What was the point of the technodrome?

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

Originally Posted by Galactus

Up until "Get Shredder" I always assumed it was built on Earth by the Foot using stolen human tech and Krang's know-how.

Built by who? Human Foot? In open daylight (or could you really build it underground, without any such large tunnels yet. They were burrowed by the Technodrome.)?

[The Sewer Lord]

Originally Posted by Galactus

Here's another one that has always bugged me.

In Season 7 we get some backstory about the Technodrome that it was built by Drakus.

Maybe it's just me but I never got an alien vibe from the Technodrome. Taking away the Foot Symbol which Saki could have added himself it always seemed to be very terran in its design, both in and out.

Did the warlords banish Krang with the Technodrome? Not only that but conveniently banish him under the streets of NY. Even without a body it didn't seem like Krang had difficulty operating the Technodrome so he could have easily built himself a body and gone home.

Up until "Get Shredder" I always assumed it was built on Earth by the Foot using stolen human tech and Krang's know-how.

Where could have the Foot build the Techndrome?

Originally Posted by Galactus

It didn't seem to stop the turtles any other time. They pretty much had banishing the 'drome down to a habit.

I was merely referencing the times fans just wish Krang and Shredder beat the turtles.

[jestermon]

So the bad guys could have a base that wasn't a brick and mortar building in the city that would make no sense for an alien from another dimension to inhabit, did you watch the cartoon and listen to the backstory?

It's a highly advanced piece of machinery that has not been maintained do to unfavorable conditions.

[gobo]

Spheres don't need no stinkin' point.

[MsMarvelDuckie]

What's the point of it?! Easy- it's in the SCRIPT!! Duh, I'd think that was obvious, lol. Seriously, the whole point of it was to have some "big bad" threat for the boys to face and beat. And so Shredkrang (y'know, like Brangelina) would have a really cool base to scheme from.

[DonatelloNinja82]

I'm sure when Krang used it in Dimension X he had more access to fuels for it. Or perhaps Earth energy isn't fully compatable with it and thus the power drains quicker than Dimension X fuel? Who knows? I just know its super awesome and humungazoid.

[snake]

Because the bad guys needed a base, and it makes a cool playset

[Galactus]

Originally Posted by Original TMNT Cartoon Fan

Built by who? Human Foot? In open daylight (or could you really build it underground, without any such large tunnels yet. They were burrowed by the Technodrome.)?

Originally Posted by The Sewer Lord

Where could have the Foot build the Techndrome?

Why not beneath the streets? Or constructed it somewhere like ship yard or somewhere in the US that is secluded and out of the way?

Shredder did have human Foot as well as other workers like the seemingly human receptionist. Not to mention he could have built his robotic Foot first and had them build it like they built the Technodrome MK 2.

Come to think of it the MK 2 was built in plain site in Central Park overnight. I know it wasn't nearly as big but you'd think that it would attract some attention.

[The Sewer Lord]

Originally Posted by Galactus

Why not beneath the streets? Or constructed it somewhere like ship yard or somewhere in the US that is secluded and out of the way?

Shredder did have human Foot as well as other workers like the seemingly human receptionist. Not to mention he could have built his robotic Foot first and had them build it like they built the Technodrome MK 2.

Come to think of it the MK 2 was built in plain site in Central Park overnight. I know it wasn't nearly as big but you'd think that it would attract some attention.

In the first episode, we see the Foot steal various kinds of technology. If you're correct, they must have used it for building the Technodrome.
However, that means they build that thing over night, which is impossible!

That's my two cents.

[the_minimizer]

I was dissatisfied with its lack of operation so I created fanfics where it's always operational. It destroyed half the city in just two fanfics.

[Galactus]

Originally Posted by The Sewer Lord

In the first episode, we see the Foot steal various kinds of technology. If you're correct, they must have used it for building the Technodrome.
However, that means they build that thing over night, which is impossible!

That's my two cents.

Or to help maintain it.

[the_minimizer]

I think the Earth's core and the North Pole were the most brutal for the Technodrome. It was millions of degrees at the core so all the power was used for refrigeration. At the North Pole, they were always using power so they wouldn't freeze to death. Dimension-X on the asteroid was always strange because Krang's rock soldiers were nowhere to be seen but were found before Turtle Trek.

[miru]

It was made to give the baddies a home to live in

[ryukenden]

Having the Technodrome fully operational would be disastrous on a nightmare scale thus why the Turtles constantly put effort to thwart Shredder and his minions from getting the resources needed to power it back up. The Turtles could only send the Technodrome to a place where it won't cause damage or harm innocents but haven't found a way to destroy it.

[The Sewer Lord]

Originally Posted by Galactus

Or to help maintain it.

Hmmm.... That's possible.

[Garfield]

No no no...

One should not ask "What was the point of the technodrome?"

when we all should be saying, "Why not a technodrome."

[Weirdo-Warrior]

The Technodrome was (and still is) just the coolest bad dudes' vehicle/headquarter in any cartoon ever. It always fascinated and thrilled me, and I got so pissed off when Krang and Shredder never managed to power it up or destroy everything when they finally managed to

The toy... well, that's beyond coolness. It's simple perfection.

[ABrown]

Originally Posted by ToTheNines

It was tough **** in the video games.

I didn't find it to be very tough in the NES version of the arcade game. I kinda thought that the Technodrome was one of the easiest levels.

Originally Posted by Spacebabie

Because it made a really cool toy.

True, but I broke mine the day that I got it.

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

Originally Posted by the_minimizer

I think the Earth's core and the North Pole were the most brutal for the Technodrome. It was millions of degrees at the core so all the power was used for refrigeration. At the North Pole, they were always using power so they wouldn't freeze to death. Dimension-X on the asteroid was always strange because Krang's rock soldiers were nowhere to be seen but were found before Turtle Trek.

Volcanic Asteroid is season 4, Turtle Trek is season 8 (and has not the Volcanic Asteroid).

[Andrew NDB]

The point of the Technodrome was to make a terrestrial version of a Death Star marketable to little kids. And to sell one expensive-ass toy. And no, it never served any purpose or ever delivered on its promise of "it'll be really badass when it's operational!" until "Turtles Forever."