoying as hell".  I was all shocked until I realized...these people were probably potheads.   ::) 

CONTROLLERS!!!
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Alic on July 23, 2009, 05:53:58 PM
I think I asked for extra happy before, and they looked at me like I was stupid!
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: baldolera on July 24, 2009, 11:03:43 AM
sry 4 the double post
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: baldolera on July 24, 2009, 01:43:52 PM
I think I asked for extra happy before, and they looked at me like I was stupid!


on the tv show, its even stupider.

"oh, ive got it, its could i have a cheeseburger, and cut the cheese." then what's the point of getting a cheeseburger and cutting the cheese?  getting a happy meal with extra happy sounds reasonable, though.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: foxglade on July 25, 2009, 04:53:16 AM
and also, it sounds like they're asking them to fart, aka "cut the cheese" :)
I think it was hold the cheese
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: baldolera on July 25, 2009, 02:46:18 PM
and also, it sounds like they're asking them to fart, aka "cut the cheese" :)
I think it was hold the cheese


yeah, my mistake.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Dameg on September 18, 2009, 01:28:10 PM
Wednesday, I was in the street, when a guy came to me:
- Do you know Sharing (well, in fact, it was the French name of Sharing in Animorphs)?
- Oh yeah, the conspirators who wanna conquer the World!
- Well, no... It's different, we don't try to conquer the World...
- Are you sure you aren't aliens?
And then I listened to him... They just help children, that kind of stuff... But I'm still not sure...
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Nero's Fury on September 18, 2009, 01:38:02 PM
My stack of books on my top shelf.


Embarrasing was when i was first reading this thread like 2 nights ago and i got hear (id been reading it outloud to my friends) and said this

"My stack of boobs on my top shelf." then snapped my neck from jerkin my head back so hard
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Liz on September 18, 2009, 09:50:42 PM
So we were rehearsing "Freebird" in band a couple weeks ago, and the drum major said "Okay, run it back to the pre-bird formation" and I was like WE'RE MORPHING INTO A RED-TAILED HAWK!  Then I realized I had said it out loud.  Oops.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Dameg on September 20, 2009, 12:47:25 PM
So we were rehearsing "Freebird" in band a couple weeks ago, and the drum major said "Okay, run it back to the pre-bird formation" and I was like WE'RE MORPHING INTO A RED-TAILED HAWK!  Then I realized I had said it out loud.  Oops.

lol lol :clap:
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: VisserZer0 on September 20, 2009, 01:44:54 PM
I randomely shout out "The Yeerks are here!" at school and freak everyone out.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Dameg on September 22, 2009, 11:10:29 AM
I randomely shout out "The Yeerks are here!" at school and freak everyone out.
lol You're crazy ;D
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Alic on September 22, 2009, 06:28:25 PM
Wednesday, I was in the street, when a guy came to me:
- Do you know Sharing (well, in fact, it was the French name of Sharing in Animorphs)?
- Oh yeah, the conspirators who wanna conquer the World!
- Well, no... It's different, we don't try to conquer the World...
- Are you sure you aren't aliens?
And then I listened to him... They just help children, that kind of stuff... But I'm still not sure...

I would probably join.. just to see...
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: VisserZer0 on September 22, 2009, 06:42:52 PM
I randomely shout out "The Yeerks are here!" at school and freak everyone out.
lol You're crazy ;D
Yes, quite. And that's not even the full extent of it, but those are dark topics indeed... :crazy:
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Dameg on September 23, 2009, 06:49:22 AM
Wednesday, I was in the street, when a guy came to me:
- Do you know Sharing (well, in fact, it was the French name of Sharing in Animorphs)?
- Oh yeah, the conspirators who wanna conquer the World!
- Well, no... It's different, we don't try to conquer the World...
- Are you sure you aren't aliens?
And then I listened to him... They just help children, that kind of stuff... But I'm still not sure...

I would probably join.. just to see...

lol, in fact you give money to help children who have no money.
... or maybe you just finance a conspiration of aliens who try to conquer the World... :p
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Nero's Fury on September 23, 2009, 12:20:18 PM
Whhooooaaa whats with the pic???
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Thea on October 02, 2009, 07:31:00 AM
I once spent ages explaining to my friend just why Animorphs was so amazing. Went into English Lit major lecture mode, deemed it to be contemporary Science Fiction which successfully combines humour, action, amazing character development, education, twists, politics, and mostly a lot of moral dilemmas. She reponds -

"So the kids turn into animals then?"

She did it on purpose, it was kinda funny
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Dameg on October 02, 2009, 07:35:36 AM
I once spent ages explaining to my friend just why Animorphs was so amazing. Went into English Lit major lecture mode, deemed it to be contemporary Science Fiction which successfully combines humour, action, amazing character development, education, twists, politics, and mostly a lot of moral dilemmas. She reponds -

"So the kids turn into animals then?"

She did it on purpose, it was kinda funny
Many people remember about Animorphs only this: "Young people turning into animals to fight aliens"... =_=' I'm tired to try to  explain it's more than that! It's as if they said "Harry Potter is a story about a young who learns magic" or "Ice Age is the story of few animals who try to survive in the world full of ice". Of course it's true... but it isn't only that!
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Thea on October 02, 2009, 07:43:13 AM
I once spent ages explaining to my friend just why Animorphs was so amazing. Went into English Lit major lecture mode, deemed it to be contemporary Science Fiction which successfully combines humour, action, amazing character development, education, twists, politics, and mostly a lot of moral dilemmas. She reponds -

"So the kids turn into animals then?"

She did it on purpose, it was kinda funny
Many people remember about Animorphs only this: "Young people turning into animals to fight aliens"... =_=' I'm tired to try to  explain it's more than that! It's as if they said "Harry Potter is a story about a young who learns magic" or "Ice Age is the story of few animals who try to survive in the world full of ice". Of course it's true... but it isn't only that!
Aye. The TV series didn't really help the case, it reduced it from kids who turn into animals to kids who run away from poor actors with funny sneers and itchy ears while the animatronic head moves up and down in the background. Doh!
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: KitsuneMarie on December 07, 2009, 12:48:43 PM
Do you guys remember that scene where Marco is doing a horrendous job driving after the Veelek? He keeps hitting trash cans and passing on the wrong side of the road, and Jake and Cassie are screaming the whole time.

Well, every time I read that as a kid, I was launched into hysterical giggles. So I took it upon myself to memorize the entire 2-chapter scene and recite it at warp speed for my friends in the privacy of our own homes.

When I was in 7th or 8th grade, sitting in my best friend's backseat as her mom drove us to her house for a sleepover, the rearview mirror came unglued from the windshield. As we pulled in to a gas station and an attendant came to fix the mirror, I decided to while away the time with a recitation of "The Trash Can Scene," as I called it. It earned me a seriously strange look from the gas station attendant, who told me he couldn't understand a word I was saying because I was speaking so quickly. Little did he know that was my strategy for avoiding revealing my knowledge of the Yeerk invasion to prying Controller ears. ;)
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Aluminator (Kit) on December 08, 2009, 01:37:45 PM
The group of friends I'm still closest to was the group that formed between those of us that read Animorphs in elementary school. I remember always playing Animorphs on the playground equipment at school. It was kind of embarrassing when some of the other kids would want to play, and they'd have no idea what the rest of us were talking about and wind up leaving. Haha... It is kind of embarrassing that I seem to be the only one of that group that's retained my Anifandom. What can I say? I revere the series for a reason. I think the rest of them are kind of stuck on the stigma of liking a childrens' series. When the series ended, for some reason, the general consensus among my friends was that it was juvenile, and they'd moved on to what they saw as better (meaning longer) books. Rereading the series now compared to what they were reading then, I'm realizing that Animorphs was always the more mature choice. Ironic, I guess. They've just never really gotten past the feeling that Animorphs was a cheesey story that was beneath us.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Dameg on December 09, 2009, 06:35:26 PM
You can tell them that 20 to 30 years old people are stuck on Animorphs and still talk about them on RAF... And that some grannies read them (well, I think we heard about only one of them but...).
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: estrid on December 10, 2009, 12:06:34 PM
Wednesday, I was in the street, when a guy came to me:
- Do you know Sharing (well, in fact, it was the French name of Sharing in Animorphs)?
- Oh yeah, the conspirators who wanna conquer the World!
- Well, no... It's different, we don't try to conquer the World...
- Are you sure you aren't aliens?
And then I listened to him... They just help children, that kind of stuff... But I'm still not sure...

well, that IS suspicious. after all, what better way to get to the adults than thru their children? they are very smart, these yeerks :P
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Dameg on December 10, 2009, 08:02:00 PM
Wednesday, I was in the street, when a guy came to me:
- Do you know Sharing (well, in fact, it was the French name of Sharing in Animorphs)?
- Oh yeah, the conspirators who wanna conquer the World!
- Well, no... It's different, we don't try to conquer the World...
- Are you sure you aren't aliens?
And then I listened to him... They just help children, that kind of stuff... But I'm still not sure...

well, that IS suspicious. after all, what better way to get to the adults than thru their children? they are very smart, these yeerks :P

Thank you ;)
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Nero's Fury on December 11, 2009, 09:44:03 AM
The other day i was meeting my girlfriends parents n saw a dear and freaked cuz it looked blue and i called out an andalaite! then had to explain myself
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Stephquiem on December 11, 2009, 11:02:16 AM
I was in the car once with my friend. I was about to turn right when the following conversation insued:

My friend: Move pigeon!
Me: AGH! *swerves to avoid hitting pigeon that's in my lane* YOU STUPID BIRD, NO WONDER TOBIAS HATES YOU!

This would have been more embarrassing if my friend weren't so used to such outbursts.

Actually, I take that back. The simple fact that it happens often enough that she's this used to it is embarrassing in and of itself.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: estrid on December 11, 2009, 02:10:50 PM
haha genies u have a point. and damien how do u know it wasnt ax? maybe u saw him in midmorph ;)

haha there is this peregrine that lives in the city hall across from my school, but i hardly ever see him. but the couple times i have seen him i have gone "look, its jake!" im always with my BF those times i have seen the bird and he just rolls his eys and calls me a dork :P
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Nero's Fury on December 16, 2009, 10:14:21 AM
Recently i went out and bought my friends kawasaki ninja bike from him (thats what he says it is but idk...) and i was riding down the street when this hawk like swooped down and grabbed somethin not to far ahead of me and flew away. I laughed n was like "YEA GET THAT YEERK TOBIAS!." and my friend whom happened to be drivin next to me on a bike of his own just laughed
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Aluminator (Kit) on December 17, 2009, 07:44:19 PM
To this day I refer to triangle brackets as <thought speak brackets>. The embarrassing-ish part comes from having to explain it every time I say it around someone new.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Stephquiem on December 17, 2009, 07:46:14 PM
To this day I refer to triangle brackets as <thought speak brackets>. The embarrassing-ish part comes from having to explain it every time I say it around someone new.

Haha, I do that, too. :P I'm pretty sure I read Animorphs before ever knowing what they were really called.

Actually... what are they really called?
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Aluminator (Kit) on December 17, 2009, 07:59:31 PM
Angle brackets? I dunno. Whatever they're called is not nearly as cool as saying "thought speak brackets" I'm sure. Unless they're called super kickass ninja dragon warrior brackets with pickles and cheese. If they're called that, I might have to switch over to the real name.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Stephquiem on December 17, 2009, 08:00:42 PM
Well, yeah. You can't really beat a name like that, can you?
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Aluminator (Kit) on December 17, 2009, 08:06:39 PM
Eh, maybe you could. Face it; that one's very deeply rooted in huge amounts of geekdom and the fast food industry.

