Old Cartoon Episodes That Never Were
 

Just a question for all you Ninja Turtles fans, especially those of the old cartoon.

What is something you wish you had seen in the old cartoon that was never explored or touched upon? Personally, I would have loved to see the backstory on certain characters, like Krang and the Rat King. I was always interested in how the Technodrome was built.

"All set for the cruise, Raphael?"
"Yeah, and the best part is, being green, no one can tell if I'm sea sick!"

April and Raphael, from "Raphael Meets His Match"

Heh, there were quite a few things I would have loved to see. Especially would have loved to see Mona Lisa return. Also an Ace Duck episode would have been cool, but hey, that's what fan fiction's for. :D

Was Mona Lisa only in one episode?

Yes, an Ace Duck episode would have been cool, especially since he was nice enough to make a cameo appearance.

Another thing I would have liked to have seen was the Personality Modifying Ray being used on Michaelangelo. He was such a good-natured guy in the old cartoon; I always imagined him becoming the anti-Michaelangelo as a result, joining forces with Shredder and Krang, just being an all-around bad guy.

I tried writing this story one time, but then school called. I may attempt it again when I'm not so busy.

"Well, don't just stand there! Plug up those leaks!" - Shredder, from "Super Irma"

Yeah, Mona Lisa was only in one ep. I'd have to get my hands on it before I tried to write a "lost episode" using her. I always did wanna do one explaining exactly why Krang was banished to Earth and what happened to his body, but I never got around to it. Too many other ideas.

If there were lost episodes i'd defintly want ones with Ace Duck and Man Ray. That would have been so cool to see them on the show. And there were a few characters who appeared but they weren't given a proper orgin story i thought . I'm talking bout Ace Duck, Tattoo, Scumbug & Anthrax.

And i'd want some with returning mutants

Mondo Gecko - He got 2 episodes but I would have liked more. He was their sewer neighbour afterall.

The Frogs- I don't know why all of the Frogs only appeared in 2 episodes, the other ones only had 1 or 2 of them. Or if they were they didn't speak. When you have the frogs you need all four of em.

Mona Lisa would have been really cool i liked her alot.

Muckman & Joe Eyeball i also liked those two they were cool, i also liked Mutagen Man but i don't know how they would have brought him back.

Dude, how do you come up with a quote for each post? That rocks

It's pretty easy. I've been watching the cartoon for 16 years now; you tend to pick up a few lines after all those years!

Yeah, I definitely think the four frogs got the shaft on the show. They were pretty cool at first, but then they were hardly ever used.

Same thing with Usagi Yojimbo; he was in two episodes in Season 3 and then never mentioned again. And what about Lotus Blossom? Two episodes and then never mentioned again.

Donatello: "Lighten up, Leonardo."
Michaelangelo: "Lighten up, dude."
Raphael: "Leonardo, do yourself a favor, and try to lighten up, will ya?"

From "Leonardo Lightens Up"

I would love to see a backgound story for Krang or the Rat King!!! :D

More episodes like the first season. Fights with foot soldiers with good animation... That kind of stuff.

:lol: you already know what I"m gonna say *coughchildhoodcough*, so I'll say something different now... :D

seeing what krang looked like before he was banished. Heh, go figure, he'd look like a combination of Hulk Hogan and Susan Powter... :o :dead:

Yeah it's a shame the TMNT didn't have a child hood in the old series... In the new one the origin looked so funny!

I had always figured they just lost the voice actors for Atilla and Rasputin. They probably left the show so all they had left was the other 2. They weren't necessary characters so they figured they didn't need to find new voices for them. However, when James Avery left the show they had to find a replacement for Shredder because he's a main character.

Boy, losing the original Shredder near the end of the 1993 season was a big blow to the series. Shredder just didn't sound the same after James Avery stepped down from doing his voice work.

And speaking of Shredder, that reminds me of another thing I'd always wished the cartoon would explain: how did Krang and Shredder meet? How did a Japanese ninja master and a banished, bodyless, brain-like warlord come into contact with each other? There are so many ways you could go with this, but the viewer is left to come up with a scenario for his or herself.

