Official Episode Discussion: S2 #2: "Invasion of the Squirrelanoids"

**Machias Banshee** · 10-17-2013, 07:39 PM

Looks like he had the special...

So... here's our Halloween episode, it seems. Squirrels touch mutagen, squirrels turn into horrible long-tongued face-suckers, unlucky humans become walking incubators..

It looks like it's going to be one of the more disgusting episodes to watch...

**Machias Banshee** · 10-19-2013, 07:39 AM

Okay, opening this up early, have fun!

*ObiWanFan4life* · 10-19-2013, 09:12 AM

So far, So Good. Gross-out jokes aside, it's pretty entertaining. Also, Donnie seems to be taking April's leave of absence pretty well.

*Coola Yagami* · 10-19-2013, 09:12 AM

I think this is the episode where we throw our hands up to all logic and say 'oh why the hell not'. There is no reason why the squirrels did not mutant into squirrelmen, or why the turtles didn't also turn into creepy little turtles that jump into people's mouths and multiply... The only way to enjoy this season is to turn the brain off when watching...

*ObiWanFan4life* · 10-19-2013, 09:21 AM

I'm confused, why did the lights in the lair suddenly go out after the transformation?

*raph27* · 10-19-2013, 09:31 AM

Loved the ep. VERY creepy....and the Squirrelanoids survived!

*snake* · 10-19-2013, 09:32 AM

This episode was way too confusing. Why did they turn into alien like things? Why did the lights go out? Why did they glow? Although I do like Mikey's room and seeing him smarter in this episode. Still pretty good.
7/10

I also liked the different kind of "HEZ ALIVE11!11!1!1" Ending.

*Coola Yagami* · 10-19-2013, 09:33 AM

They need to stop with the 'out of sight, out of mind' endings to these eps though. They needed to kill those things, not just flush them away. They were worried about them going to surface to attack more people and yet they let them get away.

*NinjaMan* · 10-19-2013, 09:35 AM

Loved this episode! So many Aliens references! And Splinter was awesome as usual.

LH · 10-19-2013, 09:36 AM

Great episode!

-The squirrelnoids were disgusting!

-Loved the bit with Mikey's room. It was funny how he and Raph just got distracted in there.

-The whole episode was a very nice homage to aliens.

-Poor Metalhead...

-I love that mutagen tracker and its Gameboy power up noise!

-Way to go Mikey saving the day!

-I guess Leatherhead didn't scare that guy away from his job... But this might...

*snake* · 10-19-2013, 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Coola Yagami

They need to stop with the 'out of sight, out of mind' endings to these eps though. They needed to kill those things, not just flush them away. They were worried about them going to surface to attack more people and yet they let them get away.

To be honest, it's hard to kill them when you're brother is flushing away. They got away....Like every other mutant on the show.

Gotta sell those toys!

Now on to the good. I liked Metalhead making another appearence. I liked Mikey and Raph and his room. And that's about it. I really hope the foot and Kraang make a comeback, or else this will get boring.

*Donatello19* · 10-19-2013, 09:38 AM

It was a pretty fun episode...but it just raised a lot of questions for me. Why did the squirrels gradually mutate and multiply when in people's stomachs? None of the other mutants have done anything like this so it was kind of weird. Mikey acted a little more intelligent in this episode though, so that's good. It was fun to see his room, and there were a lot of great moments with him and Raph. I was really surprised to see Metalhead again. Like someone else said, Donnie seems to be taking April's absence well...but don't forget that this is actually the third episode of Season 2...so who knows what the second one is about. Doesn't seem like we're even getting a new one on Saturday...

*ObiWanFan4life* · 10-19-2013, 09:38 AM

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Originally Posted by snakeweed101

This episode was way too confusing. Why did they turn into alien like things? Why did the lights go out? Why did they glow? Although I do like Mikey's room and seeing him smarter in this episode. Still pretty good.
7/10

I also liked the different kind of "HEZ ALIVE11!11!1!1" Ending.

Mikey....did something....Intelligent? Interesting.

