What is it about Turtle Tot Episodes that you either love/hate

Ulisa · 03-07-2013, 05:38 PM

Just a little trend that I noticed is that people either HATE with a passion the episodes where the turtles are made younger or they completely eat them up. I've noticed this with the 2k3 episodes as well though those were flashback episodes as opposed to the regression plot point.

Now, as for me personally, I love them even if I can admit the plot is usually silly/contrived and does not have a lot of thought into it usually. Most cartoons in the 80s seem to have a youth/aging mechanism (the ones most prominent in my mind being the Cave of Time and Geyser of Youth from TCats) so it seemed to be a popular plot point back then. So is there anything about these episodes that you love or if you hate them, what is it specifically that you dislike?

And actually, along that vein, can you think of ways that would have made them better or tolerable?

As for myself, like I said, I love them though I certainly recognize their faults and I can see why some people would despise them. I love to see the turtles take on different roles with one another and seeing them react differently to one another yet still keep SOME aspect of their older personality is intriguing to me. I have to say, I prefer the episode where Donatello, Raphael and Leonardo are made younger as my favorite, because I always have viewed Michelangelo as the youngest so seeing him be put into elder brother role was interesting to me. I always felt the writers could do more with these plots than they did though.

03-07-2013, 05:38 PM	#1
Ulisa Foot Soldier Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Various Fantasy Realms Posts: 145	What is it about Turtle Tot Episodes that you either love/hate Just a little trend that I noticed is that people either HATE with a passion the episodes where the turtles are made younger or they completely eat them up. I've noticed this with the 2k3 episodes as well though those were flashback episodes as opposed to the regression plot point. Now, as for me personally, I love them even if I can admit the plot is usually silly/contrived and does not have a lot of thought into it usually. Most cartoons in the 80s seem to have a youth/aging mechanism (the ones most prominent in my mind being the Cave of Time and Geyser of Youth from TCats) so it seemed to be a popular plot point back then. So is there anything about these episodes that you love or if you hate them, what is it specifically that you dislike? And actually, along that vein, can you think of ways that would have made them better or tolerable? As for myself, like I said, I love them though I certainly recognize their faults and I can see why some people would despise them. I love to see the turtles take on different roles with one another and seeing them react differently to one another yet still keep SOME aspect of their older personality is intriguing to me. I have to say, I prefer the episode where Donatello, Raphael and Leonardo are made younger as my favorite, because I always have viewed Michelangelo as the youngest so seeing him be put into elder brother role was interesting to me. I always felt the writers could do more with these plots than they did though.