What was the point of the technodrome?

[Jelly Bean]

The stupid thing never worked most of the time and most of the episodes where about finding fuel or getting it unstuck. For a massive war fortress the thing was pretty useless. Krang and Shredder never had enough power to keep it running and it was falling apart most of the time. Why did the creators even bother having the technodrome in the story if they couldn't even have it work half the time?

[Candy Kappa]

it's a mobile fortress, filled with alien technology to conquer worlds, and bring doomsday.

It only needed a oil check

[Ulisses31]

Because it was a cartoon... dah.
And it was made in early 90´s and it still smell like the 80´s.

[CyberCubed]

If the Technodrome was constantly operational, it would just smash through cities and the Turtles would have to stop it again, just like they did in the Season 3 finale.

I also think that's the running joke. Shredder/Krang had a huge battle machine that couldn't do anything and got constantly stuck underground, in Dimension X, in the Arctic, underwater, in a blackhole, and where it wound up at the end of the show.

[discordiatookie]

And it was made in early 90´s and it still smell like the 80´s.

Or, it was made in the 80s, and continued into the 90s.

The point of the Technodrome?

Its awesome. That's its point.

[BentonGrey]

If the Technodrome was constantly operational, it would just smash through cities and the Turtles would have to stop it again, just like they did in the Season 3 finale.

I also think that's the running joke. Shredder/Krang had a huge battle machine that couldn't do anything and got constantly stuck underground, in Dimension X, in the Arctic, underwater, in a blackhole, and where it wound up at the end of the show.

Precisely. It was a pretty good idea, I'd say. Also, it makes sense for Krang to display a certain amount of caution about the Technodrome (which he does quite often), seeing as it is pretty much the only bastion of his once vast empire left to him.

[sdp]

The Technodrome was the death star of the TMNT universe, lethal force but needed a lot of power, when operational it was the biggest threat the turtles could ever face.

[The Big Bad]

The point was to have it available for Turtles Forever. Fred Wolf was psychic that way. :P

[Coola Yagami]

If it was ever used to its 100% capacity, the show would have ended then and there. Plus it's an awesome and unique villian hideout.

[Koi]

What was the point to having the shire in The Hobbit?

[Mutated Turtle]

The stupid thing never worked most of the time and most of the episodes where about finding fuel or getting it unstuck. For a massive war fortress the thing was pretty useless. Krang and Shredder never had enough power to keep it running and it was falling apart most of the time. Why did the creators even bother having the technodrome in the story if they couldn't even have it work half the time?

Because the Shredder and Krang needed somewhere to live.:o

[Powder]

Because the Shredder and Krang needed somewhere to live.:o

Haha this is quite true.

[ToTheNines]

It was tough **** in the video games.

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

The Technodrome was the death star of the TMNT universe, lethal force but needed a lot of power, when operational it was the biggest threat the turtles could ever face.

Or the Stockholm Globe Arena, see http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fil:Globen_aug_1988.jpg

(actually, construction begun in 1986 and it wasn't completed until February 1989 and it's inspired by a golf ball, but i think the TMNT should visit Sweden during the Vacation in Europe episodes and mistake it)

[Teddy]

Or the Stockholm Globe Arena, see http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fil:Globen_aug_1988.jpg

(actually, construction begun in 1986 and it wasn't completed until February 1989 and it's inspired by a golf ball, but i think the TMNT should visit Sweden during the Vacation in Europe episodes and mistake it)

Haha, that would be awesome, actually! I've been to Stockholm and seen the Globen. Totally the Technodrome, without the big creepy eye of course. ;) I actually have a pic I took of it from Kaknäs Tower:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v331/orca5094/Globen.jpg

[Powder]

So, who's gonna photoshop that into the drome? :D

[Venom]

Yeah, someone did it last time so someone's gotta do it again! :D

[TheCanadiandrome]

The point of the Technodrome?
Its awesome. That's its point.

yes! amen :tcool:

Plus it's an awesome and unique villian hideout.

exactly.

i dunno why but i have a love affair with the Technodrome! i just love it! it's so awesome

[Teddy]

So, who's gonna photoshop that into the drome? :D

Anyone who has the time/talent has permission to do it with my pic if they'd like! I'd love to see that. :tlol: If I wasn't in the middle of a move I'd take a crack at it myself.

