Old villains/mutants/aliens who get very little to no screentime in TMNT media

*CyberCubed* · 10-15-2017, 06:26 PM

What are some characters you feel get very little to no screentime in TMNT media, not counting random mutants/monsters, etc. that were only intended to be one-shot characters. Basically the character has to have returned at least once or been in multiple series.

There's a few who come to mind:

1. Wingnut/Screwloose. For characters who existed since the 90's, they're bizarrely underused. The original cartoon only gave them a single episode. The Nick cartoon also only gave them a single episode. In the IDW comic all they got was a background cameo. Literally the only series they have a bit of focus in is the Archie TMNT series because they're part of the Mutanimals, and even then it isn't much since they were treated as background fodder once they joined the team.

Wingnut in particular was in two videogames (Tournament Fighters for SNES, and the new Mutants in Manhattan game for PS4/One), but that's it. You'd think a bat creature would get more screentime.

2. Granitor. Traag's gray counterpart Rock soldier. He was only in a single episode of the original cartoon, the 4th episode, and he never appeared again. In the Nick cartoon he also has only two appearances as a silent gray rock soldier. In IDW he's basically a background character with no personality. At least he was a boss fight in TMNT II on NES.

3. Ace Duck. Another underused 90's character since the original cartoon just gave him a 3 second cameo on TV, and in Archie he was just a wrestler. Nick skipped over him completely and only in IDW recently is he getting focus. Ace Duck has had almost no exposure in over 20 years.

4. Scale Tail. We have so many snake mutants, we had Cobrato in "Snakes Alive," Karai turned into a mutant snake in Nick, and in the finale of the Nick series we had snake people as part of the "Scale Tail Clan." But Scale Tail himself was never used outside a boss in TMNT III for Gameboy. Really odd we have this main snake mutant from the 90's and he's never used.

5. Groundchuck and Dirtbag. To this day these characters have never been used again outside the original cartoon, despite being bosses in TMNT III. It's rather odd to me they're always passed up. They were originally created as a new major mutant duo for the Turtles to fight, but neither Nick nor IDW has used them.

What do you think?

10-15-2017, 06:26 PM	#1
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 41,030	Old villains/mutants/aliens who get very little to no screentime in TMNT media What are some characters you feel get very little to no screentime in TMNT media, not counting random mutants/monsters, etc. that were only intended to be one-shot characters. Basically the character has to have returned at least once or been in multiple series. There's a few who come to mind: 1. Wingnut/Screwloose. For characters who existed since the 90's, they're bizarrely underused. The original cartoon only gave them a single episode. The Nick cartoon also only gave them a single episode. In the IDW comic all they got was a background cameo. Literally the only series they have a bit of focus in is the Archie TMNT series because they're part of the Mutanimals, and even then it isn't much since they were treated as background fodder once they joined the team. Wingnut in particular was in two videogames (Tournament Fighters for SNES, and the new Mutants in Manhattan game for PS4/One), but that's it. You'd think a bat creature would get more screentime. 2. Granitor. Traag's gray counterpart Rock soldier. He was only in a single episode of the original cartoon, the 4th episode, and he never appeared again. In the Nick cartoon he also has only two appearances as a silent gray rock soldier. In IDW he's basically a background character with no personality. At least he was a boss fight in TMNT II on NES. 3. Ace Duck. Another underused 90's character since the original cartoon just gave him a 3 second cameo on TV, and in Archie he was just a wrestler. Nick skipped over him completely and only in IDW recently is he getting focus. Ace Duck has had almost no exposure in over 20 years. 4. Scale Tail. We have so many snake mutants, we had Cobrato in "Snakes Alive," Karai turned into a mutant snake in Nick, and in the finale of the Nick series we had snake people as part of the "Scale Tail Clan." But Scale Tail himself was never used outside a boss in TMNT III for Gameboy. Really odd we have this main snake mutant from the 90's and he's never used. 5. Groundchuck and Dirtbag. To this day these characters have never been used again outside the original cartoon, despite being bosses in TMNT III. It's rather odd to me they're always passed up. They were originally created as a new major mutant duo for the Turtles to fight, but neither Nick nor IDW has used them. What do you think?