New Episode Discussion: "April's Artifact"

[Mobius One]

Gah, I hate missing TMNT. I had to take the SAT's this morning so I missed it.

And God no, no Phil Collins, I can't stand that guys damn voice.

[biblanca]

Hey - is it just me, or did April call the Queen Wasp a B!tch when she impaled it with her spear? WHOA!

Good episode.
Let's work on the music though.
I love those "Planet of the Apes" sequences.

[Lisardo]

This was a good ep, eps. since April kicked butt in it! Usually she ins't
in the Turtles adventures, not like the OS. But unlike the OS, she actually
fights and has bravery, that I like! Kinda funny cuz when she swooped down
and rescued Leo (April rescuing Leo, wow, that I'm not used to, usually it's
the other way around ) I said, "Wow, you go girl!" then Leo right after
that, looked all surprized and said, "Wow, you go jungle girl!" LOL! Took
the words outta my mouth!

This ep reminded me of "Big Bug Blunder", a 1990 ep from the OS. Also the
whole swarm thing, a queen, and a nest with hatching eggs reminded me of
several monster/sci-fi flicks, some of which I watched recently like:
Aliens, Deep Blue Sea, Pitch Black, Jurassic Park and Godzilla. Them being
trapped on an anicient planet was cool as hell, and that reminded me of Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle's 'The Lost World' (not Jurassic Park 2). Also April
ripping her pants and tearing them off down to shorts reminded me of TMNT 3,
and I yelled, "Turtles 3!" at that part. Cuz in TMNT 3 she ripped off her
pants and reduced them to shorts also. "Oh it's a leg-o-rama!" -Don from
TMNT 2. Overall exciting ep and I do hope that April finds her uncle, and
that she'll more often then she has been, have adventures with the turtles.


"It's the queen!" -Don
"I don't care if it's Queen Latifah!" -Mikey

[J Legault]

Originally Posted by The Big Bad

Where the HELL is Robyn O'Neil?

Damn, looks like April's an only child in this universe. Would it have killed them to include Robyn in the picture? Oh well. *Strikes April's "City at War" Storyline from the possible future episodes list*.

Must...kill...songwriter. Good thing they couldn't get Phil Collins, or I'd have a broken TV set right about now. Aside from that and the gratuious "Turtles Break April's stuff" sequence, it was alright. Anybody think August O'Neil will make an appearance in "The Big Brawl"?

That's what I was thinking. Maybe Robyn wasn't there at the very moment when they took that picture.

I know she might apear sometime in the series since she's from the Original Mirage Comics. Probably in later Seasons. Even if she is in the new Series I think the reason why she isn't in the picture is probably cause she went somewhere or she could of taken the picture for her family.

but we'll worry about Robyn later.

[VaughnMichael]

today's episode wasn't to bad it mean besides the fact that it was supposed to be about Aprils father and it ended up being about her uncle I don't remember his name but it did make me think of that old joke from the old cartoon where Baxter stockman couldn't remember Aprils name so he kept calling her June and other months lol....makes me wonder if the rest of her family all have first names that are months thatd be a funny running gag...
well I didn't care much for the bugs ......would have rather seen the tree people or the dinos from the new comics perhaps.....I wonder if we will get any giant bug figures....I guess I was just a bit disappointed with the bugs I thought there would be a bit more diversity and not just one kind of bug.....I'd say actually my favorite part of the episode was when don I think it was said look out its the queen and Mikey said I don't care if it's queen lateffa god man I don't think Mikey has ever made me laugh so hard before lol...it was a nice change of pace though from seeing shredder every single week......the stinger thing kinda bugged me a bit though cause it didn't even really touch them and they got all paralyzed thought that was kinda dumb and them April jabs her threw the throught and she should have died but not the damn queen got back up....I really loved how April got all "jungle girl" in this episode I hope we get to see her fighting more often....they should make a special addition jungle girl April figure with giant bug box set heh all the men would go nuts for that baby lol...
I give this episode an 8 out of 10 stars....it was a good episode...Mikey actually made me laugh and didnt annoy the hell out of me......but there were some serious mess ups in this episode...pluss I couldn't decide if I liked that song or not lol I think I may have hated it but I was to tired to tell lol
-Vaughn Michael

[Aztec General]

Some notes on today's episode:

1) Where was Robyn O'Neil in the picture?

2) That "Jungle Out There" was the corniest song I've heard in quite some time.

3) Anyone else think that the cubes will somehow be connected to timemistress Renet next season?

Overall I liked this episode. They showed some cutting, slashing, and stabbing this episode. It was FAR better than I thought it would be.

[Kali]

Originally Posted by Rat King

3) Anyone else think that the cubes will somehow be connected to timemistress Renet next season?

Yep, I do. Mentioned it briefly at the end of the last page.

And I guess there is no Robyn in this universe. I mean, they didn't have her in the OS, and I guess they didn't want to add her storyline into this series either.

[Wes]

Originally Posted by Kali

Tree House went BOOM! Remember? No more tree house.

Originally Posted by Jephael

I think Wes was just joking there, Kali. But yea, you have a good point. The treehouse is gone anyway, so there's no way anyone could find the book unless it were left rotting in the mud.

Yeah, I was kinda joking, but admittedly I don't remember the treehouse exploding...I remember the wasps bombarding it with stings, but I also remember Leonardo having the time to make swords out of the stings (which I think he did inside the treehouse, yes?) so...

Anyway, I think I hate this episode now that I've heard some of you give gushing positive reviews of it. But seriously, it wasn't that great. Best filler ep this season? Really? Over The Ultimate Ninja, The Return of Nano, and Return to the Underground? All three of those were way better than this ep. And if we count Leatherhead's appearance as filler (it felt like filler), there's no contest.

