Official Episode Discussion S2 #10 "Fungus Humungous"

[Vicky82]

Wow it was Great, Intence and crazy episode, more intence than Slash and Destroy.

Fears
Leo's fear is losing his brothers and failing as a leader (We knew anyway)
Raph's fear is cockroaches (which we knew anyway)
Donny's fear is April hating him
Mikey's fear is the Squirrelanoids (I was surprised that was his fear)
April's fear is Bats
Casey's fear is Rats (which we knew anyway)

Moments
Leo was awsome
More Casey and being more part of the team
Donny and Casey don't seem to like each other and their rivalry over April has started, I hope it doesn't get too much.
It was cool seeing Leo and Splinter meditating together and glowing too and then again later on when Leo was fighting Fungus Humungous.
Mikey hugging Donny was cute
I don't get the dancing fungus bit, what was the point in it. It did look like a reference from the Disney movie Fantasia
I love the visual effects in this episode
I wonder if Casey bumped into Splinter before in the episode I Monster because he was seeing (his fear) a big rat with red eyes.

Funny moments
Mikey hugging and wiping his face with a rat.
Super Mikey brother's lol.
Mikey trying to calm Raph down and then later hugging him and Raph throws up thinking he was being hugged by a cockraoch and licking him.
Donnie seeing (his fear) 3 April's kissing Casey but were rats in Casey's fear.

Dark/Gutsy moments
Was pretty gutsy to use mushrooms/fungus to spray toxins all over them and make them hallucinate as we know what some type of mushrooms can do when eaten.
Raph trying to kill his brothers when his fear took over him .
Raph and Mikey Hallucinating and fighting each other
Raphs fear when Mikey's head falls off and all the cockroaches flew out of his body.
Did anyone think it looked like the fear wanted Leo to attempt Seppuku when Leo briefly given up and his sword appeared.

[ObiWanFan4life]

Good Episode, Loved getting to see more of Leo being a bad ass. Though I could have done without the weird interpretive mushroom dance, the overuse of anime speedlines, and the gross out shots courtesy of the squirrelanoids. Also, was Leo levitating when reflected that beam of sunlight ? 8 out of10

[kelligrafie]

"Fungus." "Language. There's a lady present."

"Super Mikey Brothers." 1UP all round.

"I heard in the original Japanese version..." <--- That's gotta be a pass at the super Asian Ninja Robot Turtles version.

"That's a cartoon myth."

They got the Nutcracker into a kid's cartoon. I don't know how but they did it.

"Where's the love? It's right here between my arms."

Leo and Splinter having the heart to hearts. Wow. I am so much closer to liking Leo now.

Twerking 'shroom.

"BREATHE WITH MEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!"

Mikey's fear was squirrelanoids. Not sure how I feel about that. Sure it was a traumatic experience but not more so than any of the other villains/creatures I'd say. But then again, I'm not inside Mikey's head.

[Lethal Lullaby]

This episode was pretty trippy in some parts. Haha. I thought it was a fun episide though. but the part where it showed Donnie's fear and it looked like April stabbed him, i almost freaked out. Then the part with the movement from the nutcracker suite that was playing and the mushrooms were dancing. O-o just.. Wow. XD

[DarkLightDragon]

I was a bit surprised to see Mikey's fear was the Squirreloids, but after thinking back on that episode, it does make some sense. As funny as a world without pizza would've been, it admittedly would've clashed with the somewhat serious tone of this episode.

[NinjaMan]

Good creepy episode. I liked seeing Casey hanging with the gang. I can't get enough of his character. Best version of Casey ever IMO. Great episode for Leo and show why he is fit to lead. Reminded me of the Darkness within 03 episode in a way.

[NinjaMan]

Originally Posted by kelligrafie

"Fungus." "Language. There's a lady present."

"Super Mikey Brothers." 1UP all round.

"I heard in the original Japanese version..." <--- That's gotta be a pass at the super Asian Ninja Robot Turtles version.

"That's a cartoon myth."

They got the Nutcracker into a kid's cartoon. I don't know how but they did it.

"Where's the love? It's right here between my arms."

Leo and Splinter having the heart to hearts. Wow. I am so much closer to liking Leo now.

Twerking 'shroom.

"BREATHE WITH MEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!"

Mikey's fear was squirrelanoids. Not sure how I feel about that. Sure it was a traumatic experience but not more so than any of the other villains/creatures I'd say. But then again, I'm not inside Mikey's head.

Actually that was a shot at Voltron(Go-Lion) in one of the episodes Sven, the original Blue Lion Pilot is killed early in season 1. But in the American version he was sent to a planet to "heal".

[kelligrafie]

Originally Posted by NinjaMan

Actually that was a shot at Voltron(Go-Lion) in one of the episodes Sven, the original Blue Lion Pilot is killed early in season 1. But in the American version he was sent to a planet to "heal".

Learn something new every day. Still think it's a Japanese TMNT ref though haha They've made a pass at pretty much all the previous series.


Can't wait for a dig at Venus...

[Leofan26]

Flippin loved this episode!

Pros

Leo was freakin bad ass

More Leo / Splinter moments, I really adore this father son type relationship.

