Could this be an homage?
 

So i was watching Turtles Forever...not sure why. I guess gobo's news made me wanna watch it. and I noticed this:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y13...PDVD_027-1.jpg
Do you think it was legitimate animation mistake or a intentional OT flub homage?

Gotta be legit mistake! The fact that they were drawing that mutagen in Don's belt probably messed them up on other belt details!

I would have loved it if a turtle talked in the wrong voice and all the NT characters turned and acknowledged how weird it was but the OT turtles just shrugged it off as typical. Oh, I would have laughed so hard!

I don't see anything wrong with this image, dude. I do know there was a goof later on in the movie where 4Kids Leo's wrist band was actually blue.

now I see it

Ha! I would've laughed my ass off too.

Open yo eyessssss, Donny has no ties (or whatever ya wanna call 'em) on his belt.

Yea, I finally noticed it!

lol yea it took me awhile too.

That would have been better than Raph(ael) breaking the 4th wall.
EDIT: I'll fix the image.

Now I'm just watching for mistakes...curses. Found this though:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y13...erMistake2.jpg

Dang! How'd I miss that mistake? I gotta go rewatch the whole thing now! It's funny how it's the OT turtles that keep falling victim to these mistakes.

Great finds, I was about to post the Leo and Raph one.

Here is another:

One minute Don doesn't have the ooze in his belt and the next scene he does:

http://i1227.photobucket.com/albums/...21/capture.jpg
http://i1227.photobucket.com/albums/...1/capture2.jpg

:lol:

This is great! I think it's just the curse of the flubs for the OT Turtles. Great stuff.

What's even more fun is playing the DVD version with the "unedited" version, and trying to "sync" them after the extra footage is finished....:P

Well sh*t. Maybe they did do this on purpose. Did many 2k3 episodes have errors?

OT Shredder with the gas mask on and a second later without:

http://i1227.photobucket.com/albums/...1/capture6.jpg
http://i1227.photobucket.com/albums/...1/capture7.jpg

Yes.. I've even posted some of them. This one's my fave:

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y72...ons/Oruko1.jpg

Leo's belt strap comes and goes quite a bit too. But nowhere near as frequently as the OT.

Donny's news... My research... ^_^
While it was still in production, I asked TMNT4Kids to toss the writers that exact joke. ^_^ Great minds think alike.