Official Ep Discussion #13 "I, Monster"

[NinjaMan]

Originally Posted by Zulithe

I'm right there with you. I love seeing Leo shine. And I love his attitude:

Mikey: Leo!
Raph: Not bad!
Don: Dude I can't believe you actually tagged Sensei! That was epic!
Mikey: The hand that punched splinter! You know you can never wash this again?
Leo: I gotta say guys, it was all teamwork! We are definitely getting better.

Only a good leader would respond this way. Leo is great.

I love that scene as well. Leo has always been my favorite but this version is really awesome.

[BabyTurtles]

Mikey: and chew and chew and chew.....and chew XDDDD

omg Mikey!

this episode was awesome D i loved it when Leo said "father"....it was so heartwarming.....(i was dying for one of them to say father!!!) and then they hugged...awwwww XD even Raph was into it!

when Splinter did that finger technique to the Ratking I was like "is he gonna fall over" then he blasted him away and I was totally surprised XD

[snake]

How do you guys think this did in terms of ratings? ( being on a Friday night'n all)

[CyberCubed]

So I guess Dr. Falco literally had his flesh burned. Makes you wonder how he survived such nasty scarring.

[Coola Yagami]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

So I guess Dr. Falco literally had his flesh burned. Makes you wonder how he survived such nasty scarring.

same way Two Face does, I suppose.

[TheCanadiandrome]

Hopefully this will air in Canada (at least in my area) soon. Likely next week

[Vegeta]

Minus the obviously superior animation in the 2k3 show i am enjoying the nick show a hell of a lot more. I'm watching them simultaneously and this show is more entertaining for me. The nick version of splinter just gets better and better. Loved the rat king.

[Donnie]

Originally Posted by Vegeta

Minus the obviously superior animation in the 2k3 show i am enjoying the nick show a hell of a lot more.

Lmao, superior animation? You should be a comedian.

Geez, it felt good to see a new episode, and damn did they deliver. The creative team behind this show continue to blow me away. Falco being the Rat King not only gives him some sort of depth from the onset, but all the more interesting in my opinion, too.

Rat King's design is great, his attack on Splinter reminded me of "City at War" - you could tell the Mirage influence there.

Well done, yet again!

[ToTheNines]

Awesome episode! Totally worth the wait.

I loved Rat King's origin, although it's kind of weird that both he and Shredder are villainous burn victims. Although it created an interesting parallel between him and Splinter, as his life was also destroyed by fire, even if in a different way. The cgi flames looked really neat too.

It's really cool to see the guys slowly progressing in their training, but it was cool that the episode didn't cop out and have them actually defeat Splinter. The lead up to that fight had a total "boss battle" feel too. And the setting for the climax was pretty amazing

I laughed so hard at Mikey popping out Don's nagi blade on Splinter. Probably the funniest moment of the series so far, at least upon first viewing.

Lastly, neat touch having multiple different models for the rats.

Originally Posted by oldmanwinters

But I guess this episode really wasn't a "Part 2" of the Leatherhead episode; which means that episode really did have a weird ending.

Originally Posted by Machias Banshee

The way it ended, I'm thinking the episodes were put out of order. It's too odd of an ending to stop like that, there Has to be more to it.

Russ Carney, writer of the episode, posted this one twitter tonight.


[ep 112 - Leatherhead] LEONARDO: "Where the heck are we?" DONATELLO: "According to my calculations...(SNIFFS THE AIR) New Jersey?"

[ep 112 - Leatherhead] MICHELANGELO: "It's as beautiful as they say!" Donnie's cut joke now sounds like a plot point. It's not.

"Leatherhead", aka "It Came From the Deep" is a one-part episode. They aren't trapped in a sewage plant.

[BAXTER STOCKMAN 19]

Awesome episode. There was also another episode on the OT where rat king had taken control of Splinter and told him to attack the turtles. Cant wait for next episode

[TheJ-manTurtleMan]

Awesome episode! I am very glad that they are re-using characters and just making up new ones every week, even if it just small quick clips, like Mr Murakami, and Carlos Chang O'Brian Gambe, I feel it gives them more depth when we see something tragic happen to them. After I watched this ep I watched "Monkey Brains" and then re watched "I, Monster" and I gotta say it makes for a cool 2 part-ish episode! I recommend it!

[Chinese Turtle]

omg！What the f**k rat king

[Jester]

M....'k....

[Orisue]

Completely forgot this was on today thank god I record the series!:p I shall watch it now!

[Vegeta]

Originally Posted by Donnie

Lmao, superior animation? You should be a comedian.

Geez, it felt good to see a new episode, and damn did they deliver. The creative team behind this show continue to blow me away. Falco being the Rat King not only gives him some sort of depth from the onset, but all the more interesting in my opinion, too.

Rat King's design is great, his attack on Splinter reminded me of "City at War" - you could tell the Mirage influence there.

Well done, yet again!

Yes superior . Not a big fan of lower level cg.

[Turtle-X]

since the styles of the 03 and Nick series are so different i can't say one is superior to the other. though, i will admit i prefer traditional animation over CGI. that being said, i really like the CGI of this series.

[MrTMNT2012]

The writing on this Episode surpassed ALL Previous Episodes IMO! One of the best Episodes so far for sure

Loved the one on one Ninja Battle between Leo & Splinter, I'm glad Leo is getting more spotlights in Episodes! Absolutely amazing way to start the second half of the 1st Season can't wait for Karai.

9.3/10

[Oculus Orbus]

Man, the Rat King was awesome. You can tell the serie's actually got some character development and the writing is extremely well delivered, and thanks to that the stories just keep getting better. I hope they make the Rat King into a recurring character, he's just too cool.

[Green Machine]

The only part of this episode that I didn't like was Splinters attack on April. It didn't seem believable. I think Splinter would have chopped her to pieces. There's no way a teenage girl in training could dodge his blade that many times.

But other than that it was great.

[meta ray mek]

Originally Posted by Vegeta

Yes superior . Not a big fan of lower level cg.

'Lower level CG'?

Okay then... I thought the animation in the 2K3 series was pretty choppy, but different strokes for different folks, I guess.

I for one love the CGI in this show. As much as I love Green Lantern TAS, TMNT is the far better show on a visual level. Then again, GLTAS is pretty much Bruce Timm style put into 3D (and he has a deliberately streamlined/simplistic/art deco-y style), so that might be an unfair comparison. Either way, I find each episode is a visual treat and this episode was no exception, imo.

Anyhow!

I suspect the Rat King will probably be a 'once (maybe twice) per season' character, akin to Cad Bane from 'The Clone Wars'. Simply because he's already proven to be scarily competent: he managed to succeed further than both the Shredder's lackeys and the Kraang in terms of hitting the Turtles the hardest. Not to mention his mind control powers (I suspect Splinter will have probably developed some sort of 'mental wall' for the next time they inevitably encounter the Rat King) as well. And to be honest, I think I'd kinda prefer it to be that way. Overuse would diminish further impact, but that's just me.