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03-23-2023, 09:34 AM
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Michael Reaves has passed away
American television writer Michael Reaves passed away on Monday. He was born on 14 September 1950, and wrote many episodes of the Fred Wolf Studios TMNT cartoon. He also wrote episodes for Blackstar, He-Man, Ghostbusters, Star Wars, Tiny Toon Adventures, Starcom, Transformers, Batman, Superman and Spider-Man.
He was married to Brynne Chandler, and together, they had a daughter named Mallory. Do I need to mention that he (and Brynne Stephens) co-wrote the episode April Fool... http://www.multiversitycomics.com/ne...l-reeves-obit/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Reaves Last edited by Original TMNT Cartoon Fan; 03-23-2023 at 01:12 PM. |
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03-23-2023, 10:15 AM
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Always sucks to hear of the passing of someone involved with my favorite cartoon of all time. Thanks for all those great memorable episodes. RIP
I remember Princess Mallory from that episode and they made April look real pretty maybe we’ll get a NECA figure of that April.
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03-23-2023, 10:18 AM
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Oh God no. Please God no.
Why is everyone constantly dying? He wrote some great episodes across a lot of shows I liked. Stop dying everyone, stop dying. |
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03-23-2023, 10:45 AM
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03-23-2023, 01:48 PM
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RIP to another contributor of the best cartoon/comic franchise in existence. Thank you Michael Reaves for your contributions to my childhood and millions of others'. May you rest well in heaven.
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03-23-2023, 01:50 PM
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What was your favorite Michael Reaves ep in TMNT? Mine was the Alpha-1 episode with the smart Foot Soldier. Always wish he came back for a second ep.
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03-23-2023, 04:30 PM
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Turtles on Trial
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03-23-2023, 05:57 PM
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Hard to pick an overall favorite, though was just rewatching Rebel Without A Fin. Very interesting with the silent moments, the frequent fadeouts, Ray's moody monotonousness, April as "Tina Tuna", and of course all the Dr. Polidorius mispronounciations.
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03-23-2023, 05:59 PM
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03-26-2023, 08:34 AM
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Just found out about this.
Reaves was a massive contributor to every show we watched as kids in the 80s and 90s, and was recognized for it with the Emmy award. The peak of his career had to have been with Batman: The Animated Series, which he served as story editor on, and he co-wrote Mask of the Phantasm His TMNT episodes were very memorable, probably the best episodes of season three largely came directly from him. |
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03-26-2023, 10:39 AM
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This dude was one of my inspirations growing up. I always admired his work on Batman and, of course, Turtles.
My fav from him is also The Foot Soldiers Are Revolting, Alpha-1 is such a memorable character despite only appearing in the one episode.
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03-26-2023, 10:59 AM
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RIP.
His TMNT episodes were some of my favorites... |
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03-26-2023, 08:26 PM
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RIP Mr. Reaves.
My favorite 1987 TMNT ep from him is "Splinter No More" |
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03-27-2023, 01:50 AM
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Overlord
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Return of the Technodrome probably was one of the best season finales, and he contributed to "The Big" trilogy also, making Rocksteady and Bebop incredibly competent.
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03-27-2023, 12:26 PM
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Shame he never wrote anything after early Season 4
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03-27-2023, 06:09 PM
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RIP Michael Reaves. My fav tmnt ep of his is Return of the Fly.
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