Official Episode Discussion: "The Manhattan Project" (aka "Wormquake!")

[Garfield]

Why did some of the worms have faces like Thomas the Tank Engine sometimes. That was a little strange and even kind of perverted.

[Timmetry]

Ok, I know the scene with Casey and April has been mentioned, with April telling him to stop, but did no one notice that the small worm was rubbing on April's ass and her "stop" seemed more like a "not now"? I would have expected a bigger reaction with maybe April instantly slapping Casey, but maybe their relationship has progressed farther than they let on...

[CyberCubed]

This episode was action packed but it also had some really funny lines:

- Shredder's, "You look terrible." to Bradford.

- Splinter's, "It's the cheesephone, it must be an emergency!"

- April thinking Casey was touching her butt....that was...quite extreme for a kids show. And April had such a nonchalant reaction to it...

- Don crushing on 80's April "Nice Jumpsuit."

- A lot of Mikey's dialogue like, "i love you man!" and his speech was funny.


Also the 80's Turtles were quite fun. Of all the voices Don felt the most off, but he hadn't voiced him in so long it felt forgiveable. Raph's voice sounded perfect (Rob made sure he sounded different than Donnie), and Mike was perfect. Leo was fine too. The great part is the worm appearing fits in just well with the OT universe and would make an episode just fine.

Lastly I think this isn't the last of the 80's Turtles. Rob Paulsen did say his Raphael and Donatello would talk to each other....so I think they'll be back.

[ninja-zero]

Is this episode online anywhere!?

[CyberCubed]

Does anyone know what type of animation they used for the 80's toon scenes? It almost looked like flash animation, it was obviously done very cheaply given the way the characters were moving.

[BabyTurtles]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Does anyone know what type of animation they used for the 80's toon scenes? It almost looked like flash animation, it was obviously done very cheaply given the way the characters were moving.

it was totally flash XD I'm 90% sure it was.

[The Big Bad]

Originally Posted by Garfield

Why did some of the worms have faces like Thomas the Tank Engine sometimes. That was a little strange and even kind of perverted.

Those faces were at the opposite end from their big gnashy ends--in effect, they have two faces.

[Garfield]

Originally Posted by The Big Bad

Those faces were at the opposite end from their big gnashy ends--in effect, they have two faces.

ah... I didn't catch that. I saw it as their "Thomas Face" suddenly transforming into the big gnashy face, it took me back a bit.

[BabyTurtles]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

- April thinking Casey was touching her butt....that was...quite extreme for a kids show. And April had such a nonchalant reaction to it...

I thought Casey was breathing too hard or something...I didn't know it was cause April thought he was touching her butt XD

and I agree she was being a little too nonchalant about it....

I would have slapped the crap outta Casey.

[Ninjawolf]

Anyone else wonder if the worms were a Pokemon reference? Because I swear those things look like Goomy... I can't have been the only one to notice that? But this epis was ****ing AWESOME!!! It felt like a Season Finale honestly, no idea how the real one will top this...

Hope we see Tigerclaw again, he's An amazing villian and I'm sure Shredder can just ask the Kraang to fetch him. And poor Donnie... though I knew he had no chance anyway it must suck losing the girl. But Capril is adorable...

[CyberCubed]

Great episode but the problem is the plot didn't advance *that* much. Its only that Karai now finally thinks what the Turtles are saying is true.

Shredder going to Japan for half the season to get Tigerclaw proved pointless as he was defeated in one episode. The Splinter/Shredder rivalry is at a standstill and in the same place it was at the end of Season 1.

And although the Turtles stopped the worms, they've not gone for good as they obviously have more portals.

[Jon_Talbain]

Originally Posted by Metalwolf

Agreed. Being a super mutant should give a dude a lot more of an edge, instead of just making him look different. All four Turtles should be fighting against him to take him down, otherwise it makes being a supermutant seem no more special then being a regular one.

I wonder what Rahzar's height will be listed as when his toy comes out? I think on Turtlepedia it's listed as 6' something, but on Shellacne it looked very much like he was about 8-9 feet tall.