[Blade Raider]

If the Technodrome was constantly operational, it would just smash through cities and the Turtles would have to stop it again, just like they did in the Season 3 finale.
You mean by having a missile carry it to another dimension on it's warhead and defying all laws of physics? Ya might want to use a better example than that :P

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

Haha, that would be awesome, actually! I've been to Stockholm and seen the Globen. Totally the Technodrome, without the big creepy eye of course. ;) I actually have a pic I took of it from Kaknäs Tower:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v331/orca5094/Globen.jpg

National Hockey League season opening games have been played inside.

[Venom]

As well as sending those accursed Turtles TO THEIR DOOM!!! :evil:

[Spacebabie]

Because it made a really cool toy.

and has anyone turned Space Ship Earth from Epcot into the Drome?

[Ulisses31]

Well this forum needed a name.:D

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

The Technodrome was the death star of the TMNT universe, lethal force but needed a lot of power, when operational it was the biggest threat the turtles could ever face.

I think it was a great thing for the season finals with the Technodrome running full of fuel.

[shuriken]

It was a unique and powerful weapon that was turned into a joke. It's like having a ferrari that is amazingly fast and responsive but always needs a jump start. "Oh man I will so smoke you on the race track... soooo does anyone have any jumper cables?" If the technodrome was fully operational all the time New York would have been dismantled.

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

It was a unique and powerful weapon that was turned into a joke. It's like having a ferrari that is amazingly fast and responsive but always needs a jump start. "Oh man I will so smoke you on the race track... soooo does anyone have any jumper cables?" If the technodrome was fully operational all the time New York would have been dismantled.

I loved the Big trilogy, it was much based on the Technodrome and it threatening New York City.

[Walkabout]

Besides being the home base for the bad guys, it was also sort of a looming,ever present threa-you know, watch out if they get fuel for it

[TheCanadiandrome]

Because it made a really cool toy.

yup

Well this forum needed a name.:D

rofl, good one :tlol:

[Mutagen]

The technodrome was fully functional for most of Season 1. If you watch Shredder and Splintered you'll see that this thing is PACKED with artillery and how powerful it is. Rocket launchers, canons and all kinds of mounted guns and rays. The technodrome is pretty much Krang and Shredder's Death Star. In latter episodes they made it dysfunctional because it was too powerful to be continuously featured as a prime weapon/vehicle for the villains. Come to think of it theres more similarities to Star Wars. Krang and Shredder are more or less like the Emperor and Vader. Shredder also has a facemask and helmet and is (was) voiced by African American

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

The technodrome was fully functional for most of Season 1. If you watch Shredder and Splintered you'll see that this thing is PACKED with artillery and how powerful it is. Rocket launchers, canons and all kinds of mounted guns and rays. The technodrome is pretty much Krang and Shredder's Death Star. In latter episodes they made it dysfunctional because it was too powerful to be continuously featured as a prime weapon/vehicle for the villains. Come to think of it theres more similarities to Star Wars. Krang and Shredder are more or less like the Emperor and Vader. Shredder also has a facemask and helmet and is (was) voiced by African American

But the Technodrome needing energy was still a major theme in the show.

[TheCanadiandrome]

exactly. my only wish is that the equally cool Techndrome Mark II would've lasted longer

[Mutagen]

But the Technodrome needing energy was still a major theme in the show.

Well they needed a reason for it not to be operational. If it was, then it would be hard to explain why would they get defeated every time and it wouldnt really be a powerful weapon. Look at the episodes in which Technodrome attacks. It does massive chaos and damage.

[TheCanadiandrome]

ah all this technodrome talk! i love it

[Mutagen]

I mentioned the artillery but forgot to add - for those unfamiliar with the classic toon, Technodrome was also indestructible just like Technodrome II in Turtles Forever it had the same kind of force field

[gobo]

What was the point of the technodrome?
An expression of Krang's apparent golf fanaticism.
I mentioned the artillery but forgot to add - for those unfamiliar with the classic toon, Technodrome was also indestructible just like Technodrome II in Turtles Forever it had the same kind of force field
Technodrome III... Technodrome II was the mini version Shredder built in some OT ep involving Chromedome. I want to say it was "PLANET OF THE TURTLEOIDS", but I can't remember.

[ToTheNines]

Technodrome III... Technodrome II was the mini version Shredder built in some OT ep involving Chromedome. I want to say it was "PLANET OF THE TURTLEOIDS", but I can't remember.

Yep, part 2 to be exact.

Hello, mods. I'm a double-post. Please eradicate me.

Quoted so your shame may never end.

