How many 80's movie homages did the original cartoon do?

*CyberCubed* · 03-08-2017, 06:06 PM

I can think of a few but I wonder if I'm missing any:

1. The Pizza Monsters are based on the Alien franchise. Both the way they look and how their early forms start off small and tiny and then grow huge.

2. Rex-1 was based on Robocop, an obvious reference of a robot police cop.

3. "Rondo In New York" from Season 4 is based on Rambo/Sylvester Stallone. The movie actor who becomes real jumping out of the cinema.

4. There was a king kong parody in the episode with the giant ape and Donatello gets huge to fight him, the ape even carries April up a building.

5. Many of the mobsters in the original cartoon are based on popular gangster or mob movies.

6. In Season 6 the robot terminator who is sent to kill Kerma resembles the Terminator franchise.

7. Maac the robot from the future in Season 3 is also vaguely based on Terminator.

8. The Neutrinos starmobiles might be based on Back to the Future.

9. There was a lot of Star Wars influence in general with the Technodrome being similar to the Death Star, dimension x aliens, the laser guns, etc.

Any others?

*Prowler* · 03-08-2017, 06:09 PM

King Kong and many of the big mobster movies aren't from the 80s though.

*CyberCubed* · 03-08-2017, 06:09 PM

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King Kong and many of the big mobster movies aren't from the 80s though.

Well close enough. There are mobster movies made in every decade. King Kong has been also remade several times.

Also "Gorgonzilla" is based on Godzilla of course.

Luke795 · 03-08-2017, 06:29 PM

The Turtle Terminator is based off the Terminator.

*CyberCubed* · 03-08-2017, 06:32 PM

Come to think of it the Season 2 plant monster was likely based on, "Little pet shop of horrors."

*Coola Yagami* · 03-08-2017, 07:54 PM

You don't scare us, we've seen every episode of Stars Trek!

turtle1237 · 03-08-2017, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Well close enough. There are mobster movies made in every decade. King Kong has been also remade several times.

Also "Gorgonzilla" is based on Godzilla of course.

I don't recall a 1980's King Kong remake though. There was the 2 King Kong films in 1933. Than he dukes it out with Godzilla and has a island escape movie in the 1960's. Than the 1970's remake. After that, we had to wait until 2005 for Peter Jackson to put his print on the film.

*MrPliggins* · 03-08-2017, 11:01 PM

I think MACC was more based off of Johnny-5 from Short Circuit. Maybe he was a Johnny-5-Terminator hybrid.

Enter: the Fly was based on The Fly starring Jeff Goldblum, although the mutation made more sense in the movie.

The episode titles were often a play on a movie name: "Invasion of the Turtle Snatchers", "It Came From Beneath The Sewers", "Attack of the 50-foot Irma", "Four Turtles and a Baby", etc. Sometimes heavy-handed ("Son of Return of the Fly II" title enforcing the idea that it's a sequel of a sequel of a sequel).

The writers were definitely movie buffs.

*pferreira* · 03-09-2017, 12:56 PM

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The episode titles were often a play on a movie name: "Invasion of the Turtle Snatchers", "It Came From Beneath The Sewers", "Attack of the 50-foot Irma", "Four Turtles and a Baby", etc. Sometimes heavy-handed ("Son of Return of the Fly II" title enforcing the idea that it's a sequel of a sequel of a sequel).

Plan Six from Outer Space is a play on one of the worst films ever made.

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The writers were definitely movie buffs.

Yeah the writers grew up with 50's B-movies so when creating episodes they took from old movies. I thought they did a good job there although the immediate difference between how sci-fi is presented between the FW show and Mirage is FW was based on classical sci-fi while Mirage was based on cyberpunk.

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Originally Posted by Prowler

King Kong and many of the big mobster movies aren't from the 80s though.

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Originally Posted by turtle1237

I don't recall a 1980's King Kong remake though. There was the 2 King Kong films in 1933. Than he dukes it out with Godzilla and has a island escape movie in the 1960's. Than the 1970's remake. After that, we had to wait until 2005 for Peter Jackson to put his print on the film.

I know it's a stretch but...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Kong_Lives

*ssjup81* · 03-09-2017, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by MrPliggins

I think MACC was more based off of Johnny-5 from Short Circuit. Maybe he was a Johnny-5-Terminator hybrid.

Enter: the Fly was based on The Fly starring Jeff Goldblum, although the mutation made more sense in the movie.

The episode titles were often a play on a movie name: "Invasion of the Turtle Snatchers", "It Came From Beneath The Sewers", "Attack of the 50-foot Irma", "Four Turtles and a Baby", etc. Sometimes heavy-handed ("Son of Return of the Fly II" title enforcing the idea that it's a sequel of a sequel of a sequel).

The writers were definitely movie buffs.

The Fly with Jeff Goldblum was a remake, but I figured that was the case for the show as well.

That aside, seems like they enjoyed their 50s and 60s B-movies based on the titles of some eps.

*ssjup81* · 03-09-2017, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Well close enough. There are mobster movies made in every decade. King Kong has been also remade several times.

Also "Gorgonzilla" is based on Godzilla of course.

Only 3 to my knowledge. The original from the 1930s, the 1976 one, and that one with Jack Black. At the time, only the first two would've been out.

turtle1237 · 03-09-2017, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by ssjup81

Only 3 to my knowledge. The original from the 1930s, the 1976 one, and that one with Jack Black. At the time, only the first two would've been out.

