Official Ep Discussion: S3 Ep3: "Buried Secrets"

[ssjup81]

Originally Posted by darthwahl56

I love the John Carpenter theme in this; the "Halloween 3" pumpkin commercial signal Raph was looking at before he went to the basement, the final monster and the turtles turning in the "The Thing" performances, and then the "They Live" look the mom first showed to Mikey. Horror movies are fun and this one was just a cool send off to one of this genres' movie master.

This is also the perfect month to have episodes like this, it is October after all. I liked the bit of history we got of the O'Neil family, then the original voice of April as the mom

I like the fact that this one, just like the second episode, felt like it wasn't dealing with too much in its plot like the first one. I am curious at if the turtles are going to learn something from this break from the city. I am hoping that those concept suits we saw at comic con (or wherever they came from) are a reflection of learning new lessons in future episodes, so that they can take what they have learned back to the city.

Same. Halloween is my favorite holiday. I know most pick Christmas....but Halloween is more fun for me, so I'm enjoying this horror-homage episodes even if I don't get all of the references.

I still think that this ep that recently aired is an important one. I have this feeling that that Kraang ship is going to eventually become a part of the Turtle Blimp or Donnie is going to do something with the tech there since otherwise everything is very limited for him to work with, and seeing as how they're out in the middle of nowhere, it wouldn't surprise me if internet was very limited there, hence nothing regarding NYC.

I'm looking forward to seeing what they pay homage to next. With me being stuck in Japan for Halloween this year as opposed to going home, due to my missing too much time from work recently, preventing me from taking the vacation I'd already put in to travel home, or to do something interesting and fun (like haunted houses, amusement park, and haunted hay rides), these eps are truly appealing to me and bringing out my Halloween spirit. ^_^

[ShelleyQuick]

Wow, that was a fun episode. Had to wait to watch it on demand, since I had to do boring, responsible adult things Friday the stupid clown made jump out of my skin more than the creature. Loved sassy Raph, my husband freaked at the Halloween 3 reference(since he thinks he's the only who likes that movie). I totally want to see Mikey and ICK's breakdance competition now.

[IndigoErth]

Originally Posted by Vicky82

No new episode next week.

No... I looked ahead in my digital tv guide thingy earlier, there's some Monsters High movie crap listed that overlaps the Turtle's time slot.

Whyyyyy!

I has a sad... Maybe the planned next one is suitable for Halloween and saving it until then..? (Likewise my fave holiday.)

[BubblyShell22]

Yeah, it sucks we're getting a hiatus so soon, but I hope there will be a new ep the week after for sure.

And I know many of you are upset by the Northampton bits of this show, but I happen to like it as it's a change of scenery and with the vision quests coming up, that's sure to provide a lot of character development and growth. Plus, I can't wait to see the Dream Beavers ep and even the Punk Frogs, too.

And I also think that the line where April's mom said that Mikey was making her angry was from Mommy Dearest. She was even carrying scissors, so I think that might be a reference to it even though I've never seen said movie. I know it was originally a book first though.

[Autbot_Benz]

Originally Posted by IndigoErth

No... I looked ahead in my digital tv guide thingy earlier, there's some Monsters High movie crap listed that overlaps the Turtle's time slot.

Whyyyyy!

I has a sad... Maybe the planned next one is suitable for Halloween and saving it until then..? (Likewise my fave holiday.)

I checked Turtles won't be on Friday the 31st Halloween either Spongebob is on instead

[Warhorse]

Originally Posted by BubblyShell22

Yeah, it sucks we're getting a hiatus so soon, but I hope there will be a new ep the week after for sure.

And I know many of you are upset by the Northampton bits of this show, but I happen to like it as it's a change of scenery and with the vision quests coming up, that's sure to provide a lot of character development and growth. Plus, I can't wait to see the Dream Beavers ep and even the Punk Frogs, too.

And I also think that the line where April's mom said that Mikey was making her angry was from Mommy Dearest. She was even carrying scissors, so I think that might be a reference to it even though I've never seen said movie. I know it was originally a book first though.

I don't think it's the Northhampton scenery at all, it's just the countless horror rip offs. Some are horror fans, and some of us, like me, aren't. So it's kind of hard to get excited about TMNT when it's being geared around a genre I simply don't give a sh!t about.

[IndigoErth]

Originally Posted by Autbot_Benz

I checked Turtles won't be on Friday the 31st Halloween either Spongebob is on instead

Spoiler:

WTF. Nick. Seriously?

I don't dislike Spongebob, but come on. They were having a marathon today for Halloween... let me guess, they're repeating it.

I miss the days when there were actual Halloween specials. I wish the Turtles had one. Like actual Halloween, not just scary themes.


Edit: That's actually a little insulting that they're putting a likely Spongebob rerun in that time slot rather than at the very least show a repeat of one of these spooky TMNT episodes.

