#2003 Ninja Tribunal ship

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Joi and Raph with Leo and Faraji in the background

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It's been years since I watched TMNT 2003, so I don't remember all the details of season 5 and such, but I'm kind of surprised that I haven't seen anyone ship Leonardo with Faraji.

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Things in Rise that Echo 2003 TMNT

Hi Ame here back on my bullshit-- getting right into it. I can't remember where or who said it, but one of the creators of Rise mentioned that 03 was their favorite iteration, and it really shows sometimes. Spoilers for 03 and Rise below ;)

The first thing that comes to mind is Shredder. "But Ame, 03 Shredder was a little alien guy-" NO I'M TALKIN ABOUT THE ORIGINAL SHREDDER. In 03, Ch'rell took on the mask of a well-known boogeyman at the time; the Shredder, who was a demon that had lived 1,000 years ago. Oroku Saki was a man who defeated the demon alongside the rest of the Ninja Tribunal, and after he defeated it, became possessed by it after falling prey to its promise of power.

The most obvious I think are their markings. In 2003 they use 'chi' to give them mystic abilities. It's the act of becoming one with the world around you, but it also seems to work when you are connected to the people around you. Even the medallions over their chest mimic the Hamato symbol that glows on Rise's chest when activating their ninpo.

Their markings even mimic each other (except for Raph, whose Rise version doesn't have any markings, which is a travesty). Leo has slash-like marks, Donnie has geometric marks, and Mikey's got a lot of circles!

NOW OKAY THIS ONE'S A BIT OF A STRETCH, BUT-- Leo has made portals with his sword before! Specifically, he held one open with it.

It's the little things <3

Like the ghost of dead Hamatos coming back to assist their rat sons in the final moments :)

Some more small things! Raph and Donny's brains being rifled through! (Which also happens to 2012 Mikey)

Raph's and Leo's shoulder! (Hard to get a good shot of Leo's, thanks 4kids) Ironically both happening at a moment where Leo has "failed" to protect his family.

Rise Mikey being the "greatest mystic warrior" reminds me a lot of what is alluded to many times with 2003 Mikey; he's very good at what he does! He's a Battle Nexus Champion! He's the one who can channel chi the best! He could surpass Leo even in skill if he actually applied himself, but he doesn't. Because he just doesn't find it fun. But it's shown a little in the episode Same as it Never Was, where he's able to dispatch a whole group of guys with guns all on his own, including three armored cars and a HELICOPTER.

Also making comparisons between 03 SAINW!Mike and Rise F!Leo losing their arms is kinda a stretch but I'll point it out anyway.

And speaking of the movie. My absolute FAVORITE thing to compare is the Krang of Rise to Sh'Okanabo of 2003's Fast Forward season. It's like they took all the concepts of Sh'Okanabo and made it BETTER. Everything was executed SO MUCH BETTER.

Gooey tentacle villain? Check

Weirdly organic flesh ship? Check

Alien invaders turning people into drone versions of their species? Check

(Also side note about that one, I think it's hilarious that in 03 Raph's the only one who DOESN'T get Kanaboe'd but in Rise Raph is the only one who DOES get Krang'ed.)

Taking over structures with their goop? Check

And finally. Small boy son that is a descendant of Casey Jones. Check :)

[tmntkiseki]

The post where I discuss my thoughts on the 2003 turtles and romance

Oh boy, this is easily the post I feel the most anxious about throwing into the wild just because I know topics concerning romance and shipping can be, uh, pretty touchy in online fandom spaces. But hey, you can't please everyone and one or two people have expressed curiosity regarding my thoughts on the 2003 turtles and their (entirely hypothetical) love lives, so, you know, here we are! 2003 Turtles and romance post away! Just remember that this is largely opinion-based and that if you do disagree with with me, that's fine; just be polite and respectful about it if you do decide to say something.

So, if at least one of my previous posts is anything to go by, I am of the opinion that the 2003 turtles are pretty heavily ace coded. Are they completely uninterested in romance and/or have no desire or need for a romantic relationship? That is up to personal interpretation; what is true is that Peter Laird himself stated that the 2003 turtles do not experience attraction towards humans, a statement that is supported by a line uttered by Mikey during "More Worlds Than One," the fourth episode of the Ninja Tribunal season.