*snake* · 10-19-2013, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Donatello19

It was a pretty fun episode...but it just raised a lot of questions for me. Why did the squirrels gradually mutate and multiply when in people's stomachs? None of the other mutants have done anything like this so it was kind of weird. Mikey acted a little more intelligent in this episode though, so that's good. It was fun to see his room, and there were a lot of great moments with him and Raph. I was really surprised to see Metalhead again. Like someone else said, Donnie seems to be taking April's absence well...but don't forget that this is actually the third episode of Season 2...so who knows what the second one is about. Doesn't seem like we're even getting a new one on Saturday...

Wikipedia lists the next one on November 2nd.

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Originally Posted by ObiWanFan4life

Mikey....did something....Intelligent? Interesting.

I know, right?

**Machias Banshee** · 10-19-2013, 09:49 AM

Lots of good oneliners in this ep, but if anyone can remember the 'explodes out the butt' line, I'll add it to the poll...

*ObiWanFan4life* · 10-19-2013, 09:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Machias Banshee

Lots of good oneliners in this ep, but if anyone can remember the 'explodes out the butt' line, I'll add it to the poll...

Ma'am, when making the poll, could you please have Ridley Scott, James Cameron, or H.R. Gieger included in the poll tagline?

*blindturtle02* · 10-19-2013, 09:56 AM

This one was alright. It's easy to tell this is the 3rd episode though because Don mentioned being lead into a trap via the mutagen tracker. I only saw Mutation Situation once but I don't think that had anything to do with being lead into a trap because Kirby wasn't exactly a schemer bat. The squirrelanoids were grose as well as interesting mutants. They seemed to evolve each time they were digested. I'm wondering if further mutations had something to do with Raph's mutant DNA. I don't really have anything negative to say about this ep. I was hoping Mutagen Man would be released while there was chaos in the lair, but I'm guessing he might have gotten out in the second episode which we haven't seen yet.

The only negative things I have to say relate to Nick. They need to stop showing these out of order. Hopefully we'll see episode 2 of season 2 in early November. Wikipedia says we'll be getting one November second and even has a link to some futoncritic website under the sorces section. I hope we only have to wait two weeks. But who knows? I'd love to see 5 or 6 weeks of nothing but new episodes without two week breaks some day, Nick. So the episode was great but I'm not thrilled with having a two week break so early in the friggin season.

*snake* · 10-19-2013, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by blindturtle02

This one was alright. It's easy to tell this is the 3rd episode though because Don mentioned being lead into a trap via the mutagen tracker. I only saw Mutation Situation once but I don't think that had anything to do with being lead into a trap because Kirby wasn't exactly a schemer bat. The squirrelanoids were grose as well as interesting mutants. They seemed to evolve each time they were digested. I'm wondering if further mutations had something to do with Raph's mutant DNA. I don't really have anything negative to say about this ep. I was hoping Mutagen Man would be released while there was chaos in the lair, but I'm guessing he might have gotten out in the second episode which we haven't seen yet.

The only negative things I have to say relate to Nick. They need to stop showing these out of order. Hopefully we'll see episode 2 of season 2 in early November. Wikipedia says we'll be getting one November second and even has a link to some futoncritic website under the sorces section. I hope we only have to wait two weeks. But who knows? I'd love to see 5 or 6 weeks of nothing but new episodes without two week breaks some day, Nick. So the episode was great but I'm not thrilled with having a two week break so early in the friggin season.

So...this wasn't episode 2 and locatetv was right?

Kevin G · 10-19-2013, 09:58 AM

I absolutely loved this episode because it had the feel of a horror film. I know a lot of people felt it was too convoluted, but I think the intentions was to give it a B movie feel (which we don't take those films seriously anyway).

This episode was no doubt a homage to Ridley Scott's Alien and I praise it for that because Alien is one of the most beautifully, well made horror films ever made. I enjoyed picking out the references as watching it.

Also I loved Mikey's horror/science fiction poster room and I loved seeing the Muck Man poster which was in the style of William Sach's 1977 The Incredible Melting Man poster (the original poster art work) as well as seeing Lucio Fulci's City of the Living Dead (they changed the title to Survivor's Of The Dead but it's the exact same poster.

