Reimagine Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as drastically as you can.
 

Some franchises can have installments so radically different from each other you'd never suspect they were connected at all. I find such franchises to be fascinating, there's always something fresh to experience.

Now it got me thinking, what if TMNT was like that? Yeah sure, the Fred Wolf cartoon had little to do with the comics but Splinter, Shredder, Baxter, April, Casey, the Rat King and Leatherhead were there (albeit somewhat altered), the setting was the same, the basic idea was intact for the first season at least.

I'm talking about making it really different, you don't have to use the same characters (not even the Turtles), the same setting, the same concepts or even the same basic idea as previously established. All you have to keep is the title "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" and it has to make sense somehow, that's it.

nah
 

PD and nick already did that for us

The most recent movie was as different from the original concept as you could imagine?

Also, the Nick show isn't what I would call "drastically" different from other TMNT content.

Yeah that too, obviously both of them have rather notable differences from the other material, but it's pretty clear niether of them are trying to be particularly different from TMNT as a whole.

To contribute and not just nitpick, I will give my own reimagining:

The brothers start off as humans. The marital arts run deep in the veins of their family. They are highly trained and lethal.

When exposed to the mutagen via a chemical plant leak, they mutate. (The plant was dumping failed chemical experiments into nearby waterways and our heroes came in contact with it while fishing and catching turtles to keep as pets.)


At first the boys are mortified with their present states, shun the world and go into hiding in the near by woods. There they clamor around in their cumbersome clunky bodies, barely able to function. Ala:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Metamorphosis

Eventually they decide that they will not just waste away in the woods, but rather they resume their training while becoming ever so acclimated to their new bodies.

Through this the boys find strength in what they once considered weakness (strong shells for protection, claws and strong beaks for weapons, etc.)

After many months of training in the woods. The boys emerge ready for a life of crime fighting.

I wouldn't say this is terribly drastic, but it's art & a concept I came up with last year that is quite unique compared to what we've had (most similar to Souls Winter, probably). http://powderakacaseyjones.deviantar...ruzu-462952538

HA!

As a fic exercise my friends and I tried to integrate diverse canons into the Harry Potter universe.

Raph, Mike, Leo, and Don were four muggleborn wizards cast out of their families as small children because their magic made them uncontrollable to muggle familes. Wards of the state, they finally found their way to a magical half-way house where a newly immigrated Tang Shen befriended them...and eventually convinced her husband, Hamato Yoshi to adopt them.

Unbeknownst to the kids, Shen and Yoshi were on the run from The Foot, a Death Eater clan from Japan after the murder of the leader's oldest son: Oroku Nagi.

The plot then followed the main story arc of the Mirage books, with Splinter and Shen being unregistered animagi, and the boys getting stuck midway through human and turtle by trying to learn the skill themselves.

But this all happens long after Shen dies, Leo tries to avenge her death on his own at Christmas, Splinter goes into hiding, with the guys ending up at a magical boarding school in England...because of reasons.

It was a lot of fun to write, because of its utter ridiculousness.

Four teenage girls finds enchanted gems that stores the souls of four Kappa warriors. Unlocking the gems secrets with the help of their Martial Arts Sensei Hamato Yoshi, the girls transforms into four humanoid turtles. When handling a group of thugs they are mistaken as guys, hence giving themselves the names of their favorite renesance artist.

Four martial artists who are down on their luck decide to dress up in turtle costumes and clean up NYC ninja style. Shredder's a businessman by day and runs a criminal organization behind the scenes. His little brother is a cop in NYC and attempts to bring his sibling to justice. Alan Vonkrang is some serial killer who collects the brains of his victims. yada yada yada This is TMNT in the real world! No mutagen or mutations. It's a totally new dark and gritty spin which isn't really new at all, but everyone else is doing it with reboots so why not? haha Couldn't resist going down this road. Ninja Turtles Rebirth or something. That's about alls I got with allergies dogging me down at the moment. Fox would probably eat it up.

