Official Ep Discussion # 18 "Cockroach Terminator"
 

Whew... after our last episode of aliens, rock soldiers, and Donnie face-grabbing (I have a theory for that in last week's discussion, my dear over-analyzers!), it looks like we'll be continuing on the path of alien espionage... unfortunately, we'll be waiting until March 15th for it.

So Beware the Ides of March!!

After the unsuccessful attempt at destroying the Dimensional portal, the boys are now trying to find out how they can both stop the Kraang from bringing more evil critters from their home dimension AND trying to get our Crocodilian compadre (or Alligatorish ally?) back from the limbo battles of Traag, the Dimension X 'Bellator de saxo' (Cuz 'rock soldier' sounds so dull...)

Donatello... I love him to pieces. Reminds me of my brother. Can take random items and 'MacGuyver' them into any strange kind of contraption. A bit unorthodox at times... (rocket powered bo, anyone?)

Typically, when one deals in the matter of finding a cockroach, one would dispose of it right away - for Raph, that could mean flattening it to a pulp and/or setting it on fire and/or throwing it into the sewer. On the other hand, the first thing that comes to Donnie's mind is to strap cameras and a dremel saw to it's back.

And so we delve into the world of Bug Recon. One letter off, and you're dead meat. Or one wrong step, and you fall into a vat of acid....

So we'll see what happens...

WILL THE TURTLES GET ONE STEP CLOSER TO GETTING TO THE PORTAL?!
WILL RAPHAEL EVER GET OVER HIS ETERNAL HATRED OF BUGS?!
AND WHEN THE HECK IS THE NICK SITE GOING TO GET SOME PREVIEWS UP?!

Stay Tuned!!

I'm opening this early since I won't be here tonight.

Do NOT fill this with junk. Please preserve it for AFTER the show airs...


Poll will come at some point tonight.

Kraang is liking the earth term diet of the grain known as gluten:D

He lost 13 kraang units!

Spiderman reference "go getem tiger"

Chong isn't named chong :-? And doesn't seem too evil, besides to Raph
"Be nice to michelangelo!
Let him read your comics once in a while"

The second form Chong looks gross!

Good gravy his third form is even more nasty in motion LOL.

Looks like a fresh body part, right out of the body!
and Mikey getting thrown of the table was funny!

Darn it, now I must get the shell thingy

So Chong is going to be back now... Just like snakeweed.

Another good episode. I thought Chong was pretty cool.

Why does no one show remorse for ol'chongy. :( and why is there a figure of chong 1rst edition? Maybe cause chong 2cond is all groddy

Make Chong a rubber figure with a second form inside him.

This series' humor is ridiculous and I love it. Also, great tag team fight w/ Donnie & Mikey vs. the roach. Can't wait to see that again. Gotta say though, this is the first one that actually "felt" like a filler episode (to me at least). The beats between scenes seemed to go just a bit too long, like they were short on script. Not that I minded too much; Raph being scared out of his mind was fun to watch. Can't wait for the replay.

The episode was fine.

My thing with it is the episode seemed...out of sequence. We went from finding out The Kraang are after April and then she's not even in the next episode, not even a mention in the episode. This episode could have been right after "The Alien Agenda" and there would have been no difference in story continuity.

I don't think I heard the word "chong" even once in the episode. They probably decided to change his name.

Loved the episode. So now, just like snake weed, chong is coming back. Awesome. We know we will get cockroach chong, but wasn't there a TMNT fly figure mentioned? It could be for 2nd chong, or Baxter. My thoughts.

This was a fun episode! It was cool that we got to see a storyline that focused mainly on Raph. Chong was Nasty.. I gotta hand it to the animators, they did an awesome job at making him look disgusting.:tdead:

The third form was beyond disgusting. I laughed out loud when Raph started to freak out.

I do admit, Chong was a sad character. I wonder what would have happened if he heard Raph's begging for forgiveness.

Nope, it was wasp, ( I first announced it:))

Personally, this was my least favorite episode so far. It wasn't a good follow-up to TCRI at all.

Except that they mention TCRI once, other then that it was all filler.