I know a lot of people have questions, but if you are B movie horror nut like I am (The Brain Who Wouldn't Die, Attack of the 50 Foot Woman, Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader, Little Shop of Horrors, Attack of the Puppet People, Village of the Giants and Robot Monster) you just learn to sit back, relax and enjoy watching the popcorn theme movie. I felt as if Roger Corman (who idolize) directed this episode.

My only gripe was having to watch The Thunderbirds commercial (which looks God awful) and that mini behind the scenes Sam and Cat Halloween special (whoever came up with the idea of having Cat laugh like that must have been on some serious drugs). After seeing these it makes me realize even more (aside from SpongeBob SqaurePants) why I stopped watching Nickelodeon.

*JTH* · 10-19-2013, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by ObiWanFan4life

I'm confused, why did the lights in the lair suddenly go out after the transformation?

If I recall, after the first case Donnie said they were administrating a high output energy reading. I guess we're lead to believe they were sucking the power from the lair.

Overall not a great episode, was a good episode, and a fun episode.

Splinter saying "I hate saying I was right but......I was right." literally said had me laughing for about a minute straight.

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10-17-2013, 07:39 PM	#1
Machias Banshee Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 17,163	Official Episode Discussion: S2 #2: "Invasion of the Squirrelanoids" Looks like he had the special... So... here's our Halloween episode, it seems. Squirrels touch mutagen, squirrels turn into horrible long-tongued face-suckers, unlucky humans become walking incubators.. It looks like it's going to be one of the more disgusting episodes to watch...

10-19-2013, 09:12 AM	#3
ObiWanFan4life Mad Scientist Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Georgia Posts: 1,724	So far, So Good. Gross-out jokes aside, it's pretty entertaining. Also, Donnie seems to be taking April's leave of absence pretty well. __________________ "The force will be with you, always" - Obi-Wan Kenobi

10-19-2013, 09:12 AM	#4
Coola Yagami Overlord Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 14,004	I think this is the episode where we throw our hands up to all logic and say 'oh why the hell not'. There is no reason why the squirrels did not mutant into squirrelmen, or why the turtles didn't also turn into creepy little turtles that jump into people's mouths and multiply... The only way to enjoy this season is to turn the brain off when watching... __________________ "I was down with TMNT once, but then they changed what TMNT was. Now what I was down with is no longer TMNT and what TMNT now is seems weird and scary. And it'll happen to YOU." Check out my blog for Comic Reviews and other things. https://markepicblogofrandomness.blogspot.com/ I also started The AEW Crew, the All Elite Wrestling Fan Club! https://www.facebook.com/groups/637508120044168/

10-19-2013, 09:21 AM	#5
ObiWanFan4life Mad Scientist Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Georgia Posts: 1,724	I'm confused, why did the lights in the lair suddenly go out after the transformation? __________________ "The force will be with you, always" - Obi-Wan Kenobi

10-19-2013, 07:39 AM	#2
Machias Banshee Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 17,163	Okay, opening this up early, have fun!

10-19-2013, 09:31 AM	#6
raph27 Mad Scientist Join Date: May 2013 Location: Minnesota Posts: 1,611	Loved the ep. VERY creepy....and the Squirrelanoids survived!

10-19-2013, 09:32 AM	#7
snake Disgusting Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Outer Heaven Posts: 12,230	This episode was way too confusing. Why did they turn into alien like things? Why did the lights go out? Why did they glow? Although I do like Mikey's room and seeing him smarter in this episode. Still pretty good. 7/10 I also liked the different kind of "HEZ ALIVE11!11!1!1" Ending.

10-19-2013, 09:33 AM	#8
Coola Yagami Overlord Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 14,004	They need to stop with the 'out of sight, out of mind' endings to these eps though. They needed to kill those things, not just flush them away. They were worried about them going to surface to attack more people and yet they let them get away. __________________ "I was down with TMNT once, but then they changed what TMNT was. Now what I was down with is no longer TMNT and what TMNT now is seems weird and scary. And it'll happen to YOU." Check out my blog for Comic Reviews and other things. https://markepicblogofrandomness.blogspot.com/ I also started The AEW Crew, the All Elite Wrestling Fan Club! https://www.facebook.com/groups/637508120044168/

10-19-2013, 09:35 AM	#9
NinjaMan Mad Scientist Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 1,579	Loved this episode! So many Aliens references! And Splinter was awesome as usual.

