Official Episode Discussion: #6 "Metalhead" - Page 5

**Jester** · 10-28-2012, 04:10 PM

For perspective, 6 episodes into the 4Kids series we saw these episodes:
Things Change, A Better Mousetrap, Attack of the Mousers, Meet Casey Jones,
Nano, and Darkness on the Edge of Town. That series had 1 major villain/plot and we were getting just as little in the way of story progression, and probably less character progression.

Oddly, the FW series set up the universe in fewer episodes than either of the other series.

Filespit · 10-28-2012, 05:04 PM

This was a good episode in my opinion. I thought Metalhead was awesome, the scene where he runs towards the other turtles while on the rooftops with all the junky and clumsy sounds gave me a very good laugh. Hopefully we'll get to see more of him in the future, preferably a bit upgraded. Not the best episode this far but definitely an enjoyable one.

Icegaze · 10-28-2012, 05:13 PM

Hilarious episode was hilarious!
"So, hehe, you like heavy metal? Hehe.. heh.". I swear, replace Donnie with Quagmire and "hehe" with "geggity" and it still works.
I'm sure that was a nod to Family Guy. The delivery of that line and innuendo were not innocent. XD

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Originally Posted by Donnie DBERG

Second best I give it 9/10
Old friend new enemy is my fav
T'his is second
rise of the turtles part 2 is third
i think his name is baxter stockman is fourth
rise of the turtles part 1 is fifth
turtle temper is last

For me it's:
1. Rise of the Turtles (ep 1 and 2, premiere); 9/10
-. Old friend, New enemy (ep 4); 9
3. Metalhead (ep 6); 8
4. Turtle Temper (ep 3); 7.5
5. ... Baxter Stockman (ep 5); 7

PS: Say what you will, but if you are a teenager or young adult, admit the fact that April's voice is smexy. Yes, I went there..

*chrisdude* · 10-28-2012, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Jester

Silly question to Trekies: is the theme music to Space Heroes, the fight music from the Original Series?

Pretty much. It's similar enough to absolutely be intentional.

*Rooish* · 10-28-2012, 06:56 PM

I liked this episode! I think this is my favourite version of Donatello so far, and he may be my fav Turtle on this show (usually he is my least favourite!) He was pretty badass in this episode, and I just love the voice acting.

Did anyone else think Leonardo was adorable when April totally told him off and he was like, "Okay" and moved out of her way? I really love the expressive facial expressions of these Turtles. Loved Mikey's face too, when he and Leo were both attacking Metalhead near the beginning.

Other than that, the guys really have to start attacking the brain inside the robot body! Seriously duh! And this may be the jerkiest Raph ever. He's such a gaping a-hole!

Avatar Yuffie · 10-28-2012, 08:03 PM

I feel sorry for Don's awkwardness with April, poor guy. I feel the embarrassment. XD

Metalhead is so cute too. I want one.

*Zulithe* · 10-28-2012, 08:19 PM

Nice to see a Don-centered episode. Wonder why they decided to make Metalhead so small? They could have easily made him as big as the turtles (or just a tad shorter) and it would be just as easy to believe.

I wish Metalhead were more than just a remote-controlled robot. He has no mind of his own or anything? That would have been more interesting.

This series needs more multi-part stories like the pilot. 24 mins is very limiting in what kinds of stories they can tell.

*CyberCubed* · 10-28-2012, 08:25 PM

I was a bit disappointed Metalhead himself had no actual, "character" like the OT or SNES version of the character.

Here he really did just feel like a remote controlled device and little more. Perhaps in a future episode Don will add a personality chip to Metalhead and he'll become an actual character?

Would be cool.

FearlessLeader · 10-28-2012, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by chrisdude

Pretty much. It's similar enough to absolutely be intentional.

You beat me to it! I needed to look up the music myself before completely confirming it. I love that I feel like a lot of people that have worked on Turtles are also Trek fans. They were my first two big fandoms and I feel they are similar in a way!

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Originally Posted by Rooish

And this may be the jerkiest Raph ever. He's such a gaping a-hole!

Am I the only one that doesn't think Raphael is a jerk in this series? Sure he's s hardass but we have already seen bits and pieces of his sweet side.

*Donatello19* · 10-28-2012, 08:34 PM

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Originally Posted by marcelangelo

I think this is again a moment where the quality of the animation is so great that the surfaces(here the skin) looks just like real objects being lit by the same light as all the other things on screen..
I had this feeling quite a few times in previous episodes as well..for example in the 4th episode when raphael is talking to michelangelo in the alley before the foot attack for the first time...there his skin looks like real costume rubber texture from the first movie in my oppinion and this is a great feeling!

is that what you meant?

Yeah, that's what I meant. I hope there are a lot of moments like that in the future!

*gobo* · 10-28-2012, 08:40 PM

"It's gotta have a weakness!" It just couldn't possibly be the squishy alien brain on top though, right?