It was strange that we heard all about the Kraang, and yet no reference to Leatherhead or April was made.:tconfuse:

Has Raph ever had a fear of cockroaches before? I know he had a fear of bugs in the 4kids series.

And leaches in the mirage comics

He had a reason too after the bloodsucker, who should totally be in this show

Oh man! I'd be dying If "the river" was adapted!

If you liked "Snakes Alive" from the OT, you'll enjoy "Cockroach Terminator". Unfortuantely, this makes Turtle Temper look good since at least it provided some handy tips about controlling a temper, unlike the worn out phobia message. And unfortunately, there's no Splinter to help give Raph advice about how to clone his fears. The fight scenes are ok but feel more "Hero Turtles" than "Ninja Turtles" with goofy techniques such as drilling in the Earth's crust (maybe the Technodrome?) and it felt a bit boring after awhile. I did enjoy the driving scene with Raph's motorcycle.

Overall: 5/10

:teek: Somehow, I don't think Raph being surrounded by roaches would decrease his anxiety. Sounds like an episode of Fear Factor gone horribly wrong... :twink:

How did they get their van running without the power cell?

Decent filler episode, I actually think Raph's fear of roaches was because of the 4kids series.

After reading this thread I feel kind of alone in the fact I really loved this episode. It was actually one of my favorites so far. Not really an outstanding plot but I really enjoyed the brother interaction in this episode. Especially the almost silent understanding displayed between Leo and Raph when the latter wished to final confront what he was afraid of.

I also really though Raph was great in this episode. I think it is an important message to not allow your fears to control you and that by facing them you really do become a stronger individual. Not quiet as dynamic as when Leo faced the Elite after his defeat by them in the 4Kids cartoon but I thought it kind of echoed the same idea of looking inside yourself to overcome.

It does timeline wise feel a little out of place, in the fact April is never brought up. But I was pleased the guys seemed to actually know they needed to face the Krang in this episode and that they couldn't back down and leave the fight for later as we have seen them do in a couple of different episodes now against different advisories. (The one personal thing about this series that kind of annoys me)

I was also pleased Mikey was the only one that thought of going to get big spray to use against the spy roach. Even though it didn't completely pan out it was nice to see him be proactive!

No, you aren't alone, I LOVED this episode too. Sure the story was filler fodder, BUT the characters of the brothers really came through here. Only thing I missed was the lack of a name for the Spy Roach, I figured it would have been a good time for Mikey to poke fun at Raph while naming him. But a very small gripe, haha. What this did make me do it go out and buy the Stealth Bike.....dang you marketing masterminds!

Why are all of the posts above discussing the episode before it aired? Is my computer just showing the wrong time that you guys made those posts? :-?

As for the episode, it was one of the worst ones yet, just as bad as turtle temper. Funny how the Raphael episodes have bee the worst so far (IMO). I was very surprised we didn't see Splinter or April at all, and the episode just felt, kind of rushed. It did not move the story along at all, and the episode just wasn't funny. I really didn't like the story all that much either. The spy roach (what happened to Chong?) was disgusting and not really interesting. I suppose it was cool to see a mutant that was part tech, but that's about it. All in all, this was not worth the wait. One thing I did notice though is a technodrome cameo of sorts. The Kraang's drill looked like a modern technodrome, it even had an eye on it.

It was okay.

I'm a bit bummed out Don never told me how he got the Shellraiser working again, and the cockroach is gross.

It really bothers me how they treated the cockroach. I was hoping for Raph and/or Donny to apologize to him and that they would all become friends. And this episode just felt too much like a "filler." It hardly progressed the story at all, especially after TCRI's April "cliffhanger."

yuck......that roach was nasty!!!

but it was a very fun episode!!! XD I liked it :3

it was a little weird though.

Raph is really REALLY afraid of roaches......o_o i felt bad for him at one point.

Mikey putting a roach in Raph's shell is evil and hilarious! XD

im surprised the others weren't as scared as Raph! did they even see that thing!?

Not the greatest episode but was entertained.

how was Mikey the only one to think to use big spray!?