10-19-2013, 09:36 AM	#10
LH Leatherhead Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 1,705	Great episode! -The squirrelnoids were disgusting! -Loved the bit with Mikey's room. It was funny how he and Raph just got distracted in there. -The whole episode was a very nice homage to aliens. -Poor Metalhead... -I love that mutagen tracker and its Gameboy power up noise! -Way to go Mikey saving the day! -I guess Leatherhead didn't scare that guy away from his job... But this might...

10-19-2013, 09:38 AM	#12
Donatello19 Merchandise Maniac Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: New York Posts: 5,919	It was a pretty fun episode...but it just raised a lot of questions for me. Why did the squirrels gradually mutate and multiply when in people's stomachs? None of the other mutants have done anything like this so it was kind of weird. Mikey acted a little more intelligent in this episode though, so that's good. It was fun to see his room, and there were a lot of great moments with him and Raph. I was really surprised to see Metalhead again. Like someone else said, Donnie seems to be taking April's absence well...but don't forget that this is actually the third episode of Season 2...so who knows what the second one is about. Doesn't seem like we're even getting a new one on Saturday...

10-19-2013, 09:49 AM	#15
Machias Banshee Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 17,163	Lots of good oneliners in this ep, but if anyone can remember the 'explodes out the butt' line, I'll add it to the poll...

10-19-2013, 09:56 AM	#17
blindturtle02 Foot Elite Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Tx Posts: 2,627	This one was alright. It's easy to tell this is the 3rd episode though because Don mentioned being lead into a trap via the mutagen tracker. I only saw Mutation Situation once but I don't think that had anything to do with being lead into a trap because Kirby wasn't exactly a schemer bat. The squirrelanoids were grose as well as interesting mutants. They seemed to evolve each time they were digested. I'm wondering if further mutations had something to do with Raph's mutant DNA. I don't really have anything negative to say about this ep. I was hoping Mutagen Man would be released while there was chaos in the lair, but I'm guessing he might have gotten out in the second episode which we haven't seen yet. The only negative things I have to say relate to Nick. They need to stop showing these out of order. Hopefully we'll see episode 2 of season 2 in early November. Wikipedia says we'll be getting one November second and even has a link to some futoncritic website under the sorces section. I hope we only have to wait two weeks. But who knows? I'd love to see 5 or 6 weeks of nothing but new episodes without two week breaks some day, Nick. So the episode was great but I'm not thrilled with having a two week break so early in the friggin season. __________________ Please don't remove my nice hat and wack me in the butt with it.

10-19-2013, 09:58 AM	#19
Kevin G Hench Mutant Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 417	I absolutely loved this episode because it had the feel of a horror film. I know a lot of people felt it was too convoluted, but I think the intentions was to give it a B movie feel (which we don't take those films seriously anyway). This episode was no doubt a homage to Ridley Scott's Alien and I praise it for that because Alien is one of the most beautifully, well made horror films ever made. I enjoyed picking out the references as watching it. Also I loved Mikey's horror/science fiction poster room and I loved seeing the Muck Man poster which was in the style of William Sach's 1977 The Incredible Melting Man poster (the original poster art work) as well as seeing Lucio Fulci's City of the Living Dead (they changed the title to Survivor's Of The Dead but it's the exact same poster. I know a lot of people have questions, but if you are B movie horror nut like I am (The Brain Who Wouldn't Die, Attack of the 50 Foot Woman, Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader, Little Shop of Horrors, Attack of the Puppet People, Village of the Giants and Robot Monster) you just learn to sit back, relax and enjoy watching the popcorn theme movie. I felt as if Roger Corman (who idolize) directed this episode. My only gripe was having to watch The Thunderbirds commercial (which looks God awful) and that mini behind the scenes Sam and Cat Halloween special (whoever came up with the idea of having Cat laugh like that must have been on some serious drugs). After seeing these it makes me realize even more (aside from SpongeBob SqaurePants) why I stopped watching Nickelodeon. Last edited by Kevin G; 10-19-2013 at 10:07 AM.