Where do the Punk Frogs stand with the TMNT fandom?

*NinjaMan* · 12-20-2013, 08:30 AM

I've always liked them and really wish we got the rest of them as toys. For the most part, how does the TMNT Fandom feel about them?

*MikeandRaph87* · 12-20-2013, 09:53 AM

I cannot speak for fandom but they were my favorite ally growing up and still are. There was only the cameo of 3 out of 4 ofthem in the anime special that really gave them exposure beyond two figures, one of which looks nothing like the actual character. Its great having a "turtle" team b stashed away for emergency situations where they can come in and take part or on occasion be in town. They were fun characters and dialogue with unique weapon choices just like the turtles only have notorious names that only fit how they got started. I would have perferred different names but love the characters and wish to see some avenue for thier return in current and future TMNT projects.

Blossombrooks · 12-20-2013, 11:45 AM

I liked them too, it was one of the episodes that always stood out for me from childhood and I still enjoy it now. It would be kinda cool to see them in another incarnation but the OT had it right by not overusing them so only for an episode/issue or two.

Foot Soldier Clang · 12-20-2013, 12:24 PM

I liked them as a kid, but now I'm indifferent to them. They feel like a squandered idea from the OT. I'm down for some sort of re-imagining of them where they are an actual threat (they never felt like "punks" to me).

*Powder* · 12-20-2013, 12:46 PM

Love 'em. Wish they got their own manga or something (Japan seemed to like the Punk Frogs much more than the US did back in the 90's).

JoshDA7X · 12-20-2013, 01:58 PM

I like em! Never understood and still don't why the second toy was soooo different to the cartoon version?

*NinjaMan* · 12-20-2013, 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by JoshDA7X

I like em! Never understood and still don't why the second toy was soooo different to the cartoon version?

Yeah I've also wondered why they never bothered with the other 2.

*Galactus* · 12-20-2013, 07:37 PM

'Invasion of the Punk Frogs' is a pretty good episode and I'm glad it was referenced again in the series but they were never that prominent for them to have any development. When I say development I mean any they all seem to have the same personality as each other and kept to that throughout all their appearances in the show.

I think they worked as a one of ant-turtles or if they needed a general mutant for a plot like in 'Dirk Savage Mutant Hunter'.

*CyberCubed* · 12-20-2013, 07:54 PM

It irks me to no end that Napoleon Bonafrog wasn't part of the Mutanimals in Archie.

The other 3 frogs are just boring clones of each other. Napoleon was the only one with personality and got solo episodes.

*TigerClaw* · 12-20-2013, 08:17 PM

I would like to see these characters brought into the Nick series, They seem like a good fit.

ctt4lfecw · 12-20-2013, 09:23 PM

I love the Frogs.

*oldmanwinters* · 12-21-2013, 04:23 PM

I could never tell them apart in the FW series, but I do love them as a concept. Maybe Nick or IDW will reinvent them and make each mutant a bit more distinctive.

*Powder* · 12-21-2013, 04:39 PM

It'd be pretty funny if Nick were to bring them back and really made them mirror the turtles by giving them the same builds & color-coordinated outfits as the turtles, essentially.
Hell, I might have to draw that...

*Xav* · 12-21-2013, 05:23 PM

I'm pretty indifferent to them. I barely remember them from the show.

*Mr._Mutant_Man* · 12-21-2013, 08:45 PM

I like them a lot. They were sort of like the TMNT's amphibian cousins.

I wonder how a spinoff with them could have worked? I guess maybe not too well if they couldn't get the Mutanimals to be a success.

*TheBlueTurtle1* · 12-22-2013, 04:41 AM

I love um, one of my fav 80s episodes

*Mzx10484* · 12-22-2013, 07:47 AM

They are sympathetic to me. Outstanding OT episode with the punk frogs !! Should be possible to make custom figures ...

*Prowler* · 12-22-2013, 04:12 PM

Most FW fans seem to remember them. I've personally never been a fan of them because they all acted the same and were all naive and not so bright. That being said I did enjoy their debut episode and it's a shame they didn't get better character development and that the anti.mutant squad(or wtv its name was) never appeared again.

*TigerClaw* · 12-22-2013, 04:17 PM

If they were to bring the Punk Frogs into the Nick series, They gotta also bring in there accents, Its another thing I remember about the characters since they were from the Florida Swamps.

*Cipher* · 12-22-2013, 06:21 PM

F*ck these clowns.

Really, though. They're isn't a unique personality among them and they rely pretty much wholly on the "Turtles-counterpart" gimmick, which has since been done more memorably.

There aren't many characters in the franchise I'd say I don't want to see again simply based on their concept, but the Frogs are among them.

12-20-2013, 08:30 AM	#1
NinjaMan Mad Scientist Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 1,579	Where do the Punk Frogs stand with the TMNT fandom? I've always liked them and really wish we got the rest of them as toys. For the most part, how does the TMNT Fandom feel about them?

12-20-2013, 09:53 AM	#2
MikeandRaph87 Jedi Master Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: JLA Satellite Headquarters Posts: 11,189	I cannot speak for fandom but they were my favorite ally growing up and still are. There was only the cameo of 3 out of 4 ofthem in the anime special that really gave them exposure beyond two figures, one of which looks nothing like the actual character. Its great having a "turtle" team b stashed away for emergency situations where they can come in and take part or on occasion be in town. They were fun characters and dialogue with unique weapon choices just like the turtles only have notorious names that only fit how they got started. I would have perferred different names but love the characters and wish to see some avenue for thier return in current and future TMNT projects. __________________ Michelangelo: This looks like a job for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! Raphael: Sheesh, Mikey this ain't a cartoon!

