View Full Version : Season 4 ep Bad Day
Cowabunga Carl
02-04-2011, 05:25 PM
So I'm watching this episode right now and I realized had I never seen it or known that there was more seasons this could be one really messed up episode. First Klunk gets flushed away and then Casey and April get shot with a missile. I mean really this had to have been one really messed up episode when it first aired. I really think it would be more traumatizing for children then Insane in the Membrane.
k_lala
02-04-2011, 06:29 PM
Yup there's a lot of episodes that are really violent. I forgot that one episode was called, where Leo stabbed master splinter with the sword. It was the fake Splinter, but they showed the impaling.
Cowabunga Carl
02-04-2011, 06:32 PM
I just found it odd that this one aired and Insane didn't. I have to say after not seeing this episode for a little while it was quite good. I liked how it looked as if everything the Turtles had worked for and cared about was being taken away.
Icebot
02-04-2011, 06:52 PM
As scary as some of the things that happened in this episode is, none of it was real. It was just a dream or something, that Karai was able to access and launch attacks on the turtles with the mystic ninjas. I think that's the reason 4Kids didn't hesitate to air this like Insane In The Membrane.
Mr. Stay Puft
02-04-2011, 10:30 PM
Yup there's a lot of episodes that are really violent. I forgot that one episode was called, where Leo stabbed master splinter with the sword. It was the fake Splinter, but they showed the impaling.
I believe you're thinking of "The Darkness Within" from season 3.
Ninjinister
02-04-2011, 10:45 PM
This show had a LOT of s**t in it that ordinarily would've been censored or banned.
As scary as some of the things that happened in this episode is, none of it was real.
As opposed to all the other eps, which were exclusively non-fiction. :lol: In as much as I wouldn't doubt this could likely have been a reason, I just can't resist laughing at this ridiculous logic.
Sage Ninja
02-04-2011, 11:19 PM
AS OPPOSED TO THE REST OR THE EPS, WHICH WERE ENTIRELY NON-FICTION. :p
...nitpicker! :P
k_lala
02-08-2011, 08:34 AM
Yup i think your allowed to get away with a lot of things if the situation in the toon is not real or a dream. This is why TMNT is so different than any other toon out there, it pushed the envelope as far as violence and got away with it.
Yeah like in "Same As It Never Was" the Turtles could die because they were still alive in the past.
Coola Yagami
02-08-2011, 01:43 PM
Yeah like in "Same As It Never Was" the Turtles could die because they were still alive in the past.
and cause Don could now go to the past and prevent that from happening...
FearlessLeader
02-10-2011, 06:29 PM
I just found it odd that this one aired and Insane didn't. I have to say after not seeing this episode for a little while it was quite good. I liked how it looked as if everything the Turtles had worked for and cared about was being taken away.
I think the problem with "Insane" was how graphic it was. Both "Bad Day" and "Insane" have what could be considered disturbing content, but "Insane" actually shows Baxter's body falling apart on scene, while all the violent death in "Bad Day" is implied off screen :)
megashredder
05-06-2011, 08:18 PM
The best part of the show was Shredder in his new armor. That's the first time i saw it. Also this is the mystics second appearance. But this episode shows the mystics have to serve whoever hold the heart of tengu. This explains how Karai found the turtles in Scion of the shredder. They should have done some episode about shredder's involvment with the mystics.
Drose18
03-03-2012, 02:56 PM
I remember seeing that episode as I kid in 2005ish It gave my nightmares then the night mares went away, then I saw adventures in turlesitting I was scared for a long time, a few minutes ago i saw the new splinter for nick and I have nightmares again
ToTheNines
03-03-2012, 02:59 PM
I remember seeing that episode as I kid in 2005ish It gave my nightmares then the night mares went away, then I saw adventures in turlesitting I was scared for a long time, a few minutes ago i saw the new splinter for nick and I have nightmares again
I would ban you. If I could.
I remember seeing that episode as I kid in 2005ish It gave my nightmares then the night mares went away, then I saw adventures in turlesitting I was scared for a long time, a few minutes ago i saw the new splinter for nick and I have nightmares again
Pointless post is pointless. I agree though that Nick's Splinter is fugly. He has a skunk's face.
