At what point did the Technodrome not seem like a threat anymore?

[neatoman]

So at what point the Technodrome no longer seem like a threat? It's kind of hard to take it seriously to be honest, or at least it becomes harder the more you watch the show.

Now in theory a giant death machine from another dimension should be the most awesome thing ever, and I guess to many of you it was. However, considering it was in an almost useless state throughout the vast majority of the series, it does eventually no longer seem that great. Even when it is being used it seems like it could be defeated rather easily. And the design, giant disco ball with an eye on top, certainly does not help it's case.

So when did you realise it wasn't all that great?

[Icebot]

Season 8. That's when the Technodrome was destroyed for good.

[CyberCubed]

Season 3 was the last time the Technodrome was used in a huge 3-parter. Every other finale after that (or one with the Technodrome) had it stopped in a single episode.

[Cryomancer]

Whenever it got stuck in rock or lava or whatever, it was pretty boned at that point. Most of the other times they'd be fine if they just had power but that is a bit more major of a problem in my mind.

Of course they have drill tubes that can cut through rock anyway so??

[Wesley]

Season 6. The episode "Rock Around the Block" showed that even when the Turtles did nothing, the villains' own incompetence would mess things up. Also, there was no reason why the Technodrome couldn't drive across the ocean floor when it was trapped at the bottom of the ocean, as it still had enough power at that time. Later on in season 7 episode "Atlantis Awakes", Krang mentions that their power reserves are limited, but it actually does move in that episode, oddly enough. The Technodrome was stopped most of the time due to the villains' own mistakes or the Turtles' interference.

[Shiro Kame]

Considering how often it got stopped...every once and a while before it got powered up. Like the ending of Season 7, where Shredder and Kraang nearly won. So, I'd have to say Season 8, where it was gone for good.

[MsMarvelDuckie]

I'd say season 4. Up until around the end of three, it still posed a threat, even if latent. After that, though, it was pretty much just a running joke of trying to get it out of whatever spot it was stuck in at any given time.

[Leo656]

"Krang! The blasted Technodrome is stuck in the Swamps of Sadness!"
"Well, that's just terrific... f*ck it, we're done."

[pannoni1]

Season 1 was by far the biggest threat as it was the only season where it was running close enough to the surface where it was a constant threat. It was featured and moved in every episode.

Season 2 had that "you know it will eventually come feel", but this was the "Shredder was the ultimate threat" season, from the premiere to Eye of Sarnath climaxing with the final episode in that arc, to the pizza monsters to the Neuroscrambler to the time-shifting portal to the giant Rex-1 army to the But the finale assures of its threat, thanks to the earthquakes triggered by the Technodrome.

Season 3 was more episodic, but some signs throughout the season hint of its return, and it was worth the wait at the end.

I voted for Season 4, because by then the Technodrome got stuck in lava and by then it was more about satire and humor and not about real threats. The closest the Technodrome ever comes later in the series is oddly not in a season ender/opener, but IMO Attack of the Neutrinos in Season 7 where it moves and returns to the city, but it wasn't nearly as menacing since The Big Blow Out. Even in Season 8, the focus was shifting toward new enemies like Drakus and Titanus.

[Prowler]

The only seasons where it wasn't much of a threat was in seasons 4,5 and 6. In fact, those seasons barely had a proper finale. I think "My brother, the Bad Guy" was season's 5 final, though.

It was a threat in seasons 1 and 2 and then at the end of season 3 in the three-parter finale. It would only become a huge threat again at the end of season 7 in "Shredder's Triumphant". And for a last time in the episode "Turtle Trek" of season 8.

It was kinda sad to see it completely abandoned and left to some bizarre alien creatures in "Divide and Conquer". And one of them looked exactly like Krang's android body. How odd.

[LeotheLateBloomer]

When 2k3 Raph calls it a "giant golf ball on wheels".

[cammy85]

Shredder Triumphant, while a combo of "The Big" trilogy rolled into one, with a twist. It didn't do as much on-land damage as the big trilogy but it was the final time it was on the surface, save for Turtles Forever.

[TurtleFan2012]

One thing I notice is that we never see the technodrome blow up buildings, attack people, or go on a violent rampage. Sure it moved around the city in the OT, but I don't remember it attacking the city.

The only time it did that was Turtles Forever. I'm guessing it would have been scary for kids back then.

[cammy85]

That was only due to the Utrom upgrades. Other than running over objects and buildings, it didn't really blast anything, unless you count the eye cannon in "Atlantis Awakes" and the Personal Energy Projector in "Planet of the Turtles". Otherwise it simply received energy or whatever.

[Wesley]

Originally Posted by LeotheLateBloomer

When 2k3 Raph calls it a "giant golf ball on wheels".

Agreed. It's hard to take the Technodrome seriously after hearing 2003 Raph say that.

Originally Posted by cammy85

That was only due to the Utrom upgrades. Other than running over objects and buildings, it didn't really blast anything, unless you count the eye cannon in "Atlantis Awakes" and the Personal Energy Projector in "Planet of the Turtles". Otherwise it simply received energy or whatever.

It nearly blasted the Turtles and April in "Return of the Technodrome", but it ran out of power. The Technodrome never really showed its full capabilities in the OT due to censorship.

[billbot85]

Season 4, when the Technodrome wound up back in Dimension X and got trashed. At that point, it hardly ever comes back to terrorize the turtles, but just ends up being a home base of operations.

Although, I always wished it could've returned and wreaked some serious havoc on NYC.

[MsMarvelDuckie]

I think the point where it stopped being taken seriously for good was when it shrank after almost running over April. She couldv'e stepped on it, LOL!

[Yabuturtle]

Originally Posted by neatoman

So at what point the Technodrome no longer seem like a threat? It's kind of hard to take it seriously to be honest, or at least it becomes harder the more you watch the show.

Now in theory a giant death machine from another dimension should be the most awesome thing ever, and I guess to many of you it was. However, considering it was in an almost useless state throughout the vast majority of the series, it does eventually no longer seem that great. Even when it is being used it seems like it could be defeated rather easily. And the design, giant disco ball with an eye on top, certainly does not help it's case.

So when did you realise it wasn't all that great?

I always thought the eye was kind of creepy. Like, it's always watching you...

It was always a threat, but it was really due to the villains incompetence that made it less of a threat. I remember in the "The Big Break In" when it was shrunk. xD I always thought there should have been a season where it was above the surface and it does some real damage to the city and the Earth, causing the world to be in a post apocalyptic state, and the turtles have to undo it. That would have been awesome.

[MsMarvelDuckie]

There was- it was in "Shredderville". But it was all a dream. Still cool, though.

[Wesley]

I thought the Technodrome was a serious threat in Turtles Forever when it was upgraded into a more dangerous war machine and did a lot of damage to NYC.