I don't know if you have already been asked this but what do you think is the worst episode of tmnt2012? (And why)
I have answered this question !
I'll do something a little different this time and say what episode I felt was the worst for each character (I'm only doing the main ones- Sorry-!) ! :D
Leonardo: Season 2 Episodes 25-26, "The Invasion", but also Season 4 Episode 14, "Earth's Last Stand" || The reason why I pick these episodes is my least favorite or "worst" Leo episodes is because they genuinely made me angry with him- LMAO / I didn't agree with how he acted in any of these episodes, but I'm torn about whether or not I believe he fell out of character in these situations or if these are just valid character flaws from him-?? Cause I'm not saying Leo shouldn't have flaws, of course he should- I just found his actions distasteful in these particular episodes.
Raphael: Season 4 EP 17, "The Insecta Trifecta", but also Season 4 Episode 18, "Mutant Gangland" || The first episode is because I hate the way Raph's entomophobia feels so overplayed with his character in this particular version. A lot of Raph's more focused episodes feel like they have to involve bugs for some reason and I find that irritating- But I also felt like this episode wasn't the strongest one for him either. / The second episode felt like the biggest nothing burger of an episode to me- Like what even was, "Mutant Gangland"? In my personal opinion, the whole episode felt boring and I wasn't very attached to this plot line about Raph quitting the team (yet again) and having to apologize for blowing up (yet again), just to have a fight sequence with the Mutanimals against Don Visioso's goons that wasn't very engaging for me either- 💀
Donatello: Season 3 Episode 2, "A Foot Too Big", but also Season 3 Episode 22, "The Creeping Doom" || I don't think I have to really explain why, "A Foot Too Big" was one of Donnie's worst episodes (It's technically one of April's worst episodes as well, but since the episode focused on Donnie way more than it focus on her, I'm counting this as a Donnie episode-). 💀 / I really disliked, "The Creeping Doom" because of the whole narrative in general? Also the depiction of Donnie losing his intelligence felt offensive in nature?? Maybe that's just me, but it felt like they were implying something there with the hat and everything. I wouldn't put past these writers to be offensive like that.
Michelangelo: Season 2 Episode 5, 'Mikey Gets Shellacne", but Season 2 Episode 19, "Pizza Face", and also Season 3 Episode 4, "The Croaking" || "Mikey Gets Shellacne" just felt disrespectful to Mikey in general. I hate when they make him the butt of a joke in this version, in this episode took that very pet peeve and made it the focus for the entire runtime. 🙃 / "Pizza Face" isn't a very engaging episode for me. I often find myself checking out when re watching the series. It just wasn't a strong episode for Mikey in my opinion- / My dislike towards,"The Croaking'" has very little to do with Mikey and more to do with the entire narrative in general. By the end of the entire situation it, became less about appreciating Mikey and acknowledging that they were being assholes to him, and more about the Mutant Frogs while also having some kind of environmental statement-?? Even though that statement gets lost in everything else that's happening-?? I guess my issue is that for it being a mighty episode it didn't really feel like it was truly about him- 💀
Karai: Season 3 Episode 18, "The Deadly Venom" || My biggest great with this episode for Karai it's just how it continues to vilify her despite struggling with her recent mutation beforehand and being harassed well barely having her sense of self during the, "Return to New York City" Arc. These fuck ass writers writers are obsessed with making her the antagonist despite her being one of the biggest victims in the entire series. Leave her ALONE (Especially Leo, all his efforts to "care for her" and "help her" come off so creepy to me and like he's only doing this because an Alabama esque interest in her-).🗣️🗣️
April O'Neil: Season 3 episode 3, "Buried Secrets", but Season 4 Episode 22, "The Power Inside Her" || This was the hardest one, considering that I honestly could genuinely put all of her centric episodes here- but For the sake of keeping it brief, I only picked two-! LMAO / both of these episodes involve her being in situations where she either indirectly escalated the situation or actively was the issue in the situation but faced no real consequences by the end whatsoever. In fact, she was practically applauded and expressed gratitude by the end of both of these situations, which made no sense to me. These episodes remind me of how much the writers practically force every other character to kiss her ass and praise the ground that she walks on, therefore they're the worst ones to me. 👍
Casey Jones: Season 4 Episode 24, "The Tale Tigerclaw" || This is the only Casey episode that I actually hate with the passion, and it's mostly just because of how it's presented. They make Casey look terrible in this episode and I don't understand what the reason was for it-?? This episode physically makes me cringe, I'm not even kidding. Lmao
Master Splinter: Season 2 Episode 22, "Vengeance is Mine", Season 3 Episode 18, "The Deadly Venom", Season 3 Episode 23, "The Fourfold Trap", and Season 4 episode 20, "The Super Shredder" || I have the same problem with each one of these episodes in relation to Splinter, and that's that I wish he was more involved. Why was Leo the one to notice that Karai was sneaking off to take out Shredder and not him? In, "The Deadly Venom", why was Splinter stuck helping April fight the venom instead of trying to find his daughter who's being forcibly brain controlled? Why did Splinter's involvement in, "The Fourfold Trap" have to be at the very end When he could have been involved way sooner and he loses his daughter yet again? Why wasn't he allowed to go after her? Technically, yes, Splinter was more involved in, "The Super Shredder", but I didn't really like the execution. I wish they could have done the episode differently or something- I don't know. 💀
Shredder: Season 4 Episode 25, "Requiem ", and Season 4 Episode 26, "Owari" || These episodes feel like such a let down to the complexity of Shredder as an antagonist to me. They could've done so much more with him in the final episodes, but they didn't. They painted him as this "ruthless" "too far gone" sociopathic killing machine but it would be easier to remove his character that way rather than making his death feel harrowing and nuanced. Having Splinter in death reach out to Saki in his final moments and apologize for everything that he's been through,,?? To acknowledge that he was mentally and emotionally unwell and that came out in physical ways-? This man was broken,, He wasn't a monster entirely and I wish that could've been incorporated into his death,, I'm rambling, but I'm sure you get what I mean-! 😭👍
