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Huzzah 04-28-2015 08:48 AM

So, why only male mutants?
 
Is there some kind of stigma against female mutants, or maybe a mandate stating that they only want male mutants added to the show?

Seriously, the odds of just males being mutated is very unlikely. In most areas there usually tebd to be more females than males and yet the only female mutants we've seen are Ice Cream Kitty and the mutant lizard pin-up, which may or may not exist.

I'm not looking for love interests or such, but I'm just curious why they seem absent. Does Nick not allow females to be mutated for some odd reason?

IDW Comics seem to have a better representation with Alopex, Koya, and Sally, though it's still mostly one sided, but at least there are some.

CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy 04-28-2015 09:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Huzzah (Post 1450291)
Is there some kind of stigma against female mutants, or maybe a mandate stating that they only want male mutants added to the show?

Seriously, the odds of just males being mutated is very unlikely. In most areas there usually tebd to be more females than males and yet the only female mutants we've seen are Ice Cream Kitty and the mutant lizard pin-up, which may or may not exist.

I'm not looking for love interests or such, but I'm just curious why they seem absent. Does Nick not allow females to be mutated for some odd reason?

IDW Comics seem to have a better representation with Alopex, Koya, and Sally, though it's still mostly one sided, but at least there are some.

Not Nick's fault originally. The majority of the OT toyline was male mutants as well.

Leo656 04-28-2015 09:31 AM

Estrogen counteracts the mutagen. :trazz:

Amaranthus 04-28-2015 10:14 AM

Kids aren't ready for hot mutant booty yet.
I am. But other people aren't.

PangolinFeets 04-28-2015 10:16 AM

They're too hard to animate.

TigerClaw 04-28-2015 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy (Post 1450314)
Not Nick's fault originally. The majority of the OT toyline was male mutants as well.

With the exception of one which was Mona Lisa.

http://www.actiontoys.com/Merchant2/...1/TMNT93-8.jpg

DarkFell 04-28-2015 10:19 AM

I wondered that too. I would almost consider April to be a mutant, and she could be either a mutant or a hybrid character. I guess the only female mutant we have at the current moment is Karai.

plastroncafe 04-28-2015 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by PangolinFeets (Post 1450339)
They're too hard to animate.

Thread over.
We can all go home now.

CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy 04-28-2015 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Amaranthus (Post 1450338)
Kids aren't ready for hot mutant booty yet.
I am. But other people aren't.

Dude... given the membership here, I'm pretty sure you're not just a lone ranger on that. :tlol:

neatoman 04-28-2015 10:43 AM

The reason for that is... Ciro Nieli is afraid of cooties.

Luckyday 04-28-2015 10:45 AM

Not to be the devil advocate but there was also dr. Cluckingsworth, the parasitic wasp, and the mom thing.

It only feels this way because we haven't had many talking female mutants yet.

Personally I don't want to have female mutants just fill a quota but I also don't want a type a story that specifically requires a female mutant because that type thinking will often leads to tropes and stereotype.

Guys we been down this road before so I'll just say this: make good characters that will bring interesting plots and ideas.

For something serious and action oriented give her motivations that can either clash with the turtles for conflict or have her motivations be relatable enough for them to want to help her as allies or because they happen to share the same goals. Or you can have a crazy fun character like Renet to create a zany pizza face like situations. It not how many you have, it's about how you use them in the context of the show.

TheJ-manTurtleMan 04-28-2015 10:51 AM

Girls are too smart to get mutated.

CyberCubed 04-28-2015 11:21 AM

Why do we need girl mutants?

plastroncafe 04-28-2015 11:25 AM

I take back my snarky question.
The above is an important point.

No girl mutants.
No more girls on the show at all.
This will either get rid of the romantic subplots, which I'm in favor of.
Or make all attempts at romance involving same sex attraction, which I am also in favor of.

No girl mutants.
No girls at all.

Allio 04-28-2015 11:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Amaranthus (Post 1450338)
Kids aren't ready for hot mutant booty yet.
I am. But other people aren't.

I'm with you, already trying not to waifuing mutant pepperoni

Luckyday 04-28-2015 11:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by plastroncafe (Post 1450391)
I take back my snarky question.
The above is an important point.

No girl mutants.
No more girls on the show at all.
This will either get rid of the romantic subplots, which I'm in favor of.
Or make all attempts at romance involving same sex attraction, which I am also in favor of.

No girl mutants.
No girls at all.

Brilliant gambit, plastroncafe! :lol:

neatoman 04-28-2015 11:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CyberCubed (Post 1450385)
Why do we need girl mutants?

Sexual fetishes.

Allio 04-28-2015 11:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by neatoman (Post 1450412)
Sexual fetishes.

This guy gets it, if fangirls is allowed to have the turtles as someone to fantasize about then guys should...

wait

*Show protagonists is just a small group of male characters, to have the target demographic to relate to
*1 supporting female character for the actual target demographic to crush on


Oh my god, Ninja Turtles is "Magical Girls" for boys.

plastroncafe 04-28-2015 11:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Allio (Post 1450414)
This guy gets it, if fangirls is allowed to have the turtles as someone to fantasize about then guys should...

wait

*Show protagonists is just a small group of male characters, to have the target demographic to relate to
*1 supporting female character for the actual target demographic to crush on


Oh my god, Ninja Turtles is "Magical Girls" for boys.

NO SHHHH.
Don't say that too loudly, they'll cancel it!

neatoman 04-28-2015 12:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Allio (Post 1450414)
Oh my god, Ninja Turtles is "Magical Girls" for boys.

I thought that was Dragon Ball Z?


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