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[neatoman]

Originally Posted by ToTheNines

Yes, these are definitely the pinnacle of McTMNT slop lol. I seems like both the author and illustrator just use Google and Wikipedia. Wouldn’t be surprised if the script is GPT generated.

That's what worries me, it might very well be the case that the script is AI generated but from the looks of it, each page seems to have an average word count of about 25 words based on what you've shared. Books like these have... What... 20 pages at most? How hard can it be to crap out 500 words for a book nobody cares about and one you're not even expected to be the slightest bit original with? I'm pretty sure I personally write posts here longer than on a regular basis.

Just to prove how easy it is, I'll write a 500 minimum story about the TMNT for children right here:

Spoiler:

Hello there, boys and girls! My name is Splinter, also known as the greatest ninja in the world!... Or at the very least in the sewers of New York...

Fifteen years ago, my life changed forever, as that was when I became the giant rat you see before you. At the same time, I also met my sons, why don’t I tell you that story?

Once upon a time, I was the pet of Hamato Yoshi, one of the greatest Ninjas ever. One day, he and his wife Tang Shen moved to New York to get away from a real meanie named Oroku Saki.

When we got to New York, Yoshi and Tang Shen were attacked by Saki in the streets when a truck got out of control. I got loose and fell into a sewer, while Yoshi and Shen went elsewhere.

Some goop from the truck fell out and into the sewer with me, as it smashed a jar of baby turtles along with it. I and those turtles grew very large because of that goop. Knowing we were strange, I taught them all the ninja skills I had seen Yoshi do.

One day I discovered that meanie Saki, now calling himself the Shredder, was stealing gold and diamonds with robots called MOUSERs. I felt I needed to stop him, so me and my sons, the Turtles Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo and Donatello swore to stop him.

The man making the MOUSERs, a jerk named Baxter Stockman, had an assistant named April who had no idea what the robots were for. When she found out, he sent them after her into the sewers, where she met us. I told her about where we came from, and she told us there was something familiar about that story.

She told us that her boyfriend, Casey Jones, could help us take down Shredder and Baxter. So, the seven of us went back to Baxter’s lab and shut down his MOUSERs for good, which Shredder was not happy about.

Shredder was now the leader of some ninjas called the Foot Clan, so taking him on was not going to be as easy but we had to anyway. Following the rules of the Ninja, we issued a challenge to him alone.

But the Shredder was not a good man, and he didn’t come alone. Instead, he brought all of his ninjas to fight us, what a jerk! But we did beat them, as hard as it was.

When nobody else was left, my sons took him on together and tied him up. Not long after that, police came along and took them all to jail, what a relief.

April finally remembered why something was familiar about the story of where we came from. Turns out, Casey had heard it from his Neighbours in Northampton! Since I wanted to know why they knew, I asked to go there myself with my sons.

And who were these mysterious Neighbours? Why Hamato Yoshi and Tang Shen of course! Turns out they went there to not get chased. They sure had some questions about why I was so big and why I had turtles with me, but you already know that story...

That's not a good story of course, but it didn't take me long to write and I certainly didn't need AI to make it. All it took was some knowledge of TMNT and some idea of what "safe kids' books" are like to write it. Hell, I'm pretty damn sure this would get accepted if submitted...

[Stu_Padasso]

Originally Posted by neatoman

That's what worries me, it might very well be the case that the script is AI generated but from the looks of it, each page seems to have an average word count of about 25 words based on what you've shared. Books like these have... What... 20 pages at most? How hard can it be to crap out 500 words for a book nobody cares about and one you're not even expected to be the slightest bit original with? I'm pretty sure I personally write posts here longer than on a regular basis.

Just to prove how easy it is, I'll write a 500 minimum story about the TMNT for children right here:

Spoiler:

Hello there, boys and girls! My name is Splinter, also known as the greatest ninja in the world!... Or at the very least in the sewers of New York...

Fifteen years ago, my life changed forever, as that was when I became the giant rat you see before you. At the same time, I also met my sons, why don’t I tell you that story?

Once upon a time, I was the pet of Hamato Yoshi, one of the greatest Ninjas ever. One day, he and his wife Tang Shen moved to New York to get away from a real meanie named Oroku Saki.

