Can you believe the Nick series is going to hit its 100th episode this season?
 

It honestly feels like only yesterday the Nick cartoon began, its hard to believe by the time we get to the end of Season 4 it'll have hit its 100th episode already.

Since Season 4 is now confirmed to be 26 episodes, the 5th to last episode of the season will be the 100th episode overall. It will obviously air next year, probably around summer time or later knowing the rerun breaks. Its funny how TMNT cartoons always break the 100 episode barrier when other cartoons are lucky to make it past 65 episodes.

With a 5th season already confirmed there's no doubt in my mind we'll hit at least 150 episodes and likely surpass the 2k3's episode run of 156 total episodes. Its funny how time flies and how the Nick show was such a success.

3 TMNT cartoons in a row will have over 100 episodes. Its funny how we got so lucky when DC and Marvel cartoons rarely hit that number. Sometimes I feel like TMNT is the American version of anime like Pokemon or Dragonball Z...and we're the long running American version of those franchises that goes on forever.

It has definitely been quite a ride no doubt about it! I too feel like the show has just started(which is weird considering that when it began, it was still 3 months away from meeting my wife).

Anyway, if season 5 has 26 episodes as well, we'll hit the 130 mark. In that case, season 6 will hit 150 regardless if it has 20 or 26 episodes. And if we manage 26 episodes to a season, we'll surpass 200 episodes if the show can last 8 seasons

Another thing that amazes me, we're now on the 22nd season overall for Ninja Turtles(21 if you don't count Next Mutation). For a franchise that's only 32 years old I think that's quite an accomplishment. That of course is not to mention the almost 6 movies and several comic universes!

Pointless thread is pointless. :roll:

Congrats to the show though, hoping it can be better by this season.

Seeing how the Armaggon episode went, I think it is. The animation has gotten way better since Season 1 from the lighting to the fight scenes.

This is what Peter Di Cicco said when he replied to 100th episode a few weeks back.

tlrledbetter asked:

Since season 4 has 26 episodes now, that means the show's 100th episode will be a part of it! I did the math and it should be the 22nd episode of the season. Is there anything special planned for it or will it be treated like a normal episode?

Peter Di Cicco
Hmm… I think that math works out. I guess we’ll just have to see. It’s a special episode to me anyway. :)

http://peterdicicco.tumblr.com/post/...that-means-the

Its pointless to be excited over another 100 episode milestone being reached?

Personally it's better to make this thread the closer we get to it, we're barely into the eighties length of the show at all and season 4 just began. It's kind of a waste of a thread for this current time being until we reach closer into that timespan. That and it was obvious it was going to be 100 episodes minimum; you especially Cubed were stating it'll get a movie and 7 seasons.

Might as well make a recollection of the series of our favorite episodes like the polls JTH makes for each season or reflect on the series. For now, it's a pointless thread.

Edit: Exactly what PK said.

Don't worry, in 2016 I'll make another thread reminding people we've hit 100 episodes. You should have seen what I did when the 2k3 series was airing, reminding people of every little milestone back in 2003-2008. :lol:

Oh my. :lol:

At the very least Cubed, if I were going to hype up something like this, why not use it as a thread for reflecting on favorite moments/episodes/other in the series?

I can't believe it's real butter!

I remember watching the pilot on TMNT, time sure goes fast. 3 years and almost 100 episodes!

I can't believe it. Seems like yesterday when it was the 100th 4kids TMNT episode. I remember what that was like.

Seems like yesterday the 2k3 series started. Hard to believe 2003 is now 13 years ago.

In fact sometimes I feel like we're still in the early 2000's. I feel like I'm forever stuck in the year 2003-2005 for some reason. Where have the last 10 years gone?

Yes. I've been following this series. I knew the episodes were building up. I'm not an complete idiot. Anyway, i couldn't care less about this. Sorry?...:ohwell:

Firstly - congratulations to Nick should be in order for getting the show to this point :)

I'm curious however; has there been any mention of what (if anything) they intend to do for the 100th episode? Presumably they'll be back on Earth by then? Would that be the OT crossover ep?

Peter DiCicco was asked about that and he just said that it's a special episode to him.
He said:
Hmm… I think that math works out. I guess we’ll just have to see. It’s a special episode to me anyway.

I think this was already posted on the thread actually.

It is - its a little further up :)

But I was wondering beyond that brief bit from DiCicco, has there been any other hints or indications of anything that late into season 4?

It seems a good chance someone would have asked the question at a convention at some point :)

No, nothing else has been revealed. Considering most of the reveals at the Comic-Cons have already been aired on TV (except the 1987 turtles), it seems like they want to keep the rest of the season as a surprise. Well, until the next Comic-Con at least. :)

Wow I didn't realize that episode 100 was coming up in this season already. Time definitely flies! It seems like yesterday when Nick bought the property and announced a cartoon for 2012.

