Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series)
 

I realized there is no thread for the classic cartoon, so I made one. I recently started to watch some of the episodes, when I was a kid I always liked it, but I never followed the series in order. So to start the discussion, I found that perhaps the writers were fans of Watchmen.

For example, in "Enter The Fly", when Baxter is in the disintegration chamber with the fly, he looks like Dr. Manhattan getting blasted in the chamber:
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k.../BaxterFly.jpg

I thought it was a little farfetched at first, but then I saw something more.

And in "Splinter No More", the monster that comes out of the dimensional portal is very similar to Ozymandias alien:
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...nalMonster.jpg

And that's that. Discuss.

Re: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series)
 

I always associated Baxter's Transformation in the disentegration chamber with the transformation from the " Fly ", and the tentacle monster with HP. Lovecraft.

Re: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series)
 

Anyone picking up the complete series? I might just order mine next week.

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Yeah, I am. I'm also gonna pick up the complete " Real Ghostbusters " set also.

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I suppose they could've been fans and plus it was very commom for TV cartoon writers who worked on multiple shows that shared exact episode stories.

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Amazon has all 10 seasons fit nicely into a Turtle Van holder for roughly $85.00

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^ wow that Turtle van DVD set looks cool, if I were a die hard TMNT fan I'd scoop it up but unfortunately when turtlemania came in the 80's I was into girls.

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I'm watching the old episodes in order, and though the series is not a masterpiece, it is very funny! It has some very funniest moments and it is not afraid to poke fun at itself. Now that I'm older, I can appreciate the efforts done in the writing, though the animation could have been better.

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Just found out that Uncle Phil James Avery was Shredder. I had no idea. Wow, he was fantastic as shredder

Re: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series)
 

Did the episode where Baxter Stockman gets transformed into the fly freak anyone else out as a kid?

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Yep, and on a side note, Arsenio Hall was Winston in the Real Ghostbusters.