The 2001 pilot was basically what the 2k3 series was, just not in crappy early 2000's CG (thank god). A series with the Turtles fighting Shredder and the Elite Guards with few mutants and the Triceratons and being mostly Mirage inspired, we got that series.
The Nick cartoon did the perfect blend of mixing new and old while having a great sense of humor and action, but I would have toned down some of the excessive mutants at some point. The Nick cartoon has some of the best characterized Turtles and Splinter we've ever had. I doubt we'll ever get another series that mixes action and humor this well. For example 2k3 series did really well with action but the humor fell flat a lot of the time, and the original cartoon was mostly self-aware humor with less action. Nick blended both.
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