Discuss Psychic Powers within TMNT (Splinter and Leo, especially)

[Leogeddon]

Originally Posted by triplexxx

Well that's not really true. All the turtles are well capable of establishing a telepathic connection with Splinter. Rememeber when Donatello did so in Space Invaders 2? I don't think the others really fall in his shadow; they've all proven to be very capable on the spiritual plane. About the idea of the least-loved turtle, results will differ in areas outside of yours.

i forgot about that one...
well, i meant more like they were in his shadow as in: nevermind, lol, can't think right now, i should go to bed..

yes, how about all of us take polls and see what areas love which turtles?

[triplexxx]

I think I've seen instances where they all have shown psychic abilities: (* means good example;-> means loose example)
*The best example being the first movie where they all call upon Splinter.
*OT:"Leonardo is Missing"=Raphael, Donatello, and Michaelangelo share a vision with Splinter when trying to contact Leonardo through meditation.
*NT:"Space Invaders 2"=Donatello connects his mind with Splinter's and is able to shatter the brain-warp device.
->NT:"Bad Day"=the turtles and Splinter disintegrate the Mystics on the spiritual plane through meditation, though I think this better qualifies as spiritual enlightenment.
->NT:"Prodigal Son"=Leonardo is able to locate the whereabouts of his brothers, kind of a loose example, I don't see how it qualifies as psychic since he found the evidence, he already knew every exit to the lair, and it was really nothing more than pieceing the puzzle together; I'd say this is better classified as intuition, which they all have; that's what the others used to trick Karai into thinking they were dead.
->NT:"New World Order 2 & Enter the Dragons 2"=All the turtles called upon the Dragons, though like Bad Day, I think this is more an example of spiritual enlightenment.
->NT:"Fathers and Sons"=The turtles were able to see the invisible bone demon, again more likely spiritual enlightenment.[/spoiler]
*NT:"Notes From the Underground 1"=Michaelangelo seeing the Black Tower in the middle of the underground city. True, it was an unlikely coincidental dream, but still a premonition of something in the future, so it's good enough to qualify; had it been about something that happened in the past and had any physical evidence to support it, like in Prodigal Son, I'd call it a loose example.
*NT:"New World Order 1"=The turtles are all sleeping and dreaming at the beginning of the episode that the True Shredder is coming after Karai. It wasn't a picture-perfect depiction of what was going to happen since they end up saving her, and also, their medallions and chi working through them was the reason they were able to do it, but they still accomplished a premonition.

Bumping this thread, found another example:
*OT:"Unidentified Flying Leonardo"=Leonardo's in trouble, Splinter senses it while sleeping, another example of telepathic connection between one of the turtles and Splinter.

[Jelly Bean]

why would Splinter or any of the turtles have psychic abilites? That's some I don't get about the 80's toon, they almost make Splinter out to be some kind of shaman that has visions and performs exocisms. I mean he's a ninja not a holy man.