Have the Nick TMNT actually accomplished anything?

[Andrew NDB]

I was thinking about this the other day. Seems like every bad guy and mutant they've ever encountered is still very much on the loose and at large. Perhaps the Nick Turtles should cut their losses and just stay in the sewer from now on?

[Cure]

Then there'd be no show, dummy.

[Gyt Kaliba]

That and I'd argue that they've actually tried pretty hard to put down Snakeweed for good, but that guy's apparently pretty hard to kill. Even breaking him into a thousand pieces didn't work.

I mean, they could always try stabbing that exposed heart but...kid's show. Can't realistically expect that level of violence in it (I've honestly been pretty pleasantly surprised by how violent they have gotten with that character).

[Irishmile]

Sure they have not captured any baddies.. But

They saved April
Stopped a Mutagen bomb
Saved people from becoming plant food
Saved Murakami
Stopped rats from taking over the city
stopped mousers from stealing things

and ate pizza.

[snake]

Aren't they trying to build up to a league of villians kind of thing, if thats the case it's more fitting to have villians escape.

[CyberCubed]

They stopped the Worldwide Genome project, stopped a mutagen bomb, and saved April from the Kraang.

But...they're kids. Splinter is still teaching them and they have a lot to learn. This is the youngest they've even been portrayed after all.

[plastroncafe]

Aren't you usually the one who's against the idea of the Turtles being super heroes, Andrew?

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by plastroncafe

Aren't you usually the one who's against the idea of the Turtles being super heroes, Andrew?

Well, they're certainly not ninjas in the Nick show, so they might as well be something.

[gobo]

I think what you're trying to get at is that the status quo is nearly identical in every ep.

[Jephael]

This is why I prefer more mainstream super heroes like Superman or Spider-Man. They can be seen by the public and actually manage to put the badguys in jail, which happened a little back in the original Ninja Turtles cartoon. But on this show they're always going up against mutants and aliens but the public is always left in the dark.

[CyberCubed]

Originally Posted by Jephael

This is why I prefer more mainstream super heroes like Superman or Spider-Man. They can be seen by the public and actually manage to put the badguys in jail, which happened a little back in the original Ninja Turtles cartoon. But on this show they're always going up against mutants and aliens but the public is always left in the dark.

That's actually why I prefer TMNT. Even in the OT they would hide and run as soon as the cops came and didn't want to be recognized by the general public.

[gobo]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

Have the Nick TMNT actually accomplished anything?

I guess you missed that episode where they simultaneously discovered the cure for the common cold AND cancer. It was nothing special though.

[BabyTurtles]

well if they killed everyone....then there would be no villains....then they'd have to make more villains...and it's not like mutagen falls from the sky

and they can't capture anyone...cause that give away their lair right .......

[Jephael]

What we all need to keep in mind is no matter how good a plotline or storyarc these cartoon shows have, at the end of the day they're just a bunch of toy commercials.

[snake]

Originally Posted by Jephael

What we all need to keep in mind is no matter how good a plotline or storyarc these cartoon shows have, at the end of the day they're just a bunch of toy commercials.

High quality toy commercials.