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Jester

02-26-2011, 05:14 AM

The title says it all: Post a random Turtle fact!

This fact comes from a "well duh" place. I've never been able to pronounce the last name of the guy who does Leo's voice for the 2k3 series, but the other day I was looking at Raph/Rutger's autographs and noticed that he asked "Do you know what my last name means?" and I remember thinking, what a silly question...of course not. Then, as part of my "research" for a project oldmanwinters and I are working on, I was watching the first season of the 2k3 series and I took the time to actually read his name...Michael Sinterniklaas... Sinter Niklaas....Saint Nicolas. Dude's last name is Santa Claus!!

EDIT: Other odd tidbit, his zodiac sign....Leo!

Jester

02-26-2011, 05:52 AM

Barry Gordon, voice of Donatello in the 1987 TMNT cartoon, recorded the original version of (I'm Gettin') Nuttin' for Christmas when he was 7 years old. It reached #6 on the charts.
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Sing it Donnie!

Kunoichi_Haruko

02-26-2011, 05:59 AM

*claps* Jester, this is brilliant! :D Can't wait to see what else you dig up.

oldmanwinters

02-26-2011, 09:33 AM

Patti Howeth contributed NOTHING to the TMNT cartoons, despite her writer's credit on the first six episodes!

Jester

02-26-2011, 04:08 PM

Six? She gets a credit on Return of the Shredder too?
EDIT: Well I'll be dipped. IMDB is your friend. She also has credits on Chip and Dale, as a one off voice.

John Pannozzi

02-26-2011, 05:53 PM

Patti Howeth contributed NOTHING to the TMNT cartoons, despite her writer's credit on the first six episodes!

IIRC, she helped come up with the inital story outlines for those first few episodes with her then-husband David Wise.

Jester

02-26-2011, 07:01 PM

In 1999, Cam Clarke, Leonardo from the OT, released Inside Out, a romantic / adult contemporary cover album. It had a peculiar twist: Clarke subtly modified certain lyrics to sing under his own perspective as a gay man.

So I pulled this almost directly from Wikipedia...so what!!
Here's the IMBD post:

In 1999, (Cam Clarke) released his album "Inside Out." The album contains various love songs by various artists including James Taylor and Carly Simon reworked and performed in gay perspective.

Jester

02-26-2011, 11:30 PM

Roger Ebert was at one point addicted to the TMNT video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It also seems to have colored his review of the films, but that's opinion more than fact.

Donnie

02-27-2011, 01:31 AM

In the original movie, you can sooo see some sort of wire sticking out of Leonardo's costume when he romps over the Turtles game-board! You know, the part where he's like "I don't think...I know!"

oldmanwinters

02-27-2011, 01:34 AM

Roger Ebert was at one point addicted to the TMNT video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It also seems to have colored his review of the films, but that's opinion more than fact.

Most awesome celebrity admission ever!

tone-master21

02-27-2011, 10:37 AM

In 1989, Cam Clarke voiced a character named Beebop on "The California Raisins Show".

Donnie

02-27-2011, 10:55 AM

In 1989, Cam Clarke voiced a character named Beebop on "The California Raisins Show".

California Raisins! I remember them! Haha

Jephael

02-27-2011, 06:52 PM

Actor Sam Rockwell never had a scene with any of the Ninja Turtles in the original movie.

Jester

02-27-2011, 07:29 PM

Actor Sam Rockwell never had a scene with any of the Ninja Turtles in the original movie.

Heck, I forgot Rockwell was even in TMNT. "Check out the east warehouse on Lairdman island." Wasn't there supposed to be a scene in the movie where he gets slashed by Saki...it's supposedly why he's holding his arm during the scene where Shredder "knights" new Foot soldiers

gobo

02-28-2011, 01:11 AM

Turtles lack opposable thumbs.

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*looks at which forum this is in, then reads the other posts in the thread*

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Oh! Despite my recollections, Mikey's name was never misspelled on-screen in the original 'toon except for the title of the ep, "MICHALANGELO, THE SACRED TURTLE".

Koi

02-28-2011, 05:55 PM

Raphael - Raphael wears the red bandana and is the darkest of the four turtles. He can be short-tempered and anti-social and loves rap and punk music.

The four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are all named after famous Renaissance artists. Michaelangelo should have been spelled "Michelangelo" but neither of the writers had a spell checker when they first created the comic.

For some reason I laughed.

The strange substance that gave the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles their special powers is supposed to be the same substance that gave the superhero, Daredevil, his special powers.

source = http://www.kidzworld.com/article/5610-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-tv-show-facts

Edit:
The name "Splinter" is a parody on Daredevil's mentor, a man known as "Stick." The Foot, a clan of evil ninja who became the Turtles' arch-enemies, is a parody of the Hand, who were themselves a mysterious and deadly ninja clan in the pages of Daredevil.

Avatar Yuffie

02-28-2011, 06:36 PM

Mirage Raphael keeps a teddy bear when he sleeps. Which is kinda weird because OT Raphael sleeps with his weapons.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v90/Anti-R/untitled-88.png

Huh.

Koi

02-28-2011, 06:41 PM

I like the irony in that you just said.

ssjup81

03-01-2011, 04:57 AM

Wow, now that is interesting. Mirage Raph sleeps with a teddy. lol I already knew about OT Raph with the sai. I don't think any of the others (OT series) ever slept with their weapons, though it would've been difficult for Leo or Donny to.

Funny, don't surprise OT Raph; you'll get a sai to the stomach. ><

deadpoolRKO

03-01-2011, 07:51 AM

Krang was banished from Dimension X for war crimes and he lost his body in the transfer to earth , leaving him as a brain with a face.

Avatar Yuffie

03-02-2011, 07:54 AM

Jester

03-02-2011, 08:38 AM

Old Toon writer David Wise wrote for several other series...and borrowed plot elements from them for TMNT.
In the Transformers episode Mircobots, several Autobots are shrunk, and go inside Megatron to disconnect the "Heart of Cybertron." While inside, they wind up in his shoulder joint, hoping Megatron doesn't make any sudden moves. Upon completing their task, as the 3 Autobots escape Megatron as they start to return to normal size, Bumblebee looks back at Megatron and says, "Excuse Us," the exact same line Donatello says as he and Leonardo escape Krang's Body as it starts to shrink.

Jester

03-02-2011, 11:38 AM

Hamato Yoshi was a member of the Foot Clan in every incarnation of the TMNT....except the new 2k3 series.

oldmanwinters

03-02-2011, 12:07 PM

Hamato Yoshi was a member of the Foot Clan in every incarnation of the TMNT....except the new 2k3 series.

Hmm... I forgot about that fact. He was recruited by the Guardians in "A Tale of Master Yoshi" wasn't he? I guess Laird and the 4Kids creative team realized there was no way to sugarcoat how the heroic Yoshi would have been a member of a ninja clan of assassins.

The Fifth Turtle

03-02-2011, 12:12 PM

For many people, their interest in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles seemed to shift to the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers when they hit the scene. I always thought it was interesting that the name of the Power Rangers seemed to borrow off of the turtles.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers

Donnie

03-02-2011, 01:12 PM

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers

Spookular!

oldmanwinters

03-02-2011, 03:38 PM

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers

Yeah, seemed like lots of folks wanted to create a concept around "three adjectives and a noun."

Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters
Geriatric Gangrene Jujitsu Gerbils
Adult Thermonuclear Samurai Elephants
Ex-Mutant Teenage Samurai Humans (later shortened to "Ex-Mutants")

And then there was "Samurai Pizza Cats," (also ported to America by Saban!) which doesn't follow the formula exactly, but is so obviously a TMNT knock-off!

Jester

03-02-2011, 04:24 PM

What about Immature Radioactive Samurai Slugs!?
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Oddly enough the voices I hear in this parody are Rob "Raphael" Paulsen (who does this a lot...see Animaniacs Hooked on a Ceiling for Paulsen parodying TMNT..again.) and Jim "Leatherhead" Cummings. Also Jim Cummings is an alternate Shredder, so he is doing a parody...of himself.

Avatar Yuffie

03-03-2011, 01:56 AM

Yeah, seemed like lots of folks wanted to create a concept around "three adjectives and a noun."

Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters
Geriatric Gangrene Jujitsu Gerbils
Adult Thermonuclear Samurai Elephants
Ex-Mutant Teenage Samurai Humans (later shortened to "Ex-Mutants")

And then there was "Samurai Pizza Cats," (also ported to America by Saban!) which doesn't follow the formula exactly, but is so obviously a TMNT knock-off!

Yeah, they now have a collective trope for that.

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SecretMutantHeroTeam

The samurai slugs made me LOL. XD

ssjup81

03-03-2011, 02:27 AM

Mirage and 2K3 Mikey has Klunk the cat.

I don't remember OT Mikey owning a cat, but he does keep a pet or two in some episodes (Maxwell the fish, Pete the pigeon and Ditto the parrot). He even bought a couple of piranhas (?) as his birthday present to Raphael.

Archie Mikey was given a step further that he can actually communicate with animals, too.I know there was an ep of the OT series where Mikey was befriending a cat. At least that's something that seems to be apart of all the Turtle mediums, right? Mikey being good with animals. When do they start doing this for the Archie comics? I just started reading those and am new to that particular series, but I'm not far into it. No pets or anything yet for MikeyAnd then there was "Samurai Pizza Cats," (also ported to America by Saban!) which doesn't follow the formula exactly, but is so obviously a TMNT knock-off!Not particularly a knockoff. Saban just dubbed it and made it crazy because they didn't have a real script to work with and made up most of the stuff. Not complaining, I loved the show with its bad puns and jokes, even the "Turtle" reference in the intro. lol I like the original Japanese version too...where they're not Samurai and the storyline isn't as comedic as the dub made it and didn't break the fourth wall like the dub did.What about Immature Radioactive Samurai Slugs!?
wkflOccjMYQ&NR

Oddly enough the voices I hear in this parody are Rob "Raphael" Paulsen (who does this a lot...see Animaniacs Hooked on a Ceiling for Paulsen parodying TMNT..again.) and Jim "Leatherhead" Cummings. Also Jim Cummings is an alternate Shredder, so he is doing a parody...of himself.OMG! I remember this!! I loved that one! I remember laughing so much at it as a kid, because it was supposed to be TMNT parody and stuff.

Avatar Yuffie

03-03-2011, 03:57 AM

^as mentioned before I lost my Archie comics in the years. But I remember the future Turtles referenced this.

Another random fact: Turtle Power is a Trope Namer! (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TurtlePower)

Jester

03-03-2011, 09:29 AM

The later part of season 2 of the 2k3 series introduced us to the only songs in the series that weren't the theme song, Midnight Run in City at War Part 1 and It's a Jungle Out There in April's Artifact. Both were kinda lame, so thankfully these were the only non-theme songs.

Speaking of songs and Turtles, anyone know who the singing voices of the Turtles were for the Coming Out of Their Shells tour?

oldmanwinters

03-03-2011, 09:37 AM

The later part of season 2 of the 2k3 series introduced us to the only songs in the series that weren't the theme song, Midnight Run in City at War Part 1 and It's a Jungle Out There in April's Artifact. Both were kinda lame, so thankfully these were the only non-theme songs.

Wow, it was so weird when those songs started up when I was watching these eps the first time. It felt so out of place with the series!

Jephael

03-03-2011, 09:48 AM

I liked "Midnight Run" but that entire scene didn't really fit the tone of City At War.

gobo

03-03-2011, 09:54 AM

Ditto. ~ Sam Wheat

Jester

03-06-2011, 07:34 PM

Judith Hoag, April from the 1st Turtle movie, was in a 2011 film called Wish Wizard. He character's name: Mrs. Casey.
James Saito, who was Shredder in the same movie, was in a 2000 episode of Law & Order. His character's name: Yoshi Yopshimura.

Avatar Yuffie

03-06-2011, 09:30 PM

Hamato Yoshi was a member of the Foot Clan in every incarnation of the TMNT....except the new 2k3 series.

Speaking of Hamato Yoshi, in the Archie comics (like the Fred Wolf cartoon, Yoshi became Splinter), as a young man witnessed the nuclear fallout of Hiroshima.

Guess I'm trying to figure out how old he was here, it was implied Yoshi's in his teens during WWII... so in the Archie timeline (90's) he'd be in his 50-60ish?

Jester

03-06-2011, 09:38 PM

Speaking of Hamato Yoshi, in the Archie comics (like the Fred Wolf cartoon, Yoshi became Splinter), as a young man witnessed the nuclear fallout of Hiroshima.

Guess I'm trying to figure out how old he was here, it was implied Yoshi's in his teens during WWII... so in the Archie timeline (90's) he'd be in his 50-60ish?
And still kicking butt. Would explain why the Future Turtles mentioned him dieing of old age.

oldmanwinters

03-06-2011, 10:38 PM

Guess I'm trying to figure out how old he was here, it was implied Yoshi's in his teens during WWII... so in the Archie timeline (90's) he'd be in his 50-60ish?

He would have been early-60s at the youngest. Splinter states that he was 15 when the first atom bomb was dropped on August 6, 1945 in Hiroshima, which would place his birthday somewhere around 1930. Assuming the Archie time-line set itself in "real time" (like that exists in comic books!), the turtles' Japanese adventure took place in c.1992 (the year of issue #29's publication). Using that logic, I'd say Splinter was 62 at this point in the series.

I remember one issue celebrated Splinter's birthday, but does anyone know the exact day of birth?

And still kicking butt.

Yeah, that's why I love Splinter!

ssjup81

03-07-2011, 03:12 AM

He would have been early-60s at the youngest. Splinter states that he was 15 when the first atom bomb was dropped on August 6, 1945 in Hiroshima, which would place his birthday somewhere around 1930. Assuming the Archie time-line set itself in "real time" (like that exists in comic books!), the turtles' Japanese adventure took place in c.1992 (the year of issue #29's publication). Using that logic, I'd say Splinter was 62 at this point in the series.

I remember one issue celebrated Splinter's birthday, but does anyone know the exact day of birth?May 11. I was trying to figure out his age too based on that, and figured, "Wow, he'd be round about my grandmother's age (she was born in 1930).

Jester

03-07-2011, 03:17 AM

May 11. I was trying to figure out his age too based on that, and figured, "Wow, he'd be round about my grandmother's age (she was born in 1930).
Where'd you find May 11th?

ssjup81

03-07-2011, 03:31 AM

Where'd you find May 11th?Maybe I'm remembering wrong, but I think it was mentioned in issue 45 of the Archie series. The one where they threw Splinter a birthday party.

Jester

03-07-2011, 03:38 AM

Maybe I'm remembering wrong, but I think it was mentioned in issue 45 of the Archie series. The one where they threw Splinter a birthday party.
Ok, thanks. I can look later. You've got me curious...:P

Avatar Yuffie

03-09-2011, 04:48 AM

Oooh, thanks!

I didn't have that comic. ;_;

Jester

03-10-2011, 11:46 AM

Maybe I'm remembering wrong, but I think it was mentioned in issue 45 of the Archie series. The one where they threw Splinter a birthday party.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y132/Jesterangelo/SplintersBirthday.jpg
There it is.

oldmanwinters

03-10-2011, 12:06 PM

There it is.

And here's the scan from #29 where he states he was 15-years-old in August of 1945:
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a56/slimer2erasmus/ArchieTMNT_29p2.gif

So that would place Splinter's birthday on May 11, 1930. . .

Or . . .

maybe his celebrated "birthday" in #45 was really just his "mutation day?" Probably not, since that would make it the turtles' "birthday" as well.

Jester

03-10-2011, 07:05 PM

Donatello actualy calls Mikey, well.... Mikey in the OT episode Usagi Yojimbo. I can't remember another time this happens, save Raph calling Donatello "Don-o" in a parody the phrase "Book him Dan-o."

Jester

03-11-2011, 09:23 AM

Raphael and Casey Jones share a birthday!!

Today is Elias Koteas' (1961) and Rob Paulsen's (1956) Birthday!!

discordiatookie

03-11-2011, 12:57 PM

Mirage Raphael keeps a teddy bear when he sleeps. Which is kinda weird because OT Raphael sleeps with his weapons.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v90/Anti-R/untitled-88.png

Huh.

Ahahahahaha. That's amazing!

Jester

03-15-2011, 10:26 PM

The computer read out in Cowabunga: Shred-Head actually spells Michelangelo correctly.

gobo

03-15-2011, 10:50 PM

The computer read out in Cowabunga: Shred-Head actually spells Michelangelo correctly.
FYI,
Despite my recollections, Mikey's name was never misspelled on-screen in the original 'toon except for the title of the ep, "MICHALANGELO, THE SACRED TURTLE".
was meant to include that incident. :)

Jester

03-15-2011, 10:52 PM

Oh....whoops.

Donnie

03-16-2011, 12:07 AM

Raphael and Casey Jones share a birthday!!

Today is Elias Koteas' (1961) and Rob Paulsen's (1956) Birthday!!

You mean Donatello and Casey Jones! ...I mean Raphael and Casey...I mean...ah, sh*t.

shuriken

03-16-2011, 01:52 AM

You mean Donatello and Casey Jones! ...I mean Raphael and Casey...I mean...ah, sh*t.

:lol: awesome

oldmanwinters

03-21-2011, 05:01 PM

In the first live-action movie, the Channel 3 anchorwomen are named "April," "May," and "June." So funny...

Anima Gemini

03-21-2011, 05:08 PM

In the first live-action movie, the Channel 3 anchorwomen are named "April," "May," and "June." So funny...

How is it that I never noticed that? ha!

Jester

03-21-2011, 05:49 PM

Indded....nice find Winters.

Jester

03-22-2011, 01:41 AM

Donatello really hates fish. Say what you will about the European Vacation, Northern Lights Out's reference back to Donnie's hatred of fish warms my heart.

Ninjinister

03-22-2011, 02:06 AM

What Leo carries are not katana, but instead ninjatou, which aren't even thought to be a real feudal weapon. They're modeled on several other straight Japanese swords, but no evidence of them appears before the 1950's.

gobo

03-22-2011, 07:24 AM

Donnie's hatred of pizza
Wha? O_o

The Fifth Turtle

03-22-2011, 08:07 AM

On the back of the cards for the playmates fan club flyer turtles it says "Be a mutant turtle! Join the turtle team fan club! See details inside!" These original figures obviously have the fan club flyer and the soft heads. However in the later releases (hard heads) the same info about the "details inside" is still present on the back of the card. Which means that Playmates never bothered to change the card backs after the original wave. Its kind of funny thinking about a kid in the 80's opening a non fan club flyer figure looking for the "details inside" to join the club only to find just the figure and accessories.

Jester

03-22-2011, 09:07 AM

Wha? O_o
Fixed...thanks G...obo.

Jester

03-24-2011, 02:51 PM

I died a little inside when I saw this:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y132/Jesterangelo/PDVD_031-1.jpg
BUT...it gets a call back in another Wise episode. In Farewell, Lotus Blossom Shredder tells Krang he's been searching all his life for the Urn of Chaka Hatchi to which Krang retorts, "We're stuck on this miserable planetoid and all you can think about is your porcelain collection."

MrPliggins

03-24-2011, 06:30 PM

-Despite being reptiles, the Turtles are referred to as amphibians in many of the earlier episodes, even by themselves.

-Every episode with his name in it spelled "Michelangelo" correctly (without the extra a), except for "Michalangelo, the Sacred Turtle", which was a blatant misspelling.

gobo

03-24-2011, 07:16 PM

-Every episode with his name in it spelled "Michelangelo" correctly (without the extra a), except for "Michalangelo, the Sacred Turtle", which was a blatant misspelling.
:blanksta: Ashton? I know you put him up to this. Get your ass out here and take your beating like a man. :x

Jester

03-24-2011, 07:38 PM

Gobo you so silly...

David Wise wrote Michelangelo to sound like Sean Penn's character Spicoli from Fast Times at Ridgemont High.

Archon_Turtle

03-24-2011, 09:19 PM

oldmanwinters

03-24-2011, 09:20 PM

I'm fairly sure that I'm the only one in the world that LOVE Mr. Ogg.

That's it Stephan, you have been recruited for our Mr. Ogg commentary! When shall we record it?

Jester

03-24-2011, 09:49 PM

I'm fairly sure that I'm the only one in the world that LOVE Mr. Ogg.
I'm a Rob Paulsen uber-fan and even I hate Mr. Ogg.... :D

Brandatello

03-25-2011, 01:57 PM

The turtles bandanas match their personality..
Raph:
"Red is the color most chosen by extroverts and one of the top picks of males. On the negative side red can mean temper or anger."

Mikey:
"Orange is said to increase the craving for food. It also stimulates enthusiasm and creativity."

Leo:
"A pure blue is the color of inspiration, sincerity and spirituality. Blue is often the chosen color by conservative people. Blue is the calming color."

Don:
"Purple is the color of good judgment. It is the color of people seeking spiritual fulfillment. It is said if you surround yourself with purple you will have peace of mind. Purple is a good color to use in meditation."

Jester

03-28-2011, 04:55 PM

Splinter calls Donatello his son in Donatello's Badd Time. He also tells him he will inform his "brother Turtles" about his modifications to the Turtle Van. Sadly though, Splinter is voiced by Townsend Coleman and not regular voice actor Peter Reneday, though Townsend does a very good job mimicing Peter's Splinter.

oldmanwinters

03-29-2011, 03:18 PM

When Eastman & Laird introduced the "Utroms" in issues 3 & 4, it was really a not so subtle parody of Marvel's criminally-insane sentient robotic villain, Ultron.

http://marvel.com/universe/Ultron

Some TMNT fans, however, tend to write "Ultrons" or "Utrons" when they really mean "Utroms." :P

Really though, the only similarities between the Utroms and Ultron are design of their robotic bodies they use to get around on earth:
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a56/slimer2erasmus/Magazine%20Scans/TMNTMirageV1n4-Utroms.jpg

The Fifth Turtle

03-29-2011, 04:15 PM

Jester

03-29-2011, 05:32 PM

Another call back occurred in the episode My Brother the Bad Guy which has holographic representations of 3 ninja warriors, The Kojima Brothers. At one point Splinter explains to Lt. Saki Shredder's past holographic plans, which involved kidnapping the president. This plot never got off the ground, but is Phase 2 of Shredder's plan in Cowabunga, Shred Head!

Also Michelangelo's name is only misspelled in one title card in the OT, Michalangelo, the Sacred Turtle. :D

Jester

03-29-2011, 11:51 PM

Another call back: Vernon's talk show (the very oringinally titled, Vernon!) from The Dimension X Story is mentioned in Enter Mutagen Man

oldmanwinters

04-02-2011, 09:21 AM

In the Old Toon, Splinter only has 3 fingers (plus a thumb) even though he mutated from a human being who possessed 4 fingers! Now how's that for weird mutagen logic?

ssjup81

04-04-2011, 08:49 AM

Here's something for you. I was watching the ep Combat Land and noticed something interesting. Leo wanted to go to the Japan land (to test his ninja skills) and Mikey wanted to test out his skills in the Medieval zone. Raph and Donny wanted to hang out in the future world. I found that ironic because of the Archie comics, and how cor the stories involving the future turtles, it mostly focused around Raph and Donny. I didn't catch that when seeing it earlier.

oldmanwinters

04-04-2011, 09:09 AM

Raph and Donny wanted to hang out in the future world. I found that ironic because of the Archie comics, and how cor the stories involving the future turtles, it mostly focused around Raph and Donny. I didn't catch that when seeing it earlier.

Indeed! Raph & Donny had a couple team-ups in the later seasons, didn't they? I'm thinking of their like-minded sentiments on in the H.A.V.O.K. episodes.

ssjup81

04-04-2011, 09:42 AM

Indeed! Raph & Donny had a couple team-ups in the later seasons, didn't they? I'm thinking of their like-minded sentiments on in the H.A.V.O.K. episodes.Yeah, I think I mentioned that in the fav duo thread. I think I mentioned how earlier in the series, I said Leo & Donny, Raph & Mikey, but for the later part, I liked Leo & Mikey, Donny & Raph because of their similarities, especially with the way Leo and Mikey were still for fighting to save humans while Raph and Donny weren't during those H.A.V.O.C eps, and despite what others say about the Red Sky eps, I actually liked that storyline and felt that it was warranted.

Jester

04-04-2011, 09:44 AM

In his last 2 seasons, David wise seemed to split the guys up a lot...and it seemed that it was always Leo/Mikey and Donie/Raph.

EDIT: You know, people (myself included) balk at seasons 9 and 10 since they have Dregg and "Not Shredder and Krang" but Krang and Shredder are in a good chunk of season 10....3 of it's 8 episodes. Heck, 16 episodes with Dregg ain't so bad when you consider the eariler seasons had mad scientists and mobsters every other episode.

ssjup81

04-04-2011, 09:46 AM

In his last 2 seasons, David wise seemed to split the guys up a lot...and it seemed that it was always Leo/Mikey and Donie/Raph.I can't help but wonder if the Archie comics had any influence on that. As I mentioned earlier, seems Donny and Raph were paired off quite a bit in later parts of the comic.

Jester

04-04-2011, 09:51 AM

What got me was late season 7...which has some strong episodes, but also plays like a Playmates toys commercial. Night of the Rogues had Scumbug and Anthrax's only appearances, why? Probably to sell toys. Dirk Savage: Mutant Hunter has Genghis and Napoleon (What ever happened to Attila and Rasputin? They don't show up as much as the 2 frog who got toys.) Tokka and Rahzar, and Mondo Gecko. Heck, if you look at some of the other mutants you see what looks like a female Halfcourt among others.

Koi

04-25-2011, 11:01 PM

I was watching the artist Sneefee do a livestream, and a random Nolan North fact came along.
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Fugitoid Jones

04-26-2011, 08:11 PM

FearlessLeader

04-26-2011, 08:15 PM

In the booklet for Metallica's Master of Puppets album, in the 'thank you' section, they give a shout out to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. And if I'm not mistaken, that album was released in the mid 80's, before Turtles-Mania really hit, so these guys must've been aware of Mirage vol.1.

Doesn't Raphael (I think) mention the title song to the album in the "49th Street Stompers"?? When they first see the street gang at the start??

Jester

04-26-2011, 08:25 PM

In the booklet for Metallica's Master of Puppets album, in the 'thank you' section, they give a shout out to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. And if I'm not mistaken, that album was released in the mid 80's, before Turtles-Mania really hit, so these guys must've been aware of Mirage vol.1.
Master of Puppets was released on March 3, 1986. The original series debuted in 1987. The 1st 6 issues (plus the Raph one-shot) were released at that point...though 6 was released in February, so it may not have out when the album's liner notes were written.

Bjarni

04-27-2011, 07:41 AM

Volume 1 is one of the few monthly TMNT comic books that actually finished it's run. Most (if not all other books) have been cancelled abruptly, sometimes without even finishing the story arc (Vol. 2,3,4,Adventures,Mighty Mutanimals, Turtle Soup,Tales Vol.1,2).

Despite the Turtles often having unbelievable adventures, none of them believed Leonardo when he told them of his adventures with Usagi Yojimbo. It wasn't until all the Turtles were magically transported to aid Usagi that they believed him.

While there are a lot of differences between Krang and the Utroms, his design was based on the Utrom's first appearance from issue #4 of volume 1.

Rick Veitch's Bloodsucker makes appearances in TMNT Adventures. Except he is more cartoony and his name is Wyrm.

For some reason, Playmates made very few action figures after characters from the original toon and for some reason, the original toon didn't use many of the Playmates action figures... For a show originally created just to sell toys, they sure didn't advertise them.

Jester

09-04-2011, 12:37 AM

I was reading my e-copies of Archie and noticed something. In issue 62, Donnie picks up Mikey at a Turtleco owned and operated orphanage, called Gabrielle's Orphanage. You think it's a nod to Casey's dead wife, who left Shadow an orphan?

Also in that issue in the back up Angle in Time Square in the first panel there is a man with glasses and a green hat, that looks like he could be a caricature of Peter Laird.

Bjarni

09-04-2011, 08:08 AM

You think it's a nod to Casey's dead wife, who left Shadow an orphan?
WOW! I do now!

Jester

09-04-2011, 08:56 PM

Photos for my last post:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y132/Jesterangelo/TMNTAdventures62pg20.jpg
The Orphanarium

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y132/Jesterangelo/Peter.jpg
Possibly Pete.

Raph's Girl

09-04-2011, 09:11 PM

I was reading my e-copies of Archie and noticed something. In issue 62, Donnie picks up Mikey at a Turtleco owned and operated orphanage, called Gabrielle's Orphanage. You think it's a nod to Casey's dead wife, who left Shadow an orphan?

No. It's a nod from an April story where on new years eve 1999 the angel Gabrielle reportadly appeared and April was trying to prove it false despite miracles happening.

Jester

09-04-2011, 09:26 PM

Ahh...the same Gabrielle that Mikey is sketching. Guess I should have actually "read" the books as opposed to just looking at the pretty pictures. :D

CyberCubed

09-04-2011, 10:48 PM

In the OT, Tempestra and Shreeka have the same theme music.

oldmanwinters

09-04-2011, 10:58 PM

Ahh...the same Gabrielle that Mikey is sketching. Guess I should have actually "read" the books as opposed to just looking at the pretty pictures. :D

Yeah, it's an obvious "in-universe" reference to the April O'Neil backup story. Still... I think it's highly likely that the Gabrielle reference eventually traces itself back to the Mirage books. Every now and then you see little homages in the Archie books to the Mirage stuff.

CyberCubed

09-07-2011, 11:53 AM

Splinter also calls Leonardo "his son," in "Leonardo is Missing" from Season 6.

Likewise, does anyone think the talking dinosaurs in this ep were related to the same dinosaurs from Season 3? Both are from the center of the earth's core.

Jester

01-01-2013, 08:29 PM

Jennifer "Irma" Darling was the voice of Zig the Rabbit in the Sandy Patti children's CD The Friendship Company: Open for Business.
(My sister and I had it as kids....and she bought it for Trey for Christmas. :D)

CyberCubed

01-01-2013, 08:55 PM

Antrax is not a mutant, he's an alien from Dimension X.

Theli

01-01-2013, 10:40 PM

Anthrax is also a Thrash Metal Band.

pannoni1

01-02-2013, 12:13 PM

*As a child, Kevin Eastman would be fascinated by a bunch of snapping turtles at his grandmother's house in Maine, where he and his brothers would put sticks in front of them and see if the turtles would bite them.

*Green Bay Packers tight end D.J. Williams is fascinated by the teamwork demonstrated by the Turtles.

zodiac brave

01-02-2013, 02:51 PM

the shredder name came from eastman and laird goofing off at their dish washing job. kevin placed a cheese grater on his hand and called himself The Grater. pete changed it up and said The Shredder sounded cooler.

BubblyShell22

01-03-2013, 09:29 AM

Wow. I like all of these random facts. Keep them coming, guys.

CyberCubed

01-03-2013, 03:59 PM

April's middle name in the OT was, "Harriet."

zodiac brave

01-03-2013, 04:10 PM

unofficially, the boy holding the bowl with the turtles in it is matt murdock. the ooze that mutated the turtles splashed in his eyes and he became daredevil.

Jester

01-03-2013, 04:36 PM

unofficially, the boy holding the bowl with the turtles in it is matt murdock. the ooze that mutated the turtles splashed in his eyes and he became daredevil.
Not quite. The boy is Chet. Matt Murdock accidentally knocks the Turtles out of Chet's hands in his attempt to save a blind man from being struck by the TCRI truck.

zodiac brave

01-03-2013, 06:27 PM

Not quite. The boy is Chet. Matt Murdock accidentally knocks the Turtles out of Chet's hands in his attempt to save a blind man from being struck by the TCRI truck.

i knew i wasnt 100%, lol! isnt there a version of the origin where the mutagen canister just knocks the bowl outta the boys hand, though?

what i get for trying to dredge up knowledge off the top, instead of googling...

Jester

01-03-2013, 08:24 PM

Maybe the movie....

Heck, my memory is wrong too....or jaded by the 4Kids version...

The Mirage 1.1 origin has Matt getting hit by the canister, then it bouncing and shattering the Turtles' bowl.

Donatello19

01-03-2013, 08:30 PM

"The Next Mutation" was originally supposed to be a 4th live action movie, but was canned. They later used the title for a poor excuse of a T.V show

shreddinghead

01-03-2013, 09:43 PM

April's middle name in the OT was, "Harriet."

I actually forgot that. It think it was revealed in one of the episodes centered around her detective aunt, agatha or something i believe.

CyberCubed

01-03-2013, 10:30 PM

I actually forgot that. It think it was revealed in one of the episodes centered around her detective aunt, agatha or something i believe.

It was actually stated during a dialogue that went like this:

Leonardo: April you better stay put, its TOO dangerous.

April: Are you kidding? Danger is my middle name!

Michaelangelo: I thought your middle name was Harriet.

Considering after that April didn't say anything, I assume Harriet IS her middle name. As a name like that seemed too random to be anything else.

shreddinghead

01-04-2013, 02:01 AM

It was actually stated during a dialogue that went like this:

Leonardo: April you better stay put, its TOO dangerous.

April: Are you kidding? Danger is my middle name!

Michaelangelo: I thought your middle name was Harriet.

Considering after that April didn't say anything, I assume Harriet IS her middle name. As a name like that seemed too random to be anything else.

Ok, i see. When you first mentioned Aprils middlename is Harriet, it rang a bell, but i couldn't tell howcome.

I guess that is proof enough, harriet is to random for making a joke in that context.

TheBeardedRhino

01-04-2013, 07:59 AM

In the original TMNT movies, the actor who played Donny was fired do to illegal drug use.

BubblyShell22

01-04-2013, 08:03 AM

In the first live-action movie, during the scene where Raph and Leo are hugging, April and Donnie are laughing. As Don laughs, you can see the man inside his costume. Oops!

TheBeardedRhino

01-04-2013, 08:08 AM

In the first movie the four actors who played the turtles also appeared in cameos as minor characters :

Michelan Sisti was the pizza delivery man,
Josh Pais was the passenger in the taxi,
Leif Tilden was a messenger of The Foot,
and David Foreman was a gang member.

Refractive Reflections

01-05-2013, 04:08 AM

Splinter also calls Leonardo "his son," in "Leonardo is Missing" from Season 6.

There are a couple of more times OT Splinter calls the turtles "sons":

There is a second time Splinter calls Leonardo "my son" in "Bebop and Rocksteady Conquer the Universe" (Season 4) when he tries to use his "ninjtsu mind control" as Splinter calls it.

Splinter also calls Donatello "my son", in "Donatello's Duplicate" (Season 5) as Donatello fixes the clone machine.

CyberCubed

01-05-2013, 04:54 PM

Yeah he says it a few times, you have to look for it though.

There's also one episode where Splinter says "Your turtle brothers" when speaking to one of them individually but I forgot who.

Jester

01-05-2013, 05:24 PM

It was Donatello....

Jephael

01-06-2013, 08:41 PM

There's also one episode where Splinter says "Your turtle brothers" when speaking to one of them individually but I forgot who.

Man, and I thought my memory was bad.

CyberCubed

01-06-2013, 09:25 PM

Man, and I thought my memory was bad.

Are you being serious? You expect me to remember every piece of dialogue in a show that ran for 193 episodes? Even though I've rewatched the show a number of times, you can't remember everything off the top of your head.

Jephael

01-06-2013, 09:33 PM

You expect me to remember every piece of dialogue in a show that ran for 193 episodes? Even though I've rewatched the show a number of times, you can't remember everything off the top of your head.

http://www.wearanimals.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/chillax.jpg

Boy, you really can't take a joke! And for the record, I do find it a little shocking that someone who comes off such a "passionate" fanboy has a hard time recollecting certain things.

CyberCubed

01-06-2013, 10:03 PM

Boy, you really can't take a joke! And for the record, I do find it a little shocking that someone who comes off such a "passionate" fanboy has a hard time recollecting certain things.

If by, "certain things" you mean an obscure piece of dialogue from a random episode in a batch of 193, then I don't know how you expect people to remember it off the top of their head.

Jephael

01-07-2013, 01:47 PM

If by, "certain things" you mean an obscure piece of dialogue from a random episode in a batch of 193, then I don't know how you expect people to remember it off the top of their head.

According to your original post, it's not the dialogue you could't recall, it's which turtle Splinter was talking to. As I said before though, take a freaking chill pill. I was just teasing ya!

Donatello19

01-07-2013, 03:35 PM

This thread is interesting. Any facts about Turtles Forever?

Theli

01-07-2013, 04:05 PM

In the episode "Blast from the Past", as Leonardo tells splinter about the past and that he was a member of the ninja foot clan - in german it is translated as "strong battlegroup" and not footclan. Totally does not fit into the dialouge and makes people confusing

CyberCubed

01-07-2013, 10:56 PM

The reason Rob Paulsen was fired for Season 10 is he suggested having a raise for himself and the rest of the cast and they didn't like his demands. At the time Paulsen was also voicing a lot of other characters in cartoons over at WB, so the conflicting schedules probably didn't help.

Jester

04-07-2013, 08:31 PM

In Turtle Tracks, all the Turtle voice actors, save Townsend Coleman, can be heard before their Turtles appear on screen:
Rob Paulsen is the spokesperson for the technology company that was robbed and the camera man, Cam Clarke is the sound tech and Rocksteady (of course.), and Barry Gordon is Bebop.
Peter Reneday and Pat Fraley also voice characters before their primary roles appear on screen:
Pat is Vernon, a role that would later go to Peter, and Peter is the Professor who studies Ninja...could he be the proto Dr. Miller from IDW's TMNT?