Is the cerebus rollercoaster ruining the flow of the series

*victory_angel* · 05-15-2015, 02:07 PM

Cerebus syndrome is a term that is used to describe the tonal shift between light and dark in the series. The term is derived from the Cerebus the Aardvark comic book series. ( A character that isn't a stranger to TMNT as their stories did crossover at times.)

A Cerebus Rollercoaster is what happens when the Cerebus syndrome shifts zig zags.

Typically nick releases episodes in groups of four or five and if one pays attention you can see a tonal pattern to each episode.

The first episode is always going to be the most lighthearted of the batch.

A good example of this would be the episode: Turtles in Time.
Is aired as episode 19 but stamped as episode 20.

The two-three episodes following this are a mixed bag
sometimes they give you what we expect which is either filler or drama. Depending on what the previews suggest.

Such as Mondo Gecko's episode pretty much being for the most part filler as we expected it would be. Though somewhat darker then the Noxious Avenger.

But other times they give episodes that throw you for a loop. Such as the preview offering dark drama and instead we get lighthearted fluff. Or we go into an episode expecting filler and we get something better.

An example of this type of episode would be the Clash of the Mutanimals where the preview shows Raph being mind controlled by the Shredder. And we wanted that to be a dramatic thing that impacted the team and instead it was over in 5-10 minutes.

The final episode is always the darkest of the bunch and offers a lot of the dark drama before we have a break and are ascended to a lighthearted high once more.

Do other people feel the show would be better if it just took more of a straight forward tonal shift to the story. Rather then buffering the dark intense episodes with lighthearted filler. Or are you fine with things as they are?

05-15-2015, 02:07 PM	#1
victory_angel Foot Elite Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Ca Posts: 3,108	Is the cerebus rollercoaster ruining the flow of the series Cerebus syndrome is a term that is used to describe the tonal shift between light and dark in the series. The term is derived from the Cerebus the Aardvark comic book series. ( A character that isn't a stranger to TMNT as their stories did crossover at times.) A Cerebus Rollercoaster is what happens when the Cerebus syndrome shifts zig zags. Typically nick releases episodes in groups of four or five and if one pays attention you can see a tonal pattern to each episode. The first episode is always going to be the most lighthearted of the batch. A good example of this would be the episode: Turtles in Time. Is aired as episode 19 but stamped as episode 20. The two-three episodes following this are a mixed bag sometimes they give you what we expect which is either filler or drama. Depending on what the previews suggest. Such as Mondo Gecko's episode pretty much being for the most part filler as we expected it would be. Though somewhat darker then the Noxious Avenger. But other times they give episodes that throw you for a loop. Such as the preview offering dark drama and instead we get lighthearted fluff. Or we go into an episode expecting filler and we get something better. An example of this type of episode would be the Clash of the Mutanimals where the preview shows Raph being mind controlled by the Shredder. And we wanted that to be a dramatic thing that impacted the team and instead it was over in 5-10 minutes. The final episode is always the darkest of the bunch and offers a lot of the dark drama before we have a break and are ascended to a lighthearted high once more. Do other people feel the show would be better if it just took more of a straight forward tonal shift to the story. Rather then buffering the dark intense episodes with lighthearted filler. Or are you fine with things as they are? __________________