Jester
03-03-2012, 04:57 PM
Pointless post is pointless. I agree though that Nick's Splinter is fugly. He has a skunk's face.
At least a skunk is a glorified rodent, lots of times Splinter looks like a dog.
Avatar Yuffie
03-03-2012, 05:16 PM
No, Insane from the Membrane still gets my vote.
It's just... the whole "bad things happen and it's all a dream" premise I sorta already watched in BTAS... also Karai screeching in the ending like she's throwing a tantrum also didn't help for me.
DarkLightDragon
03-04-2012, 08:04 AM
No, Insane from the Membrane still gets my vote.
It's just... the whole "bad things happen and it's all a dream" premise I sorta already watched in BTAS... also Karai screeching in the ending like she's throwing a tantrum also didn't help for me.
Agreed. But at least Bad Day did the whole 'worst case scenario being all a dream' a bit less predictable by having the Foot Mystics being behind it because I don't think anyone would've known they could do such a thing from what little we've seen of their power since RTN.
That, and 'Insane in the Membrane' had way more graphic imagery even for 4Kids to edit out without making the episode run for less than 22 mins. Just try to imagine how much would've been edited out if they ever decided to air the episode.
Galactus
03-04-2012, 08:29 AM
I do like the episode but it wasn't really traumatic as the end makes it very clear that it was all a dream/hallucination/vision and not real.
I'd say "Return to New York Part 3" was probably the most daring the show got. Leonardo decapitates the Shredder. It's only the very end of the ep we see Shredder is alive and we only learn how in the next season, eight episodes in.
For kids the implication is clear that Leo meant to kill Shred-head and as far he knew actualy did it.
CyberCubed
03-05-2012, 12:07 AM
Leonardo impaling Splinter in the dream in the Season 3 ep with Angel, then Karai stabbing Leo in Season 4.
This show really got away with a LOT when you stop to think about it. Its pretty damn funny the way they got away with this on a Saturday morning show.
It makes me wonder if this is why the show had to be toned down during FF and BTTS.
Redeemer
03-05-2012, 12:54 AM
Leonardo impaling Splinter in the dream in the Season 3 ep with Angel, then Karai stabbing Leo in Season 4.
This show really got away with a LOT when you stop to think about it. Its pretty damn funny the way they got away with this on a Saturday morning show.
It makes me wonder if this is why the show had to be toned down during FF and BTTS.
I doubt that the show wasnt that bad. Hell one of the main characters in Young Justice is going to die, and also Dragon Ball Z was nothing but nudist.....and Batman TAS was dark than 2k3 I think it really didnt get away with much, but I am still trying to figure out why they didnt allow Insane to the membrane....
Jester
03-05-2012, 01:00 AM
I doubt that the show wasnt that bad. Hell one of the main characters in Young Justice is going to die, and also Dragon Ball Z was nothing but nudist.....and Batman TAS was dark than 2k3 I think it really didnt get away with much, but I am still trying to figure out why they didnt allow Insane to the membrane....
YJ is a cable show.
Only the un-edited Dragon Ball (Z) has nudity.
I don't remember Batman:TAS being that dark...well... I don't remember anyone dieing, anyway.
4kid's TMNT has some shocking on-screen moments. Stuff that I'm surprised got past the censors.
As for Insane in the Membrane I'm sure the reason it was "banned' was this. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaPYcpLOGSo&t=8m2s)
ToTheNines
03-05-2012, 05:38 AM
then Karai stabbing Leo in Season 4.
Don't you mean the season 3 finale? That scene was totally neutered... I hate it.
Galactus
03-05-2012, 12:09 PM
I doubt that the show wasnt that bad. Hell one of the main characters in Young Justice is going to die, and also Dragon Ball Z was nothing but nudist.....and Batman TAS was dark than 2k3 I think it really didnt get away with much, but I am still trying to figure out why they didnt allow Insane to the membrane....
It was darkly styled but didn't really do anything that daring compared to 2k3.
I vaguely remember a story, I'm not sure how true it is about how the writers of the Justice League and Justice League Unlimited show would rationalise some stuff Standards and Practices would have a problem with by point "well the Ninja Turtles just did this so why can't do this".
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