Official Episode Discussion: #6 "Metalhead"
 

Greetings, everyone!

Okay, we've got another episode coming up, this time a little more Donnie-centric...



Ah, another cross universe 'truth'... Donnie, the ninja with a 'stick'. He's lost more bo in every incarnation of the TMNT than any of the other turtles combined. Wooden bo don't exactly fare well against advanced laser weapons... I guess when you can use shower dowels from the local Home Depot for replacements, you don't have to worry about a budget.

In true gearhead fashion, he's used his ingenuity to create something to make his situation a little easier on the battlefield: A metallic ninja robot turtle, armed to the teeth with every kind of weapon or cannon imaginable. So while his brothers are getting tossed around like rag dolls by the Kraang, he can sit back in the safety of the shadows and play video games. A 'hands off' approach, if you will..

Well, as with any Donnie project, awry something must go... circuits short, targets lock onto brothers, lairs get half demolished. Robotic mercenaries go on a rampage...

How do you stop a reverse engineered robot that's hellbent on destruction? They'd better hope that robot doesn't start developing it's own artificial intelligence...

So,

Will Donatello's invention be the next great weapon in the turtle arsenal?
Or will it simply be another project doomed to failure?
And how could this fit into the major storyline involving the Kraang??

Stay Tuned!!!

Alright, here's the thread a little early... but please don't spam it to death before the show....

Donnie said he'd be invincible. He's already doomed.

Let's find out which member of the creative staff the idiots run off this week!

Maybe something about Fred Wolf eating the script, vomiting it out and making the writer eat that.

I must be getting jaded in my old age, because that made me laugh.

Metalhead is shorter than the turtles.Just over three feet tall probably. I thought he would be a little taller in fact! How tall was he in comparison in his two '87 cartoon appearances?

Reverse enginered from a Kraang bot? That would explain how a Kraang alien could control it.

He said the I-word again.

So far a pretty good episode, Metalhead looks to be pretty beefed up with tech, its too bad he's only half the size of the turtles, woulda liked to see him tower over the turtles. I dig that his shell is a NYC manhole cover.

If I remember right FW Metalhead was quite a bit taller than the FW Turtles, but hey, technology gets smaller, right?

Ha ha, true!

I loved that episode! Kind of sad that Metalhead seems to be no more. Hopefully he'll come back some how. Did Mikey just kick Metalhead in the crouch?

I thought this ep was quite enjoyable. It was nice to see there wasnt another mutant but different threat. Nick is doing a great job... My saturday mornings feel complete again

Two robot themed episodes in a row with good development for Don.

I'll post more thoughts later.

Good point with the sizw of tech!

I guess this is a good excuse to watch The Making Of Metalhead to check! Your probably right though. I was thinking Metalhead was between 5'6-6'0. Maybe he gave some fo his height to the towering Tragg would already 7'0.

I like how it was reversed. Don rewired Metalhead after Krang created him,but this time Don created him and one of The Kraang rewired Metalhead so to speak.

This was a very good episode! Not only did we get to see more of April, but Metalhead was pretty epic! My favorite line was this:

Don: "Hey Kraang! The one that's called your mother wears combat boots!"

Man I love Donnie in this new series!

Donatello: "Booyakasha!"
Michelangelo: "He sounds so dumb when he says that."
Raphael: "You do, too!"

There was some nice action against the Kraang, and I find it funny when the disembodied brains pop out of the bodies like they're so desperate. We did get a warning about more mutants, and enjoyed the manner with regards to if its a good or bad thing, though that means the Dogpound/Fishface mutations look to be coming soon.

April finally shows what's she made out of by taking down a couple Kraang aliens. I wish they could show some of her normal life such as high school though.

A good episode, and I noticed that Leonardo and Raphael were playing a '70s-style hockey game in the lair. Given that in the OT episode where the action may not have been as great Metalhead was programmed to say more voices plus that episode involved Shredder (albeit alternate voiced). But this time the Turtles weren't sick with Chickenpox, so we get to see them fight Metalhead at full strength. I'd rank this episode ahead of Turtle Temper and His Name is Baxter Stockman and just below Rise of the Turtles and New Friend, Old Enemy.

Overall: 8/10

This is now my favorite episode so far, it was really great!
First of all, I loved that thy actually treated April like a character in this episode, I really like the new April a lot, it was awesome to see that she was brave enough to go out on her own and even gave a Kraang droid a beat down. It's also good to see that they are still looking for here father. Now about Metalhead, I think he is really awesome, but I'm confused, did the turtles keep him or did he just get destroyed? I hope they kept him because I would LOVE to see him in future episodes. Donnie was really funny in this episode too, I love him and April's little "relationship" XD. I'm also glad Mikey wasn't the center of attention this time, as the other turtles were funny in this episode. All in all, I really liked this episode, way better than the other ones, except maybe the premiere. Next saturday can't come fast enough!

Best episode ever!!!
 

BEST EPISODE EVER!!! :):):):)

They did my favorite character justice. Metalhead is awesome in this Series!
The comedy was great, the action was epic and this has been my favourite Episode so far!

Its gonna be hard trying to top this, but I have a prediction that just like Chong 2.0, Metalhead will get an upgrade as well.

