Official Ep Discussion: S3 Ep23: "The Fourfold Trap"

[oldmanwinters]

Originally Posted by Ninjinister

http://images.wikia.com/tmnt/images/a/ab/Venuslying.jpg

Ha, I wondered if that was a direct Venus De Milo reference. The pose is spot on!

Originally Posted by Purple Kraken

Honestly, I am really worried. What if the show starts to flanderize Splinter? Before season two, Splinter never showed stereotypical rat traits at all. After season two, however, it started to show...forcefully. It seems like the writers are doing this to both lighten the show and meet Nickelodeon's standards of what is deemed acceptable for entertainment. Again, I am worried.

Oh, I find it funny to see how Splinter is doing all the rodent things with a dignified straight face. From an in-universe sense, I suppose it would make a little sense since he spent a few months in a feral mentality before the Return to New York episode.