The Turtle Blimp

[Ninja Turtles Cartoon Fan]

Don't ask me where I think these things up, okay? They just pop into my head before I have a chance to stop them. :P

Where do you think the Turtles stored their turtle blimp when it wasn't in use? Of course, there is no right or wrong answer, since we'll never "really" know. But I just thought it might be fun to come up with ideas.

Did the Turtles have to rent out a warehouse? Did they have to inflate the blimp every time they had to use it, and did they deflate it every time they were done with it? Maybe they kept it in a Turtle Garage. :D

"Welcome aboard the turtle blimp!" - Donatello, from "Shredder and Splintered"

[Karpo_007]

Maybe they kept it in baxter's apartment :wink:

[Tinselcat]

maybe they threw a big tarp over it and stored it in a dump. that's what i would do. of course, blimps aren't exactly my style...

[Deathknight]

To my knowledge, they'd usually just leave it in certain places, such as in April's Fool when they find the turtle blimp on the rooftop and Donatello says he stashed it there.

[speedracer]

Maybe they kept it in baxter's apartment :wink:

Not too far-fetched. After all, it looks like April was living there for at least a couple of days (after her apartment was destroyed in "A Thing About Rats"; we see our heroes watching TV in Baxter's place at the beginning of "The Shredder Is Splintered.")

Of course, according to the Playmates Toys line, Ace Duck actually was in charge of the blimp...

[Ninja Turtles Cartoon Fan]

Ace Duck looked over the Turtle blimp? :o Yeah, that makes a whole lot of sense, considering he was only in one episode! And it was a one-second cameo appearance at that. :roll:

You know, that is interesting how the Turtles are watching TV from Baxter's apartment in "Shredder & Splintered." I don't know how many times I've seen that episode, and it never dawned on me until now that they were watching TV in his apartment. Makes sense, since April's apartment was destroyed by mousers. :dead:

Good observation, too, that perhaps the turtle blimp was just always stashed in Baxter's apartment. Wouldn't it be funny if every time the Turtles went to get it, that same cleaning lady from "Shredder & Splintered" still works there and bugs the heck out of them? :lol:

"There were unforeseen difficulties."
"Yeah, in other words, we ran into the Turtles!"
"I don't want to hear this!"

Shredder, Bebop and Krang, from "The Old Switcheroo"

[Karpo_007]

Yeah that was just an idea but it was pretty much abandoned so maybe turtles really used it... Ace duck in charge of turtle blimp? :lol: LOL :lol:

[azure turtle]

*snicker*
Oh that Ace Duck... Quite talented, isn't he? :goof:

[Ninja Turtles Cartoon Fan]

Who was Ace Duck, anyway? Did Playmates make a toy because of his one-time appearance on the TV show, or was he featured in any of the comic books?

"Uh, I don't know who he is. But he makes Shredder look like a pussy-cat!" - Raphael, from "Get Shredder!"

[Tinselcat]

what'sa Ace Duck?

[Kali]

A humaniod duck. He was featured for like five seconds on the cartoon, as a TV show, and they made a figure based on that. But he did have a part in the Archie series as a Wrestler, but that character was vastly different from the figure, so I'm not sure if that counts.

[azure turtle]

Ace Duck is the greatest duck hero ever!!! He should've had his own animated series. Errr... Sorry, big Ace Duck fan here. :goofygri:

[Machias Banshee]

Kinda like a juiced up Howard the Duck, isnt he?

[azure turtle]

He is far superior to Howard the Duck. :D

[Ninja Turtles Cartoon Fan]

What's the bio behind Ace Duck? Was he a mutant? Was he from another planet? All I know is that he was some kind of wrestler and that he was in charge of the Turtle blimp . . . :P

"A good reporter's not supposed to get involved with the story!" - Vernon, from "Get Shredder!"

[azure turtle]

Yes!! But he's full of mystery! No one knows why he packs heat, carries egg grenades, or wears that little green hat. No one even knows how he became IGW champion! He's oozing with greatness, I tell ya. That's how he accomplished it all. :anime: Hmm... This gives me a fanfic idea...

[Karpo_007]

Well he is in few issues of archie. But he looks nothing like the toy ace duck...

