Random Turtle Facts! - Page 2

Avatar Yuffie · 03-02-2011, 07:54 AM

Mirage and 2K3 Mikey has Klunk the cat.

I don't remember OT Mikey owning a cat, but he does keep a pet or two in some episodes (Maxwell the fish, Pete the pigeon and Ditto the parrot). He even bought a couple of piranhas (?) as his birthday present to Raphael.

Archie Mikey was given a step further that he can actually communicate with animals, too.

**Jester** · 03-02-2011, 08:38 AM

Old Toon writer David Wise wrote for several other series...and borrowed plot elements from them for TMNT.
In the Transformers episode Mircobots, several Autobots are shrunk, and go inside Megatron to disconnect the "Heart of Cybertron." While inside, they wind up in his shoulder joint, hoping Megatron doesn't make any sudden moves. Upon completing their task, as the 3 Autobots escape Megatron as they start to return to normal size, Bumblebee looks back at Megatron and says, "Excuse Us," the exact same line Donatello says as he and Leonardo escape Krang's Body as it starts to shrink.

**Jester** · 03-02-2011, 11:38 AM

Hamato Yoshi was a member of the Foot Clan in every incarnation of the TMNT....except the new 2k3 series.

*oldmanwinters* · 03-02-2011, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Jester

Hamato Yoshi was a member of the Foot Clan in every incarnation of the TMNT....except the new 2k3 series.

Hmm... I forgot about that fact. He was recruited by the Guardians in "A Tale of Master Yoshi" wasn't he? I guess Laird and the 4Kids creative team realized there was no way to sugarcoat how the heroic Yoshi would have been a member of a ninja clan of assassins.

*The Fifth Turtle* · 03-02-2011, 12:12 PM

For many people, their interest in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles seemed to shift to the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers when they hit the scene. I always thought it was interesting that the name of the Power Rangers seemed to borrow off of the turtles.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers

*Donnie* · 03-02-2011, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by The Fifth Turtle

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers

Spookular!

*oldmanwinters* · 03-02-2011, 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by The Fifth Turtle

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers

Yeah, seemed like lots of folks wanted to create a concept around "three adjectives and a noun."

Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters
Geriatric Gangrene Jujitsu Gerbils
Adult Thermonuclear Samurai Elephants
Ex-Mutant Teenage Samurai Humans (later shortened to "Ex-Mutants")

And then there was "Samurai Pizza Cats," (also ported to America by Saban!) which doesn't follow the formula exactly, but is so obviously a TMNT knock-off!

**Jester** · 03-02-2011, 04:24 PM

What about Immature Radioactive Samurai Slugs!?

Oddly enough the voices I hear in this parody are Rob "Raphael" Paulsen (who does this a lot...see Animaniacs Hooked on a Ceiling for Paulsen parodying TMNT..again.) and Jim "Leatherhead" Cummings. Also Jim Cummings is an alternate Shredder, so he is doing a parody...of himself.

Avatar Yuffie · 03-03-2011, 01:56 AM

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Originally Posted by oldmanwinters

Yeah, seemed like lots of folks wanted to create a concept around "three adjectives and a noun."

Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters
Geriatric Gangrene Jujitsu Gerbils
Adult Thermonuclear Samurai Elephants
Ex-Mutant Teenage Samurai Humans (later shortened to "Ex-Mutants")

And then there was "Samurai Pizza Cats," (also ported to America by Saban!) which doesn't follow the formula exactly, but is so obviously a TMNT knock-off!

Yeah, they now have a collective trope for that.

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.ph...MutantHeroTeam

The samurai slugs made me LOL. XD

*ssjup81* · 03-03-2011, 02:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Avatar Yuffie

Mirage and 2K3 Mikey has Klunk the cat.

I don't remember OT Mikey owning a cat, but he does keep a pet or two in some episodes (Maxwell the fish, Pete the pigeon and Ditto the parrot). He even bought a couple of piranhas (?) as his birthday present to Raphael.

Archie Mikey was given a step further that he can actually communicate with animals, too.

I know there was an ep of the OT series where Mikey was befriending a cat. At least that's something that seems to be apart of all the Turtle mediums, right? Mikey being good with animals. When do they start doing this for the Archie comics? I just started reading those and am new to that particular series, but I'm not far into it. No pets or anything yet for Mikey

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And then there was "Samurai Pizza Cats," (also ported to America by Saban!) which doesn't follow the formula exactly, but is so obviously a TMNT knock-off!

Not particularly a knockoff. Saban just dubbed it and made it crazy because they didn't have a real script to work with and made up most of the stuff. Not complaining, I loved the show with its bad puns and jokes, even the "Turtle" reference in the intro. lol I like the original Japanese version too...where they're not Samurai and the storyline isn't as comedic as the dub made it and didn't break the fourth wall like the dub did.

