What should the Kur-li maneuver have really been?

Raphaella · 10-19-2003, 06:14 PM

For those who remember Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Blast From The Past (episode 47), the Leader of the Foot clan was the only one whu knew the Kur-li maneuver, and so Splinter knew it, but it turned out to be a couple of funny arm waves a knock on the forehead and a few slaps and then a gentle wave in front of the face with a feather fan - yeah it paralized Shredder all the while, who Splinter was performing it on, but I expected it to be some real fast, impressive arm movements or backflips or something. Those who have seen that episode, what were you expecting when the great Kur-Li maneuver was mentioned - since it's so secret an all. Those who haven't seen the episode, what would you have expected too?

btw, the way Splinter did the Kur-li was pretty funny tho, I think I was still staring with my eyebrows raised when the cartoon had finished, like 'wtf??!'

~~Reznorite420~~ · 10-19-2003, 06:17 PM

THE MACARENA!!!!!!!!

**Nturtle** · 10-19-2003, 06:21 PM

I thought it was perfect as it was!

*jeff the cheff* · 10-19-2003, 06:23 PM

The kur-li (or curly) move was so funny!!! When I saw this I thought it would be some simple move that paralyzed you...like just touching a certain spot and you would get knocked out.

MW8979 · 10-19-2003, 06:28 PM

Well....If the show wasn't censored, possibly a series of quick and brutal hits that would knock Shredder out cold, requiring Bebop and Rocksteady to carry him out on a stretcher. Could be comical, considering Shredder wouldn't know what to expect.

Raphaella · 10-19-2003, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Reznorite420

THE MACARENA!!!!!!!!

LOL!

Okay, I thought it was funny, I thought it was pretty hilarious, but it's just not what I wud have expected that to be .. *pictures Splinter doing the Macarena* Bwahaha!

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Well....If the show wasn't censored, possibly a series of quick and brutal hits that would knock Shredder out cold, requiring Bebop and Rocksteady to carry him out on a stretcher. Could be comical, considering Shredder wouldn't know what to expect.

Bepop and Rocksteady DID carry him out, lol

~~Leo656~~ · 10-19-2003, 06:37 PM

Dumb as it was, it did fit in perfectly with the old show. So I can't imagine it being anything other than it was. They almost always beat the bad guys in some dumb comedic way, anyway.

Raphaella · 10-19-2003, 06:42 PM

True, but I think I'd laph even more if it turned out to be something very impressive

*Deathknight* · 10-19-2003, 07:01 PM

well, it is Cur-ly manuever because it was obviously having Splinter act the Curly from the three stooges. I thought it was done perfectly for the show at the time. "You.... impostors!" "Mama!"

MW8979 · 10-20-2003, 04:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Raphaella

Bepop and Rocksteady DID carry him out, lol

Yeah, but they didn't use a stretcher I think. It's just not the same. It would actually be quite funny if Krang sent up some sort of a special modified ambulance unit module, with a red cross on it and all. I think Shredder needed it.

Raphaella · 10-20-2003, 06:15 AM

lol, yeah, ok

btw, I just got the word spelt 'kur-li' from the subtitles at the bottom of the cartoon.

*Cascadia* · 10-20-2003, 10:49 AM

It did fit very well with the original TV series. During the entire episode, they kept on mentioning it as a way of suspense. It turned out to be very funny.

*Deathknight* · 10-20-2003, 11:56 AM

probably the worth episode of the 3rd season. Almost all flashbacks, bah. a poor filler episode.

Raphaella · 10-20-2003, 02:58 PM

I was a bit dissapointed with the episode flashbacks, I'd got all of those episodes anyway

MW8979 · 10-20-2003, 03:32 PM

Keep in mind that this episode was probably meant as a brief reiteration of the intro season for those who just "tuned in" to the show. It took a few seasons for the turtles to become popular, so in a way, it was good they had such an episode.

*jeff the cheff* · 10-20-2003, 03:47 PM

Yea, and even tho i already saw the first episode I really liked this one, i think the kur-li move was one of the funniest things in tmnt.

*Bowser_Koopa* · 10-24-2003, 07:30 PM

the first time i saw it as a kid, i didn't get it, then last year i saw the clip from a site, and didm't get it either, then the second time i got it and couldn't stop laughing, mostly 'cuz splinter rarely does funny things and that one was very funny!

*Taloniss* · 10-25-2003, 05:09 AM

Shoulda been running on the ground, tripping everyone.

~~Reznorite420~~ · 10-25-2003, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Deathknight

probably the worth episode of the 3rd season. Almost all flashbacks, bah. a poor filler episode.

Well, they had to get Splinter's memory back somehow...

Morp · 10-25-2003, 02:25 PM

I really laughed at the kur-li maneuver when I first saw it as a little kid, and I still laugh at it now. It fit in perfectly with the whole show, and it came as a surprise because it wasn't what I expected.