[Nickokapo]

In my opinion...
...
the turtle bllimp was just a giant balloon with the turtles logo in it...they could've got a plane or a jet...something like that...but noooooo they had to get a blimp... :sweatdro: BLIMPS ARE BORING :ohwell:
http://pantransit.reptiles.org/images/2001-12-30/340613wplni.jpg
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[azure turtle]

Well he is in few issues of archie. But he looks nothing like the toy ace duck...
Yes, another mystery... It's really weird how minor characters like him jump around the TMNT timeline.

*pokes Nicko with a stick*
What on earth is that picture of?? Looks like something out of Sailor Moon... :sweatdro:

[Nickokapo]

:blanksta: i have no idea why i posted that pic but it's scary :dead:
I should draw my own...turtle-jet, yeah! :tgrumble:

[Machias Banshee]

*wierd voice* Sailor Moon is the Devil.....

[Nickokapo]

oy...the american version of sailor moon is HORRIBLE :dead: it's all changed and cut...and dub sucks :dead:
But yeah...sailor moon is evil!sailor moon is anime!anime = evil! :thyper:
cartoons = good!
napster bad, money good... @_@;

[Machias Banshee]

:lol: My niece LOVES sailor Moon, DBZ, and Gundam Wing...the only anime i've ever liked was an old episode of Tank police...

[Nickokapo]

Ohhh...cool!
I never saw tank police...but there's a lot of animes i like (including sailor moon)

[Machias Banshee]

It was the first ep where the girl entered the guys' police station, and the second had to do with some weird artificial human who was stealing a pic of himself that had secret instructions on how he was made...very interesting...

[Nickokapo]

Sounds like a cool anime...and there are tanks in it :evilgrin: plus it seems that it was made by the same guy that made ghost in the shell, i love that movie...
I saw lots of animes but my faves ones are saber marionette j and slam dunk

[Kali]

The Gundam Boys as the Sailor Scouts. I don't know what's scarier, that picture, or the fact I could recognize the characters.

[Nickokapo]

:blanksta: yes, gundrag queen =P
The site where i got that pic said it was from gundam wing but i dont know because i don't watch gundam :lol:
http://twiki.org/p/pub/Main/RobokopSuxors/Venattack.gif
DIEEEEE :P

[Machias Banshee]

Might be just me, but if you look at this just right, it looks like she's exploding instead of firing....

[Nickokapo]

I think you are right :lol: i guess that's because the gif just keeps on and on and on and on...good thing that doesn't happens in the anime or else she'd die in her first appearance :D

[azure turtle]

Nah... She'd just keep coming back like Kenny from South Park. :D

[Ninja Turtles Cartoon Fan]

Anybody have any idea why the Turtle blimp was abandoned after the first episode of Season 9 ("The Unknown Ninja")? It's shown for around three seconds, and then never used again.

Maybe they had to sell it due to budget cuts. "Sorry, guys, it just costs us too much money to rent out this thing for a single episode. I'm afraid we're just gonnna have to deflate the thing for good." :lol:

"Wrong-ola, Krang! We have a daughter!"
"What? Why I wasn't I told?"

Gizzla and Krang, from "Four Turtles and a Baby"

[Tinselcat]

gundam moon. . . sheesh... :roll:

[Deathknight]

Maybe the writers just got bored with the turtle blimp. I don't remember too much about seasons 9-10 because it was just depressing watching most of it. But here's a major puzzler for you, in New York's Shiniest, the turtles drive the turtle van into the bay when confronted by those police robots, then in the next scene it shows April and Splinter driving it. Also, the turtle van is destroyed a number of times such as in attack of the big macc, yet it still comes back. So who knows dude.

[Ninja Turtles Cartoon Fan]

I think I may be able to explain how the Turtle van keeps coming back after being destroyed: PLOT DEVICE. How would the Turtles ever get around without their Turtle van? And since there isn't really any continuity in the series, the Turtle van can be destroyed in one episode and come back cleaner than shined chrome the next.

I've noticed this with the Technodrome, too. Remember that episode, "Super Irma"? Donatello uses some magnetic ray to pull a whole bunch of empty target ships into the Technodrome, and the next time we see those guys, the Technodrome is back to normal again.

"Some people think turtles are poisonous. I bite my nails all the time, and I'm fine." - Raphael, from "Raphael Drives'Em Wild"

[Karpo_007]

Well In the episodes that david wise writes, there is some continuity.