Characters with the best/coolest names in the TMNT property?

[triplexxx]

Anyone here like the mobster/gangster names? Big Louie, Pinky McFingers, Tony "The Butcher" Vivaldi, Don Turtelli, Mad Dog McMutt, etc...

[neatoman]

Originally Posted by triplexxx

Anyone here like the mobster/gangster names? Big Louie, Pinky McFingers, Tony "The Butcher" Vivaldi, Don Turtelli, Mad Dog McMutt, etc...

No, if anything, they're some of the dumbest names ever. Aside from "The Butcher", all the names you listed there are either boring or really stupid.

[Heyowakka]

Originally Posted by triplexxx

Anyone here like the mobster/gangster names? Big Louie, Pinky McFingers, Tony "The Butcher" Vivaldi, Don Turtelli, Mad Dog McMutt, etc...

For what it’s worth, I like when the TMNT fight mobsters, and I like the mob the turtles go up against in the Fred Wolf series as well, McFingers, Turtelli, McMutt, they all fit in perfectly with the world they’re portrayed in.

Spoiler:

[ToTheNines]

I’m a Mafia movie head from way back. Part of the reason I love the Image run is the Puzzorelli arc.

[CyberCubed]

Most Mutant names were meant to be catchy for kids to remember, it's the same way Pokemon names were changed in English to be more memorable.

You have Scale Tail, Merdude, Mona Lisa, Wingnut, Hothead, Scumbug, Groundchuck, Wyrm, Dirtbag, Monty Moose, etc.

They all really remind me of Pokemon names now when I think back to the old Playmates mutants. Kind of makes sense since they market these to kids and they want kids to remember the names so they make them catchy and easy to say.

[ToTheNines]

There is some TMNT/Pokemon overlap if you think about it. 4kids, Veronica Taylor and some other VAs. Caravaggio. Massive success with youngsters in the 90’s and conversely hated/misunderstood by boomers trying to play the satanic panic card. Nintendo legends. Autistic fan bases. Unova is NYC.

The list goes on.

[Mad Dog McMutt]

Originally Posted by triplexxx

Anyone here like the mobster/gangster names? Big Louie, Pinky McFingers, Tony "The Butcher" Vivaldi, Don Turtelli, Mad Dog McMutt, etc...

We all know which mobster had the best name and it wasn't Pinky McFingers.

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by ToTheNines

There is some TMNT/Pokemon overlap if you think about it. 4kids, Veronica Taylor and some other VAs. Caravaggio. Massive success with youngsters in the 90’s and conversely hated/misunderstood by boomers trying to play the satanic panic card. Nintendo legends. Autistic fan bases. Unova is NYC.

The list goes on.

Originally Posted by Mad Dog McMutt

We all know which mobster had the best name and it wasn't Pinky McFingers.

Mad Dog McMutt is one of those names and character concepts that are so silly that they're just funny.

[Mad Dog McMutt]

Originally Posted by Prowler

Mad Dog McMutt is one of those names and character concepts that are so silly that they're just funny.

That's why I like that character. He is just so dumb and ridiculous that it's funny. Dude even eats dog treats.

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by Mad Dog McMutt

That's why I like that character. He is just so dumb and ridiculous that it's funny. Dude even eats dog treats.

The FW cartoon really knew how to be so absurd to the point of being able to embrace said absurdity at times.

[Mad Dog McMutt]

Originally Posted by Prowler

The FW cartoon really knew how to be so absurd to the point of being able to embrace said absurdity at times.

That was definitely part of its charm. Remember Cheeseburger Man? That is a character that could have only came from FW Ninja Turtles.

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by Mad Dog McMutt

That was definitely part of its charm. Remember Cheeseburger Man? That is a character that could have only came from FW Ninja Turtles.

Wow I had to google that one. I had completely forgotten about him. Well played!

[Jephael]

Speaking of that particular episode, I always thought J. Gordon Hungerdunger was a funny name.

DONATELLO: "They've been turned into Hungerdunger zombies!"
MICHELANGELO: "Whoa... and that's the worst kind!"