Ridiculous moments

[ToTheNines]

Remember all the arguing in the Turtles Forever thread over the portrayl of the OT characters? While I think it was just a tad over-board, they weren't far off. Anyways, through out the thread, no one actually cited any examples from the OT. So here we are.

NOTE: This isn't an OT bashing thread, we all know the show was ridiculous (in a good way).

Example of OT turtles: in "Casey Jones, Outlaw Hero" Raphael drives right into a pond simply because Donatello told him to go straight.

Now I'm not saying the NT was totally realistic, but if the NT turtles were there for that, they woulda been like "WTF?". So call Turtles Forever "mean spirited" all you want, I think it accurately shows how the two universes collide.

More examples are welcome :)

[Candy Kappa]

Casey not taking his mask of going undercover in OT was a rather wtf moment

[CyberCubed]

The Turtles become inflated into balloon-like floats in one episode, and Splinter saves them with moth balls. Don asks, "How did you save us with moth balls?" Splinter says something like, "The story called for it."

April deactivates the master computer in one of the Season 2 episodes simply by pulling out the plug in the wall.

One of the gangster episodes had a device that only attracts old antiques.



The old toon was filled with ridiculous moments, but that's why I enjoyed it. The show had a, "this is so bad its good" type of mentality to it. The writers knew they were doing crazy stuff but they didn't care because they were having too much fun.

[plastroncafe]

I think my favorite episodes of the OT were the ones where the turtles themselves were the straight men to the lunacy.

Case in point: "The Cufflink Caper"

Don: "It's a zamboni machine!"
Mike: "No way dude, it's that thing that smooths out the ice!"
Don: "A zamboni machine is the thing that smooths out the ice."
Raph: "Can we argue about this later boys? We're about to become turtle pancakes."

The mobsters are Babyface "the Beaver" Clever and his brother Wally.
They're going after exploding cufflinks.
There's talk about French Provincial architecture.

The whole episode is just...nuts. And I love every second of it.

[Scandia]

Casey not taking off his mask when he infiltrated the Octopus corporation.

[CyberCubed]

There's one ep where Shredder calls Krang on the communicator, and Krang (inside his android body), is dripping wet and he has a towel around his waist. Krang says, "You just interrupted my bath."

Why the hell would Krang take a bath WITH his robot body? :lol:

God I love the old toon sometimes.

[Candy Kappa]

Not OT but in the 2 episode toy commercial Anime. Shredder calls Krang a squid and threatens to eat him, and the Foot soldier vacation was a ridiculous moment

.. wait the whole thing was a ridiculous moment :D

[cammy85]

I think my favorite episodes of the OT were the ones where the turtles themselves were the straight men to the lunacy.

Case in point: "The Cufflink Caper"

Don: "It's a zamboni machine!"
Mike: "No way dude, it's that thing that smooths out the ice!"
Don: "A zamboni machine is the thing that smooths out the ice."
Raph: "Can we argue about this later boys? We're about to become turtle pancakes."

The mobsters are Babyface "the Beaver" Clever and his brother Wally.
They're going after exploding cufflinks.
There's talk about French Provincial architecture.

The whole episode is just...nuts. And I love every second of it.

Not only that, but they "reintroduced" Big Louie in that episode when it was his head thug in Act 1 that had been seen before as The Butcher in the "Maltese Hamster" (mentioned above).

I loved both episodes!!

[Scandia]

"La la la! I have a date! I can't be late!"

Anything and everything featuring Howie.

[Coola Yagami]

Plan 6 from Dimension X.

Bebop just picks up a regular phone in the Channel 6 building and says 'Get me Dimension X!" and bam, the Technodrome in Dimension X has its phone ringing. LMAO.

Props to that operator for knowing Dimension X's area code.

[ToTheNines]

Loose transcription from "Invasion of the Turtle Snatchers"

*buncha bull sh*t about Don getting abducted*
Splinter: Yes... I have sensed an alien presence lately
April: This will make a great story!
Splinter: Donatello!? With Aliens!? This sounds serious!

[Coola Yagami]

Yeah, that sounded weird. Like I dunno... the way Splinter said it. Did he think the aleins would force Don to make evil inventions for em, or did he think Don would pass out from overexcitement of seeing all that advanced alien technology?

[***First of Two Latin Kings***]

Maybe he was worried that Donatello would be seduced by the dark side...

[Sage Ninja]

or anally probed?