Mikey is more or less saying that he might find Chikara attractive if she were a turtle, which makes perfect sense to me! This is, after all, an iteration where the turtles' mutation didn't involve any human DNA coming into the mix (it was 100% pure Utrom ooze), so if they are capable of feeling physical attraction, it would most likely be towards other turtles, not humans. As for aliens, other mutants, and what have you, I have a sinking suspicion that if the 2003 turtles don't experience physical attraction towards humans, then they don't experience it towards non-humans as well. (I am thinking specifically of the 2003 version of Jhanna in this regard. The original comic version of "The People's Choice" did seem to imply that Donatello had become smitten with her by the end of the story, but in the Season 4 animated adaptation of the issue, his feelings towards her were deliberately left ambiguous and he just seems understandably bummed that she went home so soon at the end of the episode.)

All that said, there is a distinction to be made between being physically attracted to someone and being emotionally attracted, and that is the thing with the 2003 turtles. While they might not be able to experience physical attraction by virtue of being the only members of their species, I do think that they are capable of feeling attraction on a purely emotional level. It is easy enough to cite a couple of moments where Don becomes noticeably flustered around April (ex: the scene towards the end of "Space Invaders - Part 1" where he visibly blushes when April says she could "just kiss him"), but I would also like to bring up "Beginning of the End." The start of the episode includes a scene where Raph and Joi are talking by themselves at the back of the Tribunal's ship, and Raphael sounds a bit bashful when he asks Joi to come visit if she ever finds herself in New York. While these can be chalked up to the writers successfully sneaking in a couple of ship tease-y moments under Peter Laird's nose, it does show that romantic attraction for the 2003 turtles is possible, but it's always going to be with someone that they've developed a significant emotional bond with, which leads into my next point (as well as the more speculative section of the post.)

Any romance involving one of the 2003 turtles would be the definition of a slow burn. Leo, Raph, Don, Mikey—it doesn't matter which of them gets landed with the romantic subplot. If their love interest is introduced early on in Season 1, they are not going to get together until the beginning of Season 3 at earliest, and that's assuming they get together at all.

The fact that the 2003 turtles only experience attraction on an emotional level does obviously does play a major factor in why a romantic subplot with any of the boys would be so long and drawn out. Attraction, for them, would not be instantaneous--there may be some innocent curiosity towards their potential love interest(s) if they have personality traits/personal skills that they personally find appealing (chemistry is so, so important, I cannot stress this enough), but for romantic feelings to take hold, they really need to know and trust the person that they're being set up with—basically, it's a "friends to lovers" situation for all of them! And how long it would take for those romantic feelings to develop is dependent on both the initial circumstances of their meeting as well as the turtle in question. For instance, Michelangelo is easily the most extroverted of the turtles personality-wise and if he meets his intended love interest under positive circumstances, romantic feelings are likely to develop significantly faster. Contrast with Raphael, who is much more cynical and thus distrustful; if his love interest initially starts out as an enemy of the turtles, they are going to need to overcome a number of hurdles before they even get to the point of being able to exist as friends, much less lovers.

Besides that, though, I would like to bring up one of the key thematic pillars of the entire TMNT franchise; family. These boys value their familial bonds so much that any love interest would need to get along with all four of the turtles, not just the one that they end up actually dating. Like can you imagine Leonardo dating someone who loves him but hates Mikey and is constantly badmouthing both him and Raph? Of course not! Leo probably wouldn't even consider getting together with them because his brothers would take priority over any romantic feelings he may have for someone. If you wanna date someone from Clan Hamato, you have to be considered a part of Clan Hamato and reasonably get along with everyone in it; no ifs, ands, or buts about it.

Outside all of what I've said so far, I would say that anything else is entirely up to one's own headcanons and personal preferences for each of the individual 2003 turtles. Is Raphael the most likely turtle to end up in a romantic relationship, or Donatello? Is Leonardo romantically attracted to both men and women, or just men? Would an ideal love interest for Michelangelo be someone who shares a lot of his personality traits, or his complete polar opposite? I could go into detail for each of the 2003 turtles in terms of my own personal preferences for them—stuff like how likely they are to end up in a relationship as well as how it might play out depending on the dynamic, but this post has already gotten a bit too long for my liking and I think it's about time that I stopped.

