Does Donatellos Degree take place in 1994?

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

While the original series seemed to take place in the actual time, why does Donatellos Degree suddenly seems to take place in 1994?

I know it's set at springtime, but what does the "Sopho University Class of 1994" mean?

Philo Sopho said they would graduate, so it wouldn't mean they would study at the university for years, and then graducate som years later. Or did he mean Earth would spin so fast in its orbitaround Sun, that its orbital period would reduce the years, changing from 1990 or something to 1994 within some few hours.

This would, of course, cause "Too Hot to Handle" to be set some time after Donatellos Degree.

[Ninjinister]

[sdp]

I can't remember the episode and your post assumes you understand the context of the episode so I don't understand the problem. But can't the episode just take place in 1994 instead of whatever year this episode was written in?

[FredWolfLeonardo]

It could, since the Original Cartoon (especially the middle seasons) did not have a set passage of time. There were occassions of time passing being mentioned such as:

1. 2 years passing between season 8 and 9
2. Once Upon a Time Machine being set in 1991

But the overall passage of time could really be any number of years, so I don't find it odd that 3 years would pass just between 2 season 4 episodes (since that is the longest season after all, when you count Awesome Easter Special and the European Vacation).

[sdp]

We also know that the series is not in the correct order, there have been two attempts at putting the OT in continuity before on this forums but both failed as there wasn't enough interest in the community and the one doing all the work stopped coming.

As far as how long the OT took place, I made a topic about it a few years ago.

[pferreira]

Originally Posted by sdp

We also know that the series is not in the correct order, there have been two attempts at putting the OT in continuity before on this forums but both failed as there wasn't enough interest in the community and the one doing all the work stopped coming.

Other fans took over and came up with a couple of great continuity timelines.

Originally Posted by oldmanwinters

Don't think too hard about it. After all, in the Fred Wolf-verse, who is to say that the years don't count down instead of up?

But it is weird that the writer set it in 1994 and not when the episode was made. I wonder why.

Originally Posted by oldmanwinters

I actually like the idea of this international promotional flyer that pitches the whole show as taking place "in a city of the future."

So basically the international flyer predicted the Red Sky seasons?

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

Originally Posted by pferreira

So basically the international flyer predicted the Red Sky seasons?

Does that flyer say 1991?

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

Originally Posted by FredWolfLeonardo

It could, since the Original Cartoon (especially the middle seasons) did not have a set passage of time. There were occassions of time passing being mentioned such as:

1. 2 years passing between season 8 and 9
2. Once Upon a Time Machine being set in 1991

But the overall passage of time could really be any number of years, so I don't find it odd that 3 years would pass just between 2 season 4 episodes (since that is the longest season after all, when you count Awesome Easter Special and the European Vacation).

Even "Elementary, My Dear Turtle" is set in 1991.

So, the Technodrome is on the Volcanic Asteroid between around mid-1989 and mid-1991. The turtles visit Europe between July 1990 and early 1991.

Season 4 starts right after season 3.

[oldmanwinters]

Don't think too hard about it. After all, in the Fred Wolf-verse, who is to say that the years don't count down instead of up?

[Roseangelo]

I never saw any of the original series as taking place in any particular year. Just a generic "present time."