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

Plan 6 from Dimension X.

Bebop just picks up a regular phone in the Channel 6 building and says 'Get me Dimension X!" and bam, the Technodrome in Dimension X has its phone ringing. LMAO.

Props to that operator for knowing Dimension X's area code.

It's "Plan 6 from Outer Space".

[ToTheNines]

Like I said, I love the OT for how ridiculous it is... but this one's just plain stupid: The ending of the first Lotus episode, she "disguises" her self as a pizza delivery boy and walks right into the guys lair, they don't even flinch!

[doomiscool]

In the episode "Donatello Makes Time", that nutty professor claims he was forced to go floating through the sewers...but he then goes to a house he apparently had.

Not to mention the fact he stumbles across the turtles lair and is just all "Oh look, a time stopper!" as if it's an everyday occurrence, when he clearly only just walked up and couldn't have seen it in action :P

[CyberCubed]

The fact that old toon Don was intelligent enough to create a device that stops time says a lot in itself.

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

The fact that old toon Don was intelligent enough to create a device that stops time says a lot in itself.

And a dimensional portal in season 3? Did he steal equipment from the Technodrome, or maybe used equipment from that Star Cruiser the Neutrinos left on the Earth back in season 1.

[Coola Yagami]

Which factors in Turtles Forever when he turned a flashlight into a dimensional portal stick. LOL

[NameGoesHere1066]

oh, I know! I know! How about the fact that April and all the human characters wear the same clothes ALL THE TIME and no one says anything or cares!!!!!! :o :o :roll:

[plastroncafe]

Which factors in Turtles Forever when he turned a flashlight into a dimensional portal stick. LOL

That's quite possibly my second favorite part of that movie. Just behind Turtles Prime and tied with the fact that you have to hit the portal stick before it'll work.

[ToTheNines]

oh, I know! I know! How about the fact that April and all the human characters wear the same clothes ALL THE TIME and no one says anything or cares!!!!!! :o :o :roll:

What is wrong with you?

[Coola Yagami]

oh, I know! I know! How about the fact that April and all the human characters wear the same clothes ALL THE TIME and no one says anything or cares!!!!!! :o :o :roll:

Um... dude.... ALL cartoons do that....

[ToTheNines]

I'm pretty sure she was just mocking this thread. I haven't seen her post a whole lot lately, but she seems to have it in for me lol

[The Stryker]

Please, get over yourself.

The original toon was loaded with crazy sh*t and that's why I love it.

[ToTheNines]

Please, get over yourself.

The original toon was loaded with crazy sh*t and that's why I love it.

Again, you have no idea what you're talking about.

Read my first post... the point of this thread is prove that the OT was pretty much portrayed acurately in Turltes Forever. I love the crazy sh*t in the OT aswell, I actually said it myself in this very thread.

NOTE: This isn't an OT bashing thread, we all know the show was ridiculous (in a good way).

Like I said, I love the OT for how ridiculous it is...

[The Stryker]

I never said anything about you hating the OT? Sooo....what are you getting at?

[ToTheNines]

You told me to get over myself...

I guess you were talking about that other thing I said (which ended with an "lol", which implies joking). But she did bite my head off in another thread for no reason, I even quoted you and she still thought I was talking to her.

[Sage Ninja]

What is wrong with you?

Um... dude.... ALL cartoons do that....

I think the poster in question was just making fun of the fact that cartoon character wear the same clothes all the time. Not mocking you ToTheNines. :twink:

as for the thing in the Lotus Blossum episode. I'm guessing that was a storyboard mistake, and the turtles where supposed to be outside or something rather than in the lair.

[ToTheNines]

The original toon was loaded with crazy sh*t and that's why I love it.

So uh, how about you actually contribute to the thread and cite an example.

[CyberCubed]

as for the thing in the Lotus Blossum episode. I'm guessing that was a storyboard mistake, and the turtles where supposed to be outside or something rather than in the lair.

No, it was the lair. Earlier in the ep Lotus discovers their secret lair, and at the end we see her climb out of the manhole cover.

The Turtles just for some reason didn't think twice of some "pizza delivery" person coming into their lair. Its just amusing.

[mikey22]

WHEN THEY GO BUY MOVIE TICKETS IN SEASON 2 lol

[The Stryker]

So uh, how about you actually contribute to the thread and cite an example.

I just said the entire show.

Jesus, what crawled up your ass?

