Leo In Yellow/Venus In Pink (Next Mutation)

*Powder* · 10-28-2011, 06:47 PM

In the intro/outro clips of The Next Mutation, there's a group shot shown in which Leonardo is wearing yellow pads and a yellow/green bandana.

What the shell?

I noticed it right from the first episode and was always confused by it. I know that Venus was originally going to be Pink... My theory is that once they switched her over to a pale blue somebody figured "We can't have two blue ones, that will confuse the kids." and thus switched Leo over to the next primary color. Then, somebody else workin' on the show said "C'mon, he's the leader, he's always been blue. You can't just change that!" & they brought her back to pink. Then they said screw it & thus they ended up as we know them all to be.

Does anybody have any details behind this? What would your reaction of been had they kept this change? Do you think Venus would've been better suited in pink? Share all yer thoughts on the matter.

Here you can see Leonardo in Yellow-

& here is where you see Venus in pink. This Playmates promo picture was released prior to the show airing, but I'm assuming after they'd already made the change.

I remember having the Playmates catalog (or whatever it was) that this picture was featured in, and thinking that I much preferred the pink bandana. Now as an adult I understand that they probably switched it because it was too much of a LOOK IT'S A GIRL SEE SHE WEARS PINK vibe going on, plus maybe boys would've been completely turned off by the color... I dunno. Even so, I still kinda like it better but maybe that's only because it's something different from the norm. I love variation.

As for Leo in yellow... I actually always thought it looked really neat, if only for this series. Leo is my favorite turtle, so switching his color for the rest of time wouldn't be cool with me, but if The Next Mutation had been an exception, I wouldn't of minded at all. It's a cool "highlighter" kinda color, and I'm a sucker for neon.

10-28-2011, 06:47 PM	#1
Powder 40 Years of TMNT Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Shell-Ri-La Posts: 26,945	Leo In Yellow/Venus In Pink (Next Mutation) In the intro/outro clips of The Next Mutation, there's a group shot shown in which Leonardo is wearing yellow pads and a yellow/green bandana. What the shell? I noticed it right from the first episode and was always confused by it. I know that Venus was originally going to be Pink... My theory is that once they switched her over to a pale blue somebody figured "We can't have two blue ones, that will confuse the kids." and thus switched Leo over to the next primary color. Then, somebody else workin' on the show said "C'mon, he's the leader, he's always been blue. You can't just change that!" & they brought her back to pink. Then they said screw it & thus they ended up as we know them all to be. Does anybody have any details behind this? What would your reaction of been had they kept this change? Do you think Venus would've been better suited in pink? Share all yer thoughts on the matter. Here you can see Leonardo in Yellow- & here is where you see Venus in pink. This Playmates promo picture was released prior to the show airing, but I'm assuming after they'd already made the change. I remember having the Playmates catalog (or whatever it was) that this picture was featured in, and thinking that I much preferred the pink bandana. Now as an adult I understand that they probably switched it because it was too much of a LOOK IT'S A GIRL SEE SHE WEARS PINK vibe going on, plus maybe boys would've been completely turned off by the color... I dunno. Even so, I still kinda like it better but maybe that's only because it's something different from the norm. I love variation. As for Leo in yellow... I actually always thought it looked really neat, if only for this series. Leo is my favorite turtle, so switching his color for the rest of time wouldn't be cool with me, but if The Next Mutation had been an exception, I wouldn't of minded at all. It's a cool "highlighter" kinda color, and I'm a sucker for neon.