I do wish this show much more success even though if it ended tomorrow it would be considered a successful run. 200 episodes would be very cool but if it makes it to 150, I'll be happy. As I mentioned in last week's episode thread, season 4 just hasn't entertained me much just yet. Hoping it's just the first few episodes and then things will heat up. I'm thinking that's the case cause I'll be pumped when the Triceratons return! I'll be curious how things eventually play out with Shredder and if this series will get a themed season such as the 2k3's Ninja Tribunal or Fast Forward. Not saying that I want that but if 5 seasons are enough to wrap up all the stories as we have heard mentioned, I can't imagine Nick canceling if the ratings are still high. I could see a directional change for a season if that were the case.

I suspect we'll get 7 seasons at the least and a DTV movie. So 150 episodes at the minimum.

Well, Ultimate Spider-Man will reach over a hundred episodes pretty soon as well despite the fact that seemingly nobody cares about it or even seem to watch it, so I'm not sure if one hundred episodes is that much of a milestone anymore...

The vast majority of cartoons get canceled well before 100 episodes. Its only the really popular ones that get that far.

Even popular shows like the original Teen Titans only made 65 episodes. Avatar/Korra also ended around 60 something episodes. Most of the DCAU aside from B:TAS ended around 52-65 episodes.

In fact outside of Fox comedies and Ben 10, what other recent cartoons hit over 100 episodes?

Aren't we doing that already with season 4 being space themed?

(You wanted some raw data, huh? I'm including Franchise Zombies here too, since they did hit 100. Also, I'm only going with on-going series (at the time of writing, for future reference) on top of my head.)

Friendship is Magic hit that milestone earlier this year and Teen Titans Go (gah!)'s at 119. FiM's got tons of fuel left, but Go's pretty much teetering on Franchise Zombie status. If we're counting web based series, then Monster High, Red vs. Blue and Happy Tree Friends are in the club.

And then you have the other cartoons that have had superlong life spans: Robot Chicken, Spongebob, Pokemon and South Park. 4 out of 6 (including Simpsons / Family Guy) are franchise zombies? Hey, at least Robot Chicken / South Park ain't that yet!

Outside of those, Steven Universe's probably getting there (at 73). Not too sure on Rick & Morty / Gravity Falls / Sofia the First, but they've got sizeable fanbases / marketing to push them there.

Point is? It's still kinda rare, but more common than 20-30 years ago. And just remember, a cartoon was lucky to get a second season before 1980. Yea, I'm essentially implying that time = more stable series - which might not be true.*

Also, TMNT's success rate (all three cartoons getting past 100 eps) is pretty impressive.

*[MINI-RANT]But I still prefer today, with only a couple (your mileage may vary) mainstream series in Teen Titans Go "quality" over the 70s - early 80s, when 80 % of the cartoon schedule on TV were spin offs (hello, the Jackson 5 cartoon!). And guess what? A lot of those cartoons (spin-off or not) were Teen Titans Go "quality" to boot![/MINI-RANT]

I wouldn't say some of those shows are "zombie franchises". They are all REALLY popular and well liked.

A lot of those franchises on Cartoon Network also truly don't have 100 episodes, they have two 12 minute shows in a half hour block. But that counts as one episode overall.

I think we're approaching the term from different angles. You're approaching it from how the ratings are etc. which is a very valid point to make. If the Simpsons are still rakin' in dough, then why should it be called a zombie? The brand's healthy from a financial standpoint, so it ain't all bad, right?

I'm looking at it from a creative / internal standpoint. Consider this quote, from Mike Armato (paragraphed for easier reading):

This is the guy who reviewed almost 21 seasons of The Simpsons before giving up. Yea, the franchises might be popular and profitable - but the writers haven't done anything considered fresh with its ideas, and have let it rot for whatever reason.

And / Or - the other extreme happens, and they produce ideas so bad that tearing them to shreds is a must. Okay, I went overboard there - but if a popular cartoon such as Family Guy tackles serious issues such as domestic abuse, then they have to tread with utmost care.

Pokemon's a special case: I think its creative rut could've been so easily solved by the writers, yet it's rendered impossible by the marketing. Why does Ash have to go through the motions every time he visits a new continent again? Aside from "Lookie at the new 'mons!"? Why not follow other trainers, maybe even a spin off show about other Pokemon related jobs?

At the end of the day, I'm just happy that TMNT exited that trap a long time ago. Yea, it's still dependent on the Turtles. But the franchise is not a zombie since it doesn't completely depend on one incarnation or one scenario. Yea, that kinda applies to the Pokemon anime as a subfranchise (compared to the whole franchise) as well, but we haven't seen a lot of alternate Pokemon anime, huh? Aside from an OVA or two.



Duly noted.

i actually found some valuable info from this thread.
originally they said season 4 was going to be trimmed down from 26 episodes to only 20.

but now that we found out the good news that it'll stay at 26 it's a good sign the series is doing very well and will be around a good long while. :)