Fugitoid TV show?

*neatoman* · 08-11-2026, 06:50 PM

No, this is not some news about a Fugitoid TV show, I'm just asking if you'd be open for a standalone TV show about the Fugitoid and his adventures without the TMNT?

*CyberCubed* · 08-11-2026, 07:23 PM

A short 10-13 episode show may work, like modern shows. But anything longer than that? No, what would happen. You'd wind up having to use the Utroms, Triceratons, Federation, etc. anyway, and at that point you might as well just make a TMNT show.

*frank_one* · 08-11-2026, 08:07 PM

Sure, I would watch it.

*Original TMNT Cartoon Fan* · 08-12-2026, 03:31 AM

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Originally Posted by neatoman

No, this is not some news about a Fugitoid TV show, I'm just asking if you'd be open for a standalone TV show about the Fugitoid and his adventures without the TMNT?

Should it be set in the 2003 or 2012 TMNT universe? (efen if the Turtles remain on Earth and don't appear on the screen)

*neatoman* · 08-12-2026, 08:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Original TMNT Cartoon Fan

Should it be set in the 2003 or 2012 TMNT universe? (efen if the Turtles remain on Earth and don't appear on the screen)

Well, what I had in mind would just be a standalone thing, not really connected to anything else in terms of continuity.

*CyberCubed* · 08-12-2026, 05:21 PM

Fugitoid was really just a C-3PO knock-off Peter Laird came up with in the early 80's. Without ties to TMNT he's just a generic robot on the run.

*neatoman* · 08-12-2026, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Fugitoid was really just a C-3PO knock-off Peter Laird came up with in the early 80's. Without ties to TMNT he's just a generic robot on the run.

I didn't know C-3PO had the mind of a person trapped inside him, thus raising themes about identity and human rights. Nor did I know that is so common that it can be dismissed as generic or that it's so lacking in potential that he has to accompanied by mutant turtles and that's the only way this could be interesting.

In all seriousness, even if you were right about just being some robot that needs TMNT (which you aren't), it should be noted that the Fugitoid does far more stuff than C-3PO anyway. C-3PO's role in the original trilogy effectively amounts to him complaining and translating what R2D2's beeps and boops mean while everyone else does stuff. Aside from some visual inspiration, it seems insulting to dismiss the Fugitoid as being little more than a C-3PO stand-in.

Anyway, the Fugitoid was designed to be the main character of his own comic series and the potential for solo adventures are certainly there. The only reason he's part of the TMNT franchise is because TMNT ended up being used to finish the story.

*CyberCubed* · 08-12-2026, 09:34 PM

The entire Turtles in space arc, (and by that I mean the Mirage comics version, basically issues 5 through 7), is a homage/parody of Star Wars. They even do the cantina bar scene. The Federation/Triceratons are also a parody of both the Klingons from Star Trek and Star Wars aliens.

Obviously they're not 1:1 the same, but the whole thing was back in 1986 both Peter/Kevin were just trying to do their own take on Star Wars. They were big nerds after all.

*frank_one* · 08-12-2026, 10:20 PM

Fugitoid has always been an interesting character, a bit underused in the Mirage comics. I'm sure there are still a lot of good stories that a writer with some creativity could told about him.

*Original TMNT Cartoon Fan* · 08-14-2026, 01:59 AM

Almost everyoen tried to create their own Star Wars between 1977 and 1986. The Fugitoid may be a good version of Hans Reinhardt who was trapped inside the robot Maximilian in The Black Hole?

*Galactus* · 08-14-2026, 08:03 PM

I'd watch a Fugitoid show, sure. Honycutt on the run, being hunted around the galaxy by the Federation and the Triceratons sounds like a great premise for a show...for the hardest of hardcore TMNT fans.

Narratively there are a few TMNT characters that would be cool to see get a series but none of them are currently popular enough. The only one who would have slight spin off potential is Casey Jones.

*CyberCubed* · 08-15-2026, 12:53 PM

That's why a Fugitoid comic never happened, there's not much place to go with the character. Check out Michael Dooney's, "Gizmo and Fugitoid" 2-issue mini-series, it's a small glimpse of what a Fugitoid comic could have been. IDW has never reprinted it so you gotta find the Mirage issues.

*sdp* · 08-15-2026, 05:01 PM

The Zeta Project is literally a cartoon of a robot that is escaping in each and every episode. It even got two seasons. That was in the early 2000s.

I still remember how Laird on his blog seemed to be bummed that Fugitoid was too tied to TMNT so he couldn't keep him, but it goes to show he tried to. No reason why it hasn't been reprinted since they clearly own that issue as well.

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sdp Detoxed Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Tokio, Italy Posts: 11,221	The Zeta Project is literally a cartoon of a robot that is escaping in each and every episode. It even got two seasons. That was in the early 2000s. I still remember how Laird on his blog seemed to be bummed that Fugitoid was too tied to TMNT so he couldn't keep him, but it goes to show he tried to. No reason why it hasn't been reprinted since they clearly own that issue as well. __________________ *Trapt* *urself Page MiscRave!!!* Click to join The Drome Discord server

08-11-2026, 07:23 PM	#2
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,880	A short 10-13 episode show may work, like modern shows. But anything longer than that? No, what would happen. You'd wind up having to use the Utroms, Triceratons, Federation, etc. anyway, and at that point you might as well just make a TMNT show.

08-11-2026, 08:07 PM	#3
frank_one Mad Scientist Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Southern Europe Posts: 2,253	Sure, I would watch it.

08-12-2026, 05:21 PM	#6
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,880	Fugitoid was really just a C-3PO knock-off Peter Laird came up with in the early 80's. Without ties to TMNT he's just a generic robot on the run.

08-12-2026, 09:34 PM	#8
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,880	The entire Turtles in space arc, (and by that I mean the Mirage comics version, basically issues 5 through 7), is a homage/parody of Star Wars. They even do the cantina bar scene. The Federation/Triceratons are also a parody of both the Klingons from Star Trek and Star Wars aliens. Obviously they're not 1:1 the same, but the whole thing was back in 1986 both Peter/Kevin were just trying to do their own take on Star Wars. They were big nerds after all.

08-12-2026, 10:20 PM	#9
frank_one Mad Scientist Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Southern Europe Posts: 2,253	Fugitoid has always been an interesting character, a bit underused in the Mirage comics. I'm sure there are still a lot of good stories that a writer with some creativity could told about him.

08-14-2026, 01:59 AM	#10
Original TMNT Cartoon Fan Overlord Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Sweden Posts: 10,481	Almost everyoen tried to create their own Star Wars between 1977 and 1986. The Fugitoid may be a good version of Hans Reinhardt who was trapped inside the robot Maximilian in The Black Hole?

08-14-2026, 08:03 PM	#11
Galactus Foot Elite Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 3,009	I'd watch a Fugitoid show, sure. Honycutt on the run, being hunted around the galaxy by the Federation and the Triceratons sounds like a great premise for a show...for the hardest of hardcore TMNT fans. Narratively there are a few TMNT characters that would be cool to see get a series but none of them are currently popular enough. The only one who would have slight spin off potential is Casey Jones.

08-15-2026, 12:53 PM	#12
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,880	That's why a Fugitoid comic never happened, there's not much place to go with the character. Check out Michael Dooney's, "Gizmo and Fugitoid" 2-issue mini-series, it's a small glimpse of what a Fugitoid comic could have been. IDW has never reprinted it so you gotta find the Mirage issues.