Nick UK skipping episodes

[Chris]

It appears Nick UK is skipping episodes. Last week we had "It Came from the Depths" but this week we got "New Girl in Town" instead of "I, Monster".

I thought Nick UK was getting better (there have been no obvious cuts recently, even the Shredder battle was uncut) but skipping an entire episode?

Hopefully they've just got the order mixed up and we'll get "I, Monster" next week. My Sky guide doesn't have the episode title/summary yet. Does anyone else in the UK know?

[Blossombrooks]

I've got it on series link and next week's ep is scheduled as 'Rat Trap', that's gonna be confusing if the plot synop I read for 'I monster' is correct.

[Blossombrooks]

Wait, scratch that, it looks like Rat Trap is just the UK name for I monster, why do they keep doing that?!?

[Chris]

So they did just get them out of order, that's good news. I've got it on series link too but it just gave me "synopsis not yet available". Thanks

I think a lot of the names we're getting in the episode info are the original names that were changed later in production (they appeared on some of the early US schedules as well) but someone was too lazy to update them when they changed.

[Ryanator008]

Originally Posted by Chris

It appears Nick UK is skipping episodes. Last week we had "It Came from the Depths" but this week we got "New Girl in Town" instead of "I, Monster".

I thought Nick UK was getting better (there have been no obvious cuts recently, even the Shredder battle was uncut) but skipping an entire episode?

Hopefully they've just got the order mixed up and we'll get "I, Monster" next week. My Sky guide doesn't have the episode title/summary yet. Does anyone else in the UK know?

Wait.. the UK cuts this show?

[Chris]

Yeah. There were loads of examples in Rise of the Turtles (mostly stuff involving Mikey's kusurigama but also strange stuff like his first "mom" line when Splinter shows them the canister which makes his repeated "mom" later make no sense) but since then it seems to have improved a lot.

[BabyTurtles]

Originally Posted by Chris

Yeah. There were loads of examples in Rise of the Turtles (mostly stuff involving Mikey's kusurigama but also strange stuff like his first "mom" line when Splinter shows them the canister which makes his repeated "mom" later make no sense) but since then it seems to have improved a lot.

whoa that seems confusing.....

[JoshDA7X]

Yeh, we get all the best stuff over here!!! at least we are getting the show though!!

[Zulithe]

and so the long history of UK TMNT fans getting confusing, if not downright insulting, treatment continues... guess they couldn't just break tradition?

As an American Doctor Who fan I often find myself wondering if we also get the short end of the stick in similar ways that I'm just not aware of or if it's just a one-way screwy situation and not both ways?

It occured to me that the reason they have alternate names for the UK episodes is because the actual content may not be exactly the same. There may be small tweaks or edits that we just haven't picked up on yet and using different episode names is an easy way to keep track of the differences. I have not actually seen a UK episode but in the USA the title for the episode always appears on-screen a few seconds after the theme song... and I'd assume that the actual different title does appear on the UK version so... if they'd actually take the time and effort to change that one tiny detail then who knows what else is changed

[Chris]

The names are the same as the US names. For example, the guide lists "Enter Shredder" but the actual title that appears on screen is still "The Gauntlet".

The main focus seems to be Mikey's kusurigama (strange that the most fun loving and loveable turtle of the bunch always seems to get picked on by UK censors!) but like I said, it seems like more recent episodes haven't been cut. Or at least no where near as blatantly/insultingly obviously as the pilot was.

[TheBlueTurtle1]

Man, they are trying to confuse us.

[Clockwork]

Originally Posted by Chris

I think a lot of the names we're getting in the episode info are the original names that were changed later in production (they appeared on some of the early US schedules as well) but someone was too lazy to update them when they changed.

This is correct.

Also, the original order was New Girl, I Monster, Alien Agenda. It's actually the US Nick that chose to air them out of order. Fortunately there weren't any continuity problems with that switch. Possibly they thought I, Monster was a more exciting way to return from hiatus, or maybe they felt the Karai story would play better back-to-back.

- Kenny

[NinjaPug]

Don't like hearing that Nick is airing episodes out of order. Hope we don't run into any continuity issues in the future.

[Luigiperps]

Originally Posted by Clockwork

This is correct.

Also, the original order was New Girl, I Monster, Alien Agenda. It's actually the US Nick that chose to air them out of order. Fortunately there weren't any continuity problems with that switch. Possibly they thought I, Monster was a more exciting way to return from hiatus, or maybe they felt the Karai story would play better back-to-back.

- Kenny

How do you know this?

[Clockwork]

Originally Posted by Luigiperps

How do you know this?

I wrote for the show.

[NinjaPug]

Originally Posted by Clockwork

I wrote for the show.

Past tense? Are you not working on Season 2?

[Clockwork]

Originally Posted by NinjaPug

Past tense? Are you not working on Season 2?

No, I'm not involved with season 2, but I still enjoy checking out fan response to season 1.

[Ryanator008]

Originally Posted by Chris

Yeah. There were loads of examples in Rise of the Turtles (mostly stuff involving Mikey's kusurigama but also strange stuff like his first "mom" line when Splinter shows them the canister which makes his repeated "mom" later make no sense) but since then it seems to have improved a lot.

Awwwwww. You guys get jipped again!

Originally Posted by Clockwork

This is correct.

Also, the original order was New Girl, I Monster, Alien Agenda. It's actually the US Nick that chose to air them out of order. Fortunately there weren't any continuity problems with that switch. Possibly they thought I, Monster was a more exciting way to return from hiatus, or maybe they felt the Karai story would play better back-to-back.

- Kenny

It actually makes a lot of sense that they did that. Props to them.

[snake]

Originally Posted by Chris

Yeah. There were loads of examples in Rise of the Turtles (mostly stuff involving Mikey's kusurigama but also strange stuff like his first "mom" line when Splinter shows them the canister which makes his repeated "mom" later make no sense) but since then it seems to have improved a lot.

Oooook, I'm guessing this is confusing for people in the uk.

[Chris]

Originally Posted by Clockwork

This is correct.

Also, the original order was New Girl, I Monster, Alien Agenda. It's actually the US Nick that chose to air them out of order. Fortunately there weren't any continuity problems with that switch. Possibly they thought I, Monster was a more exciting way to return from hiatus, or maybe they felt the Karai story would play better back-to-back.

- Kenny

That's great to know. Thanks Kenny