Bill
09-14-2014, 03:44 PM
The All Mighty Technodrome, the reason why this site exists, we love it, we worship it, we wish we have one to destroy, to conquer or just to see it. So huge, impressive, arrogant, unstopable, a Death Star ripp off maybe? No way, this one is way more cooler.
I´ve always thought that one of main reasons of the Tmnt OT success, was because of the villains, Krang, Shredder, Bebop,Rocksteady and that most of the episodes revolved about the Technodrome, its problema, creations, and the fact that it was always a threat.
If you don´t believe me, read this
Location
1987 TMNT cartoon
Season 1 (1987)
The Technodrome is first encountered under New York City. Although it was already known to be there in the pilot episode Turtle Tracks, it was only actually seen later, in Enter the Shredder. In the last episode of the season, The Shredder Is Splintered, Donatello reverses the Technodrome's dimensional portal, causing the battle machine to be sucked into Dimension X just before Krang's forces could gain a foothold on Earth.
Season 2 (1988)
The Technodrome spends most of the season in Dimension X. In the last episode of the season, Return of the Technodrome, Krang decides to bring himself and The Technodrome back to Earth and try to commence the invasion. Shredder diverts energy from the power plant situated at Niagara Falls, allowing Krang to open a portal big enough to enable the Technodrome to return to Earth, but the task drains the machine of much of its energy. Krang then burrows beneath New York City, and uses an earthquake generator to threaten the residents of the city into surrendering. The Turtles break into the Technodrome and Donatello tampers with the generator. When Krang activates it again, the Technodrome burrow itself further underground, and goes all the way down to the core of the Earth.
Season 3 (1989)
For most of the season, the Technodrome lies powerless near the Earth's core. The one exception was in the episode Shredderville, where the Turtles dream of a world ruled by Shredder, the Technodrome is above the surface in a very run down New York City. In the third-to-last episode of the season, The Big Rip-Off, Krang and Shredder manage to steal power cells and recharge the Technodrome. Then, in the following episode The Big Break-In, the Technodrome returns to the surface and attempts to shrink Earth's military defenses with a minimizing ray, but the Turtles turn the device on the machine. In the final episode of the season, The Big Blow Out, Shredder and Krang bring the Technodrome to New York City and open up a giant portal to Dimension X in the sky over it, with Krang's armada waiting to attack it on the other end. The Turtles manage to trick Shredder into positioning the Technodrome over a sewer, where they had set up a missile they had borrowed from the US Army. They launch the missile straight up; it picks up the Technodrome and carries it through the sky portal and into Dimension X. Krang's forces mistake the Technodrome for Earth and attack it, severely damaging the machine.
Season 4 (1990)
In the first episode of the season, Plan 6 from Outer Space, it is learned that the Technodrome landed on an asteroid in Dimension X. In the episode The Dimension X Story, Krang finds out that the asteroid has a volcano. He comes up with a plan to make the volcano erupt, and harness the energy to return to Earth. But due to the Turtles' interference, the eruption instead causes a flow of lava, which quickly solidifies, causing the Technodrome to become half-buried in solid rock.
Season 5 (1991)
The Technodrome begins the season in Dimension X. Early in the season, in the episode My Brother, the Bad Guy, Krang and Shredder finally come up with a plan to get it back to Earth. However, the Turtles intervene, and although they do get to Earth, they end up trapped in the North Pole. It would remain there, trapped in ice, for the rest of the season.
Season 6 (1992)
In the first episode of the season, Rock Around the Block, Krang sets up a super-laser to free the Technodrome from its icy prison. This time, the Turtles are powerless to stop him. However, Bebop and Rocksteady's own incompetence causes the plan to fail, as they accidentally hit the super-laser's controls and direct it to melt the ice directly under the Technodrome. As a result, the Technodrome sinks to the bottom of the Arctic Ocean, where it will remain for two seasons.
Season 7 (1993)
In the first thirteen episodes of the season (the "Vacation in Europe" Sideseason, which takes place during season four) the Technodrome is back in Dimension X, but once the up-to-date episodes begin, the Technodrome is beneath the ocean, where it has remained since the sixth season. The Technodrome remains trapped until the final episode of the season, Shredder Triumphant. Then, Krang steals some Regenerative Power Cells and uses them to re-power the Technodrome, and move it to New York City. Donatello re-programs the Technodrome's dimensional portal and sends the Technodrome to Dimension X via remote control, but without Krang, Shredder, Bebop and Rocksteady.
