Is there a reason why other mutants are evil?
 

One thing that got my about the mutant plot is that almost every animal that becomes a mutant is automatically evil and has special abilities. The same mutagen that made the turtles gave them nothing, and also didn't warp their minds, if that's to be believed. Is there a reason for every mutant to be crazy?

Well, they were also babies when they were mutated, and were guided by a master for 15 years. Not to mention, Raphael is always battling that inner rage within himself, maybe it's something to do with the mutagen flowing through his veins more than just his jealousy of Leo and dejection of Splinter.

Pigeon Pete wasn't evil, neither was Leatherhead.

Also we'll be getting Mondo Gecko in Season 3 who won't be evil either.

We don't know that, though. He could be seen as a threat, like Leatherhead started off and then become a friend.

That owl mutant boy (Sir Malecki?) in Dungeons and Mutants thingy isn't evil. He just wanna plaaay.

Tainted mutagen, perhaps. Or likely because the turtles were babies and came in direct human contact.

To be fair most are either savage beasts or humans that are pissed they were suddenly turned into monsters. And of course, Chris and Xever were evil to begin with.

Turtles don't really have special abilities besides their shells. The other have more weird abilities based on the animals they were mutated from.

It's just a little inconsistent. Splinter and April's dad all deal with their mutations very differently one loses himself and the other doesn't. Brad and Xever are still exactly who they are despite being mutated.

I honestly think its by chance if a mutant retains its sanity or not.

Yeah, I think this is probably the best explanation really.

I agree with that for the most part, it's just Slash's super strength, agility and retractable claw was a big WTF moment for me.

Although the turtles have the worst luck if that's true! :lol:

Well, Slash got mutated from touching Raph last, so he would probably have adaptable traits related to Raphael. I wonder what would happen if one of the Turtles were to become re-mutated. It'll probably be Donnie, since he's always messing with the stuff. And it will probably be Mikey who accidentally does it.

I'm gonna go with bad influences (Shredder, renegade Kraang, ect.), or being driven by a bad sense of personality that aspired the bad mutants to stay bad. Good thing that not all of the mutants were bad. Otherwise we'd be stuck watching Teenage Mutant Evil Turtle Ninja's.

We know they've been tweaking the mutagen all along. So maybe it's effecting people differently because the mutagen is actually different, each time.

No one really comes to mind as turning evil when they mutated, though.

Most of the mutants that were animals before mutation seem to be good guys. With mutants that had been human, it's more of a mixed bag. Often it depends on how they were before mutation.

So if a person is a douchebag before mutation, they'll still be a douchebag after it.

I'm going with a cynical reason, it's a kids' show and as such it needs to be simple. It's easy to say "they became monsters, so they're bad because they're monsters".

Wheter or not kids actually buy that idea is another question, if one of you who actually know a child who watch the show, ask them.