Does the old toon episode Carter The Enforcer take place in 2015?

*Icebot* · 01-01-2015, 08:15 AM

The episode first aired in 1995 which was 20 years ago and the turtles time travel 20 years into the future which would make that year 2015 if the present time takes place in 1995.

Figured now would be a good time to discuss now that we're in 2015.

*Wesley* · 01-01-2015, 08:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Icebot

The episode first aired in 1995 which was 20 years ago and the turtles time travel 20 years into the future which would make that year 2015 if the present time takes place in 1995.

Figured now would be a good time to discuss now that we're in 2015.

Yeah, I think that episode does take place in 2015. It was an okay episode, but I thought there were some plot holes like what happened to the real Carter in the bad future? Also, when I first saw the episode in 1998, I found it hard to believe Landor and Merrick's story about Carter being a spy for Dregg because Carter was on Earth sometime before Dregg arrived.

I liked the scene where Landor and Merrick held hands and stood their ground against the two TechnoGangsters after sending the Turtles back to their own time. I also liked that the Turtles decided to keep fighting even though the world seemed to be against them. The episode gave an idea of what the world would have been like if Dregg had conquered it (a bit like Same As It Never Was in the 2003 cartoon).

*CyberCubed* · 01-01-2015, 12:48 PM

Man, hard to believe 2015 was the future in 1995.

*Wesley* · 01-01-2015, 01:23 PM

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Man, hard to believe 2015 was the future in 1995.

I agree. I thought even 2006 was light years away back then.

*snake* · 01-01-2015, 02:15 PM

Season 9, right? It's been awhile since I watched that episode, but I knew it had something to do with time travel.

*Wesley* · 01-01-2015, 03:14 PM

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Season 9, right? It's been awhile since I watched that episode, but I knew it had something to do with time travel.

Yeah, I think I last saw that episode on rte two in 2005. It was a bit confusing with all that time travel.

*DVD* · 01-01-2015, 05:34 PM

2015, also the future setting of Back to the Future Part 2. Where's my hover board!?
Yes, we have arrived in the future of both that movie, and the Carter episode.

How long now before we are in the time frame of Fast Forward?

**Jester** · 01-01-2015, 05:36 PM

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Man, hard to believe 2015 was the future in 1995.

Yes, because that's like totally not how time works.....

*CyberCubed* · 01-01-2015, 05:57 PM

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Yes, because that's like totally not how time works.....

When we were in 1995 the year 2015 was unthinkable. It was like....THE FUTURE. We all thought we would have flying cars and teleporters by then.

~~Sumac~~ · 01-01-2015, 06:12 PM

Carter...one of the most Marty Sueish characters in the history of ever. Or at least in the history of Turtle, I think.

*sdp* · 01-01-2015, 06:15 PM

But does the show actually take place in real time? I believe we talked about this in another thread but don't remember the name of the thread or what conclusions we came up with. I just remember that there are indeed some episodes where dates are mentioned I and that April uses the internet in the last seasons but in this universe technology was already pretty advanced. I just don't think 9 years happened I mean April would be in her mid 30s at the end of the show and the turtles woldn't be teenagers and if they did at least not every season would be a year changed. S1 and 2 could all happen in one year while 3 and 4 might take a year since they're so long but the shorter seasons shouldn't be 1 full year unless specified.

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Man, hard to believe 2015 was the future in 1995.

Well 2045 still seems pretty far away and the future to me which is 20 years from now. But I do have to admit that 5 years into the future don't seem that far away anymore, especially when we already have movies planned for 2022 that we're getting hyped about while 2004 in 1999 seemed like forever but I was a kid then.

*Wesley* · 01-02-2015, 09:01 AM

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Carter...one of the most Marty Sueish characters in the history of ever. Or at least in the history of Turtle, I think.

I agree. He has a few Mary Sueish moments in this episode like getting the plans for the Starshield and taking a ship back to Earth easily enough.

*Prowler* · 01-02-2015, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Wesley

Yeah, I think that episode does take place in 2015. It was an okay episode, but I thought there were some plot holes like what happened to the real Carter in the bad future? Also, when I first saw the episode in 1998, I found it hard to believe Landor and Merrick's story about Carter being a spy for Dregg because Carter was on Earth sometime before Dregg arrived.