Four mutant turtles.

Fighting evil by moonlight.

Winning love by daylight.

Never running from a real fight.

:tlol:

http://media.giphy.com/media/LtTggM6HZ7h04/giphy.gif

Good reference Penny.

*hrk!* Must... not... draw turtles... in Sailor Senshi outfits...

Ah, who'm I kidding... it's probably been done!

You're welcome.

Drastically eh...

Five years into World War III, drones and mechanised combat units have dominated the battlefield. What they lack in creative strategy they make up for with numbers and uncaring efficiency. Mankind's last hope may well be an experimental program developed in a secrete installation behind the Asian front.

A new generation of advance battle tanks have been created with anti-mech capabilities specifically in mind. They are faster, more agile, and better protected than any previous generation of armoured vehicle, and learning from humanities mistakes, they are not autonomous.

Our future depends on the edge these tanks will have over fully automated combat units. An edge provided by the instincts of specially bread, and rigorously trained operators, who will command the vehicles through direct neurological control.

Humanity is rapidly loosing the war, and in a last ditch effort to turn the tide, the tanks, code name Turtles, are deployed before the genetically engineered teenage operators have reached full maturity. They will have to rely on their superior instincts, and reflexes gained from their incomplete ninja training.

I had a hunch that TMNT / Sailor Moon Crossover fanart existed; thanks for confirming it.
Crossover fanart of any kind can be a lot of fun and I've seen and drawn a few of those pictures on more than one occasion.

http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/i/20...ka-d5g6ic6.jpg

Source

Just....because.

Most drastic reimagining I can think of? Easy- This:

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/1079568...me-Other-World

Ever wonder what would happen if Splinter hadn't raised the boys as noble warriors? What if Shredder wasn't the evil villain we've grown to know, but a lone crusader against his cruel and vicious former mentor? The man once named Hamato Yoshi has raised four mutants as his own assassins, and only one man can defend the city against them- Oroku Saki.

I've twisted the TMNT lore around, into a bit of a "reverse world" kind of universe where the good guys aren't who one would expect. The boys in THIS world are not very nice. I'm enjoying working with a much darker version of them, especially Leo and Mikey- two completely opposite personalities, but both very damaged. Splinter's one very BAD father in this one..... It's a bit different for me, doing something so dark and yes, tragic in a twisted sort of way.

To be fair, April's acceptance isn't entirely her own idea, and I will be getting into some of the reasons behind it in more depth soon. The boys aren't the only ones in her life who are bad people, either. For anyone familiar with the original /mirage comics, Casey wasn't especially nice or a good influence all the time (he was something of a drunk womanizing bum) so it isn't much of a stretch to make him even worse.

I really took a look at all the characters and tried to figure out ways to switch their roles without changing their personalities TOO much- like for instance, Mikey is still "playful", but his idea of fun is rather twisted. Donnie is still the "geeky one", but in a very creepy stalker-ish way. Krang will still be his usual caustic self, and Baxter will still be the cowardly sycophant to Shredder, and still a bit mentally unbalanced as well- he'll just be working for a good cause this time around. As for Splinter, I have to say he's turning into a real monster in this, which is probably very counter to what most people who are familiar with him will remember. That was sort of the point, though, since this IS an "evil" version of them all.

Hamato Yoshi is a trainer who captures 4 Ninja Turtles in his "Capsule balls" and uses them to do battle against the evil Shredder and his Foot Ninja.

All the various other animal mutants in the series can be captured as well to complete the "Turtle Dex" and send them out in battle. Shredder captures a Bebop and Rocksteady to do battle.

Original script of the 2014 film...

That was AWESOME! Will you be finishing the tale soon? :tgrin:

I had an idea about having the TMNT meet different versions of themselves a-la The One with Jet Li. Like in one they would be evil with Shredder trying to stop them, another one they are regular teenagers, one where they are beloved superheroes and another where they are females.
It was something I never really got around to but your fanfic sounds pretty good.

