The episode idea thread (Turtle Torture Edition)

[victory_angel]

Originally Posted by Tarris Vaal

Poor Donnie does get the worst of it in these doesn't he?

Would this scenario work with Mikey as the 'missing' turtle? I can imagine his reactions better as he slowly notices, and the reactions of the others being determined to save him.

Yes that would work with Mikey. But since Donnie is the smart one, he is the one they can't function without.

As we have seen in these past episodes you can remove, Leo, Raph, or Mikey from the group...and the group would still function. They don't function quite as well but they still function.

However if Donnie is not with the group everything begins to fall apart and there are situations they wouldn't have gotten out if Donnie hadn't been there.

Such as Mousers Attack when Donnie tells Leo and Raph that the stuff that Stockman sprayed them would come off gradually. But if someone else was hit with it, it would give off a bigger signal.

Or the Wormquake Episode where Donnie is seperated from his brothers, but he also helps them by getting rid of the Kraang Worms.

In so far the group has had small moments without Donnie present, but Donnie is summoned back to the group, or rejoined the group at the climax of the episode.

The only episode the three of them as a whole really had trouble without him was in Operation Breakout when they were flopping about and trying to figure out what Donnie would have done if he was there.

But they have yet to be in a situation where they *need* Donnie and he can't come help them because of XYZ.

That's why episodes such as Same as it Never Was were so impactful. Because Mikey essentially tells Donnie that when he disappeared, they tried to work together without him there to balance out the team they eventually went their separate ways.

And in Good Genes, Leonardo states to Master Splinter that he feels lost without Donnie there. And in a cold opening during the final episode of the arc. Leo says if the situation had happened to anyone else they would have turned to Donnie for a cure.