Season 8 (1994)
In the second episode of the season, Wrath of the Rat King,[2] Krang finds out that the Technodrome fell into a black hole in Dimension X. The intense gravity kept the Technodrome trapped there, and all the Rock Soldiers inside it. The black hole also caused the Technodrome's dimensional portal to have difficulty opening where they wanted it to. Due to this Shredder and Krang choose to remain on Earth, working out of an old science building. It is implied Krang's Rock Soldiers somehow free the Technodrome and transport it to the planet Balaraphon off-screen prior to the events of the final episode Turtle Trek. In that episode, Krang and Shredder finally make their way back to the Technodrome. The Turtles follow them to Dimension X, where they learn that Shredder and Krang are on Balaraphon. They go to the planet, defeat Shredder and blow up the Technodrome's main engines, finally disabling it for good. The Technodrome is motionless as it is dragged into the pit of a tentacled monster. According to Master Splinter in Season 10, the Technodrome is considered to be destroyed.
Season 9 (1995)
The Technodrome is not seen in this season.
Season 10 (1996)
The Turtles, specifically Donatello and Michelangelo, travel to the Technodrome once, in the series' finale Divide and Conquer to retrieve Krang's android body. The Technodrome is abandoned and ruined on the planet Balaraphon, following the events of Turtle Trek. Donatello and Michelangelo find the Technodrome upright and sitting on a small hill. Since it was last seen upside down in a deep hole, Krang and Shredder must have attempted to repair the massive fortress before declaring it a lost cause.
(source Wikipedia)
As you can see almost every Tmnt season was ruled by the Technodrome and its location. It was many of us remember. But after season 8 finale and the dramatic change of events, animations and villain all changed forever and the rest is history….
In my humble opinion, it was a big mistake, maybe the biggest mistake of all the ot series. The Tmnt should never have gone to a darker path, this is not Batman The Animated Series. The way I see it, Tmnt should have continued revolving around the Technodrome, Krang and Company (sorry Dregg not you), the mutant, mobster ot mad scientist of the week and the many places where our beloved Technodrome could have been sent and believe there is plenty of places for it.
Season 8 should have been longer (without the drastic changes) and more about trying to get back the Technodrome.
Then it could have ended in many diferents places like the Sahara desert,
a swamp (like the Legion of Doom´s Slaughter Swamp from Challenge of the Superfriends), the moon, the astral planet, a limbo, the jungle and the list goes. Many new stories and mutant characters (that only appeared in the toyline) could have been introduced, like I said in this thread
http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?t=38826
All in all, I think it could have helped a lot to stay with the original plot that was develop from season 1 to most of season 8, to continue a bit more this amazing cartoon. Could have worked? Maybe, maybe not, perhaps it was its time but I never liked the abrupt way it changed.
Whay do you think about it? Could have worked? Your thought ares more than welcome.
Thanks for Reading.
I´ve always thought that one of main reasons of the Tmnt OT success, was because of the villains, Krang, Shredder, Bebop,Rocksteady and that most of the episodes revolved about the Technodrome, its problema, creations, and the fact that it was always a threat.
If you don´t believe me, read this
Location
1987 TMNT cartoon
Season 1 (1987)
The Technodrome is first encountered under New York City. Although it was already known to be there in the pilot episode Turtle Tracks, it was only actually seen later, in Enter the Shredder. In the last episode of the season, The Shredder Is Splintered, Donatello reverses the Technodrome's dimensional portal, causing the battle machine to be sucked into Dimension X just before Krang's forces could gain a foothold on Earth.
Season 2 (1988)
The Technodrome spends most of the season in Dimension X. In the last episode of the season, Return of the Technodrome, Krang decides to bring himself and The Technodrome back to Earth and try to commence the invasion. Shredder diverts energy from the power plant situated at Niagara Falls, allowing Krang to open a portal big enough to enable the Technodrome to return to Earth, but the task drains the machine of much of its energy. Krang then burrows beneath New York City, and uses an earthquake generator to threaten the residents of the city into surrendering. The Turtles break into the Technodrome and Donatello tampers with the generator. When Krang activates it again, the Technodrome burrow itself further underground, and goes all the way down to the core of the Earth.
Season 3 (1989)
For most of the season, the Technodrome lies powerless near the Earth's core. The one exception was in the episode Shredderville, where the Turtles dream of a world ruled by Shredder, the Technodrome is above the surface in a very run down New York City. In the third-to-last episode of the season, The Big Rip-Off, Krang and Shredder manage to steal power cells and recharge the Technodrome. Then, in the following episode The Big Break-In, the Technodrome returns to the surface and attempts to shrink Earth's military defenses with a minimizing ray, but the Turtles turn the device on the machine. In the final episode of the season, The Big Blow Out, Shredder and Krang bring the Technodrome to New York City and open up a giant portal to Dimension X in the sky over it, with Krang's armada waiting to attack it on the other end. The Turtles manage to trick Shredder into positioning the Technodrome over a sewer, where they had set up a missile they had borrowed from the US Army. They launch the missile straight up; it picks up the Technodrome and carries it through the sky portal and into Dimension X. Krang's forces mistake the Technodrome for Earth and attack it, severely damaging the machine.