*CyberCubed* · 10-28-2012, 09:23 PM

I wonder how the Kraang take control of machines? That's why they seem to sleep when they're in their exoskeletons or on top of Metalhead.

*Donatello19* · 10-28-2012, 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by RIP, gobo

"It's gotta have a weakness!" It just couldn't possibly be the squishy alien brain on top though, right?

XD I was thinking that the whole time. It was painful to watch them fighting him with Leo saying "There's gotta be a weak spot!" I was like come on, just hit the Kraang! It was so obvious too lol

zodiac brave · 10-28-2012, 10:44 PM

YES! this was a great ep. i DO wish metalhead had it's own personality, but i can forgive that, considering the great development we're getting for all the other characters. also, i really don't feel like in 6 episodes we're lacking THAT much development THAT severely. there's still 20 installments left for the season. everyone needs to calm down with that, heh.

*CyberCubed* · 10-28-2012, 10:54 PM

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Originally Posted by zodiac brave

YES! this was a great ep. i DO wish metalhead had it's own personality, but i can forgive that, considering the great development we're getting for all the other characters. also, i really don't feel like in 6 episodes we're lacking THAT much development THAT severely. there's still 20 installments left for the season. everyone needs to calm down with that, heh.

Indeed, some people tend to forget this is a 26 episode season, not a 13 episode season.

This is Ninja Turtles, people, we get 26 episode seasons and we'll likely get at least 150 episodes out of this show before it ends. We're not DC and Marvel where their shows are canceled quickly.

Metropoliskid41 · 10-28-2012, 10:56 PM

I wonder what other characters used in the past we'll see, there is a whole slew of characters from the OT & Archie series that would work, I just hope that Metalhead along with the others aren't used as throw away characters, and we see them more than once.

Really hope Metalhead returns with a personality/intelligence of his own.

*CyberCubed* · 10-28-2012, 11:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Metropoliskid41

I wonder what other characters used in the past we'll see, there is a whole slew of characters from the OT & Archie series that would work, I just hope that Metalhead along with the others aren't used as throw away characters, and we see them more than once.

We probably will see more if a somewhat obscure character like Metalhead was resurrected.

Metalhead only ever got 1 full episode in the OT and a short 10 second cameo in another where Don used him as a vacuume. I think the character is mostly remembered for his role as a boss in Turtles in Time than anything else.

In fact I think there's a good chance all the characters from Turtles in Time will eventually show up....we already know Leatherhead, Rat King and General Traag will.

Next we just need Slash, Rahzar/Tokka, Bebop/Rocksteady and Krang himself.

*MrPliggins* · 10-28-2012, 11:36 PM

When Metalhead bashed Mikey back and forth on the ground, it reminded me of when the Turtles did the same thing in old SNES/Genesis games.
I pretty much agree with everyone on this show. It's fun to watch and I laughed out loud a few times this week. This might be my favorite episode so far. However, I found it strange that April went off to face the kraang and not one turtle followed her. Loved Metalhead's design, and I think the fact he was short just made him more badass. The episode had some nice action sequences too.

FearlessLeader · 10-29-2012, 02:13 AM

Just rewatched the episode and remembered I had wanted to mention how amusing I found it that it felt like Leo just spent half the episode face palming, mostly at Don. Gave me a good laugh!

Vivi · 10-29-2012, 05:44 AM

Aside from the already aforementioned plot weak spot, the episode was pretty fun. I'm not overly familiar with Metalhead from the OC, but loved his design. It was also great to finally see April's situation progress a little (I love that Katara is voicing this chick), and Don's awkward nerdy crushing (that poor, poor turtle).

My favourite bit, however, has to be seeing Leonardo tell April off. I don't know why. I think it was good to see him show a bit of backbone.

Still, we have yet to learn more about the Kraang and their motives, it will be interesting to see. Not my favourite episode, but high quality as usual.

View Poll Results: So... you like heavy metal? awkward laugh
The one that is called your mother wears the boots that are made for combat!	33	50.00%
Nice work; when we're done here, there's a marching band that needs a majorette.	12	18.18%
Face it guys, with this thing, I'm invincib-- walks away to pick up remote	6	9.09%
It sounds weird when he says it.... It sounds wierd when YOU say it...	15	22.73%
Voters: 66. You may not vote on this poll

10-28-2012, 04:10 PM	#81
Jester Rat-faced Dude-guy Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Arkansas Posts: 26,301	For perspective, 6 episodes into the 4Kids series we saw these episodes: Things Change, A Better Mousetrap, Attack of the Mousers, Meet Casey Jones, Nano, and Darkness on the Edge of Town. That series had 1 major villain/plot and we were getting just as little in the way of story progression, and probably less character progression. Oddly, the FW series set up the universe in fewer episodes than either of the other series. __________________ "Clearly, you're Ninja Turtling incorrectly." - Leo656

10-28-2012, 08:03 PM	#86
Avatar Yuffie Stone Warrior Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 805	I feel sorry for Don's awkwardness with April, poor guy. I feel the embarrassment. XD Metalhead is so cute too. I want one. __________________ We all know that Most Writers Are Male. Something like eighty percent of media aimed at children have male main characters, whereas half the population is female. At best, women will often be minor characters or will not be present at all. Stories about women are for women, stories about men are for general consumption. (TV Tropes Feminist Fantasy)

10-28-2012, 08:40 PM	#91
gobo Wacky Action Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: on Earth Posts: 12,784	"It's gotta have a weakness!" It just couldn't possibly be the squishy alien brain on top though, right? __________________ Live and let live... or go to hell.