It was way better than Junklantis and The Golden Puck, though.

[Jo Dawn]

Originally Posted by Rat King

2) That "Jungle Out There" was the corniest song I've heard in quite some time.

Yeah, I'm not real big on the songs with lyrics. Just keep with the instrumentals, I say.

3) Anyone else think that the cubes will somehow be connected to timemistress Renet next season?

Ooh... Didn't think of that! Sounds like.

[Kali]

Originally Posted by Wes

Yeah, I was kinda joking, but admittedly I don't remember the treehouse exploding...I remember the wasps bombarding it with stings, but I also remember Leonardo having the time to make swords out of the stings (which I think he did inside the treehouse, yes?) so...

Well, it didn't explode so much as just... fell out of the tree...

[J Legault]

This episode is very much like The king episode only instead of a Comic world it's a bug world. I too like the way Don explains that the teleport part was very different to the Utrom Teleport Device.

So far I know that April's Father loan April his Antique Shop and he has a Brother name Oggy O'Neil that discovered the Artifact.

Knowing the artifact's origin might be reviewed later on. Just like how we first saw the Sword of Tengu and later on we learn more of it's secrets in the next season.

[VaughnMichael]

Originally Posted by J Legault

This episode is very much like The king episode only instead of a Comic world it's a bug world. I too like the way Don explains that the teleport part was very different to the Utrom Teleport Device.

So far I know that April's Father loan April his Antique Shop and he has a Brother name Oggy O'Neil that discovered the Artifact.

it's funny you mentiond that it was thinking today about the demension thing I wonder if we will start seeing other it kind of seems like they might be taking a bit out of the role playing games wich i really freaking wish they would!...but these 2 examples remind me of the book Transdimensional TMNT....I really would love if they started using things and ideas from those books.
-Vaughn Michael

[Brinatello]

Originally Posted by biblanca

Hey - is it just me, or did April call the Queen Wasp a B!tch when she impaled it with her spear? WHOA!

Naaah, she said 'witch,' I heard her loud and clear. They wouldn't get away with saying bitch in a cartoon. As for the rest of the ep, I really liked it! I'm quite the adventuresome type and I totally enjoy the guys going out and all acting like a bunch of Tarzans. And April, OMG, loved Leo's line, "You go, jungle girl!" Couldn't agree more! She kicked major ass out in the boonies! She's not like anything from the 80's version, thank God! Sometimes, you just gotta grab a weapon and do what ya can! So awesome!

And the song is doable. I'm not going to complain about it too much. It was one of those to-pass-the-time moments and it went fairly quick. I really don't have any peeves about this ep in the slightest. In fact, I wish they would do more like them! Or, if not, I need to get my Tomb Raider games working again.

[J Legault]

Originally Posted by Putrescent

it's funny you mentiond that it was thinking today about the demension thing I wonder if we will start seeing other it kind of seems like they might be taking a bit out of the role playing games wich i really freaking wish they would!...but these 2 examples remind me of the book Transdimensional TMNT....I really would love if they started using things and ideas from those books.
-Vaughn Michael

Accord to the Offical TMNT Webpage the TMNT in Mirage Vol. 1, encouter with Time Travel, Dimensions, Vortexs, and other strange stuff. We'll probably see some Time travel in the later seasons.

They'll be going into the Fedruel, Japan Animalnoid World with in 2 more episodes

[VaughnMichael]

Originally Posted by J Legault

Accord to the Offical TMNT Webpage the TMNT in Mirage Vol. 1, encouter with Time Travel, Dimensions, Vortexs, and other strange stuff. We'll probably see some Time travel in the later seasons.

They'll be going into the Fedruel, Japan Animalnoid World with in 2 more episodes

heh i know I'm a turtle dork I got all the stuff I'm just wishing for something that will never happen them using things from the rpgs.
-Vaughn Michael

[Blades]

Y'know, I actually really liked this episode. It got big points for an a$$-kicking April, as well as for Raphael's role. I got such a kick out of him fliping out over the bugs, and his face when he ripped April's shorts to shreds w/ the vines...priceless! Overall, the humour in this epsiode was great; it made up for the more-than-slightly-overdone plotline in a big way for me. *thinks of the drugged-out bubbles each time a turtle got stung*

And I admit, I REALLY liked the song *is an 80's music wh0re* .....hey, what's wrong with Phil Collins?!

[PanMan]

a better ep than i thought it would be. had some good humour and action. the story was not horrible either. definitely one of the better filler eps.

[cormano]

it was a decent episode, better than a lot of the other filler eps...but god, I hated that song so much. That sequence should have just been cut. I think this could have been very cool as a two or three parter if it was more developed. Most of the problems were just because it seemed rushed to get them to the place, have an adventure, and get them home in 22 minutes, thus, a longer version could have been very nice.

[J Legault]

I like "Running free" & "It's a Jungle Out there" better than any of today's Rap and Hip Hop. Smooth Rock seems better to listen to on a Cartoon.

[Brinatello]

Originally Posted by cormano

I think this could have been very cool as a two or three parter if it was more developed. Most of the problems were just because it seemed rushed to get them to the place, have an adventure, and get them home in 22 minutes, thus, a longer version could have been very nice.

That's the problem with one-shot adventure episodes. They have to cram everything into a half an hour! At least with the "Notes from the Underground" trilogy, it was spread out to have more action, more battles, and more of Mikey's quotes! When it's rushed like this, you don't have time to sit and soak up the good stuff. It's like--and then they went there--and then the next scene they went here! You know? I still liked it, and whoa...I think I just found a peeve! Hehe! It needed to be longer or have more than one part! Yeeeeah... more muddy turtles and gritty stuff...yeeeeah.