Shredder & Splintered Episode Title Error??
 

Wish there was an "ask a question" thread on here, but I have always wondered if there was ever a reason given for why the 5th episode of season 1 is called "Shredder & Splintered." I've seen some refer to it as "Shredder Gets Splintered" which at least makes slightly more sense grammatically, but is this just a simple error in spelling or is there some obscure reason or story behind it?

I actually never considered that. It's a distinct possibility. You'll probably need to ask Mr. David Wise about that, if you want an answer though. You can find him on facebook.

Until the DVD came out, most people called it "The Shredder Is Splintered" because that was the name of the VHS volume it was released on way back when. There was a later reissue of that tape that actually included the bizarrely-titled title card, but everyone was too accustomed to the other title by then.

Probably just a translation error, as a kid it always bothered me a little as it's such a glaring error but in my head I just trained myself to read it as "Shredder Gets Splintered" as it made more sense grammatically. "Shredder and Splinter" is also possible, as it seems they did some bizarre mash-up of two title options into one.

Maybe one guy got two different notes for the title card and decided to split the difference? I thought for sure someone would have explained this one by now.

I always thought the intended title was Shredded and Splintered.

This is what I thought it was meant to be too.

I think the correct title is supposed to be "The Shredder is Splintered."

That is what I took away from it with the evidence of the vhs. Despite being such a fun and action filled series that does well with time passing the animation was egregarious errors inlcuding Leonardo given Michelangelo's mask color in the title card sequence at times so errors being in the title sequence with an odd title would only serve as a good chance to have the title screwed up. The odd error is also probably why "The Epic Begins" is given to it as an alternate title opposed to correcting the intended "Shredder Is Splintered" title.
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No, dude. "The Epic Begins" is the highly-edited movie version of S1, not just ep 5. :tcool:

Please tell me you didn't know how big that image was when you posted it here, gobo. :tgrumble:

It surprised me too. I considered spoiler-tagging it, but... Better late than never though, right? :tanime:

I always considered the episode to be titled "The Shredder is Splintered" just as the VHS showed because near the end of that episode Splinter throws his wooden cane at Shredder holding the retromutagen ray he was about to use on the turtles, and destroys the retromutagen ray thus "Splintering" his evil plan. The Shredder is Splintered.

Although the actual episode shows a different title. Weird. "Shredded and Splintered" would also make sense, since Splinter is also losing his oppurtunity to become human once again.