Trying to find an episode...

RobM · 08-01-2010, 02:37 AM

...that I'm at least 75% sure I'm not making up. Of course, I still might be, but I don't think so.

Hi all, I'm Rob. I'm an old-school Turtles fan, or at least as old-school as Turtles fans come...born in 1979, watched the boys in green from the get-go, and read everything TMNT that I could get my hands on from that point forward. Had the toys, had the comics, had the VHS tapes, and was as obsessed as any 13-year-old of the era ought to be. Basically, among the fine folks of this forum, I consider myself in good company.

My knowledge of Turtledom, though, however well-founded, is not entirely complete. Recently, I had cause to question myself, and went Googling for a congregation of TMNT fandom, which led me to your site, which I've hence spent many hours reading. And so, I must turn to you, who collectively — and this is hard for me to admit — know much more about the subject than I, to confirm something that I'm starting to think I might be crazy for believing.

Going back to the original Turtles cartoon, there's a particular dialog exchange that I remember that for the life of me I can't find an episode for. To the best of my recollection, it goes as follows. Someone has frozen over NYC, and the Turtles are on their way to defeat the villain. Michaelangelo is on the turtlecom with April.

Mikey: Stay cool, April.
April: Stay cool? I've got six sweaters on, and I'm freezing!

For a long while, I thought this exchange appeared in "Take Me to Your Leader", but I recently rewatched the episode, and it's not there. So, please tell me...did I make this up, or does it exist elsewhere?

Thanks in advance for your help, and I look forward to conversing with you in all matters TMNT!

Turtle Power,
-- RobM

Jonathan · 08-01-2010, 10:48 AM

Did you try:
Season 5, 'The Ice Creature Cometh'

I don't know for sure, but I went to the TMNT episode list on Wikipedia, searched for 'freeze', and it sounds like it would be your episode.

*gobo* · 08-01-2010, 01:41 PM

I just watched that'n to verify (benefit of having all the DVDs transcoded to your hard drive: easy fact checking). That wasn't it.

RobM · 08-02-2010, 12:32 PM

Hrrm...yup, doesn't look like that was it. Appreciate you taking a crack at it, plus it gave me an excuse to re-watch another episode!

Anyone else have any ideas? Or, alternatively, anyone ready to assert that I've made the whole thing up?

*gobo* · 08-02-2010, 02:25 PM

I'm thinking you might have this scenario confused with the Turtle Tips about turning down the heat in Winter. I believe that kid was wearing multiple sweaters.

*sdp* · 08-02-2010, 02:49 PM

I also have a similar experience but the episode appears to not exist, theres a (Channel 6?) costume party and the turtles go as themselves and Burne Thompson is all ticked that someone would dress as the turtles, inside the party there was a pirate ship and skeleton pirates start attacking. I've mentioned it here before but everyone but I think ive been told there isn't such episode.

*tone-master21* · 08-02-2010, 03:03 PM

I think gobo is right, when I first read your post that the first thing I thought of.

Here is the Turtle Tip:

*gobo* · 08-02-2010, 03:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sdp

I also have a similar experience but the episode appears to not exist, theres a (Channel 6?) costume party and the turtles go as themselves and Burne Thompson is all ticked that someone would dress as the turtles, inside the party there was a pirate ship and skeleton pirates start attacking. I've mentioned it here before but everyone but I think ive been told there isn't such episode.

That's "RAPHAEL MEETS HIS MATCH", the only appearance of Mona Lisa. It wasn't a Channel 6 party, but Channel 6 was covering it.

RobM · 08-02-2010, 03:24 PM

Nice find, thanks! Could be, though I don't consciously recall having seen that Turtle Tip before. Another data point is that I've confirmed there's a very similar line in an old Scooby-Doo Show episode (The Curse of Viking Lake), which I've asked myself if I'm conflating...but that line doesn't have the joke setup — "stay cool" — which is the part I specifically remember about the exchange. The sweaters part I'm not so sure about; I probably got that from one or the other of the Turtle Tip or SDS episode.

So, trying to salvage at least a bit of credence for my memory, is there an episode where one of the guys tells a chilled April to chill? (Or now that I think about it, one where April gets cold at all, since the insulative powers of the yellow jumpsuit seemed pretty unbelievable to me as a kid...)

But, if this thread falls into the ether without any new revelations, then I'll call it a day and go back to trying to find episodes of OTHER cartoons from my childhood.

*gobo* · 08-02-2010, 05:12 PM

I've been planning on doing a marathon of OT TMNT for years (though I may be too sick of the show to ever watch agaiin afterwards

), so it might as well be now. I'll let ya know if/when I find any such scene or get through the whole series w/o finding it. I'm certain that April was seen shivering somewhere along the line and even wore sweaters/jackets before. So, if this joke exists, I'll find it within the next month.