Know what's embarrassing to me that I just realized? The fact that I've kept my Animorphs collection in the garage for so many years. I guess that doesn't really classify as an "encounter," and I have no place for it in the house, but it's really the only series I've ever collected like that.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Stephquiem on December 17, 2009, 08:08:28 PM
Personally, I'd be embarrassed at regulating it to the garage. ;)

...But yeah, mine are stored in a box in my room at home. Most of them, anyway. Except for a few that have either wandered elsewhere, or I bought off Amazon while I was at school.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Nero's Fury on December 18, 2009, 10:08:21 AM
You all are strange
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Aluminator (Kit) on December 18, 2009, 10:39:30 AM
You forgot to finish your words before you posted. I'm pretty sure you meant to say "You are all strangely amazing"
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Nero's Fury on December 18, 2009, 01:19:33 PM
Yea aluminator is awesome but everyone else....you all are strange rofl
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Mira on January 06, 2010, 11:03:12 AM
This is embarrassing and so... unreal that it scares me... or not really but it's a good story... and true!

Two month ago I decided to go to a new school in the beginning of 2010. I went to a new city faaaaaar away from home. Everyone was new on the school, no one knew anyone and there was a lot of people. anyway. One day we had written something we was about to read to the entire class, who we still didn't know very well. And when I sat there on the floor (we was so many people that someone had to sit on the floor - the first one to the chair gets it, that's the law.) and waited for my turn a guy who looked EXACTELY like Tom from the TV show went up with his papers and began to tell us about what he had done. And he started with... ((If you don't want to have nightmares tonight DO NOT READ THE REST!))

[spoiler] He started with: Hello, my name is Tom... And suddenly I felt quite lucky that I didn't have a seat that time.

I have also found a few animorphs fans actually and of course I had to tell them this story, and then we have invented a new game - it's like "hide and seek" when one have been found they are lined up behind the seeker, they can warn those who are still hiding so they can hide anywhere else but if the seeker (who we in secret calls Visser 3) sees is everyone has so run after.

I think I should tell that Tom about everything before he thinks that we are bullying him... And one more thing, he seems to follow me, the next time I had to sit on the floor he suddenly sat beside me, and that have happend more then one time - And by the way, I'm really enjoying myself here don't think anything else![/spoiler]
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Dameg on January 06, 2010, 11:48:18 AM
Mira, about Tom, 2 reasons why he follows you:
- He's a Controller and knows that you know
- He fell totally in love with you
But I personally think the 1st is the good one ;D
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Mira on January 06, 2010, 04:00:19 PM
Actually Dameg, I have now solved everything and you were quite right... He is in love... with one of my room mates... so I invited him to a Maffia game........ yes it was the best I could come up with............... ...
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Dameg on January 06, 2010, 04:47:54 PM
lol I see ^^
Your room mate will be soon a Controller, but don't worry ;)
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Nero's Fury on January 07, 2010, 10:01:59 AM
the other day i met this guy jake....coincidenta l he looks like him from the tv show? I was like psh i can let that slide. till i found out his older brothers name is tom then i was like holy hell and left
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Dameg on January 07, 2010, 05:54:26 PM
lol How strange as parents who name their first son Tom also name their second son Jake... Maybe K.A. Applegate wanted to tell us something about that...
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: adeon222 on January 07, 2010, 06:04:15 PM
People who name their first son Tom and their second son Jake... shouldn't?

I was sort of embarassed when I heard some guys talking about another guy and the fact that he was a dork because he read Animorphs... And then, I was like... I'm totally keeping my mouth shut about that from now on... lol...

I was never obsessed... I could stop reading them any time I wanted to... (not now... maybe later...) ;)
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Mira on January 10, 2010, 02:55:08 PM
Sometimes I wish that Jake was called Jerry instead. Imagine what Marco would say...
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: dolphin4077 on February 02, 2010, 03:59:53 AM
I don't think this is embarassing, but I have to share it.  I saw a article on AOL with the headline "Majestic Winged Animal Spotted in N.Y.C."  I swear my first thought was that it was a red-tailed hawk.  And when the article uploaded, it turns out I was right.   
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: WildAtHeart on February 05, 2010, 11:21:46 PM
To this day I refer to triangle brackets as <thought speak brackets>. The embarrassing-ish part comes from having to explain it every time I say it around someone new.

Haha, I do that, too. :P I'm pretty sure I read Animorphs before ever knowing what they were really called.

Actually... what are they really called?

i just saw this post haha. senior year of HS, i was in my computer class and the computer i was on, the < was stuck. So i told the teacher "the left thought speak bracket keeps sticking on me"...and like it took me longer than it sohuld to realize why he looked at my strangely xD
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Alic on February 07, 2010, 12:04:58 PM
last night at the bar my sister decided to tell our two friends i cried when rachel died.

which i didn't.

i swear. i dont think i did.

Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Mr. Guy36 on February 07, 2010, 12:12:17 PM
So I was talking to Faerie and another friend  in school the other day, and we were talking about Avatar. I mentioned the main character named Jake and his older brother Tom. Faerie thought that was really cool, the other friend was confused. Cue vague denials of the importance of the conversation in an effort to avoid mentioning Animorphs.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Vanish on February 13, 2010, 09:26:59 PM
Being on a streetcar with my gf (who also loves Animorphs) and honestly whispering the word Andalite to her not because I'm embarrassed to say it out loud (which I am) but for a second I actually whispered it because I didn't want people who were infested to hear it and know I knew.

That was kind of embarrassing for me because it's when I realized how obsessed with Animorphs I am haha.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: itw2009 on February 14, 2010, 02:08:48 AM
a few weeks ago, i stopped by the grocery store- you know, typical food run. i get to the checkout counter, and the guy staring me down (up) is 5'2", latino, and "cute but not".

i was ONE ITEM AWAY from demanding that he tell a joke.



(also, a lot of these are so funny. xD amazing-good. i love reading these.)
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: estrid on February 14, 2010, 03:13:00 AM
a few weeks ago, i stopped by the grocery store- you know, typical food run. i get to the checkout counter, and the guy staring me down (up) is 5'2", latino, and "cute but not".

i was ONE ITEM AWAY from demanding that he tell a joke.



(also, a lot of these are so funny. xD amazing-good. i love reading these.)

did his name tag say marco, or even mark? cuz THAT woulda been WAY too wierd :-X
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: KitsuneMarie on February 14, 2010, 09:36:05 AM
Being on a streetcar with my gf (who also loves Animorphs) and honestly whispering the word Andalite to her not because I'm embarrassed to say it out loud (which I am) but for a second I actually whispered it because I didn't want people who were infested to hear it and know I knew.

That was kind of embarrassing for me because it's when I realized how obsessed with Animorphs I am haha.

Vanish, it's a danger we all face (well, except for those who are already infested, of course), and you are wise to be cautious! Whenever you think you're just a crazy fanboy, remember this fanfic--nay, fantruth--written by one of our own RAFians, Terenia: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4181732/1/Walk_the_Line (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4181732/1/Walk_the_Line).  :D
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Terenia on February 14, 2010, 10:50:44 AM
O.O Yay, I got a plug!

But yes, it's all true. Applegate sent me a psychic communication that that is what REALLY happened. I am merely the messenger. :P
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: dragonarmy on February 14, 2010, 11:51:49 AM
So many embarrassing moments, so little time . . . although the majority of them occurred during the original mania.

Sometime in 7th grade, my BFF discovered fanfiction. Particularly, explicit Jake/Cassie porn. She was very eager over one of the finds, printed it out, and brought it to school for me to read. It was then confiscated by our English teacher . . . and then read by our English teacher . . . Yeah, that was awkward.

He was way cool about it, though, except he made sure to bring it up a LOT throughout the year.

We had a little group of 3 girls in middle school -- we had our Animorphs crushes and our similar personalities. For example, I was "Rachel", because I was blonde and loved to shop, BFF was "Cassie" cause she loved animals and the environment. The third was "Melissa", since there were no other girls left, but she liked Marco . . . (Who didn't do that sort of thing during the 90s?)

Anyway, we decided to sort of play up these personas in the notes we passed during and between classes. We came up with a backwards + symbol-based writing system (in case, of course, the notes were intercepted by Controllers) detailing our "missions". One of these notes was indeed confiscated by our math teacher (I'm fairly certain she was a Controller; she was plain evil), who briefly read it, looked completely confused, and most likely wanted to send us for mental help. Nothing significant came as a result of this, but I was thoroughly embarrassed when, in high school, "Cassie" presented me with a notebook full of all these notes she'd saved over the years (minus the one that was confiscated). SHE SAVED THEM. Fake mission plans, explicit details about certain male Animorphs' appendages, et cetera. It makes me flush just thinking about it now.

Not an embarrassing moment for me, personally, but definitely funny: Also in 7th grade, we went on a field trip to the state capitol building. "Melissa" and I were assigned to the same group, and were walking around downtown during lunch. She dissed Tobias -- and a bird promptly crapped on her head. When I managed to stop laughing, I gave her my hoodie to wear as a kind of turban until we could get back to school. I had to stay after with her to help her wash it all out, since it was apparently all my fault  ::)
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: itw2009 on February 14, 2010, 06:16:41 PM
a few weeks ago, i stopped by the grocery store- you know, typical food run. i get to the checkout counter, and the guy staring me down (up) is 5'2", latino, and "cute but not".

i was ONE ITEM AWAY from demanding that he tell a joke.



(also, a lot of these are so funny. xD amazing-good. i love reading these.)

did his name tag say marco, or even mark? cuz THAT woulda been WAY too wierd :-X
xD if it had, i WOULD have tried to force a joke out of him. ....or maybe i would have run. either or. i wish i could say i remember it, but.... anyway. since i don't, it means that it wasn't noteworthy. =P

i thought the funniest thing, though, was seeing him and finally understanding, pictorially, WHAT marco "ought" to look like. i've done the same thing for other characters in dreams- where my subconscious came up with something wild but plausible... something that actually changed my perspective of the character. D: anyway. if i ever see a marco-esque mark, i will pass the info on to you. ;D
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Stephquiem on February 14, 2010, 06:18:58 PM
:P Friend of mine and I were playing 20 questions the other day.

Him: What's your favorite animal?
Me: Red-tailed hawk.
Him: ...red-tailed...
Me: Hawk, yeah.
Him: How'd you come up with that?
Me:  :-] long story.

The time my dad made me explain why I wanted a yellow ford mustang was worse, though. :P
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: itw2009 on February 14, 2010, 08:00:13 PM
Him: How'd you come up with that?
Me:  :-] long story.
long, long story.  :)
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: estrid on February 14, 2010, 09:16:48 PM
dragon army those stories are hilarious. and BTW ur friend deserved to get crapped on. how the hell can u diss tobias? he is freaking awesome!

and itw plz do let me know if you ever find the real marco :P
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Dameg on February 15, 2010, 07:12:31 AM
I just read a file with some stupid things the students wrote during exams. One of them wrote: "Because of their eyes, the eagle can read a newspaper from a distance of 1500." The corrector wrote that the eagles were very clever, and that he'll take care now. But I thought: "Woh! An Anifan!" lol only just after thinking "He's right, where is the mistake?" lol
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: itw2009 on February 17, 2010, 08:36:34 PM
not embarrassing, but amusing:

i'm visiting my sister, and she's telling me how to find her place. she adds in one of her emails:

"p.s. dont go through the construction area on _____..."

i bet you know what the first thing to run through my head was.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: estrid on February 17, 2010, 11:29:18 PM
haha thats awesome! i may actually had been tempted to go and look 4 the blue box, just in case
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Shenmue654 on February 18, 2010, 09:04:36 AM
Ehehehehe. Yeah, I've been tempted to rummage through random construction sites before. There's this one that used to be up where I met my psychiatrist, and nobody built on it for like two years. Some of the buildings were rusted. I was never completely convinced that if I somehow managed to get there at 10:00 at night, an alien spaceship wouldn't show up.  :P
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: itw2009 on February 18, 2010, 04:23:18 PM
hahaha-

unfortunately, this construction zone is quite active. if it had been abandoned, i would definitely have gone exploring. as it is, she warned me that i might be arrested if i trespassed, which was enough to deter me. STILL.... with the promise of a blue box discovery or similar...

oh, man. i'm no roswell fanatic, but i'd spend one night of my life waiting for the alien spaceship of Destiny. ^^ i'm totally with you.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Nero's Fury on April 06, 2010, 03:11:13 PM
The other day my friend and i were in the mall and out of no where he bowed to me and was like yes prince jake. I was mind baffled
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: estrid on April 06, 2010, 03:15:15 PM
haha ur friend is awesomely hilarious
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: BaronConall on April 07, 2010, 10:34:12 AM
Not so much embaressing, but my friend is the real ladies man (an aussie tour guide, complete with backpackers) whereas that lifestyle didn't appeal to me as much and I was smart enough to recognise my future wife when I saw her :P

ANYWAY:
I'm usually wingman for his escapades, where he likes to show ladies that, while he's a tanned, breakdancing tour guide, he's still a nice enough guy that his oldest mate is a multi-pierced bookworm/nerd.