Thank you for reading this long ramble! I'm off to make some mac n' cheese!

[neocelticavalon]

Apritello Fantasy AU doodles

Sharing some scraps, doodles of my fav ship☺💕💜💛💜

Tribunal Donatello fantasy AU concept art (i got inspired mostly from the ninja tribunal 2003) kinda improved the ideas a bit after that long looong sleep lmfao🥲👆👆👆 (yeah I am sooo lazy at drawing him fullbody 🥲)

I forgot to add some details at phase 2 such as growing sharp claws. As he learned having glowing skin at his age, he suddenly grew canine-like teeth, having a tremendous appetite (probably meat), his stamina grew two times stronger, he weight two times bigger and heavier, grew strong sense of smell (?)🤨. After April was done sparring at the castle's field, she sneaks out and brought raw herrings and venison meat for the turtle brothers. Knight April knows that Donnie loves venison meat as he loves her marmalade jam. Everytime knight April pays a visit, Donnie loves seeing her, made him even nervous and it made his skin glows brighter, feeling happy as his heart keep thumping and thumping, made him even more confused. He keep thinking "What's happening to me....?!?!?!" and he still want to figure out whats happening to him. April did noticed his odd changes (glowing skin, canine teeth, grew claws, strong sense of smell, he always churrs beside her, etc). Those odd changes didn't creeped her out btw instead April is aware of his conditions as a turtle & cares for him.

April lived in a different world where they thought dragons, komodo armies, dungeon monsters etc are long gone and wiped out many years ago (lets say bcs of wars & conflict). If you're asking me how come they meet each other, Knight April kinda got separated from the royal troops after a rough fighting with bandits in the forest, April and the royal troops are guarding a wagon full of....let's say treasures from the castle. April's dad was in the wagon with his assistant, the bandits kinda want the treasures and kidnapped April's dad (with a purpose?) hmmm....so April got pretty injured and unconscious after she threw herself to the lake so the bandits won't find her. Mikey saw her falling to the lake and called his brothers to help the poor girl April, she drowned in the lake, I think Donnie jumped into the water to save her. Leo said to the brothers, he saw no sign of her breathing, and Mikey said "I suggests one of us have to do mouth to mouth!" and Leo, Mikey, Raph were staring at Donnie for a long time (ppftt!) Donnie be likee..."Why it has to be me!!??" oh my gosh...that scene always shown in my head ahahahhahah🤣🤣🤣

This scene, April decided to stick around with turtle brothers a bit longer. At nighttime, Donnie saw April at the lush green field, found beautiful fireflies. Donnie keep staring at her bcs he never seen a female human knight before. They're pretty much hanging out like friends, sitting and talking. She's talking how she misses her dad so much, the village, her best friend Irma, the villagers market, the kids at the orphanage, everything.

Sorry about the crappy pic quality 🥲🥲 and please ignore my broken english writing🙏🙏

🛡💜Any support like reblogs, comments and likes are GREATLY APPRECIATED!!! Toodles, loves!💜⚔👑

ASK BOX ALWAYS OPEN!!😉📮

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MSA X TMNT 2003: Ninja Tribunal Chapter 8: They found Maisy's unknown parents' house was abandoned/Maisy Pepper remembers her former house/They found Maisy's Older Siblings survived

The TMNT Team, Girls' Clues Club Team, and Mystery Teams will find Maisy's Former Home abandoned. Maisy remembers that her Former Home had lived with her Parents and Siblings before her Parents were killed by Tengu Shredder who attempted to attack Maisy's Older Siblings but Maisy escaped. Her Older Siblings are alive, unfortunately, one of 2 Older Brother has turned into a Demon. He has his Bamboo Mazzle not to attack Humans and protect Humans from Demons attacking and killing Humans.

Sarah: ! Wait... I think it’s your Siblings of Maisy...

Laura: Wait... hold...! Oh my God...

Cera: !? They have survived and are alive!?

1 Older Sister Named ___ protects her 2 Younger Brother Named ___ with his Bamboo Muzzle which he has turned into Demon, he never eats Humans and protects Humans from Demons. 3 Younger Sister Named ___ and 4 Younger Brother Named ___ were protected by their 2 Older Brother.