10-19-2003, 06:14 PM	#1
Raphaella Hench Mutant Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: England, building my own sewer system Posts: 403	What should the Kur-li maneuver have really been? For those who remember Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Blast From The Past (episode 47), the Leader of the Foot clan was the only one whu knew the Kur-li maneuver, and so Splinter knew it, but it turned out to be a couple of funny arm waves a knock on the forehead and a few slaps and then a gentle wave in front of the face with a feather fan - yeah it paralized Shredder all the while, who Splinter was performing it on, but I expected it to be some real fast, impressive arm movements or backflips or something. Those who have seen that episode, what were you expecting when the great Kur-Li maneuver was mentioned - since it's so secret an all. Those who haven't seen the episode, what would you have expected too? btw, the way Splinter did the Kur-li was pretty funny tho, I think I was still staring with my eyebrows raised when the cartoon had finished, like 'wtf??!' __________________ "We came, we saw, we kicked their ASS!" - Ghostbusters message to UK channels : You SUCK ~ Mutant lover

10-19-2003, 06:21 PM	#3
Nturtle Ninja Master Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Technodrome Airducts Posts: 5,215	I thought it was perfect as it was! __________________ Fil rules. If Fil takes your 5 bucks then you should be eternally grateful that Fil would even borrow your money. Fil.

10-19-2003, 06:42 PM	#8
Raphaella Hench Mutant Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: England, building my own sewer system Posts: 403	True, but I think I'd laph even more if it turned out to be something very impressive __________________ "We came, we saw, we kicked their ASS!" - Ghostbusters message to UK channels : You SUCK ~ Mutant lover

10-19-2003, 07:01 PM	#9
Deathknight Mad Scientist Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: One of the 972 rooms of the technodrome Posts: 1,995	well, it is Cur-ly manuever because it was obviously having Splinter act the Curly from the three stooges. I thought it was done perfectly for the show at the time. "You.... impostors!" "Mama!" __________________ Shredder: "Ninja hall of fame? Ha! Where's MY statue?!" -My Brother, the Bad Guy

10-20-2003, 06:15 AM	#11
Raphaella Hench Mutant Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: England, building my own sewer system Posts: 403	lol, yeah, ok btw, I just got the word spelt 'kur-li' from the subtitles at the bottom of the cartoon. __________________ "We came, we saw, we kicked their ASS!" - Ghostbusters message to UK channels : You SUCK ~ Mutant lover

10-19-2003, 06:17 PM	#2
~~Reznorite420~~ Banned Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 3,851	*THE MACARENA!!!!!!!!*

10-19-2003, 06:23 PM	#4
jeff the cheff Mad Scientist Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: 122 and an eighth Posts: 2,129	The kur-li (or curly) move was so funny!!! When I saw this I thought it would be some simple move that paralyzed you...like just touching a certain spot and you would get knocked out.

10-19-2003, 06:28 PM	#5
MW8979 Hench Mutant Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 431	Well....If the show wasn't censored, possibly a series of quick and brutal hits that would knock Shredder out cold, requiring Bebop and Rocksteady to carry him out on a stretcher. Could be comical, considering Shredder wouldn't know what to expect.

10-19-2003, 06:37 PM	#7
~~Leo656~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nWo Country Posts: 27,703	Dumb as it was, it did fit in perfectly with the old show. So I can't imagine it being anything other than it was. They almost always beat the bad guys in some dumb comedic way, anyway.

10-20-2003, 10:49 AM	#12
Cascadia Oregonian in heart & soul Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,731	It did fit very well with the original TV series. During the entire episode, they kept on mentioning it as a way of suspense. It turned out to be very funny. __________________ Formally known as Scientific freak

10-20-2003, 11:56 AM	#13
Deathknight Mad Scientist Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: One of the 972 rooms of the technodrome Posts: 1,995	probably the worth episode of the 3rd season. Almost all flashbacks, bah. a poor filler episode. __________________ Shredder: "Ninja hall of fame? Ha! Where's MY statue?!" -My Brother, the Bad Guy

10-20-2003, 02:58 PM	#14
Raphaella Hench Mutant Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: England, building my own sewer system Posts: 403	I was a bit dissapointed with the episode flashbacks, I'd got all of those episodes anyway __________________ "We came, we saw, we kicked their ASS!" - Ghostbusters message to UK channels : You SUCK ~ Mutant lover

10-20-2003, 03:32 PM	#15
MW8979 Hench Mutant Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 431	Keep in mind that this episode was probably meant as a brief reiteration of the intro season for those who just "tuned in" to the show. It took a few seasons for the turtles to become popular, so in a way, it was good they had such an episode.

10-20-2003, 03:47 PM	#16
jeff the cheff Mad Scientist Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: 122 and an eighth Posts: 2,129	Yea, and even tho i already saw the first episode I really liked this one, i think the kur-li move was one of the funniest things in tmnt.

10-24-2003, 07:30 PM	#17
Bowser_Koopa Very yes Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Not so far, go back a little Posts: 1,849	the first time i saw it as a kid, i didn't get it, then last year i saw the clip from a site, and didm't get it either, then the second time i got it and couldn't stop laughing, mostly 'cuz splinter rarely does funny things and that one was very funny!

10-25-2003, 05:09 AM	#18
Taloniss Mad Scientist Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Toronto Posts: 1,819	Shoulda been running on the ground, tripping everyone.

10-25-2003, 02:25 PM	#20
Morp Foot Soldier Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Somewhere between here and there Posts: 153	I really laughed at the kur-li maneuver when I first saw it as a little kid, and I still laugh at it now. It fit in perfectly with the whole show, and it came as a surprise because it wasn't what I expected. __________________ Hahaha, I made a funny!