*oldmanwinters* · 08-31-2010, 02:11 PM

I'm late to the party on this one, but April (along with the whole Channel 6 crew and city of NY) gets chilled in "Take Me to Your Leader" when Shredder buries the city in a massive snow storm. I don't believe anybody makes "stay cool" jokes however.

EDIT:

Quote:

Originally Posted by RobM

For a long while, I thought this exchange appeared in "Take Me to Your Leader", but I recently rewatched the episode, and it's not there. So, please tell me...did I make this up, or does it exist elsewhere?

Doh! My bad!

*gobo* · 08-31-2010, 02:54 PM

I'm in the middle of CBS's Season 4 in my marathon. Nothing yet...

*Original TMNT Cartoon Fan* · 08-31-2010, 04:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by oldmanwinters

I'm late to the party on this one, but April (along with the whole Channel 6 crew and city of NY) gets chilled in "Take Me to Your Leader" when Shredder buries the city in a massive snow storm. I don't believe anybody makes "stay cool" jokes however.

EDIT:

Doh! My bad!

Now I think of another thing. It must be the only (or one of few) episodes where April and/or Irma apear, but never meet the TMNT or even contact them.

*gobo* · 08-31-2010, 04:59 PM

If Mike tells April to keep cool, that implies contact.

*oldmanwinters* · 08-31-2010, 05:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by J 1982

Now I think of another thing. It must be the only (or one of few) episodes where April and/or Irma apear, but never meet the TMNT or even contact them.

That is pretty funny, since there's the whole "April needs to defrost her turtlecom to contact the turtles" subplot. This thread is abruptly dropped and never again referenced once Irma unknowingly destroys the turtlecom by throwing it in the fire. None of it really mattered, though, since the turtles found the location of the Shredder's machine and saved the city anyway. Any effort to rescue April and Irma would have just delayed their efforts to save the city. I guess the writers needed an excuse to give all the voice actors some work, eh?

*gobo* · 08-31-2010, 05:16 PM

Oh. I wasn't aware he was referring to the ep mentioned in the message he quoted. Since he included the 'Whoops! Wrong ep' part of that message as well, I figured he was referring to the scenario this thread is attempting to find.

*Original TMNT Cartoon Fan* · 09-01-2010, 05:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by oldmanwinters

That is pretty funny, since there's the whole "April needs to defrost her turtlecom to contact the turtles" subplot. This thread is abruptly dropped and never again referenced once Irma unknowingly destroys the turtlecom by throwing it in the fire. None of it really mattered, though, since the turtles found the location of the Shredder's machine and saved the city anyway. Any effort to rescue April and Irma would have just delayed their efforts to save the city. I guess the writers needed an excuse to give all the voice actors some work, eh?

I liked that idea. They don't need to save April and Irma again.

*Xav* · 09-01-2010, 07:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tone-master21

I think gobo is right, when I first read your post that the first thing I thought of.

Here is the Turtle Tip:

Who's the kid with Michaelangelo?

*tone-master21* · 09-01-2010, 07:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xav

Who's the kid with Michaelangelo?

Just some random kid.

*oldmanwinters* · 09-01-2010, 07:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tone-master21

Just some random kid.

He must have been a member of the "Ninja Turtles Fan Club" that Zack started up. Kinda weird how many people the TMNT let come into their lair.

Come to think of it, the Foot Clan was able to find the lair no less than THREE times! First was Baxter Stockman and his "Super Mouser" rig, then the Metalhead robot (with video capacity you'd think Krang could have tracked the location), and finally Lotus Blossum with Bebop, Rocksteady, and Foot Soldiers in tow. How did those turtles manage to never have to relocate?

08-01-2010, 02:37 AM	#1
RobM New Recruit Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 3	Trying to find an episode... ...that I'm at least 75% sure I'm not making up. Of course, I still might be, but I don't think so. Hi all, I'm Rob. I'm an old-school Turtles fan, or at least as old-school as Turtles fans come...born in 1979, watched the boys in green from the get-go, and read everything TMNT that I could get my hands on from that point forward. Had the toys, had the comics, had the VHS tapes, and was as obsessed as any 13-year-old of the era ought to be. Basically, among the fine folks of this forum, I consider myself in good company. My knowledge of Turtledom, though, however well-founded, is not entirely complete. Recently, I had cause to question myself, and went Googling for a congregation of TMNT fandom, which led me to your site, which I've hence spent many hours reading. And so, I must turn to you, who collectively — and this is hard for me to admit — know much more about the subject than I, to confirm something that I'm starting to think I might be crazy for believing. Going back to the original Turtles cartoon, there's a particular dialog exchange that I remember that for the life of me I can't find an episode for. To the best of my recollection, it goes as follows. Someone has frozen over NYC, and the Turtles are on their way to defeat the villain. Michaelangelo is on the turtlecom with April. Mikey: Stay cool, April. April: Stay cool? I've got six sweaters on, and I'm freezing! For a long while, I thought this exchange appeared in "Take Me to Your Leader", but I recently rewatched the episode, and it's not there. So, please tell me...did I make this up, or does it exist elsewhere? Thanks in advance for your help, and I look forward to conversing with you in all matters TMNT! Turtle Power, -- RobM

