What color is Mutagen? - Page 2

*Original TMNT Cartoon Fan* · 01-21-2012, 12:38 PM

Green is also what's probably most famous.

*pannoni1* · 01-21-2012, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Swedenfan 1982

Green is also what's probably most famous.

The TGRI/TCRI canister is what cements this debate, however as the most iconic source of mutagen. Even in the OT green mutagen is prominent than pink/violet as shown below. The animators were just unsure of what color mutagen really was early in the series; before the movie made green the predominant color from that point forward.

*Original TMNT Cartoon Fan* · 01-22-2012, 05:02 AM

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Originally Posted by pannoni1

The TGRI/TCRI canister is what cements this debate, however as the most iconic source of mutagen. Even in the OT green mutagen is prominent than pink/violet as shown below. The animators were just unsure of what color mutagen really was early in the series; before the movie made green the predominant color from that point forward.

Do black and white Mirage mention any colour?

*Galactus* · 01-22-2012, 06:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Mr._Mutant_Man

The yellow mutagen in Michelangelo's Birthday seems to be a variant that makes whoever gets sprayed blow up like Harry Potter's aunt. Yet Shredder apparently never bothered to keep the formula for what nearly defeated the turtles.

What would be the point? Splinter'd just dip into his collection of magic moth balls to deflate the affected people.

Then again this is the cartoon were Donatello had a ray gun that changed peoples personalities just laying in a wardrobe yet never thought of using it on Shredder or Krang but was okay with using it on his brother.

*CyberCubed* · 01-22-2012, 08:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Galactus

Then again this is the cartoon were Donatello had a ray gun that changed peoples personalities just laying in a wardrobe yet never thought of using it on Shredder or Krang but was okay with using it on his brother.

Shredder's personality already changed too many times in the old show, like when he thought he was Michaelangelo, or when his mind moved into Splinter's body, or the time he fell down and got amnesia but still wanted to blow up the city.

I think there were at least 3-4 plotlines where Shredder loses his mind.

Stingray69 · 01-22-2012, 10:01 AM

Greens my favorite color and what I think of when I think ooze. But I quess it can be any color.

Any one else remember this ooze?

Foot Soldier Clang · 01-22-2012, 12:10 PM

Leo looks absolutely bored on that box

*pannoni1* · 01-22-2012, 12:26 PM

38 cents? Boy, have things gone up in value since then! And why would Mike and Don have to "share" a box?

Still, brings back memories when Nabisco commercials ended with NAH-BISS-CO! (ding)

Stingray69 · 01-22-2012, 12:32 PM

I always wondered the same thing about box sharing. I feel like they got the short end of the stick. I mean I can't imagine they only had three flavors. Then again maybe they did and that's why they have to share.

*gobo* · 01-22-2012, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Galactus

Then again this is the cartoon were Donatello had a ray gun that changed peoples personalities just laying in a wardrobe yet never thought of using it on Shredder or Krang but was[n't] okay with using it on his brother.

Fixed that for you...

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I think there were at least 3-4 plotlines where Shredder loses his mind.

Yeah. Any more than "3-4 plotlines" out of his 150 or so episodes would have been pointless repitition.

Foot Soldier Clang · 02-05-2012, 10:43 AM

I was rewatching some old TMNT Playmates toy commercials, and they usually refer to mutagen as "retromutagen". The file cards refer to mutagen as that as well. Is "retromutagen" the full term for the ooze?

*sdp* · 02-05-2012, 10:53 AM

Isn't retro-mutagen the stuff that would turn them back to turtles/original state and mutagen the stuff that mutates you? That's why Shredder tried to attack with retro-mutagen not mutagen he wanted to undue the mutation not mutate themfurther.

Foot Soldier Clang · 02-05-2012, 11:23 AM

That's what I figured.

~~ABrown~~ · 02-05-2012, 11:46 AM

Ya know what. I think there's a pretty easy answer to this question. The color of mutagen is whatever food coloring Shredder and Krang had available in the kitchen cabinet that day.

*pannoni1* · 02-05-2012, 12:01 PM

In any case, it suits well with classic Nickelodeon with all that Gak and Slime they did!