[ssjup81]

Originally Posted by Autbot_Benz

I checked Turtles won't be on Friday the 31st Halloween either Spongebob is on instead

Okay, it's time for the ninjas to go out and do something for me...like real ninja given assignments. Take out the sponge. Seriously. To quote myself from 15 years ago when my friend and I first found out about Nickelodeon starting a show about this, "It's a damn sponge!" lol

But I will admit, I did see the first season eps, some, and it wasn't so bad. Spongebob wasn't as childlike and came across as an adult (like Rocko) trying to make it on his own while holding down a job and going to school, Patrick wasn't as stupid or braindead, Sandy was an interesting character, etc. Caught a later ep, and it had me scratching my head.

Meh...wish Spongebob didn't own the network. Like I said before, you would've never seen 80s or 90s Nickelodeon focusing on just one show like Nick seems to do now.

[Autbot_Benz]

ya i looked it up on TV Guide.com. I hope nick uploads the next two episodes to their website instead of making us wait till November.

[BubblyShell22]

Originally Posted by Warhorse

I don't think it's the Northhampton scenery at all, it's just the countless horror rip offs. Some are horror fans, and some of us, like me, aren't. So it's kind of hard to get excited about TMNT when it's being geared around a genre I simply don't give a sh!t about.

To be fair, I'm not a horror fan either, and yet despite that, I still am enjoying what we have so far. I guess it's because I can learn of the references without having to watch the movie itself which is fine with me.

And I agree about Spongebob. Let it die already!

[Shark_Blade]

Pretty great episode! I love the possessed turtles - they look and move so horrifyingly CREEPY!

And that final boss form with all the heads on it's chest, lol.

Do you think we'll get April's mom as a figure considering we have Kirby? Hmm...

[BubblyShell22]

Not sure, but I do hope she's out there somewhere and that April does reunite with her.

[Warhorse]

Originally Posted by BubblyShell22

Not sure, but I do hope she's out there somewhere and that April does reunite with her.

I hope Mrs O Niel and the real Irma are both being held captive some where!

[IndigoErth]

Somehow I doubt we'd get a figure. Although if April's real mom shows up that would be awesome.

Almost got that missing adult female character.... then... oh drat. lol

[drgon78]

I also hope that the real Mrs. O Neil and the real Irma are out there somewhere.

[travelingcat]

This was a great episode.

Mikey getting bad 'ninja vibes' from MomThing was great. Seeing him sticking with his instincts and taking initiative on checking out MomThing was nice.

That soulless stare of MikeyThing was unsettling. DonThing and LeoThing was creep. And MomThing at the end with the other turtles was just horrifying.

Love the ICK scene to death. And Leo holding his pinky out while drinking tea. Nice callback to teatime girl.

While it is cute, I don't see why the turtles would sometimes call Mrs. O'Neil 'Mom'. It's not like they called Mr. O'Neil 'Dad'.

Originally Posted by ranger_scout

Back in 1993 and still today, kids who watched Power Rangers saw a monster devour heroes and their heads appeared on its stomach.


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So maybe if they saw that, then they could have handled tonight's episode.

Ahhh, that episode! When I was little, this video rental store had a some Power Ranger episodes on VHS. For some reason, I would re-rent the tape with that episode and watch it several times. Still doesn't compare to the creepiness this episode. Actually seeing Casey and Raph get, um, eaten on screen opposed to balls of light, and the faces coming out chanting. OMG.

Originally Posted by ssjup81

I still think that this ep that recently aired is an important one. I have this feeling that that Kraang ship is going to eventually become a part of the Turtle Blimp or Donnie is going to do something with the tech there since otherwise everything is very limited for him to work with, and seeing as how they're out in the middle of nowhere, it wouldn't surprise me if internet was very limited there, hence nothing regarding NYC.

Been thinking the same thing. Since they actually called it a stealth ship, I'm really hoping Don could recover that cloaking tech. Make a Turtle Blimp able to turn invisible. If it actually happens, I swear never to call it a lame ride. He might also salvage some communication tech to listen in on the situation in NY.

[matteso586]

What Donnie found in the laptop made it sound like that Mom-Thing was a prototype version of a Kraang spy. Kraang Subprime was probably jealous of the experiment before The Kraang decided to freeze it.

Speaking of Kraang Subprime, I think him being the greatest Kraang spy in dimension X is self proclaimed. If he's the greatest Kraang spy, he should have worn a jacket in a cold weather.

[Smooth Donatello]

I kind of wish they would stop with the filler episodes

[mexichrist83]

Originally Posted by Smooth Donatello

I kind of wish they would stop with the filler episodes

This episode was great with all of the horror references. It had the horror fanatic in me geeking out the whole time. I don't mind filler episodes as long as they add a little something to the overall story or characters the way this one gave us a little more into the O'Neil family history with the Kraang.

[snake]

Originally Posted by Smooth Donatello

I kind of wish they would stop with the filler episodes

If you really care about "filler" you shouldn't watch Ninja Turtles.


I've learned to sit back and enjoy the episode, regardless if its a MOTW episode or a straight up plot fest, becuase every episode has something enjoyable in it.