[gobo]

Quoted so your shame may never end.
You, bastard... :lol:

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

I mentioned the artillery but forgot to add - for those unfamiliar with the classic toon, Technodrome was also indestructible just like Technodrome II in Turtles Forever it had the same kind of force field

What was that moving fortress in "Turtles at the Earth's Core" called? It was also like the Technodrome.

[gobo]

What was that moving fortress in "Turtles at the Earth's Core" called? It was also like the Technodrome.
I just rewatched the episode. That fortress had no name.

[TheCanadiandrome]

An expression of Krang's apparent golf fanaticism.

Technodrome III... Technodrome II was the mini version Shredder built in some OT ep involving Chromedome. I want to say it was "PLANET OF THE TURTLEOIDS", but I can't remember.

3 Technodromes, gotta love it! :tcool:

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

I just rewatched the episode. That fortress had no name.

I would like to see it in more episodes.

[Shredder_Fan]

The Technodrome is the best thing EVER !
It's bad that in real life, it can not be made, If so ?......I'M IN ! LOL :lol:

[Powder]

Good job necroposting.

[zodiac brave]

even it never worked, it was still awesome. i'd take a non-functioning death fortress over nothing!

[pannoni1]

With nearly 1000 rooms, there's still plenty to imagine what we've never seen inside the 'drome, from other mutants, booby traps, weapons, and even living quarters. It still provided the attention that we were cutting to the bad guys, similar to how the Autobot symbol would rotate to the Decepticon symbol in the G1 Transformers cartoon. The closest the Technodrome came to crushing someone was April in "The Big Break In", which just didn't happen thanks to good old cartoon physics. When we finally see the Technodrome in the final episode destroyed, it proved that the last time the Turtles forced the Technodrome in peril was finally for real and was probably my favorite thing about the final episode. It showed that Shredder/Krang had given up. Sure, Splinter didn't return to his human form, but he still felt proud for the Turtles and they lived the rest of their live in peace as evidenced by the episode "Once Upon a Time Machine". Otherwise, the Technodrome was mostly used as a transportation base during the time it was unable to move, which was quite a challenge given its locations (hundreds of miles underground, in a remote portion of Dimension X). The bark was almost always worse than the bite, and even when it did, it was mostly just a few buildings in just a few episodes. The Turtles just happened to be at the right place at the right time.

[Donatello19]

So they could make a playset out of it? :P

[CyberCubed]

The Technodrome never working always made you excited when it actually DID work and they were able to use it.

[Half Sh3ll Hero]

What was the point to having the shire in The Hobbit?

You just made me question life itself...

[Nameless]

The point of the Technodrome is to be Awesomeness Incarnate.

[TheCanadiandrome]

The Technodrome never working always made you excited when it actually DID work and they were able to use it.

oh hell yes

The point of the Technodrome is to be Awesomeness Incarnate.

sentiments echoed

[TurtleFan2012]

Wouldn't that be like asking a guy the point of customizing a white van, spray painting it green and yellow, and then slapping your name on the front? :lol:

Because it looks awsome!

[1/2Shell]

Would you rather Shredder and Krang live in a tepee? :D

[TheCanadiandrome]

Wouldn't that be like asking a guy the point of customizing a white van, spray painting it green and yellow, and then slapping your name on the front? :lol:

Because it looks awsome!

Would you rather Shredder and Krang live in a tepee? :D

Rofl! Bwahahaha :lol: :lol:

[Stingray69]

It was a unique and powerful weapon that was turned into a joke. It's like having a ferrari that is amazingly fast and responsive but always needs a jump start. "Oh man I will so smoke you on the race track... soooo does anyone have any jumper cables?" If the technodrome was fully operational all the time New York would have been dismantled.


So its just like a ferrari, cool as all get out when its working but broke all the time.

[Galactus]

Here's something that I've long found odd...

In the first season the Technodrome seemed to be fully powered and mobile. Why did it never occur to the Shredder to actualy use it to stomp buildings and so forth.

Almost every season after recycled the theme of the Technodrome getting powered and loose from wherever it was stuck and the everyone panicking over the the destruction it would cause (or in some cases briefly causing mayhem) before finding a way to depower and strand it somewhere else. Why didn't the villains just conquer the city when it was energised and loose?

[CyberCubed]

Here's something that I've long found odd...

In the first season the Technodrome seemed to be fully powered and mobile. Why did it never occur to the Shredder to actualy use it to stomp buildings and so forth.

Almost every season after recycled the theme of the Technodrome getting powered and loose from wherever it was stuck and the everyone panicking over the the destruction it would cause (or in some cases briefly causing mayhem) before finding a way to depower and strand it somewhere else. Why didn't the villains just conquer the city when it was energised and loose?