"Fireworks? What good are those?" - Raphael, from "New York's Shiniest"

I remember that, too. James Avery was great as Shredder. Someone new came in, and I didn't like the voice at all. That was the same period that Rob Paulsen no longer did Raphael's voice. I don't remember what Paulsen's replacement sounded like. I'll have to scope it out.

By the way, those are really good questions.

I used to hate it when voices changed. I remembered Don's voice changing a couple times every few eps between two diff ones. I guess the real voice actor got sick. BTW what are you fav set of TMNT voices? The ones from the movies 1,2,3, next mutation, the old cartoon or the new cartoon? I don't know if all the voices were diff for the 3 movies but I'm sure most were. I'd have to go with the old cartoon.

Actually, Rob Paulsen did Raphael's voice every year except 1996, the tenth and final season of the series. The only other times Rob Paulsen didn't do Raphael's voice was a few random cartoon episodes and then all of the European Vacation episodes.

Rob Paulsen made Raphael's character, and he was sorely missed in Season 10. I'm not saying the guy who did Raphael's voice in Season 10 was bad, but it just wasn't Raphael, you know? His lines didn't have the same feel to them that Rob Paulsen would have provided.

I haven't been able to watch the new cartoon yet since we don't get it where I'm from, but Rob Paulsen will always be the true Cartoon Raphael.

"I'm onto something hot!"
"Find out if he wants to double-date . . . with the two of us!"

April and Irma, from "The Old Switcheroo"

I like the voices from the old cartoon the best. :)

"Frogs?!" - Bebop and Rocksteady, from "Invasion of the Punk Frogs"

I personally prefer the voices from the first movie over any others. I've never seen TNM, so I can't say for those. However, IMO the voices from the original cartoon made 'em sound like high-pitchd, pipsqueaks. The voices from the new cartoon are very good too.

My mistake, NTCF. Either way, though, the last few seasons disappointed me. The animation was worse, characters (i.e. Vernon, Irma, Burne Thompson, and many others) were wrote off, what else? But I can look at the rest of the seasons, and say that I really enjoyed the old cartoon series.

I wished that when they did the time travel story in '96, they had the turtles of the past be animated to look like they were from around 1990. It would've been way more interesting.

He's not called "Ninja Turtles Cartoon Fan" for nothing :D

They traveled back to the episode "Turtle Trek" so it wouldn't have made sense to have the old animation. I think they should've traveled back to the big blow out, it would've been cooler. I like the new shows animation with one exception... I hate how the TMNT have featureless eyes. Instead of having real looking eyes they had in the old cartoon they just have large white spots for eyes which I think is really stupid.

"You got that right!" - Raphael, from "Leonardo vs. Tempestra"

:)

The eyes are like that because that's how they originally were. They will have pupils when their masks are off.

Evil TMNT, I know its cliche, but I'd love to see the old guys go aginst evil versions of them selves

More leatherhead, I don't know why but he was one of my fav bad guys in the old toon, and I just wish he had been in more eps

What-if/Dream stories, just a chance to some really wierd stuff and work in all the new toy forms, and just do things that would have had no real point in the real story.

Make the guys human, we did it for Mike and splinter in eps, I would have liked to see an ep where the TMNT and Splinter were all made human and just seen how they deal with the world, maybe a 2 or 3 parter just so we can see how they all would have fit in the human world.

Finally, give don a girl, all the other guys had a GF in the show, why not give don one

I would have loved it if Leatherhead came back. He is one oh my fav bad guys too.

I would have liked it to if Leatherhead and the Frogs had anoather confrontation.

I'd like to see more episodes with General Tragg and company. He was one of my favorite characters and figures, still to this day. Tragg sould have been the leader of the forces on the Technodrome. Include a Rock Soldier army to back up the weak Foot Soldiers, since even Chrome Dome had a weakness.

General Tragg rocked. I loved the toy of his too. How many episodes did he appear in?

Wasn;t one of temporary Don's voice a voice from Muppet Babies?

Only temporary voice I can think of was Greg Berg.