That's why it's bugging me that after this, Nick is having a mini hiatus and that it won't be a for a while until we see if this overtly subservient persona holds up. I have some small hope remaining that he still does play a bigger role (if I am remembering right of what I've heard) and that he gets a lot more dangerous.


That's what surprised me too, especially when before he would get an angry look of hate on his face whenever she talked down at him, and even warned her once something like "I can still tear you apart." He looked quite out of character when he easily backed down like that. If it was in character, he would have had a line like this:

"Don't tempt me Karai. If it wasn't for my loyalty to the Shredder, I would rip you apart."



I remember an old Calvin and Hobbes cartoon where calvin imagines he was irradiated and his flesh turned all translucent except for his bones, and his narration said something like "That while this could be advantageous towards any medical diagnosis, this also could make any mealtime for other people into a disgusting ordeal." I don't think that would be delightful to see, and odds are he has to eat in another room.

Remember in Shellacne, the turtles were all getting destroyed by Rahzar and he wasn't even trying. He smiled as he hit them across the room. And now he just backs down from Karai without a word? Most of the sites have Rahzar listed as 10 feet tall. He was also supposed to be around that tall as Dogpound too. In this new episode, he might have been 6 feet tall and I was confused the entire time.

And those words about ripping Karai apart would have been much more in character. Also Rahzar acted so feebly when he saw Shredder again. I wonder if Rahzar is more in tune with his human side than a mutant now. Since he said he felt like a ninja again, maybe it also made him feel more like his human self at the same time. It could explain why he isn't acting as feral or rage filled as when he was Dogpound, even though he looks more evil on the outside now.

LOL, I wish I had seen that Calvin and Hobbes. Hopefully Nick will show how everyone eats. Maybe Fishface would still make fun of Rahzar.

[Turtle-X]

Originally Posted by Ninjawolf

Anyone else wonder if the worms were a Pokemon reference?

felt more like Dune to me, what with them riding em and such.

[Ninjawolf]

Originally Posted by Turtle-X

felt more like Dune to me, what with them riding em and such.

Not that familiar with Dune but I seriously see Gloomy in those worms... I thought they were kinda adorable

[Cure]

Originally Posted by Ninjawolf

Anyone else wonder if the worms were a Pokemon reference? Because I swear those things look like Goomy... I can't have been the only one to notice that?

It was just you. They don't look alike at all.

Besides, this episode was probably done before anyone knew what a Goomy was.

[CyberCubed]

Ciro Nieli probably has no interest in Pokemon anyway. He never worked on any of the dubs with 4kids or TCPI so he's never done anything with the show.

He might have played the games at some point but that's it.

[Andrew NDB]

Fred Wolf Turtles with ankle bands... how cute.

[Jester]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Ciro Nieli probably has no interest in Pokemon anyway. He never worked on any of the dubs with 4kids or TCPI so he's never done anything with the show.

He might have played the games at some point but that's it.

Because Ciro's the only person who works on the series....

Originally Posted by Andrew

Fred Wolf Turtles with ankle bands... how cute.

They come and go...I'd almost call it a FW style animation error....but it's pretty glaring.

[Shark_Blade]

Originally Posted by Timmetry

Ok, I know the scene with Casey and April has been mentioned, with April telling him to stop, but did no one notice that the small worm was rubbing on April's ass and her "stop" seemed more like a "not now"? I would have expected a bigger reaction with maybe April instantly slapping Casey, but maybe their relationship has progressed farther than they let on...

Maybe April likes it? I need to watch this again, I believe I missed that particular scene.

She did tease Casey when he asked for a date ("what do you call this?" she replied whilst smiling cheekily), and when Casey came closer, putting his hand over her shoulder and suggesting ideal date locations, her smile intensified. She didn't reject him at all.

[Candy Kappa]

I loved the cheese phone,great episode. Although the animation of the FW turtles was a bit too "badly" made, it almost felt like they tried too hard to mimic the lesser stellar episodes of the FW show, but the voices was a nice touch.

Loved Shredders reaction to Bradford's second change andTiger Claw was great, loved the guns he had and it's always nice hearing some Japanese now and then.