His pick-up conversations usually include;

Him: "Hey, D-Man! What were those books you always read? With that dude with with the "Asilliosrror-whatever" name?"

Me: "Aximili-Esgarrouth-Isthill"

Him: "AHAHAHAHA!!! I love that! You've got a freaky memory, man! But yeah, he's my oldest mate, he's awesome, I always used to try to set him up, etc, etc."


What's worse is that it works better for him more than it ever did for me :o

Although I DID meet my wife through Pokemon and Gears of War 2... So I win ;D
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: estrid on April 07, 2010, 10:28:05 PM
haha thats hilarious. ur friend is awesome
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: aareavis on April 21, 2010, 12:54:05 AM
I've never said it out loud but I keep expecting Marco and Ax to show up at my school.  My school is the only university in the country that has a gorilla as a mascot.  His name is Gus the Gorilla.  We play GunsNRoses' "Welcome to the Jungle" at all the games.

The library is called the Axe Library.  Also, there are squirrels everywhere and I keep thinking one of them might be Cassie.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: estrid on April 21, 2010, 01:17:13 AM
DUDE u go to an awesome school. maybe its proof marco and ax really do exist? :o
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Nero's Fury on April 21, 2010, 03:53:50 PM
Last night i was at the library and this uh slow child walked up while i was lookin at the Animorphs books.

She took one look started wavin her hands abover her head as she screamed ITS A YEERK! and ran out.

So i ended up makin up an excuse on why i had to leave to my friend
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: estrid on April 21, 2010, 05:59:43 PM
wierd. an old host perhaps?
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: aareavis on April 21, 2010, 06:39:08 PM
I think I had a yeerk pool in my basement.  It was always flooded and there were slugs EVERYWHERE.  Big slugs too.  Fat, six inch long slugs.  My cats used to eat them.  It was disgusting because they would come in with this slime all over their faces that wouldn't wipe off.  I just had to let it dry up...
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: VisserZer0 on April 22, 2010, 12:26:27 AM
Umm, OK. 6 inch long slugs everywhere... I would have been in heaven there as a little kid.

I remember when I first picked up The Invasion, I could not determine Jake's gender. This was before I read the back, obviously. It was so weird.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Stephquiem on April 22, 2010, 12:28:38 AM
...The name "Jake" didn't give it away?
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: DeadlyNightshade on April 22, 2010, 03:21:04 AM
I was talking to my friend on Facebook earlier today and her 3 month old son attacked the keyboard typing, "<<lllmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmmmmmzxssss ssk"
I then replied with the first thing that popped into my head, "Tell him he does a fantastic impression of a Dracon Beam on full boar."
I was then told to put my book down and get out of the house.

Post Merged: April 22, 2010, 06:36:24 AM
Also, the other morning, I was woken up by a fly making it's merry way into my ear canal.
The first thought that crossed my mind, due to the interesting noise it was making, was that Captain Hook from Peter Pan (another obsession) was breaking into my house.
Of course, I figured out rather quick that that's crazy.
The next thought that crossed my mind was that a Yeerk was burrowing into my head to take control of my brain.
This thought freaked me out so much that I screamed at my, then sleeping, father of my soon to be born baby to wake up and save me from the Yeerk.
He then pulled the blowfly out of my ear, killed it, told me I was delirious, then went back to sleep.
I then proceeded to quote the ever so awesome Ax, "I'm dee-dee-deeeelirious!"
Then I wandered upstairs with my finger in my ear to jump on the computer and start reading Animorphs from The Beginning again :)
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: itw2009 on April 22, 2010, 07:36:48 AM
this is very amusing to me. i'm still snickering.


oh, goodness. what are the children of the collective RAFian/animorphs fan base going to do with themselves, growing up?
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Aluminator (Kit) on April 22, 2010, 09:46:28 AM
I, personally, plan to avoid it at all costs.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Tyler on April 22, 2010, 10:03:50 AM
DUDE u go to an awesome school. maybe its proof marco and ax really do exist? :o

just them, not the others? o_O
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: itw2009 on April 22, 2010, 03:00:07 PM
i remembered today:

i never trust a closed/locked, empty toilet stall.

it's like taping "THE ANIMORPHS NEEDED A QUICK MORPH HERE" to the door.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: DeadlyNightshade on April 22, 2010, 05:14:59 PM
oh, goodness. what are the children of the collective RAFian/animorphs fan base going to do with themselves, growing up?

Hopefully my baby, (whom we're finding out the gender of today EEEEP!!) will turn out reasonably normal.
Though, between myself and their father, I wish them luck haha.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Stephquiem on April 22, 2010, 05:59:42 PM
oh, goodness. what are the children of the collective RAFian/animorphs fan base going to do with themselves, growing up?

Hopefully my baby, (whom we're finding out the gender of today EEEEP!!) will turn out reasonably normal.
Though, between myself and their father, I wish them luck haha.

D: Normalcy's a terrible thing to wish on your child. They'll never be able to fit in! ;)
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: VisserZer0 on April 22, 2010, 06:40:18 PM
...The name "Jake" didn't give it away?
Well, I said it was before I read the back or any of the book for that matter.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Nero's Fury on April 22, 2010, 06:54:36 PM
oh, goodness. what are the children of the collective RAFian/animorphs fan base going to do with themselves, growing up?

Hopefully my baby, (whom we're finding out the gender of today EEEEP!!) will turn out reasonably normal.
Though, between myself and their father, I wish them luck haha.

Lol hey ya cant be all bad if your a fan of the Ani crew
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Stephquiem on April 23, 2010, 12:33:46 AM
Umm, OK. 6 inch long slugs everywhere... I would have been in heaven there as a little kid.

I remember when I first picked up The Invasion, I could not determine Jake's gender. This was before I read the back, obviously. It was so weird.

You didn't say anything about reading the book itself. :P Just the back.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: itw2009 on April 23, 2010, 07:03:12 AM
oh, goodness. what are the children of the collective RAFian/animorphs fan base going to do with themselves, growing up?

Hopefully my baby, (whom we're finding out the gender of today EEEEP!!) will turn out reasonably normal.
Though, between myself and their father, I wish them luck haha.
aaaaawwwwwwww~~~ C: <3 yay! you should scan and post the little whatchamacallit-thingies they take of the baby in the 'post pictures of yourself' thread. >: D
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Stephquiem on April 23, 2010, 07:35:26 AM
Ultrasounds?
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: itw2009 on April 23, 2010, 08:07:26 AM
no, no! those magical moving picture things in creepy negative color.


;P yes. ultrasounds.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Stephquiem on April 23, 2010, 08:10:59 AM
::) Oh, yes. I forgot they were magical.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: itw2009 on April 23, 2010, 08:15:06 AM
well, duh! how else do babies get born?!? ::)


i still can't kill a fly. i always think, "heeeeeeelp meeeeeee......"

LAME.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Tyler on April 23, 2010, 09:14:58 AM
yeah, i'm much more sympathetic to ****roaches since  i've started reading the 'morphs. :-\
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: roguebluejay on April 23, 2010, 09:15:39 AM
The 'morphs should be the new name for it.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Tyler on April 23, 2010, 09:16:20 AM
patent pending ^-^
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: itw2009 on April 23, 2010, 09:26:39 AM
pfft.

The 'morphs: 2.0.

not sure it'll fly.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Tyler on April 23, 2010, 09:28:12 AM
oh it'll fly; it'll fly like tobias baby 8)
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: itw2009 on April 23, 2010, 09:35:49 AM
nice. well, if you get that patent? don't tell me. i'm not paying you for using it. xD


also: pigeons suck. just sayin'. tobias definitely has something, there. i had two staring at me this morning as i was waiting for the train. D:
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Stephquiem on April 23, 2010, 09:37:50 AM
Speaking of pigeons... I had this conversation with my friend one day:

Me (on Seagulls): They're the rats of the sky.
My friend: I though that was pigeons.
Me: Seagulls, pigeons, what's the difference?
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: itw2009 on April 23, 2010, 10:21:54 AM
pigeons. THOSE things. forget the weird letters i add; my brain isn't... like... functioning well today.

O____o

but i never actually see pigeons in the sky. they're always perched and pooping, or on the ground, where i'm trying to step. but it doesn't sound nearly as acerbic to call them "the rats of the sidewalk".
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Stephquiem on April 23, 2010, 10:31:47 AM
Speaking of bird-rats... I wonder what Tobias' opinion of starlings would be. Apparently some weirdo decided that every bird mentioned in Shakespeare ought to be found in America, so he introduced starlings. We started with 100, now it's in the millions.

Whenever I see those big swarms of them, I think of an angry mob.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: itw2009 on April 23, 2010, 10:35:58 AM
i'm thinking tobias might have 'lunch' run through his mind at least once...

we have starlings where i live... but i never see 'mobs'. we have enough sparrows to choke a cat, though. the best part is when they all congregate in one tree or one bush... it sounds like a bird rock concert; the decibel level is obscene.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Stephquiem on April 23, 2010, 10:37:18 AM
Nuh-uh. Red-tails don't eat other birds.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: itw2009 on April 23, 2010, 10:44:32 AM
boo. what about road kill? D:

...that would decrease the surplus population of starlings.

and oh, yes: i did throw that dickens reference in there just now.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Stephquiem on April 23, 2010, 10:50:31 AM
D: Eww. How dare you. Boo Dickens.

From what I've read, what Tobias says about hawks who eat roadkill--that for whatever reason, they eat it because they can't hunt--is true. Hawks, falcons, eagles and owls are not scavengers. They don't have the sort of digestive system vultures have to eat rotting flesh. Relatively recent roadkill, or stealing kills from other animals, especially, yes.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: VisserZer0 on April 24, 2010, 10:54:54 PM
Umm, OK. 6 inch long slugs everywhere... I would have been in heaven there as a little kid.

I remember when I first picked up The Invasion, I could not determine Jake's gender. This was before I read the back, obviously. It was so weird.

You didn't say anything about reading the book itself. :P Just the back.
One could assume you read the back before you start the book.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Stephquiem on April 24, 2010, 11:19:57 PM
You know I used to assume that. -_- Until I read A Tale of Two Cities for English freshman year of high school, and everyone got mad at me for "ruining" parts of the plot that were spoiled on the back cover.

