Splinter's use of "My Sons" in the original toon

*CyberCubed* · 03-21-2009, 06:10 PM

So I've been rewatching Seasons 1-6 on DVD lately so I can go through the series again before Season 7 comes out, and I do notice that in some eps they treat them as a family.

Splinter has called them, "My sons" in a number of eps, rather than "My Turtles" or "My wards," but they're select eps here and there.

And while the Turtles call each other "friends" in a lot of episodes, there are also other eps we're they're referred to as brothers. In the ep when the Turtles turn back into kids, they call Michaelangelo "Our big brother," and so forth.

Likewise although I can't remember which ep it is, Splinter tells Michaelangelo that, "You must be as strong as your brother Turtles," when he was doubting himself.

My question is why did this change from ep to ep? It seems like some writers treated them as brothers and in other eps they did not.

On another note, Mike still using his nunchucks in select Season 4 eps but only his Grappling hook in others. Heh, by Season 5 the chucks are gone, but in Season 4 he alternated between the two.

03-21-2009, 06:10 PM	#1
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,872	Splinter's use of "My Sons" in the original toon So I've been rewatching Seasons 1-6 on DVD lately so I can go through the series again before Season 7 comes out, and I do notice that in some eps they treat them as a family. Splinter has called them, "My sons" in a number of eps, rather than "My Turtles" or "My wards," but they're select eps here and there. And while the Turtles call each other "friends" in a lot of episodes, there are also other eps we're they're referred to as brothers. In the ep when the Turtles turn back into kids, they call Michaelangelo "Our big brother," and so forth. Likewise although I can't remember which ep it is, Splinter tells Michaelangelo that, "You must be as strong as your brother Turtles," when he was doubting himself. My question is why did this change from ep to ep? It seems like some writers treated them as brothers and in other eps they did not. On another note, Mike still using his nunchucks in select Season 4 eps but only his Grappling hook in others. Heh, by Season 5 the chucks are gone, but in Season 4 he alternated between the two.