Tatsu's Foot = Purple Dragons

**Jester** · 12-16-2013, 01:22 AM

So....I'm working through the 4Kids series, and in the 3rd Episode the Turtles are asked to cross the Tatsu Bridge and we are told Tatsu means Dragon.

The use of Tatsu immediately sent my mind to the Barron's TMNT movie. Could the choice of Tatsu in the movie be a sideways reference to the Purple Dragons, a group of street kids who are in a gang? I mean, the Foot are definitely set up as little more than a gang in the 90's film. Could they have been merged with the Dragons for sake of simplification?

12-16-2013, 01:22 AM	#1
Jester Rat-faced Dude-guy Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Arkansas Posts: 26,298	Tatsu's Foot = Purple Dragons So....I'm working through the 4Kids series, and in the 3rd Episode the Turtles are asked to cross the Tatsu Bridge and we are told Tatsu means Dragon. The use of Tatsu immediately sent my mind to the Barron's TMNT movie. Could the choice of Tatsu in the movie be a sideways reference to the Purple Dragons, a group of street kids who are in a gang? I mean, the Foot are definitely set up as little more than a gang in the 90's film. Could they have been merged with the Dragons for sake of simplification? __________________ "Clearly, you're Ninja Turtling incorrectly." - Leo656