This is outstanding and also heartbreaking (especially the big revelation in Chapter IV). I really hope you intend to carry the story forward because it's really something else.

Thanks, guys. Really glad (and surprised) to see folks like that one so much. I'm really kind of proud of it, as it was a plot bunny that hit me from a conversation with my other half, that also resulted in a separate story where the turtles are discovered by the NYPD- AFTER they are killed in their own home. It's sort of a tragic take on the aftermath of their final fight, and how it changes people.

As for the "evil turtles" tale, yes, it's still going, and will be updated regularly, if not always frequently. (I DO have several other projects going, too, so....)

Edit: NSFW obviously

Isn't that basically what people feared the PD movie would be like?

That movie's cheese on a board.

The mutation causes the turtles to increase in intelligence, and walk on two legs, but they never increase in size...

I had posted my somewhat reimagining in another topic about a nice Krang crashing on earth who raises the turtles but it wasn't that drastic imo. Let's see...

2 best friends (Leo and Mike) studying martial arts on their way home from class spot a homeless man being kidnapped and forced into a car. They stop to help him but the captors overpower them and take them along with the homeless man. They awake in a hidden facility where illegal testing is done on humans and animals. After breaking free they manage to escape and hideout in the sewer. Then they slowly start physically changing into turtles.

No Donnie or Raph. The op clearly states as long as it's "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles". Plural. I picked Leo and Mike because they have the most common names. The facility could be run by Baxter Stockman. No Shredder, Krang or Splinter though. No mutagen or other worldly elements. It's just them vs evil scientist...and vigilante stuff around the city I guess.

:lol:
That's fantastic
And Terrible
Fantastisble... yeah

The series ends in a war between Leonardo. Raphael, Donatello, and Michelangelo and their corresponding groups:

Leonardo leads the foot clan
Raphael leads the mutants
Donatello leads the Utroms/Krangs
Michelangelo leads the Superheroes/Bishop's group

the winner of the battle royale will be given a gift by God (Turtle Saint) to mold the world into their own image.

That's a pretty neat idea!

Okay Miwa (still Yoshi's daughter and stolen by Saki) and Karai are seperate characters. Miwa is treated by Saki as his precious princess, she has the Foot elite acting as her personal body guard (which in this version they do stand toe-to-toe with the turtles).

She knows the truth about her being Yoshi's daughter, but as she told Splinter "Why would i live in a sewer with a rat when I can live in a life of luxury." in her mind, Shredder taking her was the best thing to happen to her.

then stuff happens

Shredder is taken out of power for good (because of the final Battle between the Gods [Turtle Saint vs The Black Dragon]) and the foot clan abandons Miwa. Miwa ends up going Azula level of crazy and gets herself mutated into Mutagen Man.

Mutagen Miwa Man fights against the turtles in the sewers and the turtles ends up flushing her (without knowing it is Miwa) out of the sewers and into the waters outside, where she dissipates into the ocean

Some neat and interesting ideas!

Was working on something last night, kinda longish, more of just a 'how they got there,' but tied the end of the write up into sorta close to the lives the existing TMNT find themselves in so by that point probably not drastically changed enough to actually post so just saved it.

:lol: The mental image... Little ninja ankle biters. Bad guys standing there going "wtf?" I guess that makes the larger figures around "actual size"... just looked at my 11" movie figure and burst out laughing. :lol: Although that sword is still the length of a steak knife so that could still hurt.

What if the next old cartoon they parody in the show is Sailor Moon??? @.@


Did you happen to know: the WWII Navajo Code-Talkers' word for "tank" was "tortoise."

They're ALIENS, not MUTANTS!

Quiet you. :P:lol: Don't give certain people out there any more ideas of that.

Yeah, like making them go into the sewer, but it's also a PORTAL to present-day LA!
Nick Jonas will be Shredder!

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