Talk:Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation

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Older conversation[edit]

Is it Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation or just Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation?

User:J 1982

The second one, and this page is incorrect and therefore this page must be renamed. --oknazevad 20:33, 25 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Tada! Fixed. It automatically redirects from the old page. --Brandon Dilbeck 22:53, 25 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Cleanup[edit]

Major rewriting, grammar cleanup, error correction, restructuring to improve the flow of the article. I also removed all of the following because, frankly, I fail to see how the discussion of this one story arc in such detail adds anything significant to the entry on the whole series.

If anyone can find a way to rewrite and clip this so it isn't quite so wordy, then it might serve as an "example episode" or something of the sort. But since vampires are not the main focus of the TV series in question, I'd suggest that another episode would be a better choice. IMHO. most of this information is superfluous. It smacks of fancruft.

Many of the episodes came together as a single story arc, such as the story "Unchain My Heart" in which the villains are a trio of vampires.

===Unchain My Heart===

the Turtles have eluded another capture attempt by Bonesteel (a hunter specializing in exotic prey). Meanwhile in an abandoned ancient Chinese castle two children work to unopen a stone coffin. Once open a skeleton with fangs sits up. The children turn out to be vampires Bing and Chui Chui. Chui Chui pours a liquid over the skeleton. Skin and clothing materialise and it turns out to be a female vampire, Vam Mi. It turns out her heart has been removed and after being resurrected from a slumber of 70 years by her vampire followers, she looks for her heart, whom Venus DeMilo’s deceased master, Chung I, had removed from her body prior to its entombment. When Bonesteel attempts another capture operation, the Turtles use the persistent hunter’s traps to seal Vam Mi and the vampires who had interfered to find Venus, giving them enough time to get away. The Turtles then, without the consent of Splinter or Venus DeMilo, attempt to give the heart of Vam Mi back to the vampiress. When they discover that Vam Mi and her followers intend to kill Venus after recovering the heart, they cease their offer, and combat both Vam Mi and Bonesteel. The fight ends when the sun rises, forcing the vampires to flee for their lives as they begin to burn from the rays of sunlight. They retreat back to their lair, an abandoned hotel after being badly wounded by sunlight. Another battle later takes place when Bonesteel takes Vam Mi’s heart, forcing a battle between Bonesteel, Vam Mi (who now only has 24 hours to get it back), and the Turtles. In the end, the Turtles recover the heart and lock it in a safe. Vam Mi, in frustration, summons the Elemental Vampire to retrieve her heart. She is taken to where the Turtles keep her heart in the sewers, but her attempt fails. The turtles surround her with mirrors and reflect rays of sunllight as the sun rises and Vam Mi crumbles to dust, screaming as she disentegrates.

==Vampires in the show==

An element of the show which received mixed feelings. Some viewed the use of Asian actors as main villains as a symbol of broad mindedness and tolerance in television while others saw it as a negative image of this ethnic group. The use of vampires as characters was seen by some as overly fantastical. Vam Mi, the leading female vampire, and her child vampire minions Bing and Chui, althugh initially portrayed as callous and cunning creatures of the night were eventually reduced by script writing to a trio of comedic villains termed by some as 'buffoons'. Numerous examples of this quickly destroy their image as deadly and cunning vampires. Vam Mi, suffering from depression becomes drunk on frozen blood. The vampires after recovering from sunburn use suncream. Vam Mi also seems to hopelessly forget when the sun rises and forgets to run away to avoid an imminent and fiery death. Finally in an attempt to emphasise that the villains are vampires (albeit stupid ones) the actor portraying Vam Mi is equipped with fangs that look unrealistic but serve their purpose and has a manicure to give her long black fingernails. Her minions have black painted nails too. Parents who watched this with their children began to question the programme's safety for children as they were reminded of gothic wannabes or vampire role players.

Skybright Daye 03:47, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Scott McNeil[edit]

It's not terribly important, BUT... the article claims Bonesteel to be the first/only time Scott McNeil's face to have appeared in a live-action series. Scott played on Stargate SG-1 as one of the villagers from the planet that's all Viking-y, and this was in the second season. Maybe he was in the first seasons' trip to that same planet, I don't know, but this seems to me that it would predate his appearance as Bonesteel. Anyway, like I said. Not important. But noteworthy of investigation for the sake of accuracy. Ta. Howa0082 05:43, 23 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

A quick skim of his IMDb profile [1] doesn't have him credited for any live-action work before his appearance as Bonesteel in 1997. Looks as if his SG-1 role (at least the one he's credited for) comes after that, then -- unless he appeared, uncredited, in the 1st season of SG-1. Don't know where to go about looking for that, though.:) Skybright Daye 06:41, 29 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Character Links[edit]

These were changed so that they link to the character pages and not those of their artist namesakes. 70.50.54.186 01:58, 6 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism[edit]

It seems that this page has had a vandalism. I reverted it back but didn't report the vandal considering it was just an IP address. If anyone wishes to report them, feel free. I've never had to do it before and am kind of unexperienced :)--Exer 505 04:49, 25 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Two Seasons?[edit]

Two seasons of episodes are listed, but as far as I can validate elsewhere there was only one season of 26 episodes. It was released on DVD in two separate volumes - perhaps that is the confusion. Anyone have thoughts on this topic and consolidating the episode list into one season? aerotheque (talk) 06:51, 16 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Toei did not produce this series[edit]

Section header says it all. My source is the episodes themselves. (It is a legitimate use of primary sources to establish credits for film and television productions.) There is no credit for Toei in any episode of this series. Any site on the Internet that has such a claim is a straight-up copy of this article and is repeating the same error. Do not re introduce this error, please. oknazevad (talk) 19:37, 4 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]