 :huh:
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: aareavis on April 28, 2010, 07:19:02 PM
I kind of had an embarrassing moment earlier.  I have been reading the David trilogy and I've been thinking about the blue box all day.  My friend mentioned that she wanted to go to walmart.  I told her that I kind of wanted to go too "because I want to rent Avatar out of the bluebox, I mean redbox, machine."  ;D
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: DeadlyNightshade on April 30, 2010, 03:21:27 AM
I said hello to a fly today and it waved.
I named him Jake and he followed me around for a few hours :)
Not really embarrassing, but I thought it was funny.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Alic on April 30, 2010, 03:26:25 AM
I said hello to a fly today and it waved.
I named him Jake and he followed me around for a few hours :)
Not really embarrassing, but I thought it was funny.

i squished it.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Dameg on April 30, 2010, 07:31:06 AM
Oh, you give me an idea...
I sometimes have a spider in my bedroom, I didn't know how to call it. I'll give it the name Marco ;)
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: itw2009 on April 30, 2010, 07:33:22 AM
I named him Jake and he followed me around for a few hours :)
CRAP. now jake is stuck in fly morph.

.....waaait. why are people naming bugs? O____o;
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Aluminator (Kit) on April 30, 2010, 10:52:44 AM
Probably because they're Animorphs fans, and as such, are both crazy and awesome by default :P
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Blaise Zebrataur on April 30, 2010, 02:35:35 PM
The only embarassing thing I can think up is...Rachel finds Tobias sitting on another red-tail's eggs...or with another red-tailed hawk all together.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: DeadlyNightshade on April 30, 2010, 09:00:46 PM
I very much enjoy giving insects names.
Make my life less dull :)
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: itw2009 on April 30, 2010, 10:45:24 PM
^^ i can appreciate 'less dull'.

...i suppose... as long as you haven't had to resort to naming inanimate objects... although, no doubt, that does spice up conversations about as well as 'mad libs'. :P

(holla' back, o childhood of mine!)
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: DeadlyNightshade on April 30, 2010, 11:03:36 PM
Less Dull is better than Completely Dull :)
Seeing as I've turned into a house-mum recently.
I have a blanket named Cecilia lol.
But I named Cecilia when I was like 5 ^_^
I have a rather active imagination.
And a cat named Rachel.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Alic on April 30, 2010, 11:15:29 PM
one of the guys from our old animorphs mb.. his name is was Prince Ronny. he was an andalite.
sooo we had a cat named Prince Ronny. he died though.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: itw2009 on April 30, 2010, 11:19:49 PM
@deadlynightshade-

oh, boy.

see, now, i respect people who live that way? but i could never do it. kids? those oozing balls of energy and body fluids drive me nuts inside of five minutes. and they all seem to want to follow me around. and bother me. so. best of heartfelt luck with that.


rachel? no fluffer mc-evilspawnofsatan? hmmm. maybe i should grab dibs on that one.

...i never named anything i owned. stuffed toys, blanket, not-stuffed toys... my mom insisted that i name my violin, so i did. but it never meant anything to me. >____>; does this make me unimaginative? because i'm loathe to suggest that it might, but quick to agree that it does.

@patty- ....ooh. i feel like there's some sort of karmic irony in there, somewhere...i just don't see it.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Dameg on May 01, 2010, 05:30:40 AM
^^ i can appreciate 'less dull'.

...i suppose... as long as you haven't had to resort to naming inanimate objects... although, no doubt, that does spice up conversations about as well as 'mad libs'. :P

(holla' back, o childhood of mine!)
Excuse me...  I name inanimate objects!
My car is Christine (cf. S. King), my comp is Dexter (TV show/novel), my dad's comp is Harry (for the serial killer of a French movie, not for Harry Potter), my 3 external hard disks are Lestat (Anne Rice), Dracula (you know him) and Erzsebet (for Erzsebet Bathory), my numeric camera is Hannibal (Lecter). It's easier for me to not say "my numeric camera" but "Hannibal", nor "my external hard disk with the vampire movies" but "Dracula"... and who don't give a name to his/her car?!
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: arzwlf on May 01, 2010, 12:37:24 PM
i agree with naming things, though they are less for the benefit of others, more for my ability to yell at them....much easier to yell "ax! why do you fail me?" then to yell "computer! why do you suck!"
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: roguebluejay on May 01, 2010, 05:39:01 PM
Haahha, I name my devices too. Makes them easier to tell apart when I have a bunch of them plugged into my computer.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Stephquiem on May 01, 2010, 05:46:41 PM
^^ i can appreciate 'less dull'.

...i suppose... as long as you haven't had to resort to naming inanimate objects... although, no doubt, that does spice up conversations about as well as 'mad libs'. :P

(holla' back, o childhood of mine!)
Excuse me...  I name inanimate objects!
My car is Christine (cf. S. King), my comp is Dexter (TV show/novel), my dad's comp is Harry (for the serial killer of a French movie, not for Harry Potter), my 3 external hard disks are Lestat (Anne Rice), Dracula (you know him) and Erzsebet (for Erzsebet Bathory), my numeric camera is Hannibal (Lecter). It's easier for me to not say "my numeric camera" but "Hannibal", nor "my external hard disk with the vampire movies" but "Dracula"... and who don't give a name to his/her car?!

Haha, I name everything, too. :P My car is Alice... My first cell phone was named Earl... and I just came to the uncomfortable conclusion that my eReader's a Roger. D:
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: DeadlyNightshade on May 03, 2010, 05:08:02 AM
@deadlynightshade-

oh, boy.

see, now, i respect people who live that way? but i could never do it. kids? those oozing balls of energy and body fluids drive me nuts inside of five minutes. and they all seem to want to follow me around. and bother me. so. best of heartfelt luck with that.


rachel? no fluffer mc-evilspawnofsatan? hmmm. maybe i should grab dibs on that one.

...i never named anything i owned. stuffed toys, blanket, not-stuffed toys... my mom insisted that i name my violin, so i did. but it never meant anything to me. >____>; does this make me unimaginative? because i'm loathe to suggest that it might, but quick to agree that it does.

Becoming a mum wasn't a decision I willingly made so much as it kind of just happened.
Children are something I generally try to avoid.
My baby's due in September, so I have a wee way to go yet, but I'm sadly jobless and house-mum-ish already while my partner goes out and works all the time.
Maybe I should start like, cross-stitching or something 0.o
Or I could just continue to read an obsess over books I read in primary school.

I thought about naming my cat Fluffer Mc-something, but she's hardly a male tomcat and it seemed wrong. She's lanky and the kitty version of blonde.
I had a canary named Tobias. My friend thought it was an insult, but that canary was vicious 0.0
I enjoy naming pets for book characters.
I've had a lot of pets.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Blaise Zebrataur on May 03, 2010, 09:24:54 AM
Hmmm,another embarassing moment would be if Tobias caught Rachel hanging out with another red-tailed hawk.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: itw2009 on May 04, 2010, 08:07:07 AM
@DNS- aww..... haha; i wasn't planned either. :P but i am really glad i had a family to be born into- so it wasn't one of those 'parent ran off' deals. how terrifying to look back on and imagine, imho....... >____<;;

xD heyhey, i cross-stitch already! i happen to enjoy the monotony; it helps free my mind to dwell on other things.

D: ;; how many pets is that? i've only ever had a turtle. for, you know, my whole life minus 6 years. it's going to end up being a pet for my generation's grandkids... i just see it coming. so: which pet did you name jake? xD



oh! i always think of "riding the thermals" when i see birds flying over asphalt. i used to try to explain this to my friends.... they thought i was such a dweeb.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Stephquiem on May 04, 2010, 09:39:12 AM
Quote
oh! i always think of "riding the thermals" when i see birds flying over asphalt. i used to try to explain this to my friends.... they thought i was such a dweeb.

Haha, I only explained this too my friend who's already used to my weirdness. :P And anyway, even if I didn't say, she knows where I get the info from. ::)
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: DeadlyNightshade on May 05, 2010, 09:21:22 PM
I had to explain thermals to my partner yesterday.
I thought he was smart 0.0 haha.

I grew up on a farm.
Jake was my dog :)
German Shepherd cross Golden Retriever.

I have a very short attention span, so I don't know if cross-stitching will work for me.
I'll give it a go though :)

I was an accident.
I look at where I'm at now and I keep thinking "Eww, my parents did this once.." lol.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: BaronConall on May 05, 2010, 09:57:10 PM
I'm running an Eee Asus 10" Laptop (Teeny Tiny Laptop :P), so anyone who can locate my laptop either wirelessly or through Bluetooth sees a PC named "Helmacron" xD

As for unplanned pregnancies, that seems to run in my family.

I'm the eldest of 4, so my announcement was a surprise.
My eldest sister has nothing but unplanned pregnancies (Pregnant at 15, mother at 16, abortion at 17, third pregnancy at 19, second child born at 20)... Apparently the contraception keeps "ripping"...

My second youngest sister found out she was pregnant after she was being checked over when her car rolled, but at least she was 18 at the time. She's 19 now and with child again, but these are more planned. She's very family orientated. She was already working in child care when she found out about her first child.

Aaand my youngest sister and I are the exception to the rule (so far)... I decided to throw a spanner into the family prophecy and am about to become the first to marry before pregnancy. I'm just that kind of trend-setter ;) :P
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Nero's Fury on May 07, 2010, 11:30:37 AM
My friend the other day decided that without telling me she was going to spray paint her entire body blue and put on a fake tail, then come to our date at the mall looking like an andalite. Her excuse was "Hey im a were-andalite!"
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Stephquiem on May 07, 2010, 11:32:03 AM
Your friend is AWESOME.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Blaise Zebrataur on May 07, 2010, 01:44:44 PM
Hmmm,I know a funny one

A Hork-Bajiri fines Visser Three flirting with a female Andalite.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: KitsuneMarie on May 07, 2010, 01:55:17 PM
Hmmm,I know a funny one

A Hork-Bajiri fines Visser Three flirting with a female Andalite.

Tobias, this thread is for embarrassing moments that we, as Animorphs enthusiasts, experience due to our spilleth-over level of fandom.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Alic on May 07, 2010, 02:00:40 PM
Hmmm,I know a funny one

A Hork-Bajiri fines Visser Three flirting with a female Andalite.

Tobias, this thread is for embarrassing moments that we, as Animorphs enthusiasts, experience due to our spilleth-over level of fandom.

Not made up could be funny scenes for the books.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: estrid on May 08, 2010, 01:47:35 AM
this thread is supposed to be about encounters you had in real life that were animorphs related. Please stick to the topic. We already have a thread for talking about what would happen in the stories if things were different:

http://animorphsforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=352.0

Please go there for instances related to the book directly involving the characters. Thanks
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Darth Zakryn on May 08, 2010, 05:09:51 AM

OK sorry misunderstood. And FYI he DID say that in Book 14.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Nero's Fury on May 16, 2010, 12:15:34 AM
My same friend from my previous post needs a life. We were at the mall last night (THE SAME ONE), i wont lie i had been a little drunk. But then out of no where climbed on my lap and went, "ME A KITTY! AND WERE-ANDALITE! AND IM CUTE YOUR CUTE TOGETHER WE MAKE 2 CUTE!!!!!!!!!" I proceeded to remove her from my lap ask her out then leave the mall and decided never to return there...Jesse rules...lol
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: itw2009 on May 18, 2010, 02:50:58 PM
a life may not solve this problem.

therapy, on the other hand....

O_____o;
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Nero's Fury on May 19, 2010, 04:11:39 PM
Lol?
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: DeadlyNightshade on May 21, 2010, 08:01:36 PM
That's..a little strange 0.o
Sadly, I only have one friend who really remembers what Animorphs is, and he's a stinky bogan who's not too interested in it now and simply rolls his eyes at me whenever I make references.

I saw Rachel, my cat, chasing a rather large, rather terrified looking rottweiler down the road yesterday.
A number of thoughts crossed my mind at this.
We recently got a pet duck.
A drake to be exact.
He's a loon.
I named him Marco.
My mother thinks I'm nuts.
I told her it's all her fault for buying me the books in school.

