The episode idea thread (Turtle Torture Edition)

Tarris Vaal · 01-08-2015, 04:55 PM

Love the idea that one of the turtles turns out not to be a true relation - though instead of Donnie, perhaps Raph? That would give more reason for him to feel separated from the others, and make it more meaningful to accept him as one of their own towards the end of a Dark Raph arc.

I also agree Capritello needs to come to some kind of conclusion. My worry would be that after all this dragging out that the writers feel the need to suddenly rush it to a conclusion. After all this time, I'd rather it gets conclusively wrapped up in 10 episodes than suddenly sorted and near forgotten in just 1.

I also liked the idea of one of the turtles becoming human briefly - Donnie is a prime candidate for this especially. Perhaps a one/two parter where he is exposed accidentally to a retromutagen accident, becomes fully human rather than reverting to a turtle (though he could panic about it first)? It could lead to an interesting change in dynamic as to how his relationship with April might develop, but risk losing him as a member of the team as he loses his strength/agility.
In effect he has to pick between a potential future with her and staying with his brothers, and really tortures himself over what to do.
You could even further this by suggesting he becomes 'addicted' to being human, treating the retromutagen like a drug (thereby covering the 'drugs are bad m'kay' angle), further dividing him from his brothers and possibly April as well.
Have either Splinter, April or Michaelangelo (or combination) come to his aid in deciding how to proceed and in the end he uses the last batch of the retromutagen to cure Timothy and sacrifices his chance to be human.

01-08-2015, 04:55 PM	#11
Tarris Vaal Stone Warrior Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Cullompton, Devon Posts: 505	Love the idea that one of the turtles turns out not to be a true relation - though instead of Donnie, perhaps Raph? That would give more reason for him to feel separated from the others, and make it more meaningful to accept him as one of their own towards the end of a Dark Raph arc. I also agree Capritello needs to come to some kind of conclusion. My worry would be that after all this dragging out that the writers feel the need to suddenly rush it to a conclusion. After all this time, I'd rather it gets conclusively wrapped up in 10 episodes than suddenly sorted and near forgotten in just 1. I also liked the idea of one of the turtles becoming human briefly - Donnie is a prime candidate for this especially. Perhaps a one/two parter where he is exposed accidentally to a retromutagen accident, becomes fully human rather than reverting to a turtle (though he could panic about it first)? It could lead to an interesting change in dynamic as to how his relationship with April might develop, but risk losing him as a member of the team as he loses his strength/agility. In effect he has to pick between a potential future with her and staying with his brothers, and really tortures himself over what to do. You could even further this by suggesting he becomes 'addicted' to being human, treating the retromutagen like a drug (thereby covering the 'drugs are bad m'kay' angle), further dividing him from his brothers and possibly April as well. Have either Splinter, April or Michaelangelo (or combination) come to his aid in deciding how to proceed and in the end he uses the last batch of the retromutagen to cure Timothy and sacrifices his chance to be human.