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What about Immature Radioactive Samurai Slugs!?

Oddly enough the voices I hear in this parody are Rob "Raphael" Paulsen (who does this a lot...see Animaniacs Hooked on a Ceiling for Paulsen parodying TMNT..again.) and Jim "Leatherhead" Cummings. Also Jim Cummings is an alternate Shredder, so he is doing a parody...of himself.

OMG! I remember this!! I loved that one! I remember laughing so much at it as a kid, because it was supposed to be TMNT parody and stuff.

Avatar Yuffie · 03-03-2011, 03:57 AM

^as mentioned before I lost my Archie comics in the years. But I remember the future Turtles referenced this.

Another random fact: Turtle Power is a Trope Namer!

**Jester** · 03-03-2011, 09:29 AM

The later part of season 2 of the 2k3 series introduced us to the only songs in the series that weren't the theme song, Midnight Run in City at War Part 1 and It's a Jungle Out There in April's Artifact. Both were kinda lame, so thankfully these were the only non-theme songs.

Speaking of songs and Turtles, anyone know who the singing voices of the Turtles were for the Coming Out of Their Shells tour?

*oldmanwinters* · 03-03-2011, 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Jester

The later part of season 2 of the 2k3 series introduced us to the only songs in the series that weren't the theme song, Midnight Run in City at War Part 1 and It's a Jungle Out There in April's Artifact. Both were kinda lame, so thankfully these were the only non-theme songs.

Wow, it was so weird when those songs started up when I was watching these eps the first time. It felt so out of place with the series!

*Jephael* · 03-03-2011, 09:48 AM

I liked "Midnight Run" but that entire scene didn't really fit the tone of City At War.

*gobo* · 03-03-2011, 09:54 AM

Ditto. ~ Sam Wheat

**Jester** · 03-06-2011, 07:34 PM

Judith Hoag, April from the 1st Turtle movie, was in a 2011 film called Wish Wizard. He character's name: Mrs. Casey.
James Saito, who was Shredder in the same movie, was in a 2000 episode of Law & Order. His character's name: Yoshi Yopshimura.

Avatar Yuffie · 03-06-2011, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Jester

Hamato Yoshi was a member of the Foot Clan in every incarnation of the TMNT....except the new 2k3 series.

Speaking of Hamato Yoshi, in the Archie comics (like the Fred Wolf cartoon, Yoshi became Splinter), as a young man witnessed the nuclear fallout of Hiroshima.

Guess I'm trying to figure out how old he was here, it was implied Yoshi's in his teens during WWII... so in the Archie timeline (90's) he'd be in his 50-60ish?

**Jester** · 03-06-2011, 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Avatar Yuffie

Speaking of Hamato Yoshi, in the Archie comics (like the Fred Wolf cartoon, Yoshi became Splinter), as a young man witnessed the nuclear fallout of Hiroshima.

Guess I'm trying to figure out how old he was here, it was implied Yoshi's in his teens during WWII... so in the Archie timeline (90's) he'd be in his 50-60ish?

And still kicking butt. Would explain why the Future Turtles mentioned him dieing of old age.

*oldmanwinters* · 03-06-2011, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Avatar Yuffie

Guess I'm trying to figure out how old he was here, it was implied Yoshi's in his teens during WWII... so in the Archie timeline (90's) he'd be in his 50-60ish?

He would have been early-60s at the youngest. Splinter states that he was 15 when the first atom bomb was dropped on August 6, 1945 in Hiroshima, which would place his birthday somewhere around 1930. Assuming the Archie time-line set itself in "real time" (like that exists in comic books!), the turtles' Japanese adventure took place in c.1992 (the year of issue #29's publication). Using that logic, I'd say Splinter was 62 at this point in the series.

I remember one issue celebrated Splinter's birthday, but does anyone know the exact day of birth?

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And still kicking butt.

Yeah, that's why I love Splinter!

*ssjup81* · 03-07-2011, 03:12 AM

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Originally Posted by oldmanwinters

He would have been early-60s at the youngest. Splinter states that he was 15 when the first atom bomb was dropped on August 6, 1945 in Hiroshima, which would place his birthday somewhere around 1930. Assuming the Archie time-line set itself in "real time" (like that exists in comic books!), the turtles' Japanese adventure took place in c.1992 (the year of issue #29's publication). Using that logic, I'd say Splinter was 62 at this point in the series.

I remember one issue celebrated Splinter's birthday, but does anyone know the exact day of birth?

May 11. I was trying to figure out his age too based on that, and figured, "Wow, he'd be round about my grandmother's age (she was born in 1930).

