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Art dump for my 2012+ AU (mainly my OC Oliver)
Countdown to the New TMNT Series: “Invasion of the Squirrelanoids” Look Back
TMNT 2012 S2E3 (#29): “Invasion of the Squirrelanoids” Analysis
When having a cartoon within a cartoon isn’t enough it seems, this entry has to take it a step further and include a comic book for every step of the way. This marks the true beginning of this series’ obsession with references to the horror film genre (plus referencing other things in general). Having these things loosely featured may be a nice blast to the past, even more so with a franchise that’s already fun to watch ala The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, but I’m an entertainment nut who likes to buck the crowd and demand more from this and other material such as “Stranger Things” and the “Ready Player One” film and demand more from the entertainment I consume. A project can not live on references alone which is why the two projects I just mentioned are at least slightly overrated.
A mix of “Alien” (mostly) and “Dreamcatcher”, this is not the best conceived (certainly not the most original) mutant of the week episode of the series but it does provide a lot of funny lines and funny scares as well as moments that show how close knit this team is whether it’d be the above picture, Raph and Mikey hanging out, the “surgery” situation, etc. It’s just a shame that the events of the episode had to follow Mikey’s comic book so closely: just let the show breathe a little! And of course, there’s the fact that the Squirrelanoids return and yet, within the span of the last 95 episodes we never see them again! As an entertainment nut, I can’t stand when you have unfinished storylines like that and don’t resolve them whether the villains clearly come back (as is the case here) or the door is simply left open for their return--the more important, the less excusable it is to not include them (and that even goes for Blight in “Batman Beyond”). Hence the drop in the rating, even though that trend will continue next episode.
PERSONAL NOTES
Leo trying to explain things to Splinter was gold. It doesn’t turn out as easy as he hoped, his nervous expressions, his nervous joke, and his hasty turn at attention seal the deal.
The lair actually isn’t so “secret” and “hidden” as Splinter asserts. It’s only that way because the creators constantly cheat to keep the location of the turtles home out of the hands of the Foot. Shredder could’ve easily gotten that information out of Kirby during the events of “Showdown”; finding April and/or Casey any time; having Karai as a prisoner in the second half of this season; even having her, Raph, Slash, and Rockwell as slaves from “Clash of the Mutanimals” onwards. That was a narrative problem that, like the writers, is best left ignored (until “Monsters Among Us” which is the proper time to get pissed about it).
Mikey’s connection to underwear is also something that will never be picked up again despite it being clearly established here. All it gets is a small mention later on in Season 3 that Mikey just likes to collect them. Ho hum.
Mikey luring the creatures with popcorn is a nice bit of continuity, for a change, since it goes back to Splinters advice of catching an animal in “The Mutation Situation” so props have to be given there at least.
