OT talkback thread- Leatherhead meets the Rat King

*Coola Yagami* · 09-02-2009, 08:08 PM

A great episode. Funny how all this was going on the same day the Turtles were out and about playing 'capture the flag' in the junkyard. The ep could have worked without the turtles, since April and Leatherhead would have stopped Rat King's plans. Of course, April would have been either a prisoner of the Rat King or news reporter gumbo.

Leonardo_Warrior_Turtle · 09-02-2009, 08:47 PM

Um....wrong forum?

*Coola Yagami* · 09-02-2009, 09:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Leonardo_Warrior_Turtle

Um....wrong forum?

Dammit.... I didn't notice.... Can someone move them please?

*oldmanwinters* · 09-02-2009, 09:46 PM

Continuity-wise, this was a pretty important episode for getting Leatherhead out of the Florida swamps and into the New York sewers where he belongs.

TMNTFan1989 · 09-03-2009, 10:57 AM

Good episode i like the rat king has to be my favorite villian behind shredder.I like the interaction between leatherhead and rat king too would of been a powerful team if they went in that direction in this episode.

*Cipher* · 09-04-2009, 12:17 AM

I just saw this episode on CBS today. I thought it was great the way they had a super-villain team-up. Hope it opens the door for similar episodes in the future. I also thought the beginning with the trash drump was a bit of well written humor.

All in all, one of the best episodes last season.

*oldmanwinters* · 09-04-2009, 12:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Cipher Classic

I just saw this episode on CBS today. I thought it was great the way they had a super-villain team-up. Hope it opens the door for similar episodes in the future. I also thought the beginning with the trash drump was a bit of well written humor.

All in all, one of the best episodes last season.

Strange....

When did CBS get the rights to air the syndicated episodes? Isn't Fox still showing them on weekday mornings? Or have they all been shipped off to an obscure time slot on USA?

The Turtle Tips segment was the best part of the ep, IMO.

Hordak · 09-04-2009, 01:20 AM

One of my all time favorite episodes! Leatherhead is my favorite TMNT character & thought it was cool to see him go up against the Rat King! I know they teamed-up in later episodes but in this one Leatherhead should have gator handled Rat King more. After all Leatherhead is a beast of a gator & King just a man in shape wearing bandages/rags? Just wish Leatherhead's toy looked this cool!
Cipher, you must be stuck in a time warp bro! How do I get caught cause I miss the old days!

*Original TMNT Cartoon Fan* · 09-11-2009, 05:15 PM

Good episode

Magneto · 09-11-2009, 07:01 PM

Growing up with the OT, I ALWAYS liked Leatherhead. As he was to me, such a entertaining adversary the turtles would have to deal with. Rat King was great as well, and this episode where they actually met was just pure gold.

themaxonline · 09-13-2009, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Cipher Classic

I just saw this episode on CBS today. I thought it was great the way they had a super-villain team-up. Hope it opens the door for similar episodes in the future. I also thought the beginning with the trash drump was a bit of well written humor.

All in all, one of the best episodes last season.

CBS is airing the original turtles? :O

*oldmanwinters* · 09-13-2009, 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by themaxonline

CBS is airing the original turtles? :O

Only if you are Cipher Classic, "banished to a time-warp, from which you will never return."

*Original TMNT Cartoon Fan* · 09-14-2009, 07:16 AM

In some episodes, Leatherhead and the Rat King work together. Rat King also works with Shredder or the TMNT in some episodes, in othes they fight each other so Rat King often changes side.

turtle1237 · 01-29-2010, 10:09 PM

April I think breaks a record here, being catch by 2 villians,

Its funny she escapes from Leatherhead only to get tied up by Ratking.

*Original TMNT Cartoon Fan* · 01-30-2010, 02:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Coola Yagami

A great episode. Funny how all this was going on the same day the Turtles were out and about playing 'capture the flag' in the junkyard. The ep could have worked without the turtles, since April and Leatherhead would have stopped Rat King's plans. Of course, April would have been either a prisoner of the Rat King or news reporter gumbo.

A TMNT episode without the TMNT? Would be more like an April O' Neil spin-off.

turtle1237 · 01-30-2010, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by J 1982

A TMNT episode without the TMNT? Would be more like an April O' Neil spin-off.

I would not mind a April O'Neil spin off, just one problem, she has the Princess Peach problem, she cant cross the road with out being kidnapped.

Who will save her if she wants to take out food or something? Stop by the bank or anything.

*Sage Ninja* · 01-31-2010, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by turtle1237

April I think breaks a record here, being catch by 2 villians,

Its funny she escapes from Leatherhead only to get tied up by Ratking.

it's the other way around buddy.

