TMNT's Greatest Hits
 

Hey everyone, quick question
If you had to pick say around 5-10 episodes to represent the Old toon and the best it had to offer, what episodes would you pick? For fun you can even split them into categories like most action packed, funniest, darkest(if there were any even close to dark episodes in the old toon, someone remind me...were there?) blahblah, anyways I'm probably making this too confusing. So what would you say are the best episodes and best episodes to represent what the old toon had goin for it? i would say the first 5 episodes, but its just too bad the show didnt really follow up on the tone it originally set out on...alright, shoot!

Well, half that question is easy.

The first season would make the set, no problem. It's the best the series had to offer, IMO. Best in terms of animation, storytelling and overall atmosphere.

1: Turtle Tracks
2: Enter the Shredder
3: A Thing About Rats
4: Hot Rodding Teenagers from Dimension X
5: Shredder and Splintered

The rest?

6: Return of the Technodrome (I'm a sucker from Technodrome-centric season finales, and I loved this one)
7: Return of the Fly (a great one for villains and a nice spotlight of the Rat King as a neutral character)
8: Corporate Raiders from Dimension X (the best Casey Jones episode, easily, and one of the funniest)
9: Turtles on Trial (great for animation)
10: The Big Blow-Out (another awesome Technodrome-centric season finale)

I prefer the first 3 seasons over the rest of the series. The Dregg seasons had some gems but I still prefer the first 3.

Hmmm didnt know that about Turtles on trial. Know of any other episodes known in high regard for the animation doc?:lol:

My two favorites are Leatherhead Meets The Rat King and Cowabunga Shred-head*Which I find to be the funniest" As for others I'd have to watch the series over again cause there's alot to choose from.

EDIT: Oh Legend Of Koji is a great episode.

I haven't seen enough of them since I was a little kid to be able to make an educated response, but I would have to say without a doubt that "Cowabunga Shredhead" is the funniest ever. I watched it on YouTube a few months ago and was crying with laughter in some bits.

I've heard a lot of good things about season 7, the one where they go on the world trip or something like that. Seeing as I was a kid when these episodes aired i probably didnt notice much of a quality increase if there was one...sadly. Anyways What do you guys think? Does season 7 come anywhere near the qualiy of season 1 in animation or story telling? ( I've really been looking for some good animation in the old toon episodes lately, so lemme know if you can think of any episodes with better than average animation in em.)

Of 193 episodes, to pick just five is awkward at best:

Return of The Technodrome is possibly one of the best episodes, although theoretically dropping in the lava should have killed the villains.

Super Bebop and Mighty Rocksteady literally had me crying with laughter, when I watched it again the other day.

20,000 Leaks Under the City was amusing throughout. Great start to the episode with Krang cackling with laughter and Shredder asking "What's up Krang - building a swimming pool?" Or how about "so that's the name of that street," said Rocksteady, after Shredder claimed to have sent the turtles to oblivion.

The Big Break In is the episode I liked best of the three epics at the end of series three.

The Big Zipp Attack for some reason I loved in Series 4. 'The most feared creature in Dimension X'? You decide! :D

Greatist hits
 

*Turtle Tracks
*A Thing About Rats
*Return of the Shredder
*Return of the Technodrome
*The Big Rip-Off
*The Big Break-In
*The Big Blow Out
*Michaelangelo Meets Mondo Gecko
*My Brother, the Bad Guy
*Turtles on the Orient Express

*Turtle Tracks/Enter the Shredder

*Shredder is Splintered

*Enter the Fly

*Case of the Killer Pizzas

*Cowabunga, Shredhead

*Usagi Yojimbo

*Bye, Bye Fly

*The Big Rip Off/Break In/Blow Out

*Legend of Koji

*Get Shredder

I didn't find anything so great about them but that's just me.

And yeah Cowabunga Shred-head totally plays up the Mikey Stoner humor

Hmmm anyone else have any comments on season 7?
Love your new sig Spitfire.

I would say that it does. It just seems to have a more serious feel to it than any other previous seasons. And yes the story telling is just great for most of them. It is a shame that season seven was only 14 episode long. I would have liked it all to be much longer.