I'd better go nurse this sore back of mine.
Parting quote?
"Good grief, I'm a mermaid!"
I adore Marco  ::)
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: estrid on May 21, 2010, 09:09:04 PM
when was the mermaid quote from? (lol yes i know im a horrible ani fan :P)


and my embarassing ani story? my boy parakeet is named Toby after Tobias, his new gf i got him is named Rachel, and back in 7th grade i had a cat I named dude

and one day i plan to get a horse and call him Aximili ;D
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: DeadlyNightshade on May 21, 2010, 09:16:48 PM
The mermaid quote is from #15 when they're morphing dolphins, just after Tobias about gets himself killed acquiring one.
Marco's bottom half is all dolphin before the rest of him is.

Oh man, I never thought to name one of my horses Aximilli haha.
I named my mare Cassie though.
She's down on the farm with my grandmother, I miss her much :(
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Nero's Fury on May 23, 2010, 04:35:13 PM
Geez Jess is actually annoying on the count of her and the animorphs stuff. I told her today i probably wouldnt be able to use this sight soon and she cried for a bit then stared at me so hard her face turned red. I was like wtf? N her response was dang. Thought speak wasnt working...then she procceeded to laugh so hard she fell over
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: itw2009 on May 24, 2010, 11:04:01 AM
how about 'potentially embarrassing animorphs encounters'?

i tried to walk like human ax all the way to lunch. i stopped when i met up with people, but i kept thinking "controlled falling. controlled falling..."
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Stephquiem on May 24, 2010, 12:51:42 PM
XD lmao. Ney, that's awesome.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: itw2009 on May 24, 2010, 02:06:07 PM
the worst part was managing two flights of stairs. D: i nearly killed myself. xD
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: estrid on May 24, 2010, 03:00:31 PM
LOL i still play with some words ax style. i started that habit after ax came into the picture of the story line, and still can't completely break it :P
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: itw2009 on May 25, 2010, 08:43:15 AM
HAH! i totally do the same thing! :D

listening to rihanna's 'under my umbrella. ella. ella. ella.' isn't helping matters. xD
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Nero's Fury on May 25, 2010, 11:50:58 AM
Ka...Ka....candy? CANDY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Sirouth56 on May 26, 2010, 10:30:39 PM
During my first semester of college, I saw a red-tailed hawk spiraling in the sky on a thermal. They're quite frequent there, and I thought of Tobias. It made me happy. It wasn't embarrassing.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Blaise Zebrataur on May 27, 2010, 11:38:55 PM
When my best friend in another state saw a red-tailed hawk flying above his car on his way to work,he said it reminded him of me as Tobias since I play it so well.. it wasn't embarrassing to me.

I would say..an embarassing thing would be teaching my parents the Animorphs stuff from the books,until I saw the video on how to say Yeerk,I would say Yeak and it was really embarassing when I found out the right way to say it.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: AnyaSciarra on July 03, 2010, 11:28:43 AM
Recently I was driving to Chicago and a friend of mine was with me in the backseat. There was a fly buzzing around and I shouted "Don't smack it, it may be Jake!" My friend gave me a weird look. We have a friend named Jake.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: JohnBlaze on July 05, 2010, 05:27:53 AM
Me - "Hey what time is it?"
Friend - "Uh, close to 6, why?"
Me - "I gotta go back to my room and get ready for a meet up."
Friend - "A meet up, for what? Got a date?"
Me - "No, I gotta get online and chat and meet some people on this Animorphs Forum thingy."
Friend - "..........Yeah."
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Elfangor Sirinial Shamtul on July 05, 2010, 11:34:43 AM
Probably telling the peeps i hate, when they catch me reading Animorphs, that "they'll be sorry when they have yeerks in their brains". I also feel guilty killing flies, thinking its the animorphs! LOL

Post Merged: July 05, 2010, 11:37:56 AM
God I miss being a kid.
*sigh* Same here.

As for embarassing moments. Just today I went to a store and it was really hot outside. When I was walking across the parking lot I said: "I bet I could catch some awesome thermals off this blacktop."

And yes, I've tried to acquire and morph animals.

Also, I'm always making obscure Animorphs references.
Same here, when i see large birds flying around I always ask them how the thermals r!

Post Merged: July 05, 2010, 11:40:37 AM
My older cousin used to come visit my family during fishing season.  When he was about 19 and I was 11, I told him about Animorphs.  He thought it was kind of dumb, and looking back I suddenly figured it out.

I told him about a crazy war story and showed him the book I had been currently reading.  The Departure.  A book with a girl turning into a butterfly on the cover doesn't exactly say "Look!  Battle time!"

I also used to pretend I was a member of the Animorphs.  Oh, and imagined riding Ax like a horse.  Humiliating for Ax, incredibly awesome for me.
Same here. I share Rachel's name

Post Merged: July 05, 2010, 11:47:51 AM
people used to catch me on RAF at school and make fun of me :]
but tomorrow is my last day and im done with school forever.

lucky. i don't have any classes in computer labs anymore :P
they've blocked all the sites at my old schools computers. suckheads

Post Merged: July 05, 2010, 12:44:49 PM
:P Friend of mine and I were playing 20 questions the other day.

Him: What's your favorite animal?
Me: Red-tailed hawk.
Him: ...red-tailed...
Me: Hawk, yeah.
Him: How'd you come up with that?
Me:  :-] long story.

The time my dad made me explain why I wanted a yellow ford mustang was worse, though. :P
just curious, but what does this have 2 do with animorphs? (I haven't read all the books yet, CURSE THE LIBRARY!, so if it was in there, tell me
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Stephquiem on July 05, 2010, 12:46:10 PM
O.o Umm... Tobias is a red-tailed hawk. That's pretty basic.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Elfangor Sirinial Shamtul on July 05, 2010, 12:54:27 PM
The 'morphs should be the new name for it.
NO WAY! Animorphs was always the best name for it!
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Alex Oiknine on July 05, 2010, 01:46:27 PM
You know, I have lots of embarrassing Animorphs moments, but my favorite one was with other RAFians so far. We were on Skype last night for five hours and eventually we got into trying to read certain fan fictions out loud without laughing (it only seemed to work for one person. I personally was laughing and crying and expressing shock and dismay or wondering how people could possibly say this or that...).

I can only imagine what neighbors and my dad thought I was doing, but it was definitely worth it.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Nero's Fury on July 06, 2010, 06:50:50 AM
My most recent funny encounter would be around 3 nights ago I was like just below the line of being asleep and awake. Like i was awake enouggh that a slight noise went off near me i would wake up. Well i was dreaming about being an Animorph (surprisingly does happen a lot to me. Is that bad lol?) and my girlfriend walked in and plopped down on my lap and i was like screaming at the top of my lungs, "NO TOBIAS DONT EAT THE POSSOM! HE SWALLOWED HIS CIGGARETTE!" Before i was like wwwwaaaaaaiiit a second....she just laughed. I was soooo emmbarrassed but she thought it was hilarious
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Elfangor Sirinial Shamtul on July 12, 2010, 06:47:54 PM
O.o Umm... Tobias is a red-tailed hawk. That's pretty basic.

lol i meant the yellow ford mustang
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Stephquiem on July 12, 2010, 07:06:27 PM
:eyebrow: Andalite Chronicles? Hello?
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Elfangor Sirinial Shamtul on July 13, 2010, 11:21:53 AM
oh yeah, i just finished that book
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: SpyroForLife on July 14, 2010, 01:46:03 PM
Well, there's the time I was pretending to acquire my dog and I wished that I could go to a zoo somewhere and find a falcon. XD I love Animorphs and I'm always drawing Andalites. People at school are like, "Uh, what's that supposed to be?" And then I have to explain it to them.
One girl who sat behind me in English class has actually read the books, though, so she'd always watch me draw Andalites. :D
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Elfangor Sirinial Shamtul on July 22, 2010, 04:14:29 PM
I swear a fly was watching me recently, i think its Marco
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: yunyun on August 25, 2010, 09:33:39 AM
I call my friends by the Animorphs names.
i almost called my friend Megan Marco or Rachel

The time my dad made me explain why I wanted a yellow ford mustang was worse, though. :P
Quote
just curious, but what does this have 2 do with animorphs? (I haven't read all the books yet, CURSE THE LIBRARY!, so if it was in there, tell me
in the Andalite Chronicals Elfangor drove a yellow mustang
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: esplin on August 25, 2010, 01:04:12 PM
Whenever I mention RAF or animorphs and someone says, yeahhhh I remember those!  Im like, erm yeah me too, I don't think of animorphs daily. :D
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Stephquiem on August 25, 2010, 01:18:33 PM
Whenever I'm on subeta.net, I get a lot of "I remember that series!" or "I love your username XP" or "Those books were my favorites back in the day."

My username = Animorph. :P

I still say the message that took the cake was the one I got from the user Seerow.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Dameg on August 25, 2010, 01:30:01 PM
Whenever I'm on subeta.net, I get a lot of "I remember that series!" or "I love your username XP" or "Those books were my favorites back in the day."

My username = Animorph. :P

I still say the message that took the cake was the one I got from the user Seerow.
lol When I talk about Animorphs on French forums, they're just "What is it?" ^^' Only few of them answer "Oh, this TV show! I watched one episode... Pretty crappy"...
I was surprised when, few weeks ago, somebody (a French somebody) asked me the ebooks of the not-translated Animorphs!
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: warren_bearclaw on September 26, 2010, 11:57:36 PM
I went to a mall I'd never been to before and was like, "OH MY GOSH!!! A CINNABON!!!! Dad! We have to go get extra frosting!"

I'd go to the zoo and think, "Hmmm, how would I get in this exhibit?" or "I wonder how closely they watch this area here?" or "That creature might be useful".

I'm often tempted to make my passwords "6".
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Aluminator (Kit) on September 27, 2010, 01:14:14 AM
Hehe... Warren, you are apparently a dedicated obsessed fan, deep down inside. That's awesome ^_^
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Dameg on September 27, 2010, 09:30:45 AM
I'm often tempted to make my passwords "6".

I don't think it's a good idea ^^'
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: warren_bearclaw on September 27, 2010, 02:35:15 PM
most websites and stuff that require a password won't let me... oh darn.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Dameg on September 27, 2010, 02:46:09 PM
Hopefully ;D
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: patric on September 27, 2010, 07:50:55 PM
Ok, so this was a week ago. and i was not embarrassed really, but i feel like its one of those situations.

We were talking about weeding books in my intro to the profession class the other day and this girl mentioned how they just weeded the entire Animorphs series from her library. I say, to the class, "No, the Animorphs are sweet. Did you at least steal them?" in which she looked at me strangely and told me no.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Dameg on September 28, 2010, 12:37:33 PM
Ok, so this was a week ago. and i was not embarrassed really, but i feel like its one of those situations.

We were talking about weeding books in my intro to the profession class the other day and this girl mentioned how they just weeded the entire Animorphs series from her library. I say, to the class, "No, the Animorphs are sweet. Did you at least steal them?" in which she looked at me strangely and told me no.

Why did they do that?!!  :o How many people here would haven been happy to have these books!
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Alic on September 28, 2010, 12:39:46 PM
Wait. What did she do WITH them!?
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: patric on September 28, 2010, 07:24:46 PM
she didn't do anything! she just let them get weeded (presumably thrown away, unless her library went about selling them in a book sale.)

I would have taken those copies off their hands, and even forked out the cash to do so! I mean, i don't really have them anymore and would love to get them! i was really distraught, but there wasn't much i could do.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Red on October 01, 2010, 09:23:48 AM
I was on the train with my boyfriend the other day, and he has a weird sticky-out knuckle on his wrist. So of course I said, "Maybe you're part Hork Bajir. WRIST BLADE!"

