Does this cartoon actually feel like the Fred Wolf cartoon?

[neatoman]

So I keep hearing that people think this cartoon is like the Fred Wolf cartoon, to which I have to disagree.

It is true that it uses things from the Fred Wolf cartoon (or rather the toyline the Fred Wolf cartoon marketed) but they're usually reimagined in signifigant way and more importantly they typically weren't all that common. Let's face it, if this cartoon was only meant to invoke the Fred Wolf era then they wouldn't have brought back Mutagen Man, Muck Man and Mondo Gecko, they would have brought back Pinky McFingers, Big Louie, Mad Dog McMutt and Don Turtelli, they were far more prominent than the vast majority of toy mutants and I'm pretty sure André Meadows is the only person in the world who wants Don Turtelli back. Saying this show feels like the Fred Wolf cartoon because they bring back a bunch of old toys would be like saying it feels like the 4Kids cartoon if they brought back the Garbageman for an episode.

Not that this show isn't trying trying emulate the Fred Wolf cartoon to some extent but it has a different status quo and a less episodic format, a different sense of humor and dark moments the Fred Wolf cartoon did everything in it's power to prevent. I mean think about it, just last episode we saw a machine that pumped brain control worms into a teenage girl's head while her crazy dad who did it to her puts the blame on someone else, would the Fred Wolf cartoon really dare to show something like that?