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Yellow Jumpsuit
11-11-2002, 05:14 PM
It made no sense to me as a kid. Does anybody know why? I know it's a weird question.
Karpo_007
11-11-2002, 05:45 PM
Because it was too easy to make one, and to conseal it.
Ninja Turtles Cartoon Fan
11-11-2002, 07:36 PM
Actually, some Parents Watchdog Group swooped down on the show like the wrath of God and made everyone involved tone the show down a bit. They took away Michaelangelo's nunchukus because they were too violent. And not only were the Turtles toned down, but the bad guys were toned down, too. Everything became "kid friendly."

Personally, I liked the "kid friendly" aspect of the cartoon, but I didn't like the fact that Michaelangelo had his nunchukus taken away.

"Nothing ever works in this stupid place!" - Krang, from "Plan 6 from Outer Space"
Deathknight
11-11-2002, 08:13 PM
This was already discussed..... I started the topic... here's the URL if you want to resume it: http://www.thetechnodrome.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=514
Karpo_007
11-11-2002, 11:12 PM
Katanas and sais werent too violent? But i've heard too that it was the parents who made that happen.
Deathknight
11-12-2002, 04:48 AM
What do you mean parents made that happen...? I don't get what you're saying karpo.
Mouse
11-12-2002, 07:15 AM
to take away Mikey's chuckers is like taking his lifeblood. the turtles were built on the greatness of the stealth warriors known as ninjas; censors are the most evil of people!
Ninja Turtles Cartoon Fan
11-12-2002, 07:20 AM
Katanas and sais werent too violent? But i've heard too that it was the parents who made that happen.

I know, I know. It doesn't make any sense to take away Michaelangelo's nunchukus and let Leonardo and Raphael have their weapons. I would think that things like katana blades and sais would be more dangerous than nunchukus, but I guess parents didn't see it that way.

It seems like everything that gets popular is scrutinized beyond belief, and I hate that beyond belief. Just leave the shows alone. You take away a part of what they are when you tinker with them.

"Anyone bring a rubber ducky?" - Raphael, from "H.A.V.O.C. in the Streets"
Karpo_007
11-12-2002, 08:10 AM
What do you mean parents made that happen...? I don't get what you're saying karpo.

NTCF said it pretty good.
Jephael
11-12-2002, 05:16 PM
Looks like Donatello was the only person whose weopen didn't get any complaints over. Of coarse in hindsight. the bo staff always seemed to be a rather unstable item.
Reznorite420
11-12-2002, 05:57 PM
Mike's nunchaku's got taken away? I haven't noticed it yet...but then again, I just started season 6 yesterday.
Deathknight
11-12-2002, 08:31 PM
Well, what was weird before he stopped using them all together is they would constantly show Michelangelo in a battle stance swinging his chucks and then show him attacking with a grappling hook. The last episode you see Mikey really using his chucks for attacking is one of the European Vacation eps (I can't recall which.) But the death of Mikey using his chucks started officially in the 1992 season even though they show him using em sometimes in the European vacation eps.
Reznorite420
11-12-2002, 09:54 PM
There he goes again...

Speaking of the Euro vacation eps, it seems a little odd to me that they don't air until after the season that the technodrome became free from Dimension X the second time...plus they start out with the original intro...
Ninja Turtles Cartoon Fan
11-13-2002, 06:58 AM
Well, what was weird before he stopped using them all together is they would constantly show Michelangelo in a battle stance swinging his chucks and then show him attacking with a grappling hook.

I can remember other episodes, too, where they'd show Michaelangelo's chucks tucked in the belt behind his shell, but they were never used. He'd always whip out his grappling hook. An episode I'm thinking of as an example would be "What's Michaelangelo Good For?"

"I've got a weird feeling that someone doesn't want us on this island." - Michaelangelo, from "What's Michaelangelo Good For?"
Deathknight
11-13-2002, 04:16 PM
What was also unique about the European vacation episodes was the ending theme... it showed the half the screen with the credits on a black screen and the tmnt intro on the other half.
Jephael
11-13-2002, 05:19 PM
Oh yeah, I remember that! It kinda gave a surreal look to it.
Anarchistguy
11-21-2002, 06:43 AM
:evil: If those SOB's do it again in the new cartoon, you can bet that I'm
gonna personnally find them and make them pay!! :evil: