Danetello
07-10-2016, 05:52 PM
So recently I have been marathon watching all of the X-Files from start to end, and when I was looking up the best ways to watch the series (DVD, iTunes, etc), I found that you could buy the series in several different formats. One was purely the "mythology" arc, which Fox seems to endorse since they even released a DVD set that was the mythology episodes only.
That got me thinking about the TMNT and how I would go about watching it if I wanted to cut all the non-essential stuff, and really try to follow the over all "mythology". Yeah, I know, with OT that is a slight stretch, but there are threads there that certainly are worthy, such as the multiple returns of Baxter and his degeneration into a mindless fly; the Technodrome on its seemingly never ending journey to its ultimate doom in Dimension X; and most of seasons 8, 9, and 10 have an overall arc to them. Basically, I wanted to cut things like "Polly Wanna Pizza", (I mean, really, anyone?...), and keep everything like season 1, The Big Blow Out trilogy, anything involving recurring characters such as Slash, Rat King, etc.
So I came up with the following list. I wondered if anyone else had any other input. Any other worthy episodes for the list? This isn't intended as a bashing post, but purely how I described it - cutting the "villain/monster of the week" stuff and keeping what is important. I actually ended up keeping well over half, only ditching 87 out of 193 in the end, which surprised me since I didn't realise there would be so much I felt was that important (admittedly I did keep some episodes that I felt were "classics," too, even if they didn't add too much over all).
My list:
Turtle Tracks
Enter the Shredder
A Thing About Rats
Hot Rodding Teenagers from Dimension X
Shredder and Splintered
Return of the Shredder
The Incredible Shrinking Turtles
It Came from Beneath the Sewers
The Mean Machines
Curse of the Evil Eye
The Case of the Killer Pizzas
Enter The Fly
Invasion of the Punk Frogs
Teenagers from Dimension X
Return of the Technodrome
Zach The Fifth Turtle
Enter the Rat King
Return of the Fly
Outlaw Hero – Casey Jones
Corporate Raiders from Dimension X
Pizza by the Shred
Super Bebop & Mighty Rocksteady
Beware the Lotus
Leatherhead Terror of the Swamp
Michelangelo's Birthday
Usagi Yojimbo
Usagi Come Home
The Making of Metalhead
Leatherhead Meets the Rat King
The Great Boldini
The Missing Map
The Grybyx
Shredderville
Bye, Bye, Fly
The Big Rip Off
The Big Break In
The Big Blow Out
Plan 6 from Outer Space
The Dimension X Story
Four Turtles and a Baby
Planet of the Turtles
Son of Return of the Fly
Bebop and Rocksteady Conquer the Universe
Raphael Meets His Match
Slash: The Evil Turtle from Dimension X
Were-Rats from Channel 6
Farewell, Lotus Blossom
Rebel Without a Fin
Rhino-Man
Leonardo VS Tempestra!
Splinter Vanishes!
Big Bug Blunder
The Foot Soldiers are Revolting
The Turtles and the Hare
Once Upon a Time Machine
My Brother, the Bad Guy
Michaelangelo Meets Mondo Gecko
Enter Mutagen Man
Muckman Messes Up
Napoleon Bonafrog: Colossus of the Swamps
Landlord of the Flies
Donatello's Duplicate
Leonardo Cuts Loose
Zach and the Alien Invaders
Planet of the Turtleloids, Part 1
Planet of the Turtleloids, Part 2
Rock Around the Block
Krangenstein Lives
Return of the Turtleoid
Shreeka's Revenge
Donatello Trashes Slash
Night of the Dark Turtle
The Legend of Koji
White Belt, Black Heart
Night of the Rogues
Attack of the Neutrinos
Escape from the Planet of the Turtleloids
Revenge of the Fly
Atlantis Awakes
Dirk Savage: Mutant Hunter
Invasion of the Krangezoids
Shredder Triumphant
Get Shredder
Wrath of the Rat King
State of Shock
Cry H.A.V.O.C.!
H.A.V.O.C. in the Streets
Enter: Krakus
Cyber-Turtles
Turtle Trek
The Unknown Ninja
Dregg of the Earth
The Wrath of Medusa
The New Mutation
The Showdown
Split-Second
Carter, the Enforcer
Doomquest
The Return of Dregg
The Beginning of the End
The Power of Three
A Turtle in Time
Turtles to the Second Power
Mobster from Dimension X
The Day the Earth Disappeared
Divide and Conquer
That got me thinking about the TMNT and how I would go about watching it if I wanted to cut all the non-essential stuff, and really try to follow the over all "mythology". Yeah, I know, with OT that is a slight stretch, but there are threads there that certainly are worthy, such as the multiple returns of Baxter and his degeneration into a mindless fly; the Technodrome on its seemingly never ending journey to its ultimate doom in Dimension X; and most of seasons 8, 9, and 10 have an overall arc to them. Basically, I wanted to cut things like "Polly Wanna Pizza", (I mean, really, anyone?...), and keep everything like season 1, The Big Blow Out trilogy, anything involving recurring characters such as Slash, Rat King, etc.
So I came up with the following list. I wondered if anyone else had any other input. Any other worthy episodes for the list? This isn't intended as a bashing post, but purely how I described it - cutting the "villain/monster of the week" stuff and keeping what is important. I actually ended up keeping well over half, only ditching 87 out of 193 in the end, which surprised me since I didn't realise there would be so much I felt was that important (admittedly I did keep some episodes that I felt were "classics," too, even if they didn't add too much over all).
My list:
Turtle Tracks
Enter the Shredder
A Thing About Rats
Hot Rodding Teenagers from Dimension X
Shredder and Splintered
Return of the Shredder
The Incredible Shrinking Turtles
It Came from Beneath the Sewers
The Mean Machines
Curse of the Evil Eye
The Case of the Killer Pizzas
Enter The Fly
Invasion of the Punk Frogs
Teenagers from Dimension X
Return of the Technodrome
Zach The Fifth Turtle
Enter the Rat King
Return of the Fly
Outlaw Hero – Casey Jones
Corporate Raiders from Dimension X
Pizza by the Shred
Super Bebop & Mighty Rocksteady
Beware the Lotus
Leatherhead Terror of the Swamp
Michelangelo's Birthday
Usagi Yojimbo
Usagi Come Home
The Making of Metalhead
Leatherhead Meets the Rat King
The Great Boldini
The Missing Map
The Grybyx
Shredderville
Bye, Bye, Fly
The Big Rip Off
The Big Break In
The Big Blow Out
Plan 6 from Outer Space
The Dimension X Story
Four Turtles and a Baby
Planet of the Turtles
Son of Return of the Fly
Bebop and Rocksteady Conquer the Universe
Raphael Meets His Match
Slash: The Evil Turtle from Dimension X
Were-Rats from Channel 6
Farewell, Lotus Blossom
Rebel Without a Fin
Rhino-Man
Leonardo VS Tempestra!
Splinter Vanishes!
Big Bug Blunder
The Foot Soldiers are Revolting
The Turtles and the Hare
Once Upon a Time Machine
My Brother, the Bad Guy
Michaelangelo Meets Mondo Gecko
Enter Mutagen Man
Muckman Messes Up
Napoleon Bonafrog: Colossus of the Swamps
Landlord of the Flies
Donatello's Duplicate
Leonardo Cuts Loose
Zach and the Alien Invaders
Planet of the Turtleloids, Part 1
Planet of the Turtleloids, Part 2
Rock Around the Block
Krangenstein Lives
Return of the Turtleoid
Shreeka's Revenge
Donatello Trashes Slash
Night of the Dark Turtle
The Legend of Koji
White Belt, Black Heart
Night of the Rogues
Attack of the Neutrinos
Escape from the Planet of the Turtleloids
Revenge of the Fly
Atlantis Awakes
Dirk Savage: Mutant Hunter
Invasion of the Krangezoids
Shredder Triumphant
Get Shredder
Wrath of the Rat King
State of Shock
Cry H.A.V.O.C.!
H.A.V.O.C. in the Streets
Enter: Krakus
Cyber-Turtles
Turtle Trek
The Unknown Ninja
Dregg of the Earth
The Wrath of Medusa
The New Mutation
The Showdown
Split-Second
Carter, the Enforcer
Doomquest
The Return of Dregg
The Beginning of the End
The Power of Three
A Turtle in Time
Turtles to the Second Power
Mobster from Dimension X
The Day the Earth Disappeared
Divide and Conquer