10-28-2012, 10:44 PM	#94
zodiac brave Stone Warrior Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: san antonio, tx Posts: 822	YES! this was a great ep. i DO wish metalhead had it's own personality, but i can forgive that, considering the great development we're getting for all the other characters. also, i really don't feel like in 6 episodes we're lacking THAT much development THAT severely. there's still 20 installments left for the season. everyone needs to calm down with that, heh. __________________ what we were after, was lashings of ultra-violence.

10-28-2012, 05:04 PM	#82
Filespit Hench Mutant Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Sweden Posts: 424	This was a good episode in my opinion. I thought Metalhead was awesome, the scene where he runs towards the other turtles while on the rooftops with all the junky and clumsy sounds gave me a very good laugh. Hopefully we'll get to see more of him in the future, preferably a bit upgraded. Not the best episode this far but definitely an enjoyable one.

10-28-2012, 06:56 PM	#85
Rooish Devil's Advocate Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Toronto, Ontario Posts: 2,130	I liked this episode! I think this is my favourite version of Donatello so far, and he may be my fav Turtle on this show (usually he is my least favourite!) He was pretty badass in this episode, and I just love the voice acting. Did anyone else think Leonardo was adorable when April totally told him off and he was like, "Okay" and moved out of her way? I really love the expressive facial expressions of these Turtles. Loved Mikey's face too, when he and Leo were both attacking Metalhead near the beginning. Other than that, the guys really have to start attacking the brain inside the robot body! Seriously duh! And this may be the jerkiest Raph ever. He's such a gaping a-hole!

10-28-2012, 08:19 PM	#87
Zulithe Ninjutsu Master Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 6,418	Nice to see a Don-centered episode. Wonder why they decided to make Metalhead so small? They could have easily made him as big as the turtles (or just a tad shorter) and it would be just as easy to believe. I wish Metalhead were more than just a remote-controlled robot. He has no mind of his own or anything? That would have been more interesting. This series needs more multi-part stories like the pilot. 24 mins is very limiting in what kinds of stories they can tell.

10-28-2012, 08:25 PM	#88
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,880	I was a bit disappointed Metalhead himself had no actual, "character" like the OT or SNES version of the character. Here he really did just feel like a remote controlled device and little more. Perhaps in a future episode Don will add a personality chip to Metalhead and he'll become an actual character? Would be cool.

10-28-2012, 09:23 PM	#92
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,880	I wonder how the Kraang take control of machines? That's why they seem to sleep when they're in their exoskeletons or on top of Metalhead.

10-28-2012, 10:56 PM	#96
Metropoliskid41 Stone Warrior Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Tundra Posts: 886	I wonder what other characters used in the past we'll see, there is a whole slew of characters from the OT & Archie series that would work, I just hope that Metalhead along with the others aren't used as throw away characters, and we see them more than once. Really hope Metalhead returns with a personality/intelligence of his own. __________________ -------------------

10-28-2012, 11:36 PM	#98
MrPliggins Foot Elite Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 3,051	When Metalhead bashed Mikey back and forth on the ground, it reminded me of when the Turtles did the same thing in old SNES/Genesis games. I pretty much agree with everyone on this show. It's fun to watch and I laughed out loud a few times this week. This might be my favorite episode so far. However, I found it strange that April went off to face the kraang and not one turtle followed her. Loved Metalhead's design, and I think the fact he was short just made him more badass. The episode had some nice action sequences too.

10-29-2012, 02:13 AM	#99
FearlessLeader Mad Scientist Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Watching Space Heroes Posts: 1,048	Just rewatched the episode and remembered I had wanted to mention how amusing I found it that it felt like Leo just spent half the episode face palming, mostly at Don. Gave me a good laugh! __________________ Artwork by Jim Lawson

10-29-2012, 05:44 AM	#100
Vivi Mad Scientist Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Ninja HQ, Moon Posts: 1,076	Aside from the already aforementioned plot weak spot, the episode was pretty fun. I'm not overly familiar with Metalhead from the OC, but loved his design. It was also great to finally see April's situation progress a little (I love that Katara is voicing this chick), and Don's awkward nerdy crushing (that poor, poor turtle). My favourite bit, however, has to be seeing Leonardo tell April off. I don't know why. I think it was good to see him show a bit of backbone. Still, we have yet to learn more about the Kraang and their motives, it will be interesting to see. Not my favourite episode, but high quality as usual.