Casey bonding more with the the gang

Casey's fear, cracked me up so hard

Animation

Cons

Love triangle starting too soon, how much interactions has Casey had with April so far? I would have liked it to happen a couple of more episodes later, develop a friendship than lean more into romance with Donnie getting more and more jealous. I don't want a love triangle but it feels too fast now, though I do hope it doesn't take up too much time and ends fast.

Donnie's fear, I know it was for comedy and all but I was kind of hoping it wouldn't have been that LOL. Teen hormones above family eh? Well

Every thing else was pretty solid, though of all villains Mikey is afraid of that's it? Sorry Shredder, you can't seem to frighten Mikey more than those guy's can

[Electric]

Originally Posted by Leofan26

Flippin loved this episode!

Pros

Leo was freakin bad ass

More Leo / Splinter moments, I really adore this father son type relationship.

Casey bonding more with the the gang

Casey's fear, cracked me up so hard

Animation

Cons

Love triangle starting too soon, how much interactions has Casey had with April so far? I would have liked it to happen a couple of more episodes later, develop a friendship than lean more into romance with Donnie getting more and more jealous. I don't want a love triangle but it feels too fast now p, though I do hope it doesn't take up too much time and ends fast.

Donnie's fear, I know it was for comedy and all but I was kind of hoping it wouldn't have been that LOL. Teen hormones above family eh? Well

Every thing else was pretty solid, though of all villains Mikey is afraid of that's it? Sorry Shredder, you can't seem to frighten Mikey more than those guy's can

Thing About the love triangle is that, while yeah Casey likes April, he isn't showing it yet. He's still seems like just a friend to her.

When Donnie and Casey had their little interaction, Donnie was upset that Casey lost April, and Casey just got into it cause Donnie was blaming him for it.

Honestly did not mind their argument. Donnie's fear is a different story.

[MrTMNT2012]

So no one's gonna mention the AWESOME Captain Ryan Cameo?!

It was nice to see him one last time.

[pannoni1]

To me this is the Fantasia of all TMNT episodes so far, since it seemingly involves imagination within imagination that provides some cool changes of view as each scene progresses. It almost feels like "was that really a dream?" Obviously this was an episodic plot (Though clearly takes place no earlier than the end of The Good, The Bad, and the Casey Jones), and to me the defining quote is what Splinter said to Leo "A good leader must risk losing his greatest allies". Great use of the dark sewers to provide the fear factor, and the different monsters/facial expressions provided by different characters' viewpoints makes this a nice episode to watch again even if you have little knowledge of the overall tone of the series. Great fourth-wall by Don about the cartoon myth.

Overall: 8/10

[Shark_Blade]

It's an okay episode nothing much. The fungus isn't really threatening I feel.

Donnie's fear is hilarious though.

Spoiler:

I gotta say, the cockroaches look more gross than ever. Props to whoever did them.

[Luigiperps]

Oh man, I couldn't eat after that one, those cocroachs are so realistic

[Vicky82]

Originally Posted by DarkLightDragon

I was a bit surprised to see Mikey's fear was the Squirreloids, but after thinking back on that episode, it does make some sense. As funny as a world without pizza would've been, it admittedly would've clashed with the somewhat serious tone of this episode.

It surprised me too but I guess it was with reading the Alienanoids comic books and then later on when Mikey was grabbed by throat/neck and being dragged down to the septic tanks with the Squirrelanoids, before he got saved, didn't help.

[CyberCubed]

Originally Posted by Shark_Blade

It's an okay episode nothing much. The fungus isn't really threatening I feel. =

it was a comedy episode. Not every episode is going to use a threatening "kill or be killed" villain.

[bigk4062]

Originally Posted by Vicky82

It surprised me too but I guess it was with reading the Alienanoids comic books and then later on when Mikey was grabbed by throat/neck and being dragged down to the septic tanks with the Squirrelanoids, before he got saved, didn't help.

I kinda wonder if the Squirrelanoids were just representing his fear of monsters in comic books... during the Squirrelanoids episode he was reading them and got himself freaked out pretty bad..

[BabyTurtles]

whoa that was....trippy okay where to begin...??

- When Splinter and Leo were glowing XD I didn't know what was going on! I thought they were gonna start summoning stuff or something.

-Didn't really feel Mikey's fear......felt a littttle forced....but hey, those squirrelanoids were creepy! and they almost killed him so...I'll let that one slide.

-dang Don....already being mean to Casey? Casey has no idea what's going on.

-when Mikey hugged Raph when Raph was still seeing roaches...omg I almost died laughing Mikey was just in a hugging mood this episode.

- trippy...Fantasia scene...okay XD

- Don's fear, KNEW IT. Of course it was about April.....

[CyberCubed]

See, this is how to do a, "mutant of the week" type episode. They made it so unique and different from the others that you didn't even realize you were watching another mutant filler.

More episodes like this, and less like the ones about the Cockroach and Spiderbitez, please.

[Bossa Nova]

Haven't watched this episode yet, but sounds like Don's greatest fear IS about losing April? Instead of his family? And likewise...Raph's is freaking cockroaches? Wow. That's pathetic. Way to give Leo the only real meaning in his fear. And they're already pushing the DonxCasey rivalry? I think I'm almost done watching this show, and might just catch the ones that show actual promise (like Slash and Destroy). Super disappointed.