Or when the Technodrome was in Dimension X, why didn't Krang just order a huge chunk of Rock Soldiers to use their ships to blast it out of the crust it was stuck in?

[The Sewer Lord]

The point was to have it available for Turtles Forever. Fred Wolf was psychic that way. :P

LOL.

What was the point to having the shire in The Hobbit?

LOL.

Because the Shredder and Krang needed somewhere to live.:o

LOL.

It was tough **** in the video games.

It sure was.

I mentioned the artillery but forgot to add - for those unfamiliar with the classic toon, Technodrome was also indestructible just like Technodrome II in Turtles Forever it had the same kind of force field

Yeah, Krang and Shredder were just too incompetent to use it right. :(

Here's something that I've long found odd...

In the first season the Technodrome seemed to be fully powered and mobile. Why did it never occur to the Shredder to actualy use it to stomp buildings and so forth.

Almost every season after recycled the theme of the Technodrome getting powered and loose from wherever it was stuck and the everyone panicking over the the destruction it would cause (or in some cases briefly causing mayhem) before finding a way to depower and strand it somewhere else. Why didn't the villains just conquer the city when it was energised and loose?

Or when the Technodrome was in Dimension X, why didn't Krang just order a huge chunk of Rock Soldiers to use their ships to blast it out of the crust it was stuck in?

'Cause that way the villains would have won and the turtles would have lost. And we don't want that, don't we?

[Galactus]

Here's another one that has always bugged me.

In Season 7 we get some backstory about the Technodrome that it was built by Drakus.

Maybe it's just me but I never got an alien vibe from the Technodrome. Taking away the Foot Symbol which Saki could have added himself it always seemed to be very terran in its design, both in and out.

Did the warlords banish Krang with the Technodrome? Not only that but conveniently banish him under the streets of NY. Even without a body it didn't seem like Krang had difficulty operating the Technodrome so he could have easily built himself a body and gone home.

Up until "Get Shredder" I always assumed it was built on Earth by the Foot using stolen human tech and Krang's know-how.

'Cause that way the villains would have won and the turtles would have lost. And we don't want that, don't we?

It didn't seem to stop the turtles any other time. They pretty much had banishing the 'drome down to a habit.

[Gwydion]

Or when the Technodrome was in Dimension X, why didn't Krang just order a huge chunk of Rock Soldiers to use their ships to blast it out of the crust it was stuck in?
Actually, I just watched an episode a couple of days ago (The Dimension X Story) where Krang says something about being unable to communicate with his Rock Soldiers because none of their communications equipment was working. So at least for that episode there's a reason, lol.

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

Up until "Get Shredder" I always assumed it was built on Earth by the Foot using stolen human tech and Krang's know-how.



Built by who? Human Foot? In open daylight (or could you really build it underground, without any such large tunnels yet. They were burrowed by the Technodrome.)?

[The Sewer Lord]

Here's another one that has always bugged me.

In Season 7 we get some backstory about the Technodrome that it was built by Drakus.

Maybe it's just me but I never got an alien vibe from the Technodrome. Taking away the Foot Symbol which Saki could have added himself it always seemed to be very terran in its design, both in and out.

Did the warlords banish Krang with the Technodrome? Not only that but conveniently banish him under the streets of NY. Even without a body it didn't seem like Krang had difficulty operating the Technodrome so he could have easily built himself a body and gone home.

Up until "Get Shredder" I always assumed it was built on Earth by the Foot using stolen human tech and Krang's know-how.

Where could have the Foot build the Techndrome?

It didn't seem to stop the turtles any other time. They pretty much had banishing the 'drome down to a habit.

I was merely referencing the times fans just wish Krang and Shredder beat the turtles.

[jestermon]

So the bad guys could have a base that wasn't a brick and mortar building in the city that would make no sense for an alien from another dimension to inhabit, did you watch the cartoon and listen to the backstory?

It's a highly advanced piece of machinery that has not been maintained do to unfavorable conditions.

[gobo]

Spheres don't need no stinkin' point.

[MsMarvelDuckie]

What's the point of it?! Easy- it's in the SCRIPT!! Duh, I'd think that was obvious, lol. Seriously, the whole point of it was to have some "big bad" threat for the boys to face and beat. And so Shredkrang (y'know, like Brangelina) would have a really cool base to scheme from.

