Category: cartoons

The plot episode I was expecting! Baron Draxum sings! Things move forward! We find out what the big deal about Lou Jitsu is (mostly), and the turtles give Splinter a big speech about how he’s their father which was something I was sort of on the fence about. I usually like Splinter as a story about adoption but they kind of went to a weird place with him in this series.

A very very weird place.

I kept thinking that those crab people reminded me of evil versions of the PSA guys from this animation by SmallBu. I think it was the posing.

I figured Todd was a villain after the ‘milking puppies’ thing. I was right.

I’ve started watching this series and as we hurtle to the end of the first season I still have no idea if I actually like it. The turtles fucking around is pretty funny and the art’s great. Still not sure how I feel about sociopath Donatello and Bad Dad Splinter. DO like softie Raphael and sweetie Michelangelo. Neutral on Leonardo. April is great.

 

11a “The Purple Jacket”

A Donatello episode! Where we get to see his soft shell, which I think is pretty neat they’re all different species now. Also April, who is always a delight. It was pretty cute seeing how excited Donatello was to go to a school. I liked it. Good episode.

11b “Pizza Pit”

I liked the punk band. (Reminder these are mostly just notes to myself)

12a “Smart Lair”

Another Donatello episode!

‘No hard feelings, I promise!’ ‘Don’t fall for it’

More of Splinter being a questionable parent and an urge to eat… endangered animal eggs? I’ve noticed that some of the more recent reboots tend to randomly spin the characterization hand to ‘chaotic evil’, although I admit I am completely basing this on this show and some of the stuff Scrooge has done and not like, a huge sample. So ‘some of’ means ‘2 shows I have watched’ but I don’t watch a lot of stuff so that’s like 100% of the reboots I’ve watched, OKAY. Scrooge dancing around that dead guy’s corpse is pretty memorable to me.
12b “Hot Soup: The Game”

I really liked this one. The Foot Clan guys were really great interacting with the Foot Recruit. And Raphael being protective over Michelangelo was so sweet. And, of course, good Donatello moments like him using his robo arm to pat Michelangelo on the head without actually looking up and the sarcasm that wasn’t sarcasm about having an app to tap into the security cameras in the city. I GUESS LOU JITSU IS KIND OF IMPORTANT I guess that’s why they keep mentioning him in almost every episode.

 

A quick check of wikipedia when getting the episode #s and titles is that the next one is an actual full size plot episode. Nifty. Next time I eat, I guess. It’s a bad habit to watch things while you eat, but new habits start fast.