*Original TMNT Cartoon Fan* · 02-06-2012, 06:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Foot Soldier Clang

I was rewatching some old TMNT Playmates toy commercials, and they usually refer to mutagen as "retromutagen". The file cards refer to mutagen as that as well. Is "retromutagen" the full term for the ooze?

What's that image? No Foot soldiers are mutants, at least not in 1987 and Archie. Is it from the toyline?

Foot Soldier Clang · 02-06-2012, 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Swedenfan 1982

What's that image? No Foot soldiers are mutants, at least not in 1987 and Archie. Is it from the toyline?

Yeah the toyline. Like the image I like to use in my signature is from the Mutations line and is the "Mutation Chart" for the Foot Soldier figure. If you notice, it refers to mutagen as "retromutagen". I've seen it on other toys as well.

~~ABrown~~ · 02-06-2012, 09:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Stingray69

Any one else remember this ooze?

http://i1116.photobucket.com/albums/...7/IMG_0715.jpg

No but I do remember the turtles ice cream that you can get when the ice cream man comes around. And sometimes they still carry it to this day.

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Originally Posted by Foot Soldier Clang

Leo looks absolutely bored on that box

Ha, he's like "how the f*#k did I get stuck endorsing this?"

Nintendophile · 02-06-2012, 10:05 AM

(Talking about the original cartoon here.) Maybe, if we're looking for some kind of explanation for "pink" and "green", we could say that the "original" mutagen that mutated the Turtles was pink. Once Shredder found this out, he obtained the rest of that "original" mutagen. Then, when that ran out, he started to have to manufacture his own, which came out green, because it wasn't the "original" mutagen, it was "processed" mutagen.

It could explain why the earlier episodes seemed to have pink, and the later ones had green. Shredder ran out of the "original" stuff, and started having to make his own "synthetic" stuff.

Maybe? Eh? Eh?

(Outside of the cartoon, I'll always think of mutagen as green, though.)

*Original TMNT Cartoon Fan* · 02-06-2012, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Foot Soldier Clang

Yeah the toyline. Like the image I like to use in my signature is from the Mutations line and is the "Mutation Chart" for the Foot Soldier figure. If you notice, it refers to mutagen as "retromutagen". I've seen it on other toys as well.

Is it the original one or those mutatin' TMNT toyline.

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Stingray69 Stone Warrior Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 916	Greens my favorite color and what I think of when I think ooze. But I quess it can be any color. Any one else remember this ooze?

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Foot Soldier Clang Hench Mutant Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Big Apple, 3am Posts: 456	Leo looks absolutely bored on that box

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Stingray69 Stone Warrior Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 916	I always wondered the same thing about box sharing. I feel like they got the short end of the stick. I mean I can't imagine they only had three flavors. Then again maybe they did and that's why they have to share.

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~~ABrown~~ Banned Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,831	Ya know what. I think there's a pretty easy answer to this question. The color of mutagen is whatever food coloring Shredder and Krang had available in the kitchen cabinet that day.

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pannoni1 Foot Elite Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: USA Posts: 3,447	In any case, it suits well with classic Nickelodeon with all that Gak and Slime they did! __________________ http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/sho...d.php?t=37065- MY WANT LIST TMNT FAN CLUB LINK: http://sot.ag/gCjK/ 30 years of Turtle Power!

02-06-2012, 10:05 AM	#39
Nintendophile Foot Soldier Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Ohio Posts: 198	(Talking about the original cartoon here.) Maybe, if we're looking for some kind of explanation for "pink" and "green", we could say that the "original" mutagen that mutated the Turtles was pink. Once Shredder found this out, he obtained the rest of that "original" mutagen. Then, when that ran out, he started to have to manufacture his own, which came out green, because it wasn't the "original" mutagen, it was "processed" mutagen. It could explain why the earlier episodes seemed to have pink, and the later ones had green. Shredder ran out of the "original" stuff, and started having to make his own "synthetic" stuff. Maybe? Eh? Eh? (Outside of the cartoon, I'll always think of mutagen as green, though.)