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11-02-2013, 05:01 PM
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Why wasn't Karai in the 80 series?
Why just introduce her in the 2003 series? She's been here for along time, did they think she'd feel out of place in the 80's series
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11-02-2013, 05:02 PM
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Because she wasn't created till 1992 and was still a minor character?
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11-02-2013, 05:08 PM
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11-02-2013, 05:11 PM
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Lotus Blossom filled the same role.
Karai wasn't created till the OT was in Season 6 and at that point she was an obscure Mirage character. |
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11-02-2013, 05:23 PM
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Becuase Karai first appeared in City at War, which was pretty late in the OT.
Plus they had Lotus Blossom, the original Karai. |
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11-02-2013, 05:27 PM
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HA I remember that episode, it was one of my favorites of the 80's. wonder why they got rid of Lotus? They could have done more for her
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11-02-2013, 06:24 PM
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Karai also had appeared in the Genesis' Tournament Fighters (around Season 7 of the OT), and Red Sky could have been the best hope for her appearance in that series, which is a shame given the shift in tone. It seems like the OT team never followed the later comics or even video games.
As for getting rid of Lotus, she was basically a secondary character who never had an action figure or appearance in a video game or comic, and the title of the second episode seemed like an appropriate send-off for the character.
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11-02-2013, 06:33 PM
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 As mentioned above they could have introduced her in the "Red Sky" era but maybe they just wanted to keep her in the Mirage universe 
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11-02-2013, 07:27 PM
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She wasn't around when it started, plus Playmates probably didn't want to do a toy of her.
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11-02-2013, 07:37 PM
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Do we really need everyone to give the same answer over and over?
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11-02-2013, 09:04 PM
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11-04-2013, 01:24 AM
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There where no need for Karai in the Fred Wolf cartoon as the idea of having karai as an underling wasn't present yet and Shredder was de facto sole leader of the Foot clan (although Splinter had the rights to be leader) instead of a faction leader.
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11-04-2013, 07:46 AM
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Because having two Karais running around in one show is silly.
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11-04-2013, 10:53 AM
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It would have been nice if Karai had been conceived much earlier and been on the show. Bringing her in during the Red Sky seasons would have been pointless as Shredder would rarely show up.
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11-04-2013, 11:00 AM
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 Also, they didn't use very many Mirage characters. It was mostly original characters. It was pretty much it's own universe from the start, and never really was meant to be a translation of the comics. It would have been awesome to see the Elite Foot, triceratons (more than just one episode), Karai, and others, but the OT was it's own thing, not a comics adaptation. |
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11-04-2013, 11:31 AM
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Touché', good sir.
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11-04-2013, 07:11 PM
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11-04-2013, 07:48 PM
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I like to think that Lotus Blossom is the title for Karai, similar to how Oroku Saki is The "Shjredder", Karai is "Lotus Blossom". It doesn't matter that it's not her, I consider her the OT version of Karai. Now I actually wonder if 2k3 Karai was inspired by Lotus Blossom, I'm guessing it's just coincidences
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11-04-2013, 07:50 PM
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Yet the cartoons keep playing with Leo/Karai having admiration for each other. |
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11-05-2013, 12:45 AM
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OMG They are both asian chicks! Same character! |
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