How seriously should the 1987 tmnt cartoon be taken, if at all?

*FredWolfLeonardo* · 02-06-2020, 03:18 PM

Discuss.

I believe the 1987 turtles cartoon deserves to be taken seriously as an action cartoon because while those turtles are often in a campy and comedic universe, they are often worried about not making it out alive and take many threats pretty seriously (many of said threats are legitimately dangerous to either them or the world as a whole).

Plus, the self awareness of the turtles never goes to a point where they know they are going to win in the end regardless of whatever happens.

The closest example of the show exhibiting extreme self awareness in regards to the turtles always winning in the end that I can think of is the use of "Woo Wee" in the season 6 opener, "Rock around the Block", in which the turtles simply defeat Shredder and Krang by doing nothing and letting Bebop and Rocksteady foil them through their own stupidity.

Even in that example though, I think it could be argued that the turtles simply decided not to waste any more energy because there was nothing else they could do , and as far as they were concerned, the turtles still didn't know whether they were actually going to win that time.

02-06-2020, 03:18 PM	#1
FredWolfLeonardo This ***** used to be Fun Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Aotearoa New Zealand Posts: 5,372	How seriously should the 1987 tmnt cartoon be taken, if at all? Discuss. I believe the 1987 turtles cartoon deserves to be taken seriously as an action cartoon because while those turtles are often in a campy and comedic universe, they are often worried about not making it out alive and take many threats pretty seriously (many of said threats are legitimately dangerous to either them or the world as a whole). Plus, the self awareness of the turtles never goes to a point where they know they are going to win in the end regardless of whatever happens. The closest example of the show exhibiting extreme self awareness in regards to the turtles always winning in the end that I can think of is the use of "Woo Wee" in the season 6 opener, "Rock around the Block", in which the turtles simply defeat Shredder and Krang by doing nothing and letting Bebop and Rocksteady foil them through their own stupidity. Even in that example though, I think it could be argued that the turtles simply decided not to waste any more energy because there was nothing else they could do , and as far as they were concerned, the turtles still didn't know whether they were actually going to win that time. Last edited by FredWolfLeonardo; 02-07-2020 at 02:41 AM.