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RotTMNT Viewing Order_final (Final).txt

okay first of all thank you to everyone who's expressed interest on this post (@azzandra @iwillkeepfighting and now @pizzazz-party who reminded me the post existed in the first place) for i have now watched four episodes back-to-back to figure out one last ep placement and have produced a... moderately-final episode order!

So this viewing order is a modification of @kingfarce's viewing order here, alterations based on both my own feelings about emotional beats (for example, the very different ways Shell in a Cell and Bug Busters treat Leo falling from a high place because of something Raph did) and @iztarshi's field observations of where it feels like episodes should lie. I have not watched it all the way through like this, because I am nothing if not someone who jumps the gun, and I FULLY expect that there are still points where it gets a little rough and could be ordered better! If you watch this order and spot a place like that, please let me know what episodes and your thoughts on why, I'd love to hear your opinions!

Okay, without further ado:

kingfarce

Feel the need to spread the word about this, cause this seems SO much more well-thought out and researched than mine.

#rise of the tmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #episode order

My reaction to the new Shredder's Revenge DLC announcement

(picture from TMNTpedia)

#Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #ROTTMNT #TMNT #Shredder's Revenge #Karai

Finished LEGO Dreamzzz' first season recently.

#LEGO Dreamzzz #Logan Chan #Mateo Garcia #Cooper #Night Terrors #meme

So given that the Rise of the TMNT crew confirmed that Big Mama's Bodyguard was supposed to be the Turtles' sister (and apparently not the only one)...

(Picture from TMNTpedia)

Anybody think that she was supposed to be Venus De Milo?

I kinda lean toward yes due to the admittedly minor reason of Venus' original appearance in The Next Mutation, to my knowledge, having her hooded for a lot of the pilot before revealing her identity.

It could also be Jennika admittedly, though I don't know the timeframe of when she was created nor when production on Season 2 started.

#rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rottmnt #venus de milo #jennika #big mamas bodyguard

At first I wondered why the Krang even bothered to use their exosuits given that they're already grossly overpowered without them

But then I realized

Without exosuits they can't style on their opponents like this lmao

(picture taken from TMNTpedia)

#rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rottmnt #rottmnt spoilers #krang

Just watched the Rise of the TMNT movie

I generally enjoyed it!

My thoughts (SPOILERS):

#rottmnt spoilers #Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #ROTTMNT

When you realize your plot armor is gone

#Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #ROTTMNT #Leonardo #Casey Jones #rottmnt spoilers

Maybe I’m not the only one who noticed this, but...

I remember when Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ended, the series finale had quite a few hints at yokai-kind and Shredder in particular having alien ties, which the movie confirms.

At first it almost feels like it comes out of nowhere, especially due to the breakneck pacing of all four of the final episodes (due to Nick deciding to cut their losses due to the toy sales not doing so hot).

But then I remembered the opening of the series.

The first shot of the show is of a manhole cover, adorned with this incarnation’s Turtles insignia.

Which segues into a shot of the night sky.

This isn’t the first time the franchise has done this type of opening, with the 1987 cartoon and the 2012 cartoon both using this, albeit in the opposite order (sky to manhole), which to me implies a cosmic tone. Though honestly it could just be to establish the New York setting...

The 2012 series goes even further and uses a shot of outer space itself due to the prominence of the Kraang as major antagonists.

So, and I fully admit I’m probably reaching here, I can’t help but wonder if this means that Rise hinted, at the very start of the show, that Krang would eventually play a part in this incarnation.

#Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #ROTTMNT

I admit...

I’m not generally a fan of Krang (though he’s grown on me in the 2010s, if only cause I didn’t like the 2012 incarnation), but the upcoming Rise film has actually gotten me excited to see the character for once, if only by virtue of trying to give him a menacing presence, and the reimagining of his (and his siblings???) exosuit.

The organic design is like if a Xenomorph and Evangelion suit got into the teleporter accident from The Fly. It’s such a stark reimagining of the original design.

The singular eye also makes me think of the Technodrome, which from the trailer, will likely be showing up in the movie.

I do hope the film doesn’t forget to make him funny, though; I like that they’re trying to make the character more serious, but I think humor is one of the biggest parts of Krang’s character.

#TMNT #Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #Rise of the TMNT #ROTTMNT #Krang

The (hopefully intended) viewing order of...

So recently, in preparation for the upcoming movie, and because it’s on Netflix, I decided to watch Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

However, as I watched it, I noticed that one aspect of the viewing experience still hasn’t been fixed: It’s out of order.

This might not be a deal breaker for a lot of people, but it irks me since I feel like there’s a lot of careful effort to make sure much of the timeline and rules of the setting make sense in the show.

