Why were so many episodes produced in Season 4?

*CyberCubed* · 09-11-2011, 11:10 PM

Season 3 took the show up to 65 episodes, which was expected for syndicated cartoons at the time. The whole series could have ended right there. Season 4 had 40 episodes, even more if you count the European Vacation episodes. Why did they produce so many episodes in a single year?

Its obvious Season 4 was the start of where the show suffered in quality a bit, simply due to the sheer mass of episodes. The animation was hit or miss, the stories weren't as memorable as other seasons, and the action started to get toned down.

Season 4 does have some good episodes, but I think its obvious they were just shocked at how popular TMNT had become, and at this point they were just cranking out new episodes as fast as they could.

By the time Season 5 started they slowed down and started putting a bit more effort into the episodes, even if it wasn't as good as Seasons 6, and finally Seasons 7-10.

09-11-2011, 11:10 PM	#1
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,880	Why were so many episodes produced in Season 4? Season 3 took the show up to 65 episodes, which was expected for syndicated cartoons at the time. The whole series could have ended right there. Season 4 had 40 episodes, even more if you count the European Vacation episodes. Why did they produce so many episodes in a single year? Its obvious Season 4 was the start of where the show suffered in quality a bit, simply due to the sheer mass of episodes. The animation was hit or miss, the stories weren't as memorable as other seasons, and the action started to get toned down. Season 4 does have some good episodes, but I think its obvious they were just shocked at how popular TMNT had become, and at this point they were just cranking out new episodes as fast as they could. By the time Season 5 started they slowed down and started putting a bit more effort into the episodes, even if it wasn't as good as Seasons 6, and finally Seasons 7-10.