The Potential of Tempestra

*Donnie* · 02-28-2013, 09:22 PM

I'm curious as to why none of the newer franchises (Nick included, it seems) thought it worth wild to reinvent the OT's Tempestra. I think with the right character elements added or changed she could be a really interesting villain.

Instead of manifesting within an arcade game (although I could see that being pulled off somehow), why not have Tempestra emerge from one of the various alien realms involved throughout the TMNT franchise? Maybe she's some sort of cursed, elemental witch caught in a mix-up with Lord Simultaneous (etc.) or something.

I could see her working especially in the new Nick show. A creepy lady villain used by the Kraang (kind of like that robot, I forgot her name?) is nothing new for them...it could work.

*CyberCubed* · 02-28-2013, 09:36 PM

Its because Playmates didn't make a toy of her, so her character is less known because of it. I notice any character from the original series that didn't get a toy seems, "forgotten" for some reason. Since the Playmates toys were so popular, the characters became just as known for their toys as their appearances in the show.

Tempestra is kind of similar to Viral from Fast Forward. Both are computerized enemies that can travel through electronics and disrupt electricity or power.

*oldmanwinters* · 03-01-2013, 05:35 AM

Nick remembered Pete the Pigeon, so I guess anything is possible!

*Original TMNT Cartoon Fan* · 03-01-2013, 05:39 AM

Shouldn't Tempestra be in the video games...

*CyberCubed* · 03-01-2013, 07:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Original TMNT Cartoon Fan

Shouldn't Tempestra be in the video games...

The characters in Turtles IV were the most popular at the time:

- Bebop/Rocksteady
- Baxter
- Rat King
- Leatherhead
- Metalhead
- Slash
- Rahzar and Tokka
- Krang
- Shredder

*Original TMNT Cartoon Fan* · 03-01-2013, 08:27 AM

I never liked Tempestra, so I don't care.

*Jephael* · 03-01-2013, 11:56 AM

Even though I liked Tempestra in her classic toon appearance, I wouldn't care to see her brought back.

ryukenden · 03-01-2013, 03:38 PM

I don't see the need for an RPG Sorceress to be a Turtle rogue. Or was the game she came out of a hack and slash?

*CyberCubed* · 03-01-2013, 05:07 PM

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Originally Posted by ryukenden

I don't see the need for an RPG Sorceress to be a Turtle rogue. Or was the game she came out of a hack and slash?

Looked like a platformer with RPG elements.

*Icebot* · 03-01-2013, 05:30 PM

I think the reason Tempestra wasn't in the 4kids cartoon is because they wanted to make it more like Mirage and use less old toon characters.

It would be good for Tempestra to come back some time.

*Original TMNT Cartoon Fan* · 03-02-2013, 02:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Icebot

I think the reason Tempestra wasn't in the 4kids cartoon is because they wanted to make it more like Mirage and use less old toon characters.

It would be good for Tempestra to come back some time.

They didn't use characters created for the 1987 show/Archie Comics in other universes until IDW started in 2011, and the 2012 show (except some cameo-appearances). Times have changed, probably because Nickelodeon bought TMNT in 2009.

*pannoni1* · 03-02-2013, 02:26 PM

Despite an appearance in Night of the Rogues, Tempestra is still nothing more than a one-shot villain created for the OT involving a silly supernatural concept about coming out of a monitor that is based off of midcentury Sci-Fi plots. She was great for that one appearance, but without having a connection to Shredder/Krang or even Bebop/Rocksteady, Baxter, or other mutants Tempestra just doesn't belong as part of the family. At least I do enjoy that Tempestra was one of the few female villains in the series and provides a nice break from the generic mad scientists.

*CyberCubed* · 03-02-2013, 09:31 PM

Its interesting to note how its never explained how Tempestra gets free of the computer ship the turtles trap her in at the end of her first appearance.

*Xav* · 03-02-2013, 10:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

The characters in Turtles IV were the most popular at the time:

- Bebop/Rocksteady
- Baxter
- Rat King
- Leatherhead
- Metalhead
- Slash
- Rahzar and Tokka
- Krang
- Shredder

Was Metalhead really that popular? He only appeared in two episodes.

*Donnie* · 03-03-2013, 08:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pannoni1

She was great for that one appearance, but without having a connection to Shredder/Krang or even Bebop/Rocksteady, Baxter, or other mutants Tempestra just doesn't belong as part of the family.

That's why I'm saying either IDW or Nick should reinvent her and make her tied to Dimension X, or something of that sort to connect her.

DonatelloNinja82 · 03-03-2013, 08:35 AM

While she was cool, I doubt Nick would use her...she wasnt in the show enough and isnt well enough known.

*Original TMNT Cartoon Fan* · 03-03-2013, 08:38 AM

Maybe they can use a reference, where they play a video game named "Tempestra's Revenge". That's enough.

*Panda_Kahn_fan* · 03-03-2013, 11:10 AM

I'd love to see her again, maybe the Kraang see leo playing a video game with Tempestra as the villian, and create a being in her likeness becasue she defeated leo in the game, and they think there will be a psycological advantage to throwing a real one at him?

*Galactus* · 03-03-2013, 11:10 PM

The Nick show is still young so who knows.

I wouldn't mind seeing her again. The TMNT in general and the Nick show in particular need more villains that arn't anthropomorphic animals.