03-02-2011, 07:54 AM	#21
Avatar Yuffie Stone Warrior Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 805	Mirage and 2K3 Mikey has Klunk the cat. I don't remember OT Mikey owning a cat, but he does keep a pet or two in some episodes (Maxwell the fish, Pete the pigeon and Ditto the parrot). He even bought a couple of piranhas (?) as his birthday present to Raphael. Archie Mikey was given a step further that he can actually communicate with animals, too. __________________ We all know that Most Writers Are Male. Something like eighty percent of media aimed at children have male main characters, whereas half the population is female. At best, women will often be minor characters or will not be present at all. Stories about women are for women, stories about men are for general consumption. (TV Tropes Feminist Fantasy)

03-02-2011, 08:38 AM	#22
Jester Rat-faced Dude-guy Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Arkansas Posts: 26,300	Old Toon writer David Wise wrote for several other series...and borrowed plot elements from them for TMNT. In the Transformers episode Mircobots, several Autobots are shrunk, and go inside Megatron to disconnect the "Heart of Cybertron." While inside, they wind up in his shoulder joint, hoping Megatron doesn't make any sudden moves. Upon completing their task, as the 3 Autobots escape Megatron as they start to return to normal size, Bumblebee looks back at Megatron and says, "Excuse Us," the exact same line Donatello says as he and Leonardo escape Krang's Body as it starts to shrink. __________________ "Clearly, you're Ninja Turtling incorrectly." - Leo656

03-02-2011, 11:38 AM	#23
Jester Rat-faced Dude-guy Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Arkansas Posts: 26,300	Hamato Yoshi was a member of the Foot Clan in every incarnation of the TMNT....except the new 2k3 series. __________________ "Clearly, you're Ninja Turtling incorrectly." - Leo656

03-02-2011, 12:12 PM	#25
The Fifth Turtle Mad Scientist Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Chicago sewer Posts: 2,488	For many people, their interest in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles seemed to shift to the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers when they hit the scene. I always thought it was interesting that the name of the Power Rangers seemed to borrow off of the turtles. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Last edited by The Fifth Turtle; 03-02-2011 at 12:17 PM.

03-02-2011, 04:24 PM	#28
Jester Rat-faced Dude-guy Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Arkansas Posts: 26,300	What about Immature Radioactive Samurai Slugs!? Oddly enough the voices I hear in this parody are Rob "Raphael" Paulsen (who does this a lot...see Animaniacs Hooked on a Ceiling for Paulsen parodying TMNT..again.) and Jim "Leatherhead" Cummings. Also Jim Cummings is an alternate Shredder, so he is doing a parody...of himself. __________________ "Clearly, you're Ninja Turtling incorrectly." - Leo656

03-03-2011, 03:57 AM	#31
Avatar Yuffie Stone Warrior Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 805	^as mentioned before I lost my Archie comics in the years. But I remember the future Turtles referenced this. Another random fact: Turtle Power is a Trope Namer! __________________ We all know that Most Writers Are Male. Something like eighty percent of media aimed at children have male main characters, whereas half the population is female. At best, women will often be minor characters or will not be present at all. Stories about women are for women, stories about men are for general consumption. (TV Tropes Feminist Fantasy)

03-03-2011, 09:29 AM	#32
Jester Rat-faced Dude-guy Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Arkansas Posts: 26,300	The later part of season 2 of the 2k3 series introduced us to the only songs in the series that weren't the theme song, Midnight Run in City at War Part 1 and It's a Jungle Out There in April's Artifact. Both were kinda lame, so thankfully these were the only non-theme songs. Speaking of songs and Turtles, anyone know who the singing voices of the Turtles were for the Coming Out of Their Shells tour? __________________ "Clearly, you're Ninja Turtling incorrectly." - Leo656

03-03-2011, 09:48 AM	#34
Jephael That whack job behind you Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Carlisle, Pennsylvania Posts: 8,143	I liked "Midnight Run" but that entire scene didn't really fit the tone of City At War. __________________ "I like it. Simple, but effective!" Raphael; The Mean Machines - 1988

03-03-2011, 09:54 AM	#35
gobo Wacky Action Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: on Earth Posts: 12,784	Ditto. ~ Sam Wheat __________________ Live and let live... or go to hell.

03-06-2011, 07:34 PM	#36
Jester Rat-faced Dude-guy Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Arkansas Posts: 26,300	Judith Hoag, April from the 1st Turtle movie, was in a 2011 film called Wish Wizard. He character's name: Mrs. Casey. James Saito, who was Shredder in the same movie, was in a 2000 episode of Law & Order. His character's name: Yoshi Yopshimura. __________________ "Clearly, you're Ninja Turtling incorrectly." - Leo656 Last edited by Jester; 03-06-2011 at 07:46 PM.