Am I the only one who thinks these were two of the worst episodes of the OT?

[Bo Staff.]

I love the OT, but season 3 had some duds. I'm thinking of two in particular: "New York's Shiniest," and "The Case of the Hot Kimono."
First, New York's Shiniest; this was some corny, cliched sci-fi cop type plot. One thing about it that I found especially weird was the carousel scene. Two of the turtles are being pursued by a robot, so their choice of defense is...to jump on a carousel and start riding it...the robot jumps on and lands on its face and doesn't even attempt to get up...once the carousel has completed a full circle, the turtles jump off and the robot that was chasing them a moment ago has disappeared...Yep! If someone is ever chasing me, all I have to do is lure them onto a carousel and they'll disappear! Then there's the Case of the Hot Kimono: I just think an entire episode dedicated to recovering stolen laundry is epic lamesauce.

[Bo Staff.]

New York's Shiniest is from Season 2, not season 3. My bad.

[CyberCubed]

No. The worst episode of the whole show was, "The Gangs All here" where Mikey turns human after eating some anti-mutagen in cookies.

And the kimono episode was a funny, silly episode. Master Splinter having a map on the inside of it made sense.

[Leo656]

Not gonna lie... kinda dug the kimono episode. For some reason, it was always memorable to me. I think because it got me thinking, "OK, if these guys are doing a story about Splinter's kimono, they'll do an episode about absolutely anything," and that unpredictability was a big part of the show's appeal for me.

[NinjaMan]

There are more than 2 bad episodes from the OT. I'm just too tired to list them. The ones with the human gangster/mobs were quite bad to me IMO.

[oldmanwinters]

I've always liked NY's Shiniest, probably because I really love REX-1 and his character design. Also, it's fairly well animated, continuity errors aside.

[Jester]

Mr. Ogg trumps all.

Seriously, aside from the 2 Turtle vans goof, NY'sS is a solid episode.

[CyberCubed]

Originally Posted by NinjaMan

There are more than 2 bad episodes from the OT. I'm just too tired to list them. The ones with the human gangster/mobs were quite bad to me IMO.

Most of them were great, especially, "The Big Cuffling Caper" which is a fan favorite.

[Bo Staff.]

I really liked "Usagi Yojimbo" and "Leatherhead: Terror of the Swamp."

[Leo656]

Originally Posted by Jester

Mr. Ogg trumps all.

F*CK THAT episode and you too for reminding me about it.

[CyberCubed]

Originally Posted by Leo656

F*CK THAT episode and you too for reminding me about it.

Mr. Ogg was a parody of Superman's Myzyplyx. As a Superman fan I thought you'd like that.

[Powder]

I enjoy them both. There are FAR worse episodes.

Originally Posted by Jester

Mr. Ogg trumps all.

Case in point.

[Jester]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Mr. Ogg was a parody of Superman's Myzyplyx. As a Superman fan I thought you'd like that.

Really. It's a lousy parody and a lousy character.

Leo...you're right, he has to be the contrary one. It's the only thing that makes this whole thing make sense...he FEEDS on our hate.

[Leo656]

I didn't say all THAT, c'mon man.

Nah, I got the reference, I just thought it wasn't a good fit for TMNT and they made him too annoying. Mxyzptlk was clever and devious. Ogg or Oog or whatever was just annoying and petulant. Mere acts of childish destruction are FAR beneath Mr. Mxyzptlk.

And it's Mxyzptlk. MISTER Mxyzptlk, to you. The guy ain't struttin' around wearin' a purple derby hat and chomping a giant cigar for you to be forgettin' the "Mr.", bub.

[Jester]

Also

"MCGURK!!!!!"

[Leo656]

That episode did a GREAT job of adapting the very first appearance of (as he was then-known) Mxyztplk. Fun fact: The typing error that changed "Mxyztplk" into "Mxyzptlk" was one of the very first changes/mistakes that led to the "Earth 1/Earth 2" schism. They obviously didn't want to admit making a mistake, and by then the art style of the comics had changed (along with some of Superman's powers and backstory), so they were like "Yeah, it was a parallel universe." So basically, the Multiverse exists, in small part, simply because a writer got a Superman villain's name wrong for an entire issue and the editors didn't want to tell little kids who caught it that they'd screwed up. I love that.

When I was a kid, I had a Superman record that pronounced it "Mix-Pit-Ulk", so I grew up thinking that was how you said it. I don't think anyone really knew. I first heard the "Mix-Yez-Pittle-Ick" (or "Mix-Yez-Pit-Lick", depending on who's saying it) pronunciation in Wizard magazine in like 1992. Seems close enough. And was I the only one who pretty much always though Gottfried was the perfect voice for the guy?

He was clearly, clearly drunk during his appearances on "The Adventures Of Superboy", though. Poor Mxy; existing in five dimensions must be tough. Although the first season of that show was pretty rough, maybe he had to be drunk to get through it.

[InsaneZane]

Originally Posted by Leo656

And was I the only one who pretty much always though Gottfried was the perfect voice for the guy?

nope, I loved that! Also pretty epic how he shows a "YES" album when explaining how to pronounce his name... CLASSIC

[Jester]

I was shocked to learn Howie Mandel was Mxy in Lois and Clark...but yeah Gilbert is spot on.

[Leo656]

By far the most accurate live-action Mr. Mxyzptlk was definitely the aforementioned "drunk off his ass" Michael J. Pollard version from Superboy.

Smallville's was the worst. Lois & Clark's was okay, but kind of bland. Like a lot of the celebrity guest-star villains. I loved Bruce Campbell's episode, though. He gets to be in everything, eventually.

[Prowler]

How is New York's Shiniest one of the worst episodes when there were episodes like The Gang's All here, Mr. Ogg Comes to Town, several European vacation episodes and Green With Jealousy?