Story ideas that somehow find their way into every TMNT universe
 

What are some stories that have somehow found their way into nearly every TMNT universe? Besides of course the obvious Shredder/Foot stuff.

Here are some:

1) The Turtles will meet dinosaurs in some fashion. Either going back in time to the prehistoric era like in the Mirage or 4kids series, or going to the center of the Earth's core like in the original cartoon.

2) The Turtles will time travel at least once in every incarnation

3) The Turtles will either visit Japan or go back in time to ancient Japan.

4) The Turtles will have outer space adventures due to teleportation devices

5) There will be a "bad dream" type of episode or comic, where the Turtles worst nightmares come true.

6) Splinter will go missing or be kidnapped in every incarnation

7) The Turtles will battle killer robots/androids/cyborgs in every incation

8 ) April will be held hostage at least once in every incarnation

9) The Turtles will meet strange mutants/creatures/spirits that are humanoid animals

10) Leonardo and Raphael will get into an argument that leads into bigger trouble

11) Donatello will have an invention that goes out of control

12) There will be a "bad future" type of story, where the world is destroyed and the Turtles find out they need to do something in the present to prevent it.

13) The Turtles will undergo new mutations. Happened in the original cartoon in Season 9, to Donatello in the 4kids series, and to Raphael in Volume 4.


Do you agree with these and can you think of any more?

- Michelangelo gets in trouble for goofing off.

- The Turtles face off against a pair of henchmen (Bebop + Rocksteady; Tokka + Rahzar; Touch + Go)

the only story idea that didn't make it into the series was the guys getting miniturized and going inside someone.

It somehow made it into both of the Mirage, Archie, and '88 cartoon universes though...which is pretty impressive.

Humm.I don't recall this "fantasic voyage"deal in the 88 cartoon.Where in the comics did it come in?Just curious.

They went into April's body in Volume 4 to fight the Baxter nanomachines.

Or was that Robin in a Tales issue...there they fought her cancer cells.

The second volume of super turtles that I'm working on now also involves them being shrunk down to fight a thing inside splinter. Shredder, Bebop, and Rocksteady also shrink down to fight them.

TMNT gaiden had them visit Japan, fighting some robots, and April being abducted, but nothing too unusual there.

Hey, I never really thought about how often the TMNT get shrunk in their various incarnations. But it's true!


Both!
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Not only do they get shrunk to a microscopic level, but they also tend to go inside living organisms in attempt to make a medical miracle. In the Archie comics (May East Saga) and Super Turtles #2 they have to do this to save Splinter's life, while in the Mirage Comics they do this (at least in Nanobot form) to save both April and (later) her sister, Robyn!

I have seen every episode of TMNT and they did get shuken down at least in a few episodes but not to microscopic size and got injected into someone else.If it happened in the comic that's one thing.I assume this happened in the Archie series.Also,I hope in the comics the turtles used a sub in the "innerspace"stories.

This one never really happened in the original cartoon, at least not that I remember.

In the Red Sky episodes Raph questions Leonardo's judgement quite a bit.

Raph was angrier during the red sky episodes (which I absolutely loved). But it never lead to anything story wise, like in the "City At War" episodes of the 2003 series.

Yeah it was never a real fight, but it was nice to see Raph and Leo argue in the old toon for once.

Most of this stuff didn't happen in the movie universe.

Maybe.....
* Michelangelo adopts a pet.....?

-"Cowabunga" gets adopted into most versions, often as a dumb joke outside of the OT world.
-Baxter Stockman, despite being an honest man, gets punished in some form (Fly, losing body parts, robot)
-A female Ninja (Karai, Lotus, Aska) can do good for the Turtles if they/Splinter can persuade them to good.

I wouldn't call the Mirage or 4Kids version of Stockman an "honest man".