[DonatelloNinja82]

I'm sure when Krang used it in Dimension X he had more access to fuels for it. Or perhaps Earth energy isn't fully compatable with it and thus the power drains quicker than Dimension X fuel? Who knows? I just know its super awesome and humungazoid. ;)

[snake]

Because the bad guys needed a base, and it makes a cool playset :D

[Galactus]

Built by who? Human Foot? In open daylight (or could you really build it underground, without any such large tunnels yet. They were burrowed by the Technodrome.)?

Where could have the Foot build the Techndrome?

Why not beneath the streets? Or constructed it somewhere like ship yard or somewhere in the US that is secluded and out of the way?

Shredder did have human Foot as well as other workers like the seemingly human receptionist. Not to mention he could have built his robotic Foot first and had them build it like they built the Technodrome MK 2.

Come to think of it the MK 2 was built in plain site in Central Park overnight. I know it wasn't nearly as big but you'd think that it would attract some attention.

[The Sewer Lord]

Why not beneath the streets? Or constructed it somewhere like ship yard or somewhere in the US that is secluded and out of the way?

Shredder did have human Foot as well as other workers like the seemingly human receptionist. Not to mention he could have built his robotic Foot first and had them build it like they built the Technodrome MK 2.

Come to think of it the MK 2 was built in plain site in Central Park overnight. I know it wasn't nearly as big but you'd think that it would attract some attention.

In the first episode, we see the Foot steal various kinds of technology. If you're correct, they must have used it for building the Technodrome.
However, that means they build that thing over night, which is impossible!

That's my two cents.

[the_minimizer]

I was dissatisfied with its lack of operation so I created fanfics where it's always operational. It destroyed half the city in just two fanfics.

[Galactus]

In the first episode, we see the Foot steal various kinds of technology. If you're correct, they must have used it for building the Technodrome.
However, that means they build that thing over night, which is impossible!

That's my two cents.

Or to help maintain it.

[the_minimizer]

I think the Earth's core and the North Pole were the most brutal for the Technodrome. It was millions of degrees at the core so all the power was used for refrigeration. At the North Pole, they were always using power so they wouldn't freeze to death. Dimension-X on the asteroid was always strange because Krang's rock soldiers were nowhere to be seen but were found before Turtle Trek.

[miru]

It was made to give the baddies a home to live in

[ryukenden]

Having the Technodrome fully operational would be disastrous on a nightmare scale thus why the Turtles constantly put effort to thwart Shredder and his minions from getting the resources needed to power it back up. The Turtles could only send the Technodrome to a place where it won't cause damage or harm innocents but haven't found a way to destroy it.

[The Sewer Lord]

Or to help maintain it.
Hmmm.... That's possible.

[Garfield]

No no no...

One should not ask "What was the point of the technodrome?"

when we all should be saying, "Why not a technodrome."

[Weirdo-Warrior]

The Technodrome was (and still is) just the coolest bad dudes' vehicle/headquarter in any cartoon ever. It always fascinated and thrilled me, and I got so pissed off when Krang and Shredder never managed to power it up or destroy everything when they finally managed to :D

The toy... well, that's beyond coolness. It's simple perfection.

[ABrown]

It was tough **** in the video games.

I didn't find it to be very tough in the NES version of the arcade game. I kinda thought that the Technodrome was one of the easiest levels.

Because it made a really cool toy.


True, but I broke mine the day that I got it. :(

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

I think the Earth's core and the North Pole were the most brutal for the Technodrome. It was millions of degrees at the core so all the power was used for refrigeration. At the North Pole, they were always using power so they wouldn't freeze to death. Dimension-X on the asteroid was always strange because Krang's rock soldiers were nowhere to be seen but were found before Turtle Trek.

Volcanic Asteroid is season 4, Turtle Trek is season 8 (and has not the Volcanic Asteroid).

[Andrew NDB]

The point of the Technodrome was to make a terrestrial version of a Death Star marketable to little kids. And to sell one expensive-ass toy. And no, it never served any purpose or ever delivered on its promise of "it'll be really badass when it's operational!" until "Turtles Forever."

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

The point of the Technodrome was to make a terrestrial version of a Death Star marketable to little kids. And to sell one expensive-ass toy. And no, it never served any purpose or ever delivered on its promise of "it'll be really badass when it's operational!" until "Turtles Forever."

But it came out 10 years after Star Wars.

[Andrew NDB]

But it came out 10 years after Star Wars.

Your point being what, exactly?

[MsMarvelDuckie]

"That thing's OPERATIONAL!!!" I always wanted one of the Turtles to say that line... LOL!!