How many 80's movie homages did the original cartoon do?

*CyberCubed* · 03-08-2017, 07:06 PM

I can think of a few but I wonder if I'm missing any:

1. The Pizza Monsters are based on the Alien franchise. Both the way they look and how their early forms start off small and tiny and then grow huge.

2. Rex-1 was based on Robocop, an obvious reference of a robot police cop.

3. "Rondo In New York" from Season 4 is based on Rambo/Sylvester Stallone. The movie actor who becomes real jumping out of the cinema.

4. There was a king kong parody in the episode with the giant ape and Donatello gets huge to fight him, the ape even carries April up a building.

5. Many of the mobsters in the original cartoon are based on popular gangster or mob movies.

6. In Season 6 the robot terminator who is sent to kill Kerma resembles the Terminator franchise.

7. Maac the robot from the future in Season 3 is also vaguely based on Terminator.

8. The Neutrinos starmobiles might be based on Back to the Future.

9. There was a lot of Star Wars influence in general with the Technodrome being similar to the Death Star, dimension x aliens, the laser guns, etc.

Any others?

03-08-2017, 07:06 PM	#1
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,872	How many 80's movie homages did the original cartoon do? I can think of a few but I wonder if I'm missing any: 1. The Pizza Monsters are based on the Alien franchise. Both the way they look and how their early forms start off small and tiny and then grow huge. 2. Rex-1 was based on Robocop, an obvious reference of a robot police cop. 3. "Rondo In New York" from Season 4 is based on Rambo/Sylvester Stallone. The movie actor who becomes real jumping out of the cinema. 4. There was a king kong parody in the episode with the giant ape and Donatello gets huge to fight him, the ape even carries April up a building. 5. Many of the mobsters in the original cartoon are based on popular gangster or mob movies. 6. In Season 6 the robot terminator who is sent to kill Kerma resembles the Terminator franchise. 7. Maac the robot from the future in Season 3 is also vaguely based on Terminator. 8. The Neutrinos starmobiles might be based on Back to the Future. 9. There was a lot of Star Wars influence in general with the Technodrome being similar to the Death Star, dimension x aliens, the laser guns, etc. Any others?