Random Thoughts: TMNT Edition

[IndigoErth]

It's kind of sad that that any time a mutant Turtle tries to flip someone off, people just look up at the ceiling/sky slightly confused.

Are you flipping me off or just pointing?


(Or maybe it's funny at their expense and adorable.)

[Ninjinister]

So many people insist the Turtles weren't "crime fighters" before the first cartoon...

...so then why is that literally their listed occupation in TMNT & Other Strangeness...?

[sdp]

Where is your avatar from Ninjister?

[Ninjinister]

Originally Posted by sdp

Where is your avatar from Ninjister?

Comic adaptation of Secret of the Ooze. It's from the "Pre-Fight Doughnut" scene.

I love the look on Saki's face so I decided to use it.

[Candy Kappa]

Originally Posted by Ninjinister

So many people insist the Turtles weren't "crime fighters" before the first cartoon...

...so then why is that literally their listed occupation in TMNT & Other Strangeness...?

Reactionary Murder-Hobos probably didn't sound as good as Crime Fighters on their character sheet

[PApagreg]

Originally Posted by Candy Kappa

Reactionary Murder-Hobos probably didn't sound as good as Crime Fighters on their character sheet

I personally just call them Vigilantes

[Ninjinister]

Originally Posted by Candy Kappa

Reactionary Murder-Hobos probably didn't sound as good as Crime Fighters on their character sheet

Actually that's an awesome title. Should be the actual name of the franchise.

[Utrommaniac]

It would be great if someone could actually call them that.

"Splinter, you gotta dial this back, these aren't ninjas, these are Reactionary Murder Hobos"

[IndigoErth]

Awesome alternative name.

[PApagreg]

I wanna see Mikey do this to someone.

[Prowler]

Why was it so hard for Shredder and Krang to find out the location of the Turtles' Lair in the FW series? With all the super advanced alien tech they couldn't build a sort of x-ray machine or something that would make it easier for them to look at the sewers from the surface? I mean, Lotus Blossom and the Rat King found the Lair. Hell, Rat King gets in their Lair in the 2nd Red Sky era episode. Why didn't Shredder ask him "btw, where is their Lair"? And Zach and Chronos also know the location.

So... even a secondary villain and a one-shot episode villain was able to find the Lair but the main villains weren't?

[Utrommaniac]

Hell, Shredder was even able to get in there a few times. One in Splinter's body (carried there unconscious; also major props to that being one of the few times in a cartoon with a body swap episode where the voices don't swap), and when he thought he was Michelangelo.

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by Utrommaniac

Hell, Shredder was even able to get in there a few times. One in Splinter's body (carried there unconscious; also major props to that being one of the few times in a cartoon with a body swap episode where the voices don't swap), and when he thought he was Michelangelo.

Oh right, forgot about those two instances. Although tbh, when he was lead to the Lair in Splinter's body, he had a bandage covering his eyes, so therefore he couldn't see how to get to the Lair. As for the time he thought he was Michelangelo... I think he had no recollection of that once he went back to normal.

[Papenbrook]

I hope that Rise!Donatello and Cheery Tomato end up together.

They would make a cute couple!

[IndigoErth]

Thus 'Rise' makes the other meaning of "does machines" literal and canon.

I wouldn't put it past them...

[miru]

Originally Posted by Papenbrook

Waiter: What would you like to order, Ms. Mega Muffins?

Me: I would like a raspberry jelly-filled Doughnutello. Along with that, I'll have with a nice side of Ravioilael, a full cup of Macaronangelo, and a fresh glass of Lemonardo.

Waiter: Okay ... is that all?

Me: Yes, sir.

Waiter: Hmm, very well. Enjoy your meal.

And a bowl of mixed Venuts.


Was the point of most of the early Season 3 episodes to introduce substitutes for characters Viacom didn’t own the rights to?

* The Creep = Bloodsucker
* Dream Beavers = Terror Bears
* Speed Demon = Mutato Heads, Von Clutch

If the Punk Frogs were ever stuck with a Venus, would she be named Elizabeth Bathofrog?

[Utrommaniac]

Joan of Frog (or Toad of Arc?)
Beaudifrog

[Powder]

Originally Posted by miru

Was the point of most of the early Season 3 episodes to introduce substitutes for characters Viacom didn’t own the rights to?

* The Creep = Bloodsucker
* Dream Beavers = Terror Bears
* Speed Demon = Mutato Heads, Von Clutch

I can say, for fact, at least the first two were intended to be Bloodsucker & The Terror Bears, but Ciro did not realize they weren't owned by Viacom. The third is possible too, for sure, but I think that was just meant to be an homage to Big Daddy Roth across the board.

[miru]

What if the Turtles ended up in Albany?

And also, I do think that Frog of Arc does fit with Venus’s contrasting name than my name, which was meant to fit with the other frogs.

[miru]

Does Rocksteady enjoy the taste of grass? Can he even digest it? Does Snakeweed not like herbivore mutants? Not curious about Groundchuck since he started as a normal bull.