"Cast" a Nick Turtles Christmas Carol.

[kelligrafie]

Baxter Stockman as Scrooge.

Bitter, disgruntled. Hates the world. Hates socialising.

I'd quite like Splinter to be the Ghost of Christmas Past. Can you imagine Hoon Lee saying, "These are shadows of the past. They are what they are... do not blame me."

And maybe Spiderbytes or Dogpound as the Ghost of Christmas Present.

And the Rat King as the Ghost of Christmas Future, chasing down Baxter in a coach pulled by giant black rats.

[Foot Soldier Clang]

Pizza Boy as the ghost of Xmas present

Hobo as the Ghost of Xmas Past

The little tea party girl as the ghost of Xmas future

Spiderbytez as Scrooge

Kraang as Tiny Tim

Mr. Murikami as Bob Crachit

[n-zero]

If her storyline where further along, I could see a "Christmas Carol" style episode about teaching Karai to let go of her hate and embrace her new family, but it would have to happen after she learns the truth about Shredder, Splinter and her mother.

[ToTheNines]

Originally Posted by Gwydion

Donnie - Bob Cratchit
Mutagen Man - Tiny Tim

It's hilarious how awesome that one worked out. Spot on for the rest of your casting, too. Might be tempting to use Rat King as the Ghost of Christmas Future because of his appearance, but I'd still go with Shredder too.

As for anyone else, might as well make April Emily Cratchit, Karai Belle (the past love interest), and maybe use Casey as Fezziwig?

[beavercartoon]

Sorry, but this whole idea doesn't appeal to me. There have been so many adaptations of A Christmas Carol that it's in danger of losing all poignancy. (Much like the countless It's A Wonderful Life variations.)

The original story is fine and has a nice message about how losing sight of your initial goal can leave you miserable and unfulfilled but no matter how old and unhappy you are, you can still make changes that will improve your outlook on life (and in turn, others may view you in a more positive light.)

The turtles don't need to adapt A Christmas Carol. It's a sign of lazy writing to take a plot that everyone already knows and force the characters to fit the story, rather than create a story where the characters naturally move the plot along and their canon personalities are allowed to shine.

I'm not really big on holiday/XMas stories in general. It doesn't really make much sense for mutant turtles raised to honor Japanese customs to celebrate Christmas traditions tied to another culture. They might read a Dickens book that someone flushed down a toilet or something, but I doubt that would inspire the turtles to instantly start decking the halls or shouting bah humbug.

If the TMNT franchise has a Christmas tradition, it's that Mikey finds Klunk around the holiday (Mirage comics, 2k3 Series.) With Spike no longer acting as the 'team pet' I would be very interested in seeing Mikey adopt a cat. Maybe Raph would even warm up to Klunk... eventually.

[victory_angel]

Well if they do have a holiday or at least winter centered episode. I don't see the Turtles leaving the lair all that much. Being cold-blooded creatures the cold winter can be hazardous to their health.

But I can see as an episode where they talk about fond memories of their childhood or growing up.

Or have a clip show where they run through the stuff they have experienced thus far.

[Gwydion]

To be honest, I would indeed hope they wouldn't do A Christmas Carol type story - I think it's an overused Christmas special storyline. But the OP was just asking us to cast it; doesn't mean I actually want to see it happen, though.

Originally Posted by ToTheNines

It's hilarious how awesome that one worked out. Spot on for the rest of your casting, too. Might be tempting to use Rat King as the Ghost of Christmas Future because of his appearance, but I'd still go with Shredder too.

As for anyone else, might as well make April Emily Cratchit, Karai Belle (the past love interest), and maybe use Casey as Fezziwig?

I'm glad I'm not the only one that found the Donnie/MM casting amusing, lol.

I was actually considering Casey as an old, close friend (as opposed to love interest), but they haven't even met yet in the show, so... Otherwise, yeah, April and Karai being the only two females, that's pretty much the way they'd have to be cast, I'd think.