He made a joke about thoughtspeak this week also, heh. He's been reading the series with and to me, we are embarrassing as each other :)
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Dameg on October 01, 2010, 09:57:01 AM
That's sweet ^^
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Ameli on October 01, 2010, 12:50:29 PM
I asked my ap biology professor what her favorite bird of prey is and she said pergrine falcon. I jumped
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: warren_bearclaw on October 01, 2010, 01:13:23 PM
Tell her it's gotta be more fun than a roller coaster!
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Duff on October 01, 2010, 05:36:55 PM
I was on the bus the other day and these two kids behind me were talking about animorphs. I almost said something but then they mentioned how Cassie was allergic to the alligator morph and I was like oh...tv series fans...I wont be talking to them then haha
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: warren_bearclaw on October 01, 2010, 05:48:29 PM
...but, wasn't she allergic to alligator DNA in the books?
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Stephquiem on October 01, 2010, 05:52:33 PM
No. ::) Rachel was.

...Also... CROCODILE!

;D
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: warren_bearclaw on October 01, 2010, 06:37:18 PM
OOOOOooooohhhhhhhh!!! Okay, I forgot...
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Stephquiem on October 01, 2010, 06:59:47 PM
I just facebook searched Erek King.

There's a fan page! XD ...I'm currently the only fan!
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Red on October 01, 2010, 08:34:05 PM
Not any more :D
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Stephquiem on October 01, 2010, 08:37:04 PM
Not any more :D

:woot:
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: warren_bearclaw on October 01, 2010, 11:04:55 PM
WHAT?!? Really? *runs off to go look*
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Nomad Frog on October 02, 2010, 12:29:49 AM
I wonder how many Jake Berensons there are XD

Okay, so I was driving through taco bell the other day, and they have this HUGE curve you have to go around to get to the ordering...thing.  I turned and slammed on my brakes, and this small hawk just sat there next to one of the bushes (there were a TON of chirps coming from that bush, I think he was considering it an all-you-can-eat-buffet) and glared at me like "you're interrupting.  Continue..."  He was tiny, with intense eyes, and I don't know what type he was.  But I couldn't help thinking he'd tried the drive through and his thought-speech didn't go over the microphone, so he resorted to the bush. ;)
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Dameg on October 02, 2010, 05:24:26 AM
I was on the bus the other day and these two kids behind me were talking about animorphs. I almost said something but then they mentioned how Cassie was allergic to the alligator morph and I was like oh...tv series fans...I wont be talking to them then haha
Why?!!! You could have turned them into RAFians!
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Josh (J) on October 04, 2010, 12:38:43 PM
Everytime I see the word 'infest' I think of Yeerks. ::) So, I was reading in my Biology book about how algae infests water, I went, "That is just so sick!" My brother went, "What?" And I ranted about infestation...whoa. I felt really stupid. And then, everytime I see an elephant/bald eagle, I imagine it's Rachel.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: VisserZer0 on October 05, 2010, 11:10:45 AM
I've tried numerous times to open dressing room mirrors.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Stephquiem on October 12, 2010, 01:31:57 PM
Al and I went to the zoo in Chicago yesterday. As we passed the tiger habitat, we briefly considered recreating the scene in #1...

...Very briefly. :P
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Alic on October 12, 2010, 01:48:01 PM
hehe that's awesome
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Red on October 12, 2010, 02:51:33 PM
Boyfriend kept saying; "Bun-zuh. Cinnamon bun-zuh." yesterday and I was like, "Hey Ax, cut it out." I need to expand my popular culture, stat :p
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: warren_bearclaw on October 12, 2010, 02:54:21 PM
Al and I went to the zoo in Chicago yesterday. As we passed the tiger habitat, we briefly considered recreating the scene in #1...

...Very briefly. :P
Awww... chickens.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Stephquiem on October 13, 2010, 02:49:15 PM
I know, I know.  :-\ We saw the tiger a few minutes later, too! He was asleep!
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Unknown User on October 14, 2010, 05:19:46 PM
Not really embarrasing,but kind of funny; I got a friend request from a girl on facebook named Mari Joy Visser! Perhaps the enemy in morph?  ;)
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Dameg on October 16, 2010, 09:54:27 AM
lol Nice :P

"Sharing" (Partage, in French) tried to stop me again few days ago in the street... They probably wanted me to join them ;)
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Stephquiem on October 18, 2010, 08:25:31 AM
I was at a stop light, and I saw a hawk flying in a circle, so I was watching... and then some smaller birds started mobbing the hawk...

:-\
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: LisaCharly on October 18, 2010, 10:07:25 AM
I once saw an osprey and a red-tailed hawk absolutely battling each other and thought "oooh, Marco crossed the line"...
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Josh (J) on November 02, 2010, 10:25:51 AM
I had dropped some things that I shouldn't have dropped in the trash cans, and was rather cranky, so when I was getting mad, someone asked me what was wrong. I said, "I HATE TRASH CANS!"
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: warren_bearclaw on November 02, 2010, 11:31:59 AM
That's great!  :D

I went on an hour long walk down the street with three of my little siblings. (Two in a double-stroller, one in a baby-carrier on my back.) I kept them entertained by telling them all the stuff I learned about birds from Animorphs. "Did you know that a Bald Eagle can see through water? Did you know that crows gang up on bigger birds sometimes? Did you know that Golden Eagles are mean?" It was kinda funny to me. They love the bird study lesson.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Hawkgirl on November 02, 2010, 11:40:06 AM
The Philadelphia Zoo came to Temple for Environmental Awareness day to discuss birds flying into windows and dying.  They brought with them a red tailed hawk, osprey, and peregrine falcon.  I was happily shocked and started going crazy over these birds and my friends looked at me like I was crazy.  I had to explain to them about Animorphs and then they thought I was even crazier.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: warren_bearclaw on November 02, 2010, 12:17:01 PM
No Bald Eagle?
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Hawkgirl on November 02, 2010, 02:59:56 PM
Sadly no.

I had another embarrassing Animorphs moment today.  I was at Burger King with my family and they were having a contest to win an xbox.  The soda cup I got had a picture of an xbox with the phrase "You be the Controller" on it.  When my brother read it aloud, I replied that there was no way in hell I would ever be a Controller.  He just gave me a weird look and told me to shut up.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Dameg on November 03, 2010, 06:48:59 AM
lol ^^
I also tell about Animorphs and RAF to my friends at univ', but they don't really understand and make fun of me. Anyway, I don't really care, and when I come back home at evening, I don't even remember what I said and what they said, so I never write here what happened. But be sure that I also have experiences like that ^^
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Magdaleen on November 04, 2010, 05:17:37 PM
This is not embarrassing, just a fun encounter...

I found out that my Norwegian textbook from school had a translated chapter from Animorphs in it!  :o
It was chapter 1 from Marco's first book, so not much from the actual plot there.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: warren_bearclaw on November 04, 2010, 05:35:26 PM
Really? That's cool.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: AmberKatira on November 04, 2010, 06:00:05 PM
This is not embarrassing, just a fun encounter...

I found out that my Norwegian textbook from school had a translated chapter from Animorphs in it!  :o
It was chapter 1 from Marco's first book, so not much from the actual plot there.

What was it there for?
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: LisaCharly on November 05, 2010, 10:55:11 AM
That is so awesome.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Magdaleen on November 09, 2010, 09:53:38 AM
This is not embarrassing, just a fun encounter...

I found out that my Norwegian textbook from school had a translated chapter from Animorphs in it!  :o
It was chapter 1 from Marco's first book, so not much from the actual plot there.

What was it there for?

For reading. It's a reading book. ::)

It even had some tasks related to it.

EDIT: I've now got the book and translated the tasks.
[spoiler=Open this spoiler for the tasks]
1. What special ability does Marco have in this chapter from The Discovery?
2. What's the "thanks" Marco gets for helping that old man?
3. What does Marco mean by saying that "I'm not exactly Arnold Schwarzenegger"?
4. How do you understand the term "doing a morph" in the text about Marco?
5. Why does Marco say in the end that everyone should care about their own things?
6. What's so fascinating about stories where the humans are turning into animals, do you think?
Task 7 and 8 are boring language-related tasks.
9. Imagine that you and a few classmates could turn into any animal possible. Write a story where you get lots of fun with that ability. ( Sounds like a fanfic to me. :D)
10. In the next chapter of The Discovery we get to know that a boy named Tobias, who's forever turned into a bird, more closely a red-tailed hawk. He forgot turning back to human within two hours, and that's why he has to live in a bird's body the rest of his life. Write about what happened when Tobias got trapped as a red-tailed hawk.
11. Find out as much as possible about the book series Animorphs, so you can hold a mini-presentation for your class.

In other words, most of these tasks would be easy-peasy for us RAFians, right?[/spoiler]
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: songofsuzanna on November 09, 2010, 11:34:26 AM
I wonder how many Jake Berensons there are XD

There IS a Jake Berenson fan page and I'm like the only person "liking" it!
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Post by: Semeir-Cooraf-Armaheen on November 09, 2010, 12:14:38 PM
I look at different green things and think to myself, That shade could work for Andalite eyes.

Same goes for gold and amber since Semeir(my character, anyway) has golden-hued eyes. I think Andalite eyes can vary between shades of gold all the way to almost blue, though pure blue would be rare. There's also a ship's captain in one of my in-progress works who has a genetic rarity--his main eyes are one shade of green and his stalk eyes are another, he has the eye colors of both his parents. :) His name is Rubliss.

I tend to describe females being more into the gold area in terms of eye color, but a lot still have green eyes and some males might have gold. It's just more common for green = male and gold = female.

Hehe!

ETA Better color charts.

Green to blue http://www.graphic-design.com/Web/PixelSmith/colors/charts/greens.html
Yellow to green http://www.graphic-design.com/Web/PixelSmith/colors/charts/yellow.html
Red to yellow http://www.graphic-design.com/Web/PixelSmith/colors/charts/reds.html



ETA again:

This song makes me think of an epic tailfight! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wo4-mmiNoKA
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Dameg on November 10, 2010, 05:49:55 PM
This song makes me think of an epic tailfight! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wo4-mmiNoKA
Wanna add it to the http://animorphsforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=5154.0 (http://animorphsforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=5154.0)?
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Semeir-Cooraf-Armaheen on November 10, 2010, 06:29:58 PM
It seems more like I think of a general tailfight, not really anybody specific. Would it still fit?
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: warren_bearclaw on November 10, 2010, 08:22:46 PM
A documentary on Saltwater Crocodiles came on tv today, and I was instantly watching it... One of my characters in an Animorphs RP is a Saltie. I didn't tell anyone why I was suddenly so interested....
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: tobiasthehawk on November 13, 2010, 06:29:26 PM
Trying to explain to my Uncle why I am reading a book with a girl in a swimsuit on the cover (Number 32)
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Unknown User on November 13, 2010, 11:25:11 PM
It's always great when you go to the local mall and get yelled at for staring because you are trying just a little to hard to determine if the the girl in the corner really could fit the description of cassie.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Josh (J) on November 14, 2010, 01:43:11 PM
I saw my little brother kill a fly, and I started to say "Hey--" because I was just thinking about the Animorph book where they morphed flies.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: radgeek on November 14, 2010, 04:51:09 PM
Trying to explain why I need to find real estate info from Texas in 1996, for a RPG.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: warren_bearclaw on November 14, 2010, 11:10:26 PM
Trying to explain why I need to find real estate info from Texas in 1996, for a RPG.
Awesome!
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: radgeek on November 14, 2010, 11:39:24 PM
But I think it won't matter because we're sending her into hiding.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: warren_bearclaw on November 15, 2010, 12:06:51 AM
But I think it won't matter because we're sending her into hiding.
awww... poor Olivia....
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Unknown User on November 15, 2010, 05:51:20 PM
(You guys totally trashed this poor thread) As far as embarrassing animorphs encounters go, the looks on my friends faces when I get to talking about the Ani's and why the books are great always leaves me laughing with red cheeks of embarrassment.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Semeir-Cooraf-Armaheen on November 17, 2010, 08:07:15 PM
Just today, I heard somebody comment about having a mole removed, and I said, "Yeah, I need that like I need a slug in my head." lol
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: telepathique on November 21, 2010, 08:16:04 AM
What's there to be embarrassed of?
Animorphs is a really great book series, who cares what people think ;)

I got into the series only a couple months ago (I read Goosebumps when I was a preteen/early teen).

