[neatoman]

Trying to defend the Nicktoon as more mature in any sense is a bit awkward considering it's the show with the Ice Cream Kitty, Muckman, Pizza Face, Sparrow Wizard, April Derp, Mutant Zits, Bigfoot crushing on Don, Dream Beavers, Skateboard Sewer Race, Wyrm, Mikey's wacky mind world, Batman 1966 homage and probably more that would this paragraph unreadable if I kept adding to it.

There is so much of that show that isn't just stupid but clearly meant to be stupid that it's hard to take anything about it seriously. When Splinter dies it doesn't hit hard, it just feels out place. What's worse is that the story of that show is not good and feels the need to repeat many of the same beats. Splinter "died" a few times before he really did and when they really did kill him off it seemed kind of hollow.

If the Nicktoon tried to be mature, it either failed to or it was mere lipservice to maturity.