-Get Shredder! (by far one of my fav episodes of all time because it looks awesome, with the darker feel, and just a sweet episode)
[haha i'm gonna have to go watch this episode when i get time tonight..the last few seasons kick butt]

-Dirk Savage: Mutant Hunter

-Shredder Triumphant

-Night of the Rogues (it's got a lot of villans)

-Michaelangelo Meets Mondo Gecko (mondo gecko is a stud)

-Zach and the Alien Invaders (wingnut & screwloose)

-Turtlemaniac (gotta love the wax figures)

-Divide and Conquer (last episode)

...and any of the first season, cuz that is the best season ever, even though its 5 episodes

I pretty much like any episode in the old toon where they sneak in some naughty humour or something extremely entertaining, or suprising.

If you want suprising or entertaining just watch the episodes that feature Donatello. Night of the Dark Turtle was a jaw dropping episode for me because it showed Dontello flipping out and actually trying to kill Shredder, and then totally laying the smack down on some aliens. All around great episode.

Another is Donatello's duplicant where Donatello's potential as an evil genious is realized (through a clone). It was great and funny all at the same time...and it had the Rat king, always a good bonus.

I don't know the titles, but there are a few episodes that I really remember loving.

In No Particular Order:

#1. The Very first one
#2. The one where they meet Zach
#3. The one where they meet Usagi Yojimbo
#4. The one where Donatello reprograms Metal Head to be on their side
#5. The one where they meet the Nutrinos
#6. The one where they meet the future really old turtles
#7. The one where they go back in time to ancient Japan
#8. I think there was one when they were like... toddlers?
#9. The one with Slash
#10. The one with Mondo Gecko

I can't give out 5-10 right now, but I would say that Shredder's Mom is easily one of the funniest. The fact that they were beaten with sighns was hillarious.

they didn't actually fall for the signs bit, because even they saw how ridiculously obviuos the trap was. they just had no other choice because they where being shot at and had no other place to run.

And I thought the Shredder's mom episode was pretty good. Shredder being aggressive about taking over the world for once instead of just trying to fuel up the technodrome or get revenge on the turtles. And even though it was a cliche I though the whole dish thing to mess around with the sun was cool and handled well. I saw this episode recently and it didn't annoy me like it did when i was a kid for some reason. I actually thought Shredder's mom was cool.

I like the first 5 episodes best. I also like DrSpengler's alternatives.

I'm going to consider the pilot season in a category in and of itself. Those 5 episodes are a given for any Top 10 list.

Otherwise, I can only offer my favorite from seasons 2 and 3 because it's been so long since I've seen the others. So, in no particular order:

1) Turtles on Trial-
Excellent animation, characters stay on model consistently, and the plot is both humorous and exciting.

2) Enter: the Fly-
The birth of the Baxter Stockman we all know and love!

3) The Mean Machines-
Machines gone mad, just like in the 80s classic, OverDrive.

4) The Ninja Sword of Nowhere-
Outside of the horrible Rapheal replacement voice actor it's a sweet episode.

5) The Cat Woman from Channel Six-
Any time the good guys have to fight one of their own makes for good plot tension. Plus, Irma finally meets the Turtles.

6) The Making of Metalhead-
Very funny to see the Turtles sick, very good animation on Metalhead and the sewer chase scene.

7) The Old Switcheroo-
Splinter is bad, Shredder is good.

8. Usagi Yojimbo-
The Samari Rabbit takes a tour of New York reminiscent of Turtle Tracks.

9) Camera Bugged-
One crazy-go-nuts episodes with aliens, alternate dimensions and a camera that traps people in TVs.

10) The Maltese Hamster-
Donatello gets to be a film noir hero.

It's amazing how perspectives change as we get older (and some stay the same). For one, I never liked the 'facing the camera' jokes, even as a kid - and I still don't. In other words, comments like "villains always do (laugh) on this show" (Raphael in Turtlemaniac I think) or "I was explaining it to them" (Krang pointing to the camera) or "didn't we do this in another episode" (Raphael - again) or "if this episode is going to be full of rabbit jokes, i'm outta here" (stated by Raphael and repeated by Rocksteady in an episode with Hocum Hare in series 4 or 5). We know we are watching a cartoon; we don't need to be reminded of the fact. In this instance, some episodes annoy me as much now as they did when I was a kid.

However, my attitude to some episodes have changed. Episodes I could not get into before, I now like. For example, whereas Shredderville was almost quite scary to watch as a child, now it's just funny.

On the point of the "Shredder's Mom" episode, it's only a shame that it failed to sufficiently link up with the "My Brother, The Bad Guy" episode in series 5. If Shredder was supposed to have brought shame on the family, what does that say for the mother?