[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

I completely agree. What made the show so fun is the bizarre wacky sci-fi plots. Its like every episode took some idea from some old science fiction movie and the writers just ran with it.

The other great thing is the show made fun of itself! The writers knew the plots were crazy and a lot of the villains were nonsensical (especially all those one-shot mad scientists, Seasons 4-6 are filled with them), and they had characters break the forth wall all the time.

I also think the show benefited from some great chemistry between characters. The 4 Turtles, the Channel 6 news crew, and Shredder/Krang/Bebop/Rocksteady were all 3 groups that had really, really fun interactions, and even better when they all interacted with each other.

Sometimes its best for a show to just be light-hearted and fun to watch, I can just watch the 80's TMNT over and over again and just sit down and relax. I also like how the show has a rather loose continuity that runs throughout the whole thing, each episode is episodic mostly, but there is some continuity through the series and I like how the Turtles have their 10 season battle against Shredder, even though Shredder/Krang were only in 3 eps in the last season.

I also liked how it was based on science fiction from the 1950's and 1960's. I don't know if science fiction took itself serious back then.