When we got to New York, Yoshi and Tang Shen were attacked by Saki in the streets when a truck got out of control. I got loose and fell into a sewer, while Yoshi and Shen went elsewhere.

Some goop from the truck fell out and into the sewer with me, as it smashed a jar of baby turtles along with it. I and those turtles grew very large because of that goop. Knowing we were strange, I taught them all the ninja skills I had seen Yoshi do.

One day I discovered that meanie Saki, now calling himself the Shredder, was stealing gold and diamonds with robots called MOUSERs. I felt I needed to stop him, so me and my sons, the Turtles Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo and Donatello swore to stop him.

The man making the MOUSERs, a jerk named Baxter Stockman, had an assistant named April who had no idea what the robots were for. When she found out, he sent them after her into the sewers, where she met us. I told her about where we came from, and she told us there was something familiar about that story.

She told us that her boyfriend, Casey Jones, could help us take down Shredder and Baxter. So, the seven of us went back to Baxter’s lab and shut down his MOUSERs for good, which Shredder was not happy about.

Shredder was now the leader of some ninjas called the Foot Clan, so taking him on was not going to be as easy but we had to anyway. Following the rules of the Ninja, we issued a challenge to him alone.

But the Shredder was not a good man, and he didn’t come alone. Instead, he brought all of his ninjas to fight us, what a jerk! But we did beat them, as hard as it was.

When nobody else was left, my sons took him on together and tied him up. Not long after that, police came along and took them all to jail, what a relief.

April finally remembered why something was familiar about the story of where we came from. Turns out, Casey had heard it from his Neighbours in Northampton! Since I wanted to know why they knew, I asked to go there myself with my sons.

And who were these mysterious Neighbours? Why Hamato Yoshi and Tang Shen of course! Turns out they went there to not get chased. They sure had some questions about why I was so big and why I had turtles with me, but you already know that story...

That's not a good story of course, but it didn't take me long to write and I certainly didn't need AI to make it. All it took was some knowledge of TMNT and some idea of what "safe kids' books" are like to write it. Hell, I'm pretty damn sure this would get accepted if submitted...

It’s better than the ADHA mess that Rise was.You might as well make a pitch. All I ask is that when you’re rich and famous that you remember who your friends are.

We are friends, right?

[d_osborn]

Steve Barron's storyboard artist from TMNT 90, Brendan McCarthy, co-wrote Mad Max: Fury Road.

[IndigoErth]

Originally Posted by ToTheNines

They also just came out with “I am Michelangelo”, we just picked it up yesterday. It has a hilarious page of a lone 2012 Kraang (out of his exosuit) taking on all 4 turtles head on lmao.

Spoiler:

https://i.imgur.com/0wv4WVa.jpeg

lol I can't decide if not enough research or... they know what they did. Maybe they're intended easter eggs?

I mean technically 87 did visit 2012's universe so I guess we could pretend one of their Kraang followed them back? lol But do we really want to. Eh.

[ToTheNines]

Originally Posted by IndigoErth

lol I can't decide if not enough research or... they know what they did. Maybe they're intended easter eggs?

I mean technically 87 did visit 2012's universe so I guess we could pretend one of their Kraang followed them back? lol But do we really want to. Eh.

Well to take it a step further, they technically share a universe already. I never understood or bought into it, but the first 2012/87 crossover tried to establish that they share the same Dimension X and Krang was an Utrom who knew KSP before the events of season 1. So by that retcon, it’s possible for one to be in the FW universe.

The funnier part is that it’s all alone and out of its exosuit… completely useless in a fight. They actually need to be in the suit, or they’ll die eventually. That’s why they always scurry away immediately.

[CyberCubed]

Interesting enough, the Rock Soldier "Granitor" was never given a name in his one and only appearance in episode 4 of the original cartoon. He never returned after that episode, and since he never got a Playmates toy, a lot of us never knew what his name was. We found out with the instruction manual of TMNT II for NES where they had his name listed as Granitor.

I wonder if the scripts for the original cartoon had his name decided but for some reason it was never stated in the actual episode.

On a second note, it's a shame he never came back for another episode even once. He and Traag made a good "pair" and could have made for some good team-up stories in the later seasons to attack the Turtles around Season 3 or Season 7.