How would the original cartoon Turtles react to 9/11 in 2001?

[CyberCubed]

If you assume the Fred Wolf cartoons seasons take place roughly in each year they aired in, we haven't really seen them past 1995/1996.

Even aside from that, how would the Turtles react to 9/11 happening? Now naturally they would be horrified, as were people in real life, but do you think the Turtles would especially be distraught that they couldn't save close to 3,000 lives in their home city from an act of terrorism? I like to assume all the events in real life happened in their world as well.

ESPECIALLY when you remember the twin towers were actually a plot point in one episode of Season 3 where Shredder/Krang were using it to repower the Technodrome.

[FredWolfLeonardo]

I'm curious as to whether they would immediately suspect Shredder and Krang as being responsible or whether they would realise this is too much for them.

[neatoman]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

If you assume the Fred Wolf cartoons seasons take place roughly in each year they aired in, we haven't really seen them past 1995/1996.

Even aside from that, how would the Turtles react to 9/11 happening? Now naturally they would be horrified, as were people in real life, but do you think the Turtles would especially be distraught that they couldn't save close to 3,000 lives in their home city from an act of terrorism? I like to assume all the events in real life happened in their world as well.

ESPECIALLY when you remember the twin towers were actually a plot point in one episode of Season 3 where Shredder/Krang were using it to repower the Technodrome.

[ToTheNines]

I’d like to believe 9-11 didn’t happen in the FW show. Were the towers shown in “Once Upon a Time Machine”?

[CyberCubed]

I am too lazy to check. I think I recall David Wise saying once that the writers were told to stop using recognizable NY landmarks after the first few seasons (like the twin towers or statue of liberty), I'm not sure the reason but we did stop seeing real life landmarks after awhile.

[Icebot]

Dregg would definitely have done it, he was willing to burn down the whole planet with a sunspot.

The towers also were a plot in Enter The Fly, Shredder was planning to put a force field around it.

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

I am too lazy to check. I think I recall David Wise saying once that the writers were told to stop using recognizable NY landmarks after the first few seasons (like the twin towers or statue of liberty), I'm not sure the reason but we did stop seeing real life landmarks after awhile.

Strange...

But perhaps it was for the best. Had the Twin Towers been shown many times, they'd probably get censored/removed when the episodes first came out on DVD.

I think they were in a couple of episodes. Enter The Fly and the season 3 finale, Big Blow Out.They were not censored/removed ever, were they?

[CyberCubed]

No, they're on the DVDs. I mean how would they even censor them? You think Lionsgate was going to take the time to somehow cut or edit scenes when they put all the episodes in VHS quality on discs?

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

No, they're on the DVDs. I mean how would they even censor them? You think Lionsgate was going to take the time to somehow cut or edit scenes when they put all the episodes in VHS quality on discs?

You're right lol, but weren't the towers edited out of some movies and tv shows that came out within a year after the attacks? They also got removed off a couple of video games, didn't they?

[ToTheNines]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

I am too lazy to check. I think I recall David Wise saying once that the writers were told to stop using recognizable NY landmarks after the first few seasons (like the twin towers or statue of liberty), I'm not sure the reason but we did stop seeing real life landmarks after awhile.

I just checked and they’re not explicitly shown. But all the cityscape is replaced with futuristic buildings so there’s no way to tell. Oh well, here’s a short fanfic I just wrote imagining their reaction:

SPLINTER: My sons… I fear my ancient enemy, Oroku Saki has returned! Many buildings have been destroyed, just as Channel 6 all those years ago!

LEONARDO: Shredder’s still lost in Dimension X, master. The news says it was some dastardly villains called Al-Qaeda and it’s up to the Armed Forces to stop them!

DONATELLO: Al-Qaeda? Get real, Leonardo! I ran the calculations, it’s physically impossible for an aluminum airplane to take down a skyscraper, and jet fuel doesn’t melt steel beams.