Sarah Q: ! Wait, it’s your Older Siblings! Maisy has Older Siblings!?

Josh: What's that Bamboo Muzzle in your mouth?

2 Older Brother is refusing not wanting to his Bamboo Muzzle off. They are shocked that the Second/2 Older Brother does not want to remove his Bamboo Muzzle and bite attacked Humans.

Bart: What? Do you protect your Demon Brother?

1 Older Sister: Yes, true. We want to protect my younger brother. He was my younger brother! He is never eating Humans! I want to find Demon Shredder to kill! I want to find a cure for my younger brother being removed from Demon and back to Normal Human!

Sarah is shocked that Maisy's Older Sister talking to everyone and that Older Sister wants revenge on Demon Shredder and avenge of death of their Parents

Vera: You want to get revenge on Demon Shredder? They want to avenge them from Demon Shredder murdered your Dad and Mom?

Vicki: I think we need back to Lap of the Gods.

Sarah: Going on.

They backed to the Ship with Maisy's Older Siblings joining them

Lewis: I think Bad Magic Heralds is going to find the Tengu Shredder's Artifacts and Body of Tengu Shredder!

1 Older Sister of Maisy: Tengu Shredder? Wait! They're right! They mentioned mean of Demon Shredder is Tengu Shredder! They have nicknames of Tengu Shredder/Demon Shredder!

Leo: Better back to Lap of the Gods! They wait for us to return!

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MSA X TMNT 2003 AU: Ninja Tribunal Chapter 1: Mystery Teams are ambushed by mystery warriors and TMNT are ambushed by mystery warriors/TMNT meets with Mystery Teams in nowhere ships to Japan

**Mystery Teams and TMNT Team are ambushed by the mystery warriors**

**then they are in the ships**

Laura: **wakes up** Huh? Where are we?

Sarah: I think we're... wait, Nowhere?

Arthur, Lewis, Vivi, Mystery, Mike, Misti and others: Huh?

Cera: Maisy, wake up

Maisy Pepper: **wakes up** Huh? **saws The Four Ninja Turtles** The Ninja Turtles?

Mike: Who are u guys?

Leo: I'm Leo, and this is my brothers, Donnie, Raph and Mikey

Ecole: Nice to meet you

**then they are landing in the japan**

Maisy Pepper: I'm... home?

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All TMNT 2003 Characters belongs to TMNT 2003

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All my msa ocs and all my new msa ocs belongs to Me

Mystery Skulls Animated MSA belongs to Ben and MysteryBen27 of YouTube YT Series

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For the fandom ask! TMNT 2003 :)

this is gonna be a long and repetitive one i think bc i am Unoriginal :)

the first character i ever fell in love with: mikey!! my love my angel he is everything i like in a character and so much more

a character that i used to love/like, but now do not: draco and damio's son fusion. idk the fandom and sainw superiority made me a little uncomfy about them

a ship that i used to love/like, but now do not: i'm honestly not that into ships in tmnt idk why. i love platonic relationships in these shows

my ultimate favorite character™: still mikester. he holds me forever rotating in my brain

prettiest character: apriiiil. like girl 😳😳😳 that top and purple hair totally suit you 👉👈

my most hated character: the whatshisname. khan i think? the new foot leader in back to the sewers. he's pathetic but the concept could have been better. i can make him less worse

my OTP: no ships but! brotp mikey and donnie ALL THE WAY they're so different and bounce off of each other wonderfully

my NOTP: incest (tcest). that's it.

favorite episode: god there are so many episodes i could call favourite. so if i must boil it down it would have to be The Christmas Aliens or Grudge Match. they're mikey-centered and show off who mike truly is as a character. i can play them in my head when i drive on the bus to uni that's how many times i've watched them

saddest death: fugitoid 😭😭😭😭 my little guy didn't deserve to die even though he did invent a weapon of mass destruction. to be fair he was threatened and i really can't find it in myself to blame him. poor guy....

