Splinter-Centered Episodes???

[Type 97 Chi-ha]

Originally Posted by Pterobat

Eh, people are free to write fanfic, but for some, it's not the same thing as the real deal, or sometimes they just want to wish.

It never bugged me as a kid, but now it does bother me a bit that the backstory of Splinter in the OT was left to all these vague suggestions, and also this weird idea that modern Japan is more like feudal Japan. And what did happen to the real human Foot Clan anyway?

But I know stories like these'd be too intricate and probably too hard for the OT to do well, so I don't mind their absence that much.

I did write a fanfic suggesting answers to questions like these, such as why Hamato Yoshi ended up in New York City, how Oroku Saki managed to find him there, how he met Krang, what was the story with the punks and the robotic Foot Soldiers, etc. But it's just a fanfic, after all.

[CyberCubed]

Originally Posted by Pterobat

Eh, people are free to write fanfic, but for some, it's not the same thing as the real deal, or sometimes they just want to wish.

It never bugged me as a kid, but now it does bother me a bit that the backstory of Splinter in the OT was left to all these vague suggestions, and also this weird idea that modern Japan is more like feudal Japan. And what did happen to the real human Foot Clan anyway?

But I know stories like these'd be too intricate and probably too hard for the OT to do well, so I don't mind their absence that much.

The human Foot Clan still existed in Japan. In the episode, "The Missing Map" Splinter says there was evidence there that could get Shredder thrown out of the Foot Clan.

Why the writers never made an episode where Shredder reunites with the Japanese Foot is beyond me. It should have happened in Season 8 after they lost the Technodrome too.

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

The human Foot Clan still existed in Japan. In the episode, "The Missing Map" Splinter says there was evidence there that could get Shredder thrown out of the Foot Clan.

Why the writers never made an episode where Shredder reunites with the Japanese Foot is beyond me. It should have happened in Season 8 after they lost the Technodrome too.

Write a fanfict about it.

http://www.thetechnodrome.com/fanfics/tsib/tsib.shtml

is good

Type 97 Chi-ha, how old is that one?

[Powder]

OT Splinter is by far my favorite version of the character, always loved when he got to shine. This thread makes me wanna marathon his episodes. Hmm...

[Type 97 Chi-ha]

Originally Posted by Swedenfan 1982

Write a fanfict about it.

http://www.thetechnodrome.com/fanfics/tsib/tsib.shtml

is good

Type 97 Chi-ha, how old is that one?

I posted it about a year after I first joined this site. I actually had the idea for it long before, in fact when I saw "The Missing Map" episode and realized that in the 1987 cartoon the Foot Clan wasn't just a bunch of ninja robots.

[Pterobat]

Originally Posted by Powder

OT Splinter is by far my favorite version of the character, always loved when he got to shine. This thread makes me wanna marathon his episodes. Hmm...

Dooo ittttt!

As a child, pretty much everything TMNT-related that I did revolved around Splinter in some way, and sometimes I think he's the smartest character in the OT.

And he's still awesome. It's true that I like Baxter now, but Splinter is always going to be important.

The adult in me says Splinter might be a little too perfect, and his fatherly aspects should be emphasized more, but this doesn't really make a difference.