What Made The 2003 TMNT So GREAT | Series Retrospective (Part 2)

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  @BarnabusBarbarossa · 4 years ago

  I love how after Mikey wins the Battle Nexus tournament, he spends a good chunk of the next season rubbing it in everyone&apos;s faces. He keeps doing it for so long that it becomes annoying and then eventually circles back to being funny.

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• MU

  @MusicalBoarder · 4 years ago

  Raph&apos;s reaction to Mikey beating him &quot;oh no, Mikey might actually win!&quot; And him shaking the other competitor as he has a breakdown is a highlight of this series. God this show is good.

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  @gatst7680 · 4 years ago

  As a person who grew up with the 2003 TMNT, I&apos;m glad that there&apos;s actually videos that go into depth with it now. Thanks J!

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  @mechajay3358 · 4 years ago (edited)

  The revelation that Shedder was an Ultrom was pretty surprising to me. I didn&apos;t know it caused a lot of controversy in the TMNT Fandom until years later.

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  @annettepotts1260 · 4 years ago

  I have to admit going from the 1987 cartoon to 2003 stressed me out loads because I didn’t realise 2003 was based more faithly to the comics but the more I watched it, the better it &nbsp;got, the design, the voice acting, the fact the turtles actually used there weapons, it’s a chef kiss of a series and at 36 years old, I still &nbsp;use some of the lines to my husband! Thanks for reviewing it!

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  @johnlowry4307 · 4 years ago

  Does anyone else think that the twist with shredder being an utrom was an attempt of combining krang and shredder into the one villain?

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• IN

  @inkayy79 · 4 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr43cNjVGIM&amp;t=2202">36:42</a> love how even when he&apos;s A BRAIN IN A JAR his ego is still more than enough to keep him going

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• DR

  @dr.feelgoodmalusphillips2475 · 4 years ago (edited)

  I also love how blatant Chr&apos;ell is with what he really is when him and Leo talk in &quot;The Shredder Strikes Part 1&quot;. &quot;Your appearance is very striking it&apos;s-&quot; &quot;It&apos;s not a costume. Although I know that&apos;s hard to believe.&quot; &quot;Heh. Much more easier to believe than you might imagine.&quot;

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  @daltonwilliams1723 · 4 years ago

  All the filler stuff you mentioned that ends up reoccurring in later episodes is a great element I loved about this series. It really takes advantage of its comic roots with this kind of storytelling and makes it so the show doesn’t need to relegate this kind of lore introduction to major arcs or episodes relying on too much exposition. Notes from the underground is a great example since they kept introducing several creatures from the underground society mentioned in those episodes - but since you’ve already seen that and know about this society, you don’t need exposition every time they appear.

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  @MegamanElric16 · 4 years ago

  This was the TMNT series I grew up with as a kid.

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• JI

  @jinxtheunluckypony · 4 years ago

  Why didn’t they just put City at War before Secret Origin? You’d have to change a few plot points but you’d save a lot of face for Shredder and the whole story would flow so much better. As it stands Shredder returns, dies, and returns again in the span of just a few episodes resulting in him rapidly outstaying his welcome and losing a ton of credibility.

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