favorite season: it has to be the second one. there's so many wonderful filler episodes in there and i believe i caught some of them on tv when i was a kid. i can't remember but it's possible. i adore filler episodes that explore character dynamics and individual journeys

least favorite season: the last one probably. you know why... OR the fifth, but i can't hate any of them because they still have value and i find glimpses of intriguing plot points i wish could be explored. the ninja tribunal arc has creative ideas but falls flat when they want to bring up shredder

character that everyone else in the fandom loves, but i hate: the clones probably? i... don't get why they were introduced and why everyone loves them so much

my ‘you’re piece of trash, but you’re still a fave’ fave: BISHOP. he has the Drip™

my ‘beautiful cinnamon roll who deserves better than this’ fave: mikey? he didn't really change, not fundamentally, there was no major arc for him except for the overarching Turtle Titan gag but i honestly don't know how to feel about it. still you can watch the first ep of 2003 and go to the last one and mike will be the same. like i dunno i feel like every other brother gets an arc or an issue and mikey just embraces it

my ‘this ship is wrong, nasty, and makes me want to cleanse my soul, but i still love it’ ship and my ‘they’re kind of cute, and i lowkey ship them, but i’m not too invested’ ship: bishop/baxter. its weird but kinda endearing in ff?? i dig it

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8, 9, 23!! :) ~raphaelesbian

(!!! sorry for the late reply i was working fml tysm for the ask @raphaelesbian )

8. answered!

9. If you could change one thing about TMNT, what would it be?

ooooh that's a tough question, they're all such different series.

i guess i'd like to see the turtles actually growing up in an iteration - like, 03 has 7 seasons, i would've liked if by the ninja tribunal arc they were 20 rather than still being kids. i know they're the teenage mutant ninja turtles but it woulda been cool to watch them mature into the 20-something mutant ninja turtles

23. If you could have a tmnt crossover with ANY other series, which would it be?

oh man the possibilities are endless here.

i just typed out a full three paragraphs of tmnt 03 + star trek tos excitement and it didn't save the changes to the draft okokok

but - i would love to see a crossover with the 2003 boys and star trek: the original series. could you imagine the shenanigans mikey would pull to try get a rise out of mr spock?

and paralleling 2012 leo and captain ryan, 03 leo looking up to captain kirk and trying to take in his diplomatic approaches to conflict and following him around the enterprise? also hes gay so. gay little crush on captain kirk

raph hanging out with sulu and chekov! don on the bridge with uhura! both of them fascinated by scotty's work and how the engineering of a star ship works and how to pilot it and ofc scotty and chekov debating the merits of scottish vs russian alcohol with these two 'impartial' terrapins

the boys on away missions! deep space! they've already been to space but this is the future and space and they're (mostly) from the same planet and oooough i'm getting excited again

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Your fandom is... TMNT! :D

Woot woot! A peep has sent me what was probs my first and most enduring fandom. Answers down below.

Be warned that though I’ve read so many of the comics and seen a lot of all the different incarnations, a lot of these answers are gonna be answered with examples from the 2003 series, the 1990 movies, the classic comics, and the IDW comics, since those are the ones I grew up with (and thus more attached to) and in the comics’ cases, more familiar with/knowledgable of.

Also please forgive any typos.

Give me a fandom and I’ll tell you…

Favorite Male Character

Leonardo Hamato has been and always will be my favorite. Even when I was little, I could sympathize with Leo because we both had fears of failing and were burdened by the pressure to be perfect. Seeing Leo overcome these things inspired me to stick it out and overcome them to an extent, too. 

He’s also just such a good character. An encouraging older brother who would do anything (within reason and his principles) to protect and guide his family. A level-headed and strategic leader who is one of the best ninja of his generation. A humble, honorable warrior who gives opportunities to former enemies to redeem themselves and get out of abusive situations. A dork who can drop his serious brooding to goof off with his brothers and friends. His benign, deadpan sense of humor. His so-proud-of-you-even-if-you-worried-me-into-frustration pride in his little brothers. His trust in April and Usagi to the point that he allows himself to be vulnerable around them. On that note, his moments of weakness that are so realistic. He’s such a multi-layered, engaging character and I adore him. 

Also his character development helped me grow as a person… more details on that below, under Saddest Moment. 

I’ll add that my favorite version of him is the 2k3 version. 