10/10 Amazing Episode.:tgrin::tgrin::tgrin:

Best part was Donatello using Metalhead to stare at April. :lol:

I thought this was a pretty good episode. A great one to show some character development for Donatello to say the least.

At first I thought the fact that Metalhead being shorter than the TMNT was awkward, but then I was kind of like "...does anyone else find that a bit precious?" Silly of me, I know.

It was a great Donnie character episode, I hope we get to see Metalhead around some more. He could be a good sparring partner or training tool for the Turtles in the lair.

XD that part was really funny. "You know that's not on mute, right?" :tlol:

Ugh my dvr did not record the episode for some reason.. will Nick be reairing the episode again today?

They show repeats on Thursday night, 8pm.

:tlol: That part was great. I liked when Don said, "So...you like heavy metal?" *chuckles*

The seen with the Kraang chasing the turtles atop Metalhead did not happen,right? So I would suspect he will be back by season's end. The only compliant I have about Metalhead is his height or rather lack thereof.

You just brought up what I though the '87 cartoon should have done. He would have been great for sparring and could have been pjt to use that way!Perhaps he will be this time around!

Finally an episode that focused on the least developed character of the new show... April. Alright so it wasn't a whole lot, but we did get to hear that she is still concerned regarding her father and that she is willing to do whatever it takes to get things done. While a lot of people have griped that she didn't get the proper introduction to the Turtles, Splinter, and the Lair I think that the character we were shown this week sort of makes up for it. I now find it very easy to believe that she has been out there doing things to find her Father and that is why we havent' seen that much of her.

Regarding the other character who finally got some character development. It was great to finally get to see some hot Donatello action. So far I am a fan of him being able to manipulate existing technology and not just produce this amazingly fantastic devices. It is believable that he could retrofit the tech in a Kranng droid for his own means and that helps the show stay that much more grounded in reality. I did not like Donatello hating on his Bo Staff seemed weird for the character considering it seems like the Turtles did pick their weapons in this iteration. Had there been more jeering from his brothers to make him feel inferior beforehand it would have gone a long way to explaining why he was hating on his weapon. However, when he is bemoaning it on his own without any sort of motivation it seems just out of character for a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, not to mention the fact that we have already seen it transform into a Naginata which would make it more effective. Speaking of out of character the jumping to the conclusion that Splinter would continually deny him his requests got old really fast (especially when you consider it happened only twice). I feel like Donatello with his intelligence would be more astute in his observations and not have missed his Sensei saying yes to his requests. It just felt more like a Raphael move than a Donnie one.

Regarding Metalhead, he's cute a the Dickens. I love that they made him so small and yet so loud. I had never considered how loud a giant robot turtle would be, but it makes total sense. It was a nice touch and I'm glad that it was included. Also I may be grasping for straws here but when Metalhead grabbed Raph and slammed him against the ground multiple times I couldn't help but think of Turtles in Time, where you could do it to the foot soldiers. I was half hoping that when the Kraang took over Metalhead he said something along the line of "I'm gonna mangle you green slimeballs."

Finally it was great to learn a little bit more about the Kraang and the Mutagen, excuse me "unstable mutagen," opes up some cool directions for the story to go. Also loved having more Space Heroes, one that Leo apparently hadn't seen yet, and the perfect display of Michelangelo's character in him seeing a city full of mutants as a way to make new friends. Line of the episode had to "The one that is called your mother wears the boots that are made for combat!" Classic

Thank you ugh damn have to wait until then unless it shows up on itunes or amazon in a day or so.

If you have satellite or certain digital cable providers, you might be able to catch the west coast broadcast @ 2:00e/1:00c.

I got Comcast and they are replaying it at 11am pst on the HD nick channel.

I have bright house... They stink will look and see.

I liked the episode today and was excited to see metalhead. I was, as others were, disappointed with the size of metalhead. Other than that, it was great seeing him. It would seem as if he isn't going to be coming back though? He was almost there to teach Donnie a lesson. I like how Nick is going about this show though. It's like they are pretty open to all characters from mirage, old 80's and new characters. If they seem to think people will want him back, I bet they do. Maybe when they encounter the shredder at some point? In addition to using a bunch of enemies, old and new, that could really allow the series to have a long run because it wouldn't get stale.

Speaking of shredder, I like how they aren't rushing him into the series. It was nice seeing glimpses of him and having Chris and the foot do some of his work thus far. I wonder if they will have their first real encounter with him to end season 1? I'm excited to see the purple dragons too. So many great things in store for this series! I love it! :)

I gotta say this episode is my favorite so far. I loved Rob Paulsen's delivery, especially during the scene where Donatello was using Metalhead to look at April.

I loved that Metalhead was so tiny. Little treestump of a character.

You know what they say: A lot of great things come in little packages!

Yeah, Metalhead being small made sense. I liked this episode a lot, mang.

"Nice work; when we're done here, there's a marching band that needs a majorette."

:tlol: for Bo staff FAIL... one of my favorite TMNT traditions.

Pretty good ep. Loved that Don decided to build something cuz he was tired of his bo staff's from breaking. And Splinter's first thought when Don asked for an upgrade to his bo "Hmm.. a 7 foot staff then?" *lol* Does he make Don's staffs out of that tree that grows in their lair???

Hahahaha agreed, that part was hilarious. Another fantastic episode. This show hasn't had a bad episode yet.

Definitely a contender for favorite episode. Loved this one.