Rank the Megamorphs books

[Yorick Brown]

Normally, I'd say 'Best and Worst' but I couldn't bear to call one the 'worst' because they're all good.

1) In the Time of Dinosaurs
2) Elfangor's Secret
3) The Andalite's Gift
4) Back to Before (I hated that deus ex machina solution. The TV show actually did a better job handling this premise by making the alternate reality simply a glimpse shown by the Ellimist to a distraught Jake about how important fighting this war is. Much better than having to deal with a bullsh!t 'subtemporarily grounded' excuse)

[morfowt]

1. In the time of dinosaurs
2. the andalite's gift (loved how they repeated scenes from different characters
3. back to before
4. Elfangor's secret (I'm not much of a history kind of guy)

[Phoenix004]

1) In the Time of Dinosaurs MM#2
2) Elfangor's Secret MM#3
3) The Andalite's Gift MM#1
4) Back to Before MM#4

It was a close one between MM#3 and MM#1 for second place, but I like time travel so that settled it. MM#2 is by far the best, because it has time travel, dinosaurs, aliens and nuclear bombs! What more can you ask of a book? 

As for MM#4 I have to agree with Yorick. It was basically like saying "he woke up and it was all a dream" at the end, and the plot wasn't even that good to begin with. I know MM#3 was kinda similar in that respect, but at least the plot was good and the Animorphs all remembered what had happened!

[morfowt]

I think MM#2 is everyone's favourite megamorphs book.

[Phoenix004]

That's because it's awesome!

... and did I mention the Dinosaurs? 

[Liz]

1. #3
2. #4
3. #2
4. #1

I'm not much of a dinosaur person, myself xD

[wolfev]

Ever notice that most of the megamorphs involve time travel and that includes The Andalite Chronicles. In the Time of Dinosaurs is pretty cool. I do like Elfangor's Secret is pretty cool though.

[Yorick Brown]

I think MM#2 is everyone's favourite megamorphs book.

'Cause Applegate went all out with this book.

There was so much action, adventure, excitement, drama inside this cleverly made plot dealing with dinsaurs and alien visitors from long ago. (And Tobias was smart and clever and never wallowed in self-pity)

[Essam 293]

2. the andalite's gift (loved how they repeated scenes from different characters

This is something K.A stopped doing in the rest of the Megamorphs because apparently a  lot of people hated it. I loved it though. it was interesting to see the same scenario play out from a different perspective.

Oh well.

For me, it'd be:

#1 - I really loved how this one played out like a movie. It just seemed epic.

#3 - I love the fact that we got some continuation from Elfangor's consequences from Andalite Chronicles in here.

#2 - Meh. The whole dinosaur thing seemed like a gimmick to me. Almost like a fan fiction story, but I didn't hate it.

#4 - A "What if..." story? Really? Not very original. Plus, the TV show came out with the story for this before the books did, which only further proves the point. The only redeeming value of this was that we got a bit more development on Ellimist's and Crayak's game, and how the Ellimist stacked his odds.

[Yorick Brown]

How much do you wanna bet that Applegate made Megamorphs 2 after being asked so many times by her younger fans: What if the Animorphs fought dinosaurs?

It was a fan fiction response but why a book is is never my concern. Is the what that matters and Applegatre crafted a very thrilling story.

I forget how good The Andalite's Gift was given the really exciting moments like Rachel's amnesia and Ax's capture.

Again, Megamorphs 3 was most likely a result of fans asking "What if..?" which is perfectly fine. I was wondering that myself but Applegate's writing and storytelling was really lazy in this one. And I've already noted how I feel about that awful ending.