I told my all of my friends that I started reading Animorphs and how amazing they are, that I really like Applegate's writing style, that the books crack me up and that I'm pretty much hooked. Some people didn't know how to react, but I didn't get ridiculed or anything like that. I'm not embarrassed and I know that anyone who would patronize me because of this is just a closed-minded conformist, regardless of their intellectual prowess or lack thereof ;)
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Dameg on November 21, 2010, 11:29:24 AM
You're right, Telepath ^^ Anifans shouldn't feel embarrassed of liking Animorphs.
Even when nobody around understand.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Aluminator (Kit) on November 26, 2010, 01:07:20 PM
Haha. I can go for that. Animorphs pride!
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: sublime88stang on December 02, 2010, 01:34:28 PM
I was one of the only kids in my school reading Animorphs. I got into them when they originally came out, I was in like 3rd grade. I'm 22 now and I had totally forgotten about the books for the past 9 years, then I saw this forum on one of those adds on facebook. I did a double take and decided to signed up.  I'm still shocked that theres an actual forum about the series I had loved so much in grade school. As a result im starting to Re-read the series, I have every book (except Visser), and a good amount of duplicates, as well as the T.V. shows on VHS.
Woot for my first post!

Is this in the wrong area btw? sry if it is.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Aluminator (Kit) on December 02, 2010, 01:39:41 PM
Anywhere is the right area if you love Animorphs ;)

If you're looking to officially introduce yourself, though, might I recommend creating a thread in the http://animorphsforum.com/forum/index.php?board=7.0 board?

Welcome to RAF, sublime ^_^
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Stephquiem on December 05, 2010, 02:19:14 AM
Today, my friend texted me and told me that she saw copies of #31 at Dollar General.

I drove 40 minutes out of my way--during a snow storm--to spend half an hour searching every inch of that store. For a book I have two copies of already. And I didn't find it. XD
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: warren_bearclaw on December 05, 2010, 02:37:33 AM
Awesome Steph!

We are having a fly problem in our kitchen right now, and we have no clue why. Well, we've also got this electric fly swatter.  >:D To be honest, I love gettin' 'em and watching them spark on the electrified mesh. But today I felt odd about it. First, I swatted one on the table with just my hand. It laid there, unmoving, for like 45 seconds, and then it flew off... I'd thought it was dead. Apparently, I reasoned, it was Jake or someone in morph, and they were trying to play dead. Well, it worked. And later, when I was zapping the ones on the ceiling, I noticed that FIVE of them had landed on the light, which I couldn't hit since it was glass. They were strategizing....  :paranoid: Anywho, I got at least a dozen of 'em, but it made me feel bad, like I'd just killed someone's friend or something....
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: vitovlad on December 05, 2010, 06:52:22 PM
Probably telling my brother I tried to "aquire" our dog.
been there bro
dog, cat, fish, i even caught a seagul at the beach and tryed it. didnt work tho, i just got craped on
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: TobiasMasonPark on December 07, 2010, 02:57:02 PM
     My friends and I started reading the series in sixth grade. We each chose characters and pretended to be Animorphs.

     Yea, we made up missions; acted out missions that were already done in the series; recruited new Animorphs. I'd like to think that we came up with some pretty good ideas, but the rest of the kids in the school yard (first graders-eighth graders) just thought we were...off. Like we escaped from some sort of insitution or something :P I'm serious, our whole class thought we were weird; whispering to each other on bus rides to school trips, talking about which classmates were controllers.

     Our sixth grade teacher gave us a zero on an assignment, and we were sure that she was a high ranking controller :P

     Even now, I try to "acquire" my dog. And when I see someone acting "off" I think; YEERK! YEERK! YEERK!

     Oh, the wonderful world of the Animorphs :P
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: KitsuneMarie on December 07, 2010, 04:55:32 PM
     My friends and I started reading the series in sixth grade. We each chose characters and pretended to be Animorphs.

     Yea, we made up missions; acted out missions that were already done in the series; recruited new Animorphs. I'd like to think that we came up with some pretty good ideas, but the rest of the kids in the school yard (first graders-eighth graders) just thought we were...off. Like we escaped from some sort of insitution or something :P I'm serious, our whole class thought we were weird; whispering to each other on bus rides to school trips, talking about which classmates were controllers.

     Our sixth grade teacher gave us a zero on an assignment, and we were sure that she was a high ranking controller :P

You just described my childhood.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: TobiasMasonPark on December 07, 2010, 05:30:16 PM

You just described my childhood.
[/quote]

     I'm sure that every Animorph fan has gone through something similar :P Otherwise, we wouldn't be Animorph fans :P
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: warren_bearclaw on December 07, 2010, 05:31:45 PM
I never had any friends to play animorphs with.... *sniff*
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: KitsuneMarie on December 07, 2010, 05:33:49 PM
So true, TobiasMasonPark! :D I have to find a note my best friend and I passed back and forth during science class. We were convinced our 7th grade science teacher was Visser 2 and was named Temrash. If I can find it, I'll scan it and put it up... although she might have it, so it may have to wait until I see her over Christmas. We lived in daily fear that he would intercept a note during class--and drag us to the Yeerk pool!
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Terenia on December 07, 2010, 06:05:47 PM
     My friends and I started reading the series in sixth grade. We each chose characters and pretended to be Animorphs.

     Yea, we made up missions; acted out missions that were already done in the series; recruited new Animorphs. I'd like to think that we came up with some pretty good ideas, but the rest of the kids in the school yard (first graders-eighth graders) just thought we were...off. Like we escaped from some sort of insitution or something :P I'm serious, our whole class thought we were weird; whispering to each other on bus rides to school trips, talking about which classmates were controllers.

     Our sixth grade teacher gave us a zero on an assignment, and we were sure that she was a high ranking controller :P

You just described my childhood.

And adulthood. >_>
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: warren_bearclaw on December 07, 2010, 06:11:45 PM
Oh right, just glaze over my poor-unfortunate-friendless-me post... That's alright. I have other friends to .... never mind.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: TobiasMasonPark on December 07, 2010, 06:15:53 PM
     You could always join the Sharing :P I hear that you gain many more friends once you

    BECOME A PART OF SOMETHING :p
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Terenia on December 07, 2010, 06:36:53 PM
Nah, it's okay, I was in the same friendless pool! I tried to get my little brothers to play, but they were never as enthusiastic.

So I cheated and found the internet.

Goooodbyyyyyeee social life!
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: TobiasMasonPark on December 07, 2010, 06:52:05 PM
     At one point, betweens sixth and seventh grade, my friend and I actually used the names Jake and Tobias whenever we hung around at each others houses, or talked on the phone. It was hilarious, because my parents would over hear me saying, "Hey, Jake, you there?" And give me an odd look. It's funny, because we'd only use our real names when we were sure that nobody was "tapping" the lines..sort of the opposite of what the Animorphs were doing :P

     
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: t0bias on December 07, 2010, 08:34:18 PM
well you see my obsession with the animorphs led me to joing this place! and also it made me a tobias form an alternate dimension called toby who is actually a nothlit ****ateil. oh, and i'm running for president '09.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: radgeek on December 07, 2010, 08:53:46 PM
Putting the baby in a bear shaped snow suit and thinking, Morphing.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Stephquiem on December 07, 2010, 09:03:14 PM
That's not embarrassing, that's adorable. XD
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: KitsuneMarie on December 08, 2010, 10:30:00 AM
Oh right, just glaze over my poor-unfortunate-friendless-me post... That's alright. I have other friends to .... never mind.

Maybe you should consider to Rice or UH... for the purpose of being able to hang out with all us Houston Animorphs nerds all the time! ;)

One time, while pretending to be Andalites, Jessi and I fell down a swiftly-moving river in front of a bunch of campers. Yeah, that was like 4 months ago... XD
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Stephquiem on December 08, 2010, 10:35:59 AM
Any sentence that begins with "One time, while pretending to be Andalites..." makes me happy. :P
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: warren_bearclaw on December 08, 2010, 04:06:22 PM
Oh right, just glaze over my poor-unfortunate-friendless-me post... That's alright. I have other friends to .... never mind.

Maybe you should consider to Rice or UH... for the purpose of being able to hang out with all us Houston Animorphs nerds all the time! ;)

One time, while pretending to be Andalites, Jessi and I fell down a swiftly-moving river in front of a bunch of campers. Yeah, that was like 4 months ago... XD
College Station ain't too far from there... I wouldn't be coming every other weekend, but it's a doable drive.

Any sentence that begins with "One time, while pretending to be Andalites..." makes me happy. :P
I agree!

I found a slug the other day, and brought it to my brother, who has recently started reading Animorphs, and he ran off screaming.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: radgeek on December 08, 2010, 04:16:30 PM
Good work Bear lol
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Dameg on December 08, 2010, 06:28:51 PM
lol  :XD: Awesome, Bear!

I don't kill the slugs (any more)... I feel like they're family  >:D
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Stephquiem on December 09, 2010, 03:49:45 PM
My dad was trying to draw what a particular highway exit looked like.

Him: "Here are the three lanes..." *draws lines*
Me: "It looks like an Andalite's nose."
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: TobiasMasonPark on December 09, 2010, 03:53:58 PM
     What did he say to that? :P
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Stephquiem on December 09, 2010, 03:55:33 PM
Nothing. :P He's learned to ignore me when I say things like that.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: TobiasMasonPark on December 09, 2010, 08:17:21 PM
     My little brother was worried about his upcomming root canal, and complained that it was going to be about two hours.

     Immediately I said, "Two hours? Two hours! What if you get trapped?"

     He just looked at me, confused but laughed at my apparent insanity.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: warren_bearclaw on December 10, 2010, 12:29:27 AM
Y'all make me laugh so hard sometimes....
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Josh (J) on December 10, 2010, 08:47:58 AM
That's why they're put here. I think.

Tina was drawing with her blue colored pencil, and after she was done, she came and showed it to me. It looked freakingly--with imagination--like an Andalite. So I said, "Andalite!" And Tina gave a look, then went around the house showing off her Andalite. :P
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: LisaCharly on December 10, 2010, 10:48:13 AM
Not sure if this is embarrassing, but I'm teaching the four and six year-olds I babysit to play Animorphs, which mostly involves us running around the playground yelling "I am Rachel DA BEAR! Rawwr!" and capturing 'aliens' with our hoola hoop so we can 'put them in prison for three days'.

Anyway, every time I pretend to be Marco the Gorilla, they decide that I'm 'Bad Gorilla' and shun me. Rachel seems to be their favorite. The parents on the playground always look at me oggle-eyed when I'm chasing the kiddos around while knucklewalking.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Josh (J) on December 10, 2010, 11:29:15 AM
Not sure if this is embarrassing, but I'm teaching the four and six year-olds I babysit to play Animorphs, which mostly involves us running around the playground yelling "I am Rachel DA BEAR! Rawwr!" and capturing 'aliens' with our hoola hoop so we can 'put them in prison for three days'.

Anyway, every time I pretend to be Marco the Gorilla, they decide that I'm 'Bad Gorilla' and shun me. Rachel seems to be their favorite. The parents on the playground always look at me oggle-eyed when I'm chasing the kiddos around while knucklewalking.

