Forgotten older plotlines in IDW

[TheLabRat]

Originally Posted by Dancefloran

Agreed, Karai's motive for killing the turtles were forced. But it was implied that she felt threatened by them. And it is true that as Splinter's sons and Shredder's disciples they could claim the Foot clan legacy, but that would be out of character. Or perhaps was the Dragon manipulating her ?

Possibly, but she brought this upon herself, she made a deal with Dragon, and even The Traveller/Dragon has warned her that the price would make her regret it. I just hope she won't get away with it this time.

By the way, she can easily defeat Gang of Four by herself, but the turtles were defeated by these guys, so she actually has no reason to feel threatened because she is stronger than the turtles.

[Dancefloran]

Originally Posted by TheLabRat

By the way, she can easily defeat Gang of Four by herself, but the turtles were defeated by these guys, so she actually has no reason to feel threatened because she is stronger than the turtles.

Yes but no : she defeated them at their worst when they didn't use their gear, and she saw them as weaker than Michelangelo...
The Null Turtles defeated the Turtles when they used their true skills.

Anyway, I wonder what'll happen to Karai in the TMNT vs NYC arc, Jason Aaron said we'll figure what she's been up to in issue 12

[ToTheNines]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

April survived an attack from Baxter's slithery lizards or whatever they were, and then she just stayed in the lair and none of the Turtles care about getting revenge on Baxter for April almost being eaten. Baxter's whole story being Mayor kind of fell flat too and I'd rather he had just been arrested at the ending of Armaggeddon game, he's just there now.

Yeah, this was dumb. Also, did those eggs he ended up with at the end of that issue ever come into play again?

[CyberCubed]

I don't think they did. Baxter has run his course in IDW but they seem scared to kill him off, as seen by him surviving the attack in that...Chinese writer run so far. And they clearly don't want to turn him into a cyborg or fly at this point so he's just kinda there now.

[CyberCubed]

All those orphans Mike protected from Karai and Rat King are apparently still in Dimension X all this time and have been forgotten. Why did they never bring them back to Earth? So a bunch of human kids are stranded there when Harold and his wife returned to Earth.

Weirdly enough this is probably the biggest forgotten plot thread in IDW.

[TheLabRat]

Carmen was quickly forgotten after Campbell's run ended, but honestly, this character did seem superfluous.

[ToTheNines]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

All those orphans Mike protected from Karai and Rat King are apparently still in Dimension X all this time and have been forgotten. Why did they never bring them back to Earth? So a bunch of human kids are stranded there when Harold and his wife returned to Earth.

Weirdly enough this is probably the biggest forgotten plot thread in IDW.

Weren’t they in Armageddon game? Or at least mentioned? They probably have lives on Neutrino by now.

[Heyowakka]

What lives do they have waiting for them in New York anyway?

[TheLabRat]

Not to mention that Neutrino have a better quality of life, and the turtles are also their benefactors. They might ultimately prefer to stay in outer space and live a new life rather than return to Earth.

[CyberCubed]

I don't think they were mentioned in that arc, but that was a few years ago for me. If you read it more recently maybe they were mentioned? I don't remember. Still they never came back to Earth.

[ToTheNines]

Originally Posted by ToTheNines

Yeah, this was dumb. Also, did those eggs he ended up with at the end of that issue ever come into play again?

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

I don't think they did. Baxter has run his course in IDW but they seem scared to kill him off, as seen by him surviving the attack in that...Chinese writer run so far. And they clearly don't want to turn him into a cyborg or fly at this point so he's just kinda there now.

Just remembered that there were more Slithery eggs and mentally controlled younger eels in #118. They attacked April and that’s what finally ended her working for Stockman and got her quarantined in Mutant Town.

He was selling them to Null and that’s the last we see of them.

[ToTheNines]

A major plot point of the Fugitoid micro was Krang wanting to get ahold of the SAL robot to replicate the technology for his own robot army. This was back in the days when they were still hinting that Krang and Shredder would end up joining forces, so it seemed like this would be the origin of the robot Foot Soldiers. But it was completely dropped.

[Dancefloran]

Originally Posted by ToTheNines

A major plot point of the Fugitoid micro was Krang wanting to get ahold of the SAL robot to replicate the technology for his own robot army. This was back in the days when they were still hinting that Krang and Shredder would end up joining forces, so it seemed like this would be the origin of the robot Foot Soldiers. But it was completely dropped.

Mandela effect at works here ^^
Krang never mentionned a robot army and only needed Fugitoid for the Technodrome. I reread the Fugitoid micro so maybe you're refering to something else.

If Shredder takes control of the Dog Star clan, he can have his robot ninjas though. Maybe they'll introduce IDW's Chrome Dome this way.

[TheLabRat]

By the way, where are Raph's dinosaur now? Even Mutant Nation comic don't explain how Raph lost his pet and went to jail.

[Dancefloran]

Originally Posted by TheLabRat

By the way, where are Raph's dinosaur now? Even Mutant Nation comic don't explain how Raph lost his pet and went to jail.

I feel like a killjoy when I contradict people but we saw Raph entrust Peperroni to

Spoiler:

Mondo Gecko and the Mutanimals

in Mutant Nation.

Maybe some of Mutant Nation's plotlines will join this thread in the coming years though lol.

[TheLabRat]

I reread it, my mistake, but we still don't know why Raph was imprisoned.

[ToTheNines]

Originally Posted by Dancefloran

Mandela effect at works here ^^
Krang never mentionned a robot army and only needed Fugitoid for the Technodrome. I reread the Fugitoid micro so maybe you're refering to something else.

If Shredder takes control of the Dog Star clan, he can have his robot ninjas though. Maybe they'll introduce IDW's Chrome Dome this way.

You’re right, I misremembered. And yes, I think that’s the direction the Dog Star plot is heading.

[CyberCubed]

It still bothers me those human orphan kids Michelangelo befriended just went to planet Neutrino when Karai was trying to get them to join the Foot, and then they just...stayed there? When Harold and his wife was with them I thought there would be some plot point there that they were the only humans on Neutrino, but then Harold and his wife return to Earth. Then those human kids just stay there...and we never heard from them again. Like it wouldn't bug me so much if they got a mention, or Michelangelo wondered how they were doing. They've just never been brought up again after issue 100.

[Dancefloran]

Originally Posted by TheLabRat

I reread it, my mistake, but we still don't know why Raph was imprisoned.

True all we know is that Raph got himself in a bunch of fights and made a deal with a warden at some point.

Now that I think about it, its worse for the other turtles :
- Leonardo gave up on the Splinter Clan and went on a depression/spiritual exploration at some point for unknown reasons, after doing some fighting with an anti-mutant group.
- Donatello broke his gauntlet in Feudal Japan and somehow managed to come back through Northampton's portal while abandoning the Warp Turtles.
- Michelangelo traveled to Japan and became a celebrity (For this part I don't think we need to see it though)

[TheLabRat]

They didn't explain about the fate of Old Raph from Annual 2023, and who are these Foot ninjas? Why they attack him?