Although I wonder if she's a weird limbo character that could potentialy be owned by Fred Wolf.

*Cipher* · 03-04-2013, 12:10 AM

If we're going to have either, I'd rather see Viral again.

02-28-2013, 09:22 PM	#1
Donnie Something from the Past Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New York Posts: 3,256	The Potential of Tempestra I'm curious as to why none of the newer franchises (Nick included, it seems) thought it worth wild to reinvent the OT's Tempestra. I think with the right character elements added or changed she could be a really interesting villain. Instead of manifesting within an arcade game (although I could see that being pulled off somehow), why not have Tempestra emerge from one of the various alien realms involved throughout the TMNT franchise? Maybe she's some sort of cursed, elemental witch caught in a mix-up with Lord Simultaneous (etc.) or something. I could see her working especially in the new Nick show. A creepy lady villain used by the Kraang (kind of like that robot, I forgot her name?) is nothing new for them...it could work.

03-01-2013, 05:35 AM	#3
oldmanwinters Overlord Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Between yesterday and tomorrow! Posts: 15,449	Nick remembered Pete the Pigeon, so I guess anything is possible! __________________ Experience the TMNT Fan Commentaries! Check out my TMNT fan comic, "Nothing to Fear"! View my sketch work! I'm selling some of my hard-to-find TMNT items!

03-01-2013, 11:56 AM	#7
Jephael That whack job behind you Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Carlisle, Pennsylvania Posts: 8,142	Even though I liked Tempestra in her classic toon appearance, I wouldn't care to see her brought back. __________________ "I like it. Simple, but effective!" Raphael; The Mean Machines - 1988

03-01-2013, 05:30 PM	#10
Icebot Foot Elite Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: East Coast, US Posts: 3,224	I think the reason Tempestra wasn't in the 4kids cartoon is because they wanted to make it more like Mirage and use less old toon characters. It would be good for Tempestra to come back some time. __________________ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@Icebot7/videos Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Icebot251

03-02-2013, 02:26 PM	#12
pannoni1 Foot Elite Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: USA Posts: 3,447	Despite an appearance in Night of the Rogues, Tempestra is still nothing more than a one-shot villain created for the OT involving a silly supernatural concept about coming out of a monitor that is based off of midcentury Sci-Fi plots. She was great for that one appearance, but without having a connection to Shredder/Krang or even Bebop/Rocksteady, Baxter, or other mutants Tempestra just doesn't belong as part of the family. At least I do enjoy that Tempestra was one of the few female villains in the series and provides a nice break from the generic mad scientists. __________________ http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/sho...d.php?t=37065- MY WANT LIST TMNT FAN CLUB LINK: http://sot.ag/gCjK/ 30 years of Turtle Power!

02-28-2013, 09:36 PM	#2
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,699	Its because Playmates didn't make a toy of her, so her character is less known because of it. I notice any character from the original series that didn't get a toy seems, "forgotten" for some reason. Since the Playmates toys were so popular, the characters became just as known for their toys as their appearances in the show. Tempestra is kind of similar to Viral from Fast Forward. Both are computerized enemies that can travel through electronics and disrupt electricity or power.

03-01-2013, 05:39 AM	#4
Original TMNT Cartoon Fan Overlord Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Sweden Posts: 10,477	Shouldn't Tempestra be in the video games...

03-01-2013, 08:27 AM	#6
Original TMNT Cartoon Fan Overlord Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Sweden Posts: 10,477	I never liked Tempestra, so I don't care.

03-01-2013, 03:38 PM	#8
ryukenden Hench Mutant Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 383	I don't see the need for an RPG Sorceress to be a Turtle rogue. Or was the game she came out of a hack and slash?

03-02-2013, 09:31 PM	#13
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,699	Its interesting to note how its never explained how Tempestra gets free of the computer ship the turtles trap her in at the end of her first appearance.

03-03-2013, 08:35 AM	#16
DonatelloNinja82 Mad Scientist Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 1,345	While she was cool, I doubt Nick would use her...she wasnt in the show enough and isnt well enough known. __________________ Michelangelo: Holy guacamole with hot sauce and jalapenos!

03-03-2013, 08:38 AM	#17
Original TMNT Cartoon Fan Overlord Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Sweden Posts: 10,477	Maybe they can use a reference, where they play a video game named "Tempestra's Revenge". That's enough.

03-03-2013, 11:10 AM	#18
Panda_Kahn_fan Mad Scientist Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 1,715	I'd love to see her again, maybe the Kraang see leo playing a video game with Tempestra as the villian, and create a being in her likeness becasue she defeated leo in the game, and they think there will be a psycological advantage to throwing a real one at him? __________________ My TMNT fanfic: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/1266176...n-a-Half-Shell IDW is the best version of TMNT If they make a TMNT reboot movie retelling the shredder battle/origin, I won't buy a ticket.

03-03-2013, 11:10 PM	#19
Galactus Foot Elite Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 3,008	The Nick show is still young so who knows. I wouldn't mind seeing her again. The TMNT in general and the Nick show in particular need more villains that arn't anthropomorphic animals. Although I wonder if she's a weird limbo character that could potentialy be owned by Fred Wolf.

03-04-2013, 12:10 AM	#20
Cipher Foot Elite Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 3,454	If we're going to have either, I'd rather see Viral again.