King Kong did have a sequel called the Son of Kong. It came out 9 months after the 1933 classic.

Lisardo · 03-11-2017, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed

7. Maac the robot from the future in Season 3 is also vaguely based on Terminator.

That was mimicking Johnny Five from the Short Circuit movies than it was Terminator.

As for others, can't think of any off hand. But I like how AVGN did his TMNT review where he discusses the original toon, and says how a lot of the titles were based off of old 50s/60s B sci-fis. Skip ahead to 8:06 -

EDIT: Now that I've rewatched this review, another 80s reference would be Freddy Kruger.

~~mrmaczaps~~ · 03-11-2017, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed

3. "Rondo In New York" from Season 4 is based on Rambo/Sylvester Stallone. The movie actor who becomes real jumping out of the cinema.

Wasn't that Last Action Hero with Arnold?

*CyberCubed* · 03-11-2017, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by mrmaczaps

Wasn't that Last Action Hero with Arnold?

Rondo is based on Rambo though, hence the name. He also looks like Sylvester Stallone.

~~mrmaczaps~~ · 03-11-2017, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Rondo is based on Rambo though, hence the name. He also looks like Sylvester Stallone.

So its a double reference and/or it came out before LAH... cool.

*MsMarvelDuckie* · 03-12-2017, 12:57 PM

It came out before Last Action Hero. I just remembered the "Creepy Eddie" one that others mentioned as a Freddy Krueger reference, as well. Incredible Shrinking Turtles was also one, I believe. Or Funny, They Shrunk Michelangelo. Both probably nods to Fantastic Journey or other movies from the 50's-70's with people getting shrunk down.

And Baxter's computer "pal" probably WAS based on HAL. What about the Starchild? I seem to remember thinking he was based on something else, but I can't pinpoint it.

*Wesley* · 03-12-2017, 01:31 PM

I think April's aunt Agatha was based on Jessica Fletcher.

*neatoman* · 03-16-2017, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed

I can think of a few but I wonder if I'm missing any:

1. The Pizza Monsters are based on the Alien franchise. Both the way they look and how their early forms start off small and tiny and then grow huge.

2. Rex-1 was based on Robocop, an obvious reference of a robot police cop.

3. "Rondo In New York" from Season 4 is based on Rambo/Sylvester Stallone. The movie actor who becomes real jumping out of the cinema.

4. There was a king kong parody in the episode with the giant ape and Donatello gets huge to fight him, the ape even carries April up a building.

5. Many of the mobsters in the original cartoon are based on popular gangster or mob movies.

6. In Season 6 the robot terminator who is sent to kill Kerma resembles the Terminator franchise.

7. Maac the robot from the future in Season 3 is also vaguely based on Terminator.

8. The Neutrinos starmobiles might be based on Back to the Future.

9. There was a lot of Star Wars influence in general with the Technodrome being similar to the Death Star, dimension x aliens, the laser guns, etc.

Any others?

Star Wars and Alien are from the 70's.

*CyberCubed* · 03-16-2017, 02:15 PM

They are also 80's franchsies because many of their sequels are during that era.

03-08-2017, 06:06 PM	#1
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 41,056	How many 80's movie homages did the original cartoon do? I can think of a few but I wonder if I'm missing any: 1. The Pizza Monsters are based on the Alien franchise. Both the way they look and how their early forms start off small and tiny and then grow huge. 2. Rex-1 was based on Robocop, an obvious reference of a robot police cop. 3. "Rondo In New York" from Season 4 is based on Rambo/Sylvester Stallone. The movie actor who becomes real jumping out of the cinema. 4. There was a king kong parody in the episode with the giant ape and Donatello gets huge to fight him, the ape even carries April up a building. 5. Many of the mobsters in the original cartoon are based on popular gangster or mob movies. 6. In Season 6 the robot terminator who is sent to kill Kerma resembles the Terminator franchise. 7. Maac the robot from the future in Season 3 is also vaguely based on Terminator. 8. The Neutrinos starmobiles might be based on Back to the Future. 9. There was a lot of Star Wars influence in general with the Technodrome being similar to the Death Star, dimension x aliens, the laser guns, etc. Any others?

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Prowler Emperor Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Portugal Posts: 8,909	King Kong and many of the big mobster movies aren't from the 80s though.

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Luke795 Hench Mutant Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Minnesota Posts: 374	The Turtle Terminator is based off the Terminator.

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CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 41,056	Come to think of it the Season 2 plant monster was likely based on, "Little pet shop of horrors."

03-08-2017, 11:01 PM	#8
MrPliggins Foot Elite Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 3,006	I think MACC was more based off of Johnny-5 from Short Circuit. Maybe he was a Johnny-5-Terminator hybrid. Enter: the Fly was based on The Fly starring Jeff Goldblum, although the mutation made more sense in the movie. The episode titles were often a play on a movie name: "Invasion of the Turtle Snatchers", "It Came From Beneath The Sewers", "Attack of the 50-foot Irma", "Four Turtles and a Baby", etc. Sometimes heavy-handed ("Son of Return of the Fly II" title enforcing the idea that it's a sequel of a sequel of a sequel). The writers were definitely movie buffs.

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CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 41,056	They are also 80's franchsies because many of their sequels are during that era.