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I would not mind a April O'Neil spin off, just one problem, she has the Princess Peach problem, she cant cross the road with out being kidnapped.

I wouldn't mind it either, I think she actually has the presense to hold her own spin-off. Say a ten or fifteen minute segment of her own. Didn't she get her own spin-off series in the archie comics?

Who the hell is Princess peach?

*ToTheNines* · 01-31-2010, 10:31 AM

Ugh, NO!

Normally, I think April is a cool character... and while OT April certainly serves a purpose, I can't stand her. She's so one dimensional and stereotypical.

cammy85 · 01-31-2010, 11:30 AM

Princess Peach was an official name given to Princess Toadstool in the Mario games after awhile.

I loved this episode! I didn't like that the Turtles were preoccupied for most of this episode but it worked out in the end, albeit rushed. I don't understand how Leatherhead and the Rat King can be enemies here but good friends in "Splinter Vanishes" but that's another topic.

*Original TMNT Cartoon Fan* · 02-02-2010, 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by turtle1237

I would not mind a April O'Neil spin off, just one problem, she has the Princess Peach problem, she cant cross the road with out being kidnapped.

Who will save her if she wants to take out food or something? Stop by the bank or anything.

She's not kidnapped in every episode. In the "Mean Machines" Aprils saves the day and the Earth by removing the cable.

09-02-2009, 08:08 PM	#1
Coola Yagami Overlord Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 15,655	OT talkback thread- Leatherhead meets the Rat King A great episode. Funny how all this was going on the same day the Turtles were out and about playing 'capture the flag' in the junkyard. The ep could have worked without the turtles, since April and Leatherhead would have stopped Rat King's plans. Of course, April would have been either a prisoner of the Rat King or news reporter gumbo.

09-02-2009, 08:47 PM	#2
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09-03-2009, 10:57 AM	#5
TMNTFan1989 Random Punk Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Orlando,Florida Posts: 24	Good episode i like the rat king has to be my favorite villian behind shredder.I like the interaction between leatherhead and rat king too would of been a powerful team if they went in that direction in this episode. __________________ "I hunga for cowabunga!" Shredder from Cowabunga Shredhead "If we don't get to break something soon, i'm gonna go nuts!" Casey Jones from Corporate Raiders From Dimension X

09-11-2009, 05:15 PM	#9
Original TMNT Cartoon Fan Overlord Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Sweden Posts: 10,478	Good episode Good episode

09-04-2009, 12:17 AM	#6
Cipher Foot Elite Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 3,454	I just saw this episode on CBS today. I thought it was great the way they had a super-villain team-up. Hope it opens the door for similar episodes in the future. I also thought the beginning with the trash drump was a bit of well written humor. All in all, one of the best episodes last season.

09-04-2009, 01:20 AM	#8
Hordak Foot Soldier Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: VA Posts: 174	One of my all time favorite episodes! Leatherhead is my favorite TMNT character & thought it was cool to see him go up against the Rat King! I know they teamed-up in later episodes but in this one Leatherhead should have gator handled Rat King more. After all Leatherhead is a beast of a gator & King just a man in shape wearing bandages/rags? Just wish Leatherhead's toy looked this cool! Cipher, you must be stuck in a time warp bro! How do I get caught cause I miss the old days!

09-11-2009, 07:01 PM	#10
Magneto Foot Soldier Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Marvel Universe Posts: 173	Growing up with the OT, I ALWAYS liked Leatherhead. As he was to me, such a entertaining adversary the turtles would have to deal with. Rat King was great as well, and this episode where they actually met was just pure gold. __________________

09-14-2009, 07:16 AM	#13
Original TMNT Cartoon Fan Overlord Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Sweden Posts: 10,478	Work together In some episodes, Leatherhead and the Rat King work together. Rat King also works with Shredder or the TMNT in some episodes, in othes they fight each other so Rat King often changes side.

01-29-2010, 10:09 PM	#14
turtle1237 Stone Warrior Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 986	April I think breaks a record here, being catch by 2 villians, Its funny she escapes from Leatherhead only to get tied up by Ratking.

01-31-2010, 10:31 AM	#18
ToTheNines Col. Stinkmeaner Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 19,081	Ugh, NO! Normally, I think April is a cool character... and while OT April certainly serves a purpose, I can't stand her. She's so one dimensional and stereotypical.

01-31-2010, 11:30 AM	#19
cammy85 Stone Warrior Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Minnedosa, MB Canada Posts: 768	Princess Peach was an official name given to Princess Toadstool in the Mario games after awhile. I loved this episode! I didn't like that the Turtles were preoccupied for most of this episode but it worked out in the end, albeit rushed. I don't understand how Leatherhead and the Rat King can be enemies here but good friends in "Splinter Vanishes" but that's another topic.