That's really cool!
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Stephquiem on December 10, 2010, 11:31:14 AM
XD Oh my God, that is awesome. *high five*
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: TobiasMasonPark on December 10, 2010, 11:38:22 AM
     Do the kids like Tobias?
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: LisaCharly on December 10, 2010, 12:01:10 PM
Not really. They don't think birds are really fun to play as. You'd think they would, since they'd get to run around flapping their arms, but they really seem fixated on Rachel the Bear/Nenephant and Jake the Tiger. Sometimes Cassie the Woof. I haven't even really tried to explain Andalites to them yet, I'm willing a few of my Ani books to them when they get older - the 6 y/o's probably about a year away from being able to read the series.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Dameg on December 13, 2010, 09:13:57 AM
Not sure if this is embarrassing, but I'm teaching the four and six year-olds I babysit to play Animorphs, which mostly involves us running around the playground yelling "I am Rachel DA BEAR! Rawwr!" and capturing 'aliens' with our hoola hoop so we can 'put them in prison for three days'.

Anyway, every time I pretend to be Marco the Gorilla, they decide that I'm 'Bad Gorilla' and shun me. Rachel seems to be their favorite. The parents on the playground always look at me oggle-eyed when I'm chasing the kiddos around while knucklewalking.

Heh! You made me guess... Is there any board game of Animorphs? I mean like the Monopoly... For example, with a space Yeerk Pool, a space Animorphs prison, and players who are Controllers or not, etc.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Stephquiem on December 16, 2010, 11:37:32 AM
Small fact: Every single person I know online, I can trace back in some way to Animorphs.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Josh (J) on December 16, 2010, 11:48:30 AM
Really? How can you to me?
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Stephquiem on December 16, 2010, 12:17:24 PM
We're on Richard's Animorphs Forum. :P

What I meant was, everyone I know online, I know because of Animorphs. XD Either directly (e.g. met on RAF) or... something more convoluted. "Person A introduced me to Person B who introduced me to this site, where I met Person C."
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: TobiasMasonPark on December 16, 2010, 05:38:48 PM
     Guys, I was talking to my friend earlier today, and we were discussing Lord of the Rings--for whatever reason. I mentioned that I had seen the second movie, and I asked him to clear up some things I didn't understand (Why Gandalf goes from Grey to White, what the big red eye (not Crayak) was all about, and why Golem was talking to himself all the time [can you tell I don't read the books?]) when we started talking about the final battle of that move. I mentioned the Orcs and he said something about creatures called Yeerkai (that's what it sounded like; remember, I am by no means a fan of LOTR). Here's pretty much how our conversation went.

     Me: What did you say?
     Friend: Yeerkai
     Me: Yeerk...Yeerk...ai?
     Friend: Something like that. I can't remember
     Me: (screaming in my head) SAY YEERK! SAY IT! YEEEEEERK! ANIMORPHS! YEEEERK!
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Stephquiem on December 17, 2010, 04:39:38 PM
My friend was substitute teaching a kindergartn class yesterday, and when they were in the library, one of the girls in the class came up to her with a copy of #24. Apparently they have the entire series in that (very small) library.

It was all she could do not to race to her phone to call me. :P
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: KitsuneMarie on December 18, 2010, 10:31:01 PM
I mentioned the Orcs and he said something about creatures called Yeerkai (that's what it sounded like; remember, I am by no means a fan of LOTR).

Uruk-hai (http://lotr.wikia.com/wiki/Uruk-hai), maybe? It's pronounced sorta like "Yur-uk-hai."
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: TobiasMasonPark on December 19, 2010, 10:19:46 PM
     It's hilarious! I just got back from the aforementioned friends house. Earlier today, we were talking about a dream I had, where I morphed into a red-tailed hawk. Then, we talked about which animals would win in a fight; hawk vs. falcons (I went for the Hawk, obviously), cheetah vs. leopard (though, we didn't know the difference between the two, and confused one for the other) grizzly vs. black bear (I said black bear, he said grizzly) crocodile vs. Alligator, hawk vs. golden eagle, etc. etc. etc. The entire time, I was hoping that he'd get the hint, especially when I asked him who would win in a fight, a lion or a tiger. He loved Jake's books...I thought he would have gotten the reference :P

     
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Semeir-Cooraf-Armaheen on December 23, 2010, 12:50:24 PM
I walked into McDonald's and actually asked for "A happy meal with extra happy" as a joke, and the girl behind the counter got it!

"I love those books!" she said. We had a laugh and I ordered my big mac. lol
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: TobiasMasonPark on December 23, 2010, 02:25:20 PM
     I'm at Starbucks right now, and I'm just about to read a library copy of The Discovery--I took out three other books, out of the six they had avaliable (that frustrates me. Because they had a good forty books a few years ago.) I'm curious to see how people will react to an eighteen year old boy reading a book at a sixth grade level :(
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Josh (J) on December 23, 2010, 03:49:50 PM
I walked into McDonald's and actually asked for "A happy meal with extra happy" as a joke, and the girl behind the counter got it!

"I love those books!" she said. We had a laugh and I ordered my big mac. lol

That's really cool. :D
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Dameg on December 23, 2010, 04:35:06 PM
I walked into McDonald's and actually asked for "A happy meal with extra happy" as a joke, and the girl behind the counter got it!

"I love those books!" she said. We had a laugh and I ordered my big mac. lol
That's awesome! Bring her to RAF! ^^


@TMP: I suppose they'll be surprised... but maybe they won't care so much, with all the adults who read Harry Potter or Twilight... why not Animorphs?
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: TobiasMasonPark on December 24, 2010, 10:02:59 PM
     I named my uncles fish Rachel, David (because the latter two were fighting) and Ax :P

     But he already named the fish.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Josh (J) on December 25, 2010, 11:23:04 AM
     I named my uncles fish Rachel, David (because the latter two were fighting) and Ax :P

     But he already named the fish.

Dagnabit, those names would have been epic!
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: TobiasMasonPark on December 25, 2010, 01:58:39 PM
     I know. I saw the two fish fighting and I thought, automatically, "Rachel and David", and the cleaning fish (name I don't know) was Ax; because it was just...there, like Ax.

     I was going to name the bigger fish David, but I thought, "No...Rachel would kick my ass if I named the little fish after her."
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: FATELUVR95 on December 27, 2010, 08:59:54 AM
When people bring up old stuff like "hey remember when you used to be in love with animorphs & i have to say that i still do....

lol, I'm 15 and still readin' them, but when I was in 6th grade, my lit. teacher wouldn't let me read them.  :lol:
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Dameg on December 27, 2010, 09:56:37 AM
When people bring up old stuff like "hey remember when you used to be in love with animorphs & i have to say that i still do....

lol, I'm 15 and still readin' them, but when I was in 6th grade, my lit. teacher wouldn't let me read them.  :lol:
I'm 25 and still read them ;)
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: t0bias on January 07, 2011, 11:46:52 PM
a lot of the time when i'm talking to my mum in out in animorphs references and even though she has no idea what i'm talking about (like usual) she just goes with it... that's one of the great things about her.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: yunyun on January 29, 2011, 05:20:32 PM
When people bring up old stuff like "hey remember when you used to be in love with animorphs & i have to say that i still do....

lol, I'm 15 and still readin' them, but when I was in 6th grade, my lit. teacher wouldn't let me read them.  :lol:

my parents HATE it when i read animorphs,very annoying,now the only place i can read it is school and then i'm afraid that my teacher would tell my dad.

Not to embarassing but in class we were doing this worksheet and you had to finish the sentence"when our teacher is free..." and i wrote "she can do whatever she wants" because the only thing i could think of was the teacher being a controller then when someone  read theirs out loud ("...we can ask her out for dinner") i was like "i'm SO stupid!"
Yeah, i read way too much animorphs  :P
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Nero's Fury on February 13, 2011, 04:37:52 AM
Does it count as an encounter if i found out i had a 3 hour conversation with my girlfriend while reading....and didnt even know there ever was a conversation?
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Blazing Angel on April 01, 2011, 05:51:46 PM
As a response to a previous post, yes their is a board game. From what I've heard about it it's a game of luck where you collect morphing cards for the right situation and once you get three cards (and your alive) you go elephant and destroy the kadrona.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Nero's Fury on April 01, 2011, 05:58:09 PM
I drank a little with a couple of my friends a few nights ago, and while Drinking a bird actually flew and hit the window! So i called out, ''Tobias you are definitely not getting any!'' Everyone stared
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Elfangor Sirinial Shamtul on June 08, 2011, 08:47:10 PM
     I'm at Starbucks right now, and I'm just about to read a library copy of The Discovery--I took out three other books, out of the six they had avaliable (that frustrates me. Because they had a good forty books a few years ago.) I'm curious to see how people will react to an eighteen year old boy reading a book at a sixth grade level :(

they better not be mean, or ima have to punch em. they should NEVER disrespect something they've never read....
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Blaise Zebrataur on June 08, 2011, 10:17:46 PM
I drank a little with a couple of my friends a few nights ago, and while Drinking a bird actually flew and hit the window! So i called out, ''Tobias you are definitely not getting any!'' Everyone stared

LOL Wow that would have been funny to see you explain that one to everyone.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: borboleta on June 13, 2011, 10:12:42 AM
I had a pretty bad fly problem in my kitchen last week.  I woke up one morning and there were 5 flies on the window.  When I walked in, they all flew away at the same time.  And I was thinking, "they're not doing a very good job pretending to be flies!"

Also thoughts like "but I'm not a Controller -- who are they spying on?"  were running through my head.  Lol.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Blazing Angel on June 13, 2011, 10:52:39 PM
Ive actually had the thought that a yeerk could kind of trap you in your own personal world so theirs no resistance.
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Tobias Fangirl on July 05, 2011, 09:26:38 PM
Not exactly embarrassing, but we have hawks in the area. Twice, one landed on our back deck and I didn't get to see it/them
(perhaphs it was the same hawk?), but got to hear it second hand from my dad who wakes up early while I'm still sleeping.
When he told me-I think the first time-all I could think was 'Tobias came to visit me and I missed him.' ::)  :'(
Thankfully I finally got to see a hawk one afternoon. I don't think it was a red-tail, but it was a hawk.

Hmmm...what else?

Oh, when the books first came out, at some point I managed to get my mom hooked on them.
One day we were looking at this bookmark or something and there was a drawing of this woman
with short hair. I was all, "Look, her hair looks like Tobias'!"
Then my mom said, "You see Tobias in everything!"
Yes. Yes I do.  :D

Again, not really embarassing, but it doesn't go anywhere else.
When I bought the first book, a couple days after I thought it was really creepy how
I walked into a pet store and they were selling green anoles.
Then I saw a tiger on TV soon after that. I'm pretty sure I saw other
animals to weird me out, but it was when I was 11 and during a stressful time
in my life, (a very long story that's not for the thread), so it's pretty blurry.
Anyway, really strange coincidences.

Then there was a couple days ago when my dad and I were sitting around watching TV and
the commercial for 'Falling Skies' comes on, and the voice over said
something about aliens taking over kids bodies, and I said to my dad, "All I could think was 'Aww!
don't steal the plot off Animorphs.--That's part of it, brain stealing aliens."

I can't think of anymore, but I'm sure more will happen since I'm back in the fandom again.
(For a very long time my books were in the garage. I guess from 2000-whatever until
a few years ago, I thought I'd outgrown them. I was wrong.)

Edit:
Again, weird moments that don't go anywhere else.
(Maybe I should just make a thread already.)

And as of a few minutes ago on the 19th of July, I was outside and I saw a dragonfly.
I walked closer to it as it had landed on one of our many lawn ornaments. It must've seen me ganging up
on it, because it flew around the bushes. I was thinking something like 'Land! Land so I can look at you!"
(Because they're cool/interesting) instead of landing, it hovered for a few seconds, like it heard me thinking.  :o
So I thought, 'Okay, hovering is cool too.'

Then there is the squirrel in the back yard that was smart enough to chew foot holds into the top of the bird
feeder to eat out of it. That one really weirded me out, for sure! I didn't know squirrels were even that smart!

I'm on to you, Animorphs! I'm on to you!
Title: Re: Embarassing Animorphs Encounters
Post by: Tim Bruening on August 09, 2015, 02:12:31 AM
Have any of you ever called a yellow mustang "Elfangor"?