Favorite Female Character

April O’Neil, no contest. April is a freaking delight. A professional technological programmer and hacker with knowledge of antiquities to boot. No matter what incarnation of her you pick, she’s such a likeable, reassuring presence in the TMNT universe. She grounds the turtles in a reality they were previously alienated from (aka the human world). She’s their family, and has fought tooth and nail for them (15/10 would do it again). 

I adore her relationship with the Hamato Clan. She’s this mature presence that can sit with Splinter and just say “Kids” together with him at the turtles’ antics. She’s this bird of a feather with Donatello, who has an equal in intelligence to talk to and work with. She’s this amazing older sister to Michelangelo, who answers all his questions on the human world and doesn’t expect him to keep optimistic all the time. She’s this amazing confidant to Leonardo, who can’t pull the big-brother-card on her and is so thankful that he can’t because it means he can talk to her about anything. She’s this strange mix of sister and mother to Raphael because she doesn’t shy away from his struggles with his inner demons and helps him through them. Her romance with Casey, though different in every incarnation, manages to be heartwarming and hilarious.

My favorite version of her is also from the 2k3 series, since it let her keep her technology skills. IDW April is super precious though. 

Least Favorite Character

Hm… Hard to say. The villains and secondary characters come and go, and even the most annoying villains can have a really good, terrifying episode or comic issue dedicated to them. 

All that comes to my mind are the Ninja Tribunal (who were freaking jerks) or Cousin Sid from the 2k3 series and Walker from the third live-action movie. When I think of the comic characters, all the villains and secondary characters had pretty amazing arcs at one point, so I’m cool with them. 

Favorite Ship

Capril (April O’Neil/Casey Jones) in any incarnation, pretty much. As for the others… I’d say I lowkey ship Raphael/Mona Lisa. Leonardo and Usagi go back and forth between a brotp and an otp for me. 

The love interests from the comics, I’m neutral on, because the classic TMNT writers weren’t actually all that interested in exploring the turtles’ sexuality and romance. The only one I can think of is Radical (Leo’s love interest) and her characterization was… slightly problematic. In the IDW series, they have a character named Alopex and I do like the ship tease between her and Raphael, but I’m waiting to see where it goes. 

Leorai (Leonardo/Karai) is the classic, star-crossed ship, considering one is the dutiful son of Splinter and the other is the daughter of The Shredder. I did ship them when I was growing up with the 2k3 series, but then, well, Karai tried to kill Leonardo’s entire family while he was out of the country and very nearly succeeded and destroyed their home. Talk about a ship sinker. She eventually sort of redeemed herself at the end of 2k3 but like had a romance going with Chaplin, a scientist of hers. So… I don’t know where I stand on it right now. On one hand, their dynamic is still incredibly interesting and on the other, a situation where they’d work in a healthy way would have to be an AU or the like. So I’m neutral on it a majority of the time.   

Favorite Friendship

Gosh, any of the turtles’ friendships with April, as detailed above. Otherwise, any of the kindred-spirit friendships the turtles make are all equal in my eyes. Mikey with Leatherhead, Donatello with Professor Honeycutt, Leonardo with Usagi, or Raphael with Casey. All are amazing. 

Favorite Quote

“In this life, we only have each other. If one of us goes down, we all go down. So focus.” – Leonardo. It sums up their family extremely well. 

Worst Character Death (if any)

Oh man.

SAINW. Same As It Never Was. From the 2k3 series. Just… SAINW. Everyone except April died or is presumed dead in that alternate universe by the end of that episode. On a minor note, Nano. Both times. Poor robot baby.

From the classic comics, Splinter’s death is up there, along with the death of Klunk, Mikey’s pet cat.

From the IDW series, the turtles’ death in their previous (human) lives – getting executed via beheading by The Shredder in front of Splinter (Yoshi Hamato). 

This made me so happy you have no idea Moment

The moment in the 2k3 series in Return to New York Part 1, where Donnie can’t hack into the Foot Clan’s HQ because Baxter Stockman designed the security and April just: “Too bad you don’t know anybody who used to work for Stockman,“ with that raised eyebrow of hers. Donnie just smiles back and allows her the chair to sit at the computer, she cracks her knuckles, and then hacks it in under 5 minutes. Not many of the Aprils get to keep her classic comic-self’s computer skills and that moment was SO. GOOD. The turtles even mention in following ‘previously-on’ segments that they’d have never been able to get through the building without April’s skills.