Season 4 (1990)
In the first episode of the season, Plan 6 from Outer Space, it is learned that the Technodrome landed on an asteroid in Dimension X. In the episode The Dimension X Story, Krang finds out that the asteroid has a volcano. He comes up with a plan to make the volcano erupt, and harness the energy to return to Earth. But due to the Turtles' interference, the eruption instead causes a flow of lava, which quickly solidifies, causing the Technodrome to become half-buried in solid rock.
Season 5 (1991)
The Technodrome begins the season in Dimension X. Early in the season, in the episode My Brother, the Bad Guy, Krang and Shredder finally come up with a plan to get it back to Earth. However, the Turtles intervene, and although they do get to Earth, they end up trapped in the North Pole. It would remain there, trapped in ice, for the rest of the season.
Season 6 (1992)
In the first episode of the season, Rock Around the Block, Krang sets up a super-laser to free the Technodrome from its icy prison. This time, the Turtles are powerless to stop him. However, Bebop and Rocksteady's own incompetence causes the plan to fail, as they accidentally hit the super-laser's controls and direct it to melt the ice directly under the Technodrome. As a result, the Technodrome sinks to the bottom of the Arctic Ocean, where it will remain for two seasons.
Season 7 (1993)
In the first thirteen episodes of the season (the "Vacation in Europe" Sideseason, which takes place during season four) the Technodrome is back in Dimension X, but once the up-to-date episodes begin, the Technodrome is beneath the ocean, where it has remained since the sixth season. The Technodrome remains trapped until the final episode of the season, Shredder Triumphant. Then, Krang steals some Regenerative Power Cells and uses them to re-power the Technodrome, and move it to New York City. Donatello re-programs the Technodrome's dimensional portal and sends the Technodrome to Dimension X via remote control, but without Krang, Shredder, Bebop and Rocksteady.
Season 8 (1994)
In the second episode of the season, Wrath of the Rat King,[2] Krang finds out that the Technodrome fell into a black hole in Dimension X. The intense gravity kept the Technodrome trapped there, and all the Rock Soldiers inside it. The black hole also caused the Technodrome's dimensional portal to have difficulty opening where they wanted it to. Due to this Shredder and Krang choose to remain on Earth, working out of an old science building. It is implied Krang's Rock Soldiers somehow free the Technodrome and transport it to the planet Balaraphon off-screen prior to the events of the final episode Turtle Trek. In that episode, Krang and Shredder finally make their way back to the Technodrome. The Turtles follow them to Dimension X, where they learn that Shredder and Krang are on Balaraphon. They go to the planet, defeat Shredder and blow up the Technodrome's main engines, finally disabling it for good. The Technodrome is motionless as it is dragged into the pit of a tentacled monster. According to Master Splinter in Season 10, the Technodrome is considered to be destroyed.
Season 9 (1995)
The Technodrome is not seen in this season.
Season 10 (1996)
The Turtles, specifically Donatello and Michelangelo, travel to the Technodrome once, in the series' finale Divide and Conquer to retrieve Krang's android body. The Technodrome is abandoned and ruined on the planet Balaraphon, following the events of Turtle Trek. Donatello and Michelangelo find the Technodrome upright and sitting on a small hill. Since it was last seen upside down in a deep hole, Krang and Shredder must have attempted to repair the massive fortress before declaring it a lost cause.
(source Wikipedia)
As you can see almost every Tmnt season was ruled by the Technodrome and its location. It was many of us remember. But after season 8 finale and the dramatic change of events, animations and villain all changed forever and the rest is history….
In my humble opinion, it was a big mistake, maybe the biggest mistake of all the ot series. The Tmnt should never have gone to a darker path, this is not Batman The Animated Series. The way I see it, Tmnt should have continued revolving around the Technodrome, Krang and Company (sorry Dregg not you), the mutant, mobster ot mad scientist of the week and the many places where our beloved Technodrome could have been sent and believe there is plenty of places for it.
Season 8 should have been longer (without the drastic changes) and more about trying to get back the Technodrome.
Then it could have ended in many diferents places like the Sahara desert,
a swamp (like the Legion of Doom´s Slaughter Swamp from Challenge of the Superfriends), the moon, the astral planet, a limbo, the jungle and the list goes. Many new stories and mutant characters (that only appeared in the toyline) could have been introduced, like I said in this thread
http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?t=38826
All in all, I think it could have helped a lot to stay with the original plot that was develop from season 1 to most of season 8, to continue a bit more this amazing cartoon. Could have worked? Maybe, maybe not, perhaps it was its time but I never liked the abrupt way it changed.
Whay do you think about it? Could have worked? Your thought ares more than welcome.
Thanks for Reading.