08-01-2010, 01:41 PM	#3
gobo Wacky Action Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: on Earth Posts: 12,784	I just watched that'n to verify (benefit of having all the DVDs transcoded to your hard drive: easy fact checking). That wasn't it. __________________ Live and let live... or go to hell.

08-02-2010, 02:25 PM	#5
gobo Wacky Action Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: on Earth Posts: 12,784	I'm thinking you might have this scenario confused with the Turtle Tips about turning down the heat in Winter. I believe that kid was wearing multiple sweaters. __________________ Live and let live... or go to hell.

08-02-2010, 02:49 PM	#6
sdp Detoxed Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Tokio, Italy Posts: 11,198	I also have a similar experience but the episode appears to not exist, theres a (Channel 6?) costume party and the turtles go as themselves and Burne Thompson is all ticked that someone would dress as the turtles, inside the party there was a pirate ship and skeleton pirates start attacking. I've mentioned it here before but everyone but I think ive been told there isn't such episode. __________________ *Trapt* *urself Page MiscRave!!!* Click to join The Drome Discord server

08-02-2010, 03:03 PM	#7
tone-master21 Mad Scientist Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Illinois Posts: 2,152	I think gobo is right, when I first read your post that the first thing I thought of. Here is the Turtle Tip: __________________

08-01-2010, 10:48 AM	#2
Jonathan Mouser Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 6	Did you try: Season 5, 'The Ice Creature Cometh' I don't know for sure, but I went to the TMNT episode list on Wikipedia, searched for 'freeze', and it sounds like it would be your episode.

08-02-2010, 12:32 PM	#4
RobM New Recruit Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 3	Hrrm...yup, doesn't look like that was it. Appreciate you taking a crack at it, plus it gave me an excuse to re-watch another episode! Anyone else have any ideas? Or, alternatively, anyone ready to assert that I've made the whole thing up?

08-02-2010, 03:24 PM	#9
RobM New Recruit Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 3	Nice find, thanks! Could be, though I don't consciously recall having seen that Turtle Tip before. Another data point is that I've confirmed there's a very similar line in an old Scooby-Doo Show episode (The Curse of Viking Lake), which I've asked myself if I'm conflating...but that line doesn't have the joke setup — "stay cool" — which is the part I specifically remember about the exchange. The sweaters part I'm not so sure about; I probably got that from one or the other of the Turtle Tip or SDS episode. So, trying to salvage at least a bit of credence for my memory, is there an episode where one of the guys tells a chilled April to chill? (Or now that I think about it, one where April gets cold at all, since the insulative powers of the yellow jumpsuit seemed pretty unbelievable to me as a kid...) But, if this thread falls into the ether without any new revelations, then I'll call it a day and go back to trying to find episodes of OTHER cartoons from my childhood.

08-02-2010, 05:12 PM	#10
gobo Wacky Action Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: on Earth Posts: 12,784	I've been planning on doing a marathon of OT TMNT for years (though I may be too sick of the show to ever watch agaiin afterwards ), so it might as well be now. I'll let ya know if/when I find any such scene or get through the whole series w/o finding it. I'm certain that April was seen shivering somewhere along the line and even wore sweaters/jackets before. So, if this joke exists, I'll find it within the next month. __________________ Live and let live... or go to hell.

08-31-2010, 02:54 PM	#12
gobo Wacky Action Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: on Earth Posts: 12,784	I'm in the middle of CBS's Season 4 in my marathon. Nothing yet... __________________ Live and let live... or go to hell.

08-31-2010, 04:59 PM	#14
gobo Wacky Action Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: on Earth Posts: 12,784	If Mike tells April to keep cool, that implies contact. __________________ Live and let live... or go to hell.

08-31-2010, 05:16 PM	#16
gobo Wacky Action Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: on Earth Posts: 12,784	Oh. I wasn't aware he was referring to the ep mentioned in the message he quoted. Since he included the 'Whoops! Wrong ep' part of that message as well, I figured he was referring to the scenario this thread is attempting to find. __________________ Live and let live... or go to hell.