At first I checked Wikipedia, which seemed to indicate it was in proper airing order, but then decided to check TMNTpedia, which had entirely different production codes.

While Wikipedia does cite a source for it, I’m not totally certain I trust it (due to it being a fairly obscure TV schedule site), and I think the order on TMNTpedia itself makes more sense, though it still has some issues I think.

So I’m gonna give my own proposed watch order for at least Season 1 (Season 2 aired mostly in order, likely because Nickelodeon already decided to cancel it). It’ll largely be the same as TMNTpedia’s Production Order, though some will be moved around.

Mystic Mayhem

Origami Tsunami

Newsworthy

War and Pizza

Donnie’s Gifts

Minotaur Maze

Down with the Sickness

Repo Mantis

Hypno!: Part Deux

The Fast and the Furriest

Mascot Melee

Bug Busters

Shell in a Cell

The Longest Fight

The Gumbus

Ms. Cuddles

Al Be Back

Stuck on You

The Purple Jacket

Pizza Pit

Smart Lair

Hot Soup: The Game

The Evil League of Mutants

Late Fee

Bullhop

Nothing But Truffle

Turtle-Dega Nights: The Ballad of Rat Man

Shadow of Evil

Mind Meld

Portal Jacked

Warren & Hypno, Sitting in a Tree

Sparring Partner

Mystic Library

Operation: Normal

How To Make Enemies and Bend People To Your Will

You Got Served

The Purple Game

Man Vs. Sewer

The Ancient Art of Ninja Hide and Seek

The Mutant Menace

One Man’s Junk

Snow Day

Cloak and Swaggart

Jupiter Jim Ahoy

Insane in the Mama Train

End Game

As I mentioned, I mainly adhered to the production order shown on TMNTpedia (I don’t expect I did it perfectly), but changed the order of some episodes since some of their placements made no sense to me:

Origami Tsunami has been placed as episode 2 due to that episode introducing Lou Jitsu and the Foot Clan, and also establishes the Turtles deciding to be heroes. (Thanks, @magicalspacedragon!)

Repo Mantis and Hypno!: Part Deux actually take place concurrently, hence why the two are close together here.

The Fast and the Furriest is before Mascot Melee due to the former introducing the Turtle Tank; in airing and supposedly production order, this resulted in an episode featuring the Turtle Tank before its formal introduction.

On the note of The Fast and the Furriest, for some reason Nickelodeon chose to air this episode before Minotaur Maze, the episode that introduces Senor Hueso and the pizzeria he works in, Run of the Mill Pizza.

I put The Gumbus before Al Be Back, since Baxter has an extended cameo in the latter episode. It isn’t very noticeable anyway, but for consistency and character introduction’s sake, I put it before.

Episodes not mentioned on this list (which again only covers Season 1) are Flushed But Not Forgotten and Sewer Games, which had the dubious honor of being aired before Season 1 finished; both episodes are from Season 2 (as evidenced by changes to the opening, most prominently Shredder replacing Draxum), but were aired as a Halloween Special in the show's second year. Netflix will likely correctly mark this as a Season 2 episode if it ever gets Season 2, as it was not included in Season 1's release on the platform.

I haven’t tried this order out for myself (I kinda gave up on the idea of watching it in any sort of chronological order around the time me and my sister reached Shadow of Evil on Netflix, and it would take a lot of time). I hope that the order shown here works, but it might need further nudging.

Here’s hoping the upcoming movie is good!

#Rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #Rise of the TMNT #ROTTMNT #Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #TMNT #TMNTpedia

So my thoughts on Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ series finale

This isn’t an in-depth review.

Below the keep reading line.

Heavy spoilers.

#Rise of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #Series Finale #Rise #Leonardo #Donatello #Raphael #Michelangelo #April O' Neil #Splinter #Shredder #Foot Recruit #Spoilers

Crack Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles theory

The Foot Recruit’s name will be revealed to be Oroku Saki, and she’ll probably merge with the Shredder.

Even though that wouldn’t really make sense given that there’s a paper shredder brand called “Saki” within the series’ universe.

#Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #Oroku Saki #Foot Recruit #The Shredder #FOOT CLAN

RIP Rick May

This is kind of a late dedication, but I found out that there was a costume which homaged the Soldier (which uses the same quote as this one, but I still like the quote), so I decided to go for it. The Soldier image is taken from the TF2 Wiki.

I admit to having a relatively small relationship with TF2. I never really played Team Fortress 2, but I did enjoy the various machinima produced, many of which had used soundbytes from Rick May’s portrayal of the Soldier. Rick was very good at conveying the Soldier’s character, and he always made it a blast.

#Team Fortress 2 #A Hat in Time #Rick May #Dedication