[ToTheNines]

I was just wondering if you had a favorite moment in particular.

[Mona_Lisa]

I Love the OT dearly, but I hate all the episodes with Howie, Irma’s boyfriend in them. I think its eposodes 75 and 77 in season 4. They took stupid to a whole new level. :tconfuse:

[ToTheNines]

I actually really liked his first episode. It was pretty funny and had a sweet Donatello vs. Shredder fight.

His second appearance was trash though.

[General Traag]

I allways liked the street filled with ninja stores. Ninja dry cleaners, lol.

[Candy Kappa]

It's more of a error but the mix up with shredders family name

[Powder]

Loose transcription from "Invasion of the Turtle Snatchers"

*buncha bull sh*t about Don getting abducted*
Splinter: Yes... I have sensed an alien presence lately
April: This will make a great story!
Splinter: Donatello!? With Aliens!? This sounds serious!


Same episode, april manages to prevent the world from being destroyed by a giant atomic bomb-like 'toy' that the alien child had.


How?


Simply, 'every toy has batteries'. First of all, out of everyone there, april is the one to crawl beneath a devestating device like that? The only one without balls (technical/gross gender joke & metaphor) is the one to do it...


Is it me or does dirk savage remind anyone else of nick fury?


Who would believe those 'human masks' the guys wear? LMFAO those get me every time.

[hudemx]

Who would believe those 'human masks' the guys wear? LMFAO those get me every time.

Or remember the episode April took Michelangelo to a Museum about an egyption Pharao and he only took of his Bandana and wears his Jacket and his hat?
Nobody seems to care that a green guy in a suit is coming to a museum...

Gotta Love the 80s Toon :lol:

[Samhain]

Who would believe those 'human masks' the guys wear? LMFAO those get me every time.

They used to scare the crap outta me for some reason.

[Sage Ninja]

Or remember the episode April took Michelangelo to a Museum about an egyption Pharao and he only took of his Bandana and wears his Jacket and his hat?
Nobody seems to care that a green guy in a suit is coming to a museum...

that's nothing. How about Superman being Clark Kent when all he is wearing is glasses with his hair is slicked back in civilian form.

Or Usagi/Sereana looks the same as Sailor moon in civilian form except her school uniform shrunk and she's wearing a tiara...but mystically no one reconsies her, not even her family. :twink: It's cartoon thing.

I got one, how about in the Gangs All here when Michelangelo turns human and the turtles know what he would look like as a human to pick him out on the street. Sure it was the wrong guy, but the dude they picked out looked an awful lot like what human Michelangelo did looked liked.

Not to mention all the times in this episode where Mike is changing back and forth into human and turtle form and various articles of his clothing disappears and reappears. :tlol:

[shuriken]

Not to mention all the times in this episode where Mike is changing back and forth into human and turtle form and various articles of his clothing disappears and reappears. :tlol:

Or how about the fact in that in that same episode Mikey can't skate board cuz he lost his "ninja powers". WTF? I didn't think attaining acrobatic skills through years of training had anything to do with "powers" but whatevs.

[Sage Ninja]

Or how about the fact in that in that same episode Mikey can't skate board cuz he lost his "ninja powers". WTF? I didn't think attaining acrobatic skills through years of training had anything to do with "powers" but whatevs.
exactly. That was a serious WTF moment, suddenly the turtles being mutants gives them powers since when? Even though this episodes featured my fav turtle of them all, that episode was whacked for many reasons.

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

There's one ep where Shredder calls Krang on the communicator, and Krang (inside his android body), is dripping wet and he has a towel around his waist. Krang says, "You just interrupted my bath."

Why the hell would Krang take a bath WITH his robot body? :lol:

God I love the old toon sometimes.

It's "Splinter No More" from season 2 (1988).

[gobo]

Am I the only one who remembers the Cur-Ly Maneuver?? I wish I could forget.

How about the Unidentified Flying Elvises?