12-20-2013, 11:45 AM	#3
Blossombrooks Stone Warrior Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: 'hero' turtle land Posts: 946	I liked them too, it was one of the episodes that always stood out for me from childhood and I still enjoy it now. It would be kinda cool to see them in another incarnation but the OT had it right by not overusing them so only for an episode/issue or two. __________________ There's too much green to feel blue! http://blossombrooks.deviantart.com/

12-20-2013, 12:24 PM	#4
Foot Soldier Clang Hench Mutant Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Big Apple, 3am Posts: 456	I liked them as a kid, but now I'm indifferent to them. They feel like a squandered idea from the OT. I'm down for some sort of re-imagining of them where they are an actual threat (they never felt like "punks" to me). __________________ My Collection

12-20-2013, 01:58 PM	#6
JoshDA7X Hench Mutant Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: UK Posts: 261	I like em! Never understood and still don't why the second toy was soooo different to the cartoon version? __________________ Donatello: You're a claustrophobic. Casey Jones: You want a fist in the mouth? I've never even looked at another guy.

12-20-2013, 12:46 PM	#5
Powder 40 Years of TMNT Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Shell-Ri-La Posts: 26,945	Love 'em. Wish they got their own manga or something (Japan seemed to like the Punk Frogs much more than the US did back in the 90's).

12-20-2013, 07:37 PM	#8
Galactus Foot Elite Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 3,009	'Invasion of the Punk Frogs' is a pretty good episode and I'm glad it was referenced again in the series but they were never that prominent for them to have any development. When I say development I mean any they all seem to have the same personality as each other and kept to that throughout all their appearances in the show. I think they worked as a one of ant-turtles or if they needed a general mutant for a plot like in 'Dirk Savage Mutant Hunter'.

12-20-2013, 07:54 PM	#9
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,838	It irks me to no end that Napoleon Bonafrog wasn't part of the Mutanimals in Archie. The other 3 frogs are just boring clones of each other. Napoleon was the only one with personality and got solo episodes.

12-20-2013, 08:17 PM	#10
TigerClaw Mutant Tiger Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Hialeah, Florida, USA Posts: 14,165	I would like to see these characters brought into the Nick series, They seem like a good fit. __________________ Follow me on my Tiktok https://www.tiktok.com/@tygerclaw305

12-20-2013, 09:23 PM	#11
ctt4lfecw Stone Warrior Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Neutrino Posts: 817	I love the Frogs.

12-21-2013, 04:23 PM	#12
oldmanwinters Overlord Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Between yesterday and tomorrow! Posts: 15,487	I could never tell them apart in the FW series, but I do love them as a concept. Maybe Nick or IDW will reinvent them and make each mutant a bit more distinctive. __________________ Experience the TMNT Fan Commentaries! Check out my TMNT fan comic, "Nothing to Fear"! View my sketch work! I'm selling some of my hard-to-find TMNT items!

12-21-2013, 04:39 PM	#13
Powder 40 Years of TMNT Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Shell-Ri-La Posts: 26,945	It'd be pretty funny if Nick were to bring them back and really made them mirror the turtles by giving them the same builds & color-coordinated outfits as the turtles, essentially. Hell, I might have to draw that...

12-21-2013, 05:23 PM	#14
Xav Foot Elite Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 3,044	I'm pretty indifferent to them. I barely remember them from the show.

12-21-2013, 08:45 PM	#15
Mr._Mutant_Man Mad Scientist Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,340	I like them a lot. They were sort of like the TMNT's amphibian cousins. I wonder how a spinoff with them could have worked? I guess maybe not too well if they couldn't get the Mutanimals to be a success.

12-22-2013, 04:41 AM	#16
TheBlueTurtle1 Foot Elite Join Date: May 2012 Location: UK Posts: 2,892	I love um, one of my fav 80s episodes __________________ http://jandmdev.deviantart.com/ (My Brother and I have a dev page, I am J, brother is M)

12-22-2013, 07:47 AM	#17
Mzx10484 WEM Super Starfinder 200 Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 2,085	They are sympathetic to me. Outstanding OT episode with the punk frogs !! Should be possible to make custom figures ...

12-22-2013, 04:12 PM	#18
Prowler Emperor Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,999	Most FW fans seem to remember them. I've personally never been a fan of them because they all acted the same and were all naive and not so bright. That being said I did enjoy their debut episode and it's a shame they didn't get better character development and that the anti.mutant squad(or wtv its name was) never appeared again.

12-22-2013, 04:17 PM	#19
TigerClaw Mutant Tiger Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Hialeah, Florida, USA Posts: 14,165	If they were to bring the Punk Frogs into the Nick series, They gotta also bring in there accents, Its another thing I remember about the characters since they were from the Florida Swamps. __________________ Follow me on my Tiktok https://www.tiktok.com/@tygerclaw305

12-22-2013, 06:21 PM	#20
Cipher Foot Elite Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 3,454	F*ck these clowns. Really, though. They're isn't a unique personality among them and they rely pretty much wholly on the "Turtles-counterpart" gimmick, which has since been done more memorably. There aren't many characters in the franchise I'd say I don't want to see again simply based on their concept, but the Frogs are among them.