So, the fandom jokes about how fucked up SAINW is and how it messed us up as kids, etc.
My guys… my buddies… pals…
If Peter Laird had gotten his way… the damage to thousands of children’s psyches would have been incalculable…
Cut to Karai’s ship bringing the challenger to face the Shredder, in whatever arena setting is deemed appropriate. The Shredder awaits, huge, imperious, threatening, supremely confident. Legions of Foot ninja ring the area. Nearby, something about eight feet tall and four feet around is draped with a covering bearing the Shredder’s mark. Karai’s ship settles to the ground… the hatch opens, dropping to the ground (like a ramp) and down it comes Karai. She stops and bows to the Shredder. Then, a Turtle comes down the ramp – it’s Mike. The Shredder is as amused as Karai was at the impertinence of this crippled adversary. But before he can spew too many insults, another Turtle comes down the ramp. It’s Raph. Then Leo comes down the ramp and joins his brothers. Now the Shredder chuckles. This is more like it! Two almost worthy adversaries. The Shredder smirkingly reminds the Turtles of the rules – they can’t BOTH fight him – they have to pick one. “Maybe you need help in making that decision,” he says – “Perhaps another vote…?” With that, he rips the covering off the thing next to him. Horrified gasps from the Turtles – because what is revealed is that universe’s Donatello, posed stiffly on a pedestal. Stiffly, that is, because he’s DEAD and STUFFED! (IF we can’t get away with this, maybe we could have him frozen or something.)
—Peter Laird, 2k3 cartoon development notes [Blast from the Past #386: Mar. 22, 2004: Re: TMNT - 73 Outline]
what the fuck do you mean “if we can’t get away with this”? of course you can’t fucking get away with showing don’s taxidermied corpse on a children’s tv show, peter.
Everybody, thank 4kids for telling Peter Laird no
@justfreakinlittle
Screaming. Sobbing. Biting. Beheaded. Thank god I haven't watched SAINW. What The Fuck. What. The Fuck.