MICHELANGELO: Yeah, bud. And the FBI finding the hijackers passport in perfect condition a couple blocks away is like, mondo bizzaro.

LEONARDO: Are you two serious? This is crazy!

MICHELANGELO: Oh so serio-so! And check this out [walks towards computer room]

LEONARDO: Where are you going? And it’s not like you to be so quiet Raphael. Don’t tell me you’ve lost it too!

RAPHAEL: Patriot act! Turtle comms are bugged! You won’t hear a peep outta- [interrupted by Michelangelo exclaiming from another room]

MICHELANGELO: [reading a widely published ABC News article that has since been scrubbed from the internet] Raving ravioli! Bros look!

LEONARDO: Michelangelo, x out of that nonsense! President Bush would never let something like that happen!

RAPHAEL: [Looking at screen] talking turtles and brains from Dimension X, he can buy. But Dancing Israelis? Not happening. Give me a break!

SPLINTER: [sighing heavily] we should have never gotten internet down here…

[FredWolfLeonardo]

Dang, I needed to see FW turtles (except cucked Leo) getting redpilled today.

[Prowler]

Someone many many years ago wrote a fan script for a Seinfeld episode set during 9/11. I recall reading a bit of it. It was actually quite well written iirc.

Seinfeld's finale came out in 1998, so only 3 years before the attacks.

[CyberCubed]

The terrorists attacks on the U.S. were the scum of the Earth. They deserve to rot in hell for all eternity.

It was easily the worst thing to happen in world history since the events of World War II.

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

The terrorists attacks on the U.S. were the scum of the Earth. They deserve to rot in hell for all eternity.

It was easily the worst thing to happen in world history since the events of World War II.

Weak b8 m8

[CyberCubed]

It was genuinely the greatest travesty of our lifetimes. I think I was only...15 (?) or so when it happened, and even as a young teen I knew the world would never be the same. This isn't like some random war between third world countries nobody cares about, this is the United States of America, and seeing 3000 innocent people (both on the planes and buildings) killed for no reason.

You don't attack the United States of America and get away with it. George W. Bush was too lenient, honestly. If Trump was president back then he'd probably nuke every country in the middle east whether they were involved or not.

[Prowler]

Despite your trolling, you did unintentionally raise an interesting hypothetical scenario in your 2nd paragraph.

How would USA have reacted to the 9/11 attacks had Trump been the president at the time. Remember he lost workers in the attacks as well. At least one of his companies had an office in the Twin Towers. I remember watching an old video of him talk to the news back then on youtube

[FredWolfLeonardo]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

If Trump was president back then he'd probably nuke every country in the middle east whether they were involved or not.

Except for Israel.

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by FredWolfLeonardo

Except for Israel.

Didn't Israel warn the US several months before 9/11 that Bin Laden was planning some sort of attack against the US but the American government basically dismissed their warning? Or is that just another one of the many conspiracy theories regarding 9/11?

[ToTheNines]

Originally Posted by Prowler

Didn't Israel warn the US several months before 9/11 that Bin Laden was planning some sort of attack against the US but the American government basically dismissed their warning? Or is that just another one of the many conspiracy theories regarding 9/11?

There were many credible warnings: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septem...re_the_attacks

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by ToTheNines

There were many credible warnings: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septem...re_the_attacks

Damn, even Putin? Something tells me he'd not have warned Biden if the 9/11 attacks happened during his presidency.

Normally I don't use wiki as a source, but it's late and that article seems to have links to credible sources. And I don't find it hard to believe most of those warnings, anyway.

Anyway, I know "JET FUEL CAN'T MELT STEEL BEAMS" and "Bush did 9/11" are believed by most of the terminally online, but to me the explanation is much simpler: It simply was a big blunder by USA. The biggest security fiasco in its history. Also, airport security used to be a JOKE in the US before 9/11, from what I've read. It was much laxer than in Europe, for example. Ironically, after 9/11, it's become much stricter and no considers American airports to be a pleasant experience since then.