Any one notice how Mikey only gets filler type episodes?
 

Never any thing to do with the main plots? Always fillers for him, I don't understand why :-?

I wouldn't say that the Leatherhead episode was filler.....

But yeah...I guess because they want him to only fill the comic relief value so they make him star in one shot episodes.... -_-

Because this show has the worst version of Mikey and has no intention to ever do anything serious with him?

Even worse than the 2003 Mikey that every one complained about at first :-?

This show has the best incarnation of Mikey.

Also Raph got the Spiderbitez ep which was filler.

New Friend Old Enemy and Mikey gets Shellacne wern't filler episodes.

No Mikey is worse then post Ninja Tribunal 4Kids Mikey.

...Okay, that's a fair point.

Second worst Mikey.

I just can't stand how dumb they made him in this show. It's borderline suicidal at times, even if it gets a few cheap gags off.

I don't know, at least 4Kids Mikey you saw quality fights and he got moments to really shine, his humor may not have been top notch but he never relied on stupidity for laughs like Nick's versions does a bit. On top of that, he really doesn't get much love in this show.

Aside from New Friend, It Came From The Depths, and Shellacne, the others do seem a little oneshotish. I did like Pizzaface quite allot, though. That one introduced a new character, as did Depths and New Friend, so those and Shellacne are quite a bit of fun for me when I re-watch them. I liked Shellacne because it surprised us with Bradford's secondary mutation and the return of Baxter. I'm okay with Parasitica, but it's probably my least favorite Mikey episode.

I think it would have been cool to see Don working on frozen Tim in Shellacne, and a bit more relating to the main plot in some of the others. In Parasitica, for instance, it would have been a nice touch to have seen Shredder or Karai try to take advantage of the wasp's hypnotic abilities. Would have been fun to see Mikey team up with an old enemy like Rahzar or Fishface in order to stop Pizzaface. Or maybe Tim could have escaped his icy prison due to one of the zombified turtles or Splinter's accidentally bumping a switch or lever. That really would have heated things up in PF and given more credence to the idea that the incident really happened. I'm a sucker for Mutagen Man and can't wait for his return, so I'm just looking for an excuse for it to happen. Sorry! lol

A few callbacks or a bit of main plot thread throughout these episodes wouldn't hurt. I loved them bringing up the mutagen rain in PF and mentioning the Kraang and their mutagen experiments in Parasitica. I definitely understand where you're coming from, though. Personally, I enjoyed all of these Mikey eps, but a bit more continuity interwoven throughout might have made them even more enjoyable. Ciro and crew know what they're doing, however. That, I'm sure of. Maybe they're saving some terrific stories to go along with the return of these mutants. They might feature more in the main plot if or when they show up again. Best for last and all that.

"New Friend, Old Enemy", "It Came From the Depths", and "Mikey Gets Shellacne" aren't fillers in my book.

It was such a blow to see Mikey, not once but twice, save his brothers by himself and yet the writers decided to either have his brothers not remember or make it a dream.

Yeah, it's like a slap in the face to Mikey.

http://i.imgur.com/kS5gOoA.gif

Although some slaps in the face to Mikey can be quite humoring... :D

I'm mad...because you're right!:tlol:

I actually wouldn't say that was filler. It revealed Raph's anger was a huge problem to the team, revealed part of Splinter's backstory, and also introduced SpiderBytz who actually helped the turtles realize that the Kraang were keeping all of the mutants captive in Metalhead Rewired.

I think they treated him pretty well so far.

Except in Mutation Situation.

his episodes are less serious, but not all of them are fillers. (I'd say about 3)

though if I had to choose I'd rather have a deep filler episode instead of a plot heavy silly episode.