And, do you recall "SHREDDER'S MOM"? OMG! WTF? Everyone knows Shredders can't have moms. How absurd can you get? :lol:

Oh! And, since no one else noticed: Casey applied for a job at Octopus Inc IN HIS MASK!! The kicker was that he actually got the job. XD
The Turtles become inflated into balloon-like floats in one episode, and Splinter saves them with moth balls. Don asks, "How did you save us with moth balls?" Splinter says something like, "The story called for it."
'Twas "MICHELANGELO'S BIRTHDAY". Actually, Splinter just dropped some wisdom about the power of suggestion, not a 4th wall-busting joke. That's Raph's job. It would have been funnier in that super cheesey fashion we had all come to expect by then, but it didn't happen, sir.
oh, I know! I know! How about the fact that April and all the human characters wear the same clothes ALL THE TIME and no one says anything or cares!!!!!! :o :o :roll:
Um... dude.... ALL cartoons do that....
Doesn't make it any less absurd. At least 2K3 gave them a change of wardrobe more than just once in a blue moon. But, methinks her point was just to point out the most trivial of absurdities in the show. When were her joking priveleges revoked? I missed that.
I Love the OT dearly, but I hate all the episodes with Howie, Irma’s boyfriend in them. I think its eposodes 75 and 77 in season 4. They took stupid to a whole new level. :tconfuse:
"Heroes in a half-shell
Not weasels in a cream sauce"

I can't help but love that lyric. :lol:
Who would believe those 'human masks' the guys wear? LMFAO those get me every time.
They used to scare the crap outta me for some reason.
Because they look like the underground-dwelling humans in Beneath The Planet Of The Apes perhaps?
suddenly the turtles being mutants gives them powers since when?
How in Dimension X could it NOT give them powers? Like-- the power of... um... The power of thumb war! ^_^

[MrPliggins]

I've always thought Baxter's "arm gun" was pretty silly but awesome when it ties up that nerdy dude in "Curse of the Evil Eye".

[shuriken]

Oh I remember the Cur-Ly maneuver, such a stupid stupid maneuver which also renders your opponent helpless.

[ryukenden]

Leo's swords and Don's bo constantly getting destroyed in Season 5 and beyond was definitely ridiculous.

[Spacebabie]

I also remember the Cur-ly manuver.

and what about that little alien from Dimension Z that turned the Technodrome into a pumpkin.

[ToTheNines]

Leonardo vs. Tempestra: The turtles (sans the leader) beat the holy sh*t out of a stuffed dummy that's supposed be Shredder, thinking that it's really him.

[Coola Yagami]

OK... now I gotta watch that episode again...

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

I also remember the Cur-ly manuver.

and what about that little alien from Dimension Z that turned the Technodrome into a pumpkin.

Mister Ogg. The episode was "Mister Ogg Goes to Town".

[Spacebabie]

Mister Ogg. The episode was "Mister Ogg Goes to Town".

Thanks. That character was the most ridiculous character ever to appear in the franchise.

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

Thanks. That character was the most ridiculous character ever to appear in the franchise.

I agree, but it was season 3 with a lot of episodes. Some of them were silly, some rocked.

[Jephael]

Ever since I learned how Oroku is supposed to be Shredder's family name, it annoys me that his brother is Kazuo Saki.

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

Ever since I learned how Oroku is supposed to be Shredder's family name, it annoys me that his brother is Kazuo Saki.

But I like the episode, "My Brother, the Bad Guy".

[gobo]

His mom was introduced as Mrs. Saki long before that.

[TheCanadiandrome]

ah Shredder's family. too bad we never met Pa! :D

[gobo]

He dunno pops, I'll bet. :P

[TheCanadiandrome]

yeah likely. hey Shredder, who's your daddy?! :D

imagine Krang's family, i'd have liked to seen that

[mikey22]

everybodys favorite!!!!!

When krang watches JOHN AND MARSHA!!!!!!!!

thats really funny stuff if you pay attention to the dialogue how they were suppose to be brother and sisters but some nurse or soemthing switched him at the last minute!

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

everybodys favorite!!!!!

When krang watches JOHN AND MARSHA!!!!!!!!

thats really funny stuff if you pay attention to the dialogue how they were suppose to be brother and sisters but some nurse or soemthing switched him at the last minute!

It's a parody on soap opera shows.

[gobo]

Never would have guessed... :roll:

[TheCanadiandrome]

everybodys favorite!!!!!

When krang watches JOHN AND MARSHA!!!!!!!!

thats really funny stuff if you pay attention to the dialogue how they were suppose to be brother and sisters but some nurse or soemthing switched him at the last minute!

yeah and Krang's reaction was funny when he lost the feed, or got interupted

[ToTheNines]

It's a parody on soap opera shows.

Jeez... are you human?

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

Jeez... are you human?

But that episode ("The Ninja Sword of Nowhere") is fun.