I liked the scene where Landor and Merrick held hands and stood their ground against the two TechnoGangsters after sending the Turtles back to their own time. I also liked that the Turtles decided to keep fighting even though the world seemed to be against them. The episode gave an idea of what the world would have been like if Dregg had conquered it (a bit like Same As It Never Was in the 2003 cartoon).

Yeah Carter being a spy hired by Dregg to defeat the Turtles was just another inconsistency in the FW series. The Turtles met Carter before they met Dregg. And Dregg had no idea who they or Carter were.

And yes, time does fly.

*snake* · 01-02-2015, 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Wesley

I agree. He has a few Mary Sueish moments in this episode like getting the plans for the Starshield and taking a ship back to Earth easily enough.

Or, you know, mutating into chicken c-3po.

*IndigoErth* · 01-02-2015, 01:35 PM

I may have to look that one up and check it out again.

Don't recall it right now, but I'm sure it needs more Turtlorean car.

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Man, hard to believe 2015 was the future in 1995.

Heck, even tomorrow is still the future.

What I have a hard time with is that 2000 was already 15 years ago and kids born then will be hitting mid-teens. While I was already 20s and doesn't feel that long ago.

1995... 20 years ago, no way to accept that. lol

~~ABrown~~ · 01-02-2015, 03:03 PM

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But does the show actually take place in real time? I believe we talked about this in another thread but don't remember the name of the thread or what conclusions we came up with. I just remember that there are indeed some episodes where dates are mentioned I and that April uses the internet in the last seasons but in this universe technology was already pretty advanced. I just don't think 9 years happened I mean April would be in her mid 30s at the end of the show and the turtles woldn't be teenagers and if they did at least not every season would be a year changed. S1 and 2 could all happen in one year while 3 and 4 might take a year since they're so long but the shorter seasons shouldn't be 1 full year unless specified.

Yeah, I don't think that 10 years was supposed to have passed from the first episode through the final one. I've come to assume that unless otherwise specified, a cartoon season does NOT necessarily equal a year in time.

*Drose18* · 01-08-2015, 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by DVD

2015, also the future setting of Back to the Future Part 2. Where's my hover board!?
Yes, we have arrived in the future of both that movie, and the Carter episode.

How long now before we are in the time frame of Fast Forward?

89 years...

*Prowler* · 01-08-2015, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Jester

Yes, because that's like totally not how time works.....

Don't be like that, man. I'm sure he knows how time works. He's just overwhelmed how quickly 20 years went by. Nothing wrong with that.

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Originally Posted by IndigoErth

I may have to look that one up and check it out again.

Don't recall it right now, but I'm sure it needs more Turtlorean car.

Heck, even tomorrow is still the future.

What I have a hard time with is that 2000 was already 15 years ago and kids born then will be hitting mid-teens. While I was already 20s and doesn't feel that long ago.

1995... 20 years ago, no way to accept that. lol

I know, right? I still think it's 2000-2001 sometimes. And find it hard to believe that people born in those years are teenagers now.

I think time seems to go by faster as I get older. Dunno why our perception of time changes as we age. 2012 feels like it was yesterday to me. While in 2005, the year of 2003 already felt like a distant memory.

cryan · 01-10-2015, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by DVD

2015, also the future setting of Back to the Future Part 2. Where's my hover board!?
Yes, we have arrived in the future of both that movie, and the Carter episode.

How long now before we are in the time frame of Fast Forward?

Yeah, where's my flying car? I remember the Transformers movie was set in 2005. Yeah, 2005 came and went.

*ToTheNines* · 01-10-2015, 08:08 PM

We discussed passage of time in the Fred Wolf show a little bit here: http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?t=34178

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DVD Mad Scientist Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Shanghai Posts: 2,066	2015, also the future setting of Back to the Future Part 2. Where's my hover board!? Yes, we have arrived in the future of both that movie, and the Carter episode. How long now before we are in the time frame of Fast Forward?

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~~Sumac~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 6,129	Carter...one of the most Marty Sueish characters in the history of ever. Or at least in the history of Turtle, I think.

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ToTheNines Col. Stinkmeaner Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 19,363	We discussed passage of time in the Fred Wolf show a little bit here: http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?t=34178