Any time Mikey shows he’s not JUST the goof but is actually the MOST interpersonally AWARE and INSIGHTFUL of all of them. An example from the 2k3 series in which he sticks up for Leo: “I think all of you should just lay off the poor guy. I mean, it can’t be fun, being the responsible one. And we’re the ones who really benefit. Raph’s free not to think ‘cause Leo does all the thinking for him. Don’s free to dream, and I’m free to take it easy, all because Leo’s busy being responsible enough for all of us.” 

The moment in the 1990 live action movie where Mikey and April team up to take down a Foot Clan ninja and it’s cemented that she’s family to the turtles. “You’re a natural, Sis!” “Thanks.” Also the turtles reactions post-battle to the Big Damn Kiss between April and Casey in the same movie. “All right April!” (Raph) / “All right Casey!” (Mikey) / “9.95!” (Donnie) / “Yeah, that’s the way to go!” (Leo). The turtles ship them so hard, you guys. 

Saddest Moment

Gosh… from the 2k3 series… the moment during his solo training where Leonardo just breaks down from the aftermath of the Exodus episodes. “I’m sorry. I’m… I - I did the best I could. I DID THE BEST I COULD! There wasn’t any more I could have done!!” and the Ancient One asks, “Then why do you blame yourself so?” And it… clicks for Leo. And at that same moment, it clicked for me too. And I started to work to get healthier coping methods for my own anxiety. Sometimes you have to realize how low you are to start building yourself up. I learned that as Leo did. It’s weird how the timing ended up working but… it did. 

In the classic comics when Raphael is turned into a normal turtle and just… everyone’s reactions to it. Especially when they go off to battle and hopefully find a way to return Raph to normal and he can’t go with them. 

In the IDW comics when the turtles realize that not only was Casey (who they’ve recently taken in out of an abusive home) nearly killed by a gunshot at the ambush at the docks, but that in the commotion of escaping, Leo was captured by their worst enemies. 

Favorite Location

Tough one. I love their second lair in the 2k3 series that has the cool cone shaped interior with cool tech makin it up that leads to the garage upstairs. They have purified water along with a working plumbing system, a sweet television set-up, enough room for everyone to live and hone their skills… it’s one of the sweeter set-ups for a layer they’ve ever had in any incarnation, which is why it was such a shame to see it destroyed. The following Reservoir Station Lair was okay but not as cool. 

That said, I still really love the underground, abandoned, and antique subway station from the second live-action movies. I adore the idea of Splinter taking the ticket station as his room and the turtles picking from the carriages. I imagine that that center carriage car is like a guest-room/sitting-room for their human peeps but the other cars are like walking into a different world based on which turtle’s room it is. The stain glass windows and antique tech lying around, the cool stairway…. the place, once free of cobwebs, is an awesome lair. 

This got REALLY long, whoops. Kind of to be expected though given how many versions of the TMNT there are. Thankies for sending it though.

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Faraji with Joi and Raph in the background from season 4 episode 26: the Ninja Tribunal

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Faraji (and Leo) from season 4 episode 26 (Ninja Tribunal

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MSA X TMNT 2003: Ninja Tribunal Chapter 4: Sarah and Laura ask The Fourth/Four Ninja Tribunal about what happened to the Fifth/Five Shredder/They got new Weapons/They fought water monster turtles and brought the First Artifact/First Artifact was Revealed to The Real/True/Demon/Tengu Shredder

Master Splinter is frightened has nightmares and finds out that the TMNT Team and Mystery Teams are alive and well and that they are sleeping. Maisy is fearful of nightmares that her parents were murdered by Tengu Shredder.

They have Family members of Mr. Pepper and Mrs./Ms. Pepper with Three Daughters (Belle Pepper, Cayenne Pepper, Paprika Pepper), Mr. Yukino and Mrs./Ms. Yukino, with Grandma Yukino, Lance Kingsmen. They have Family Members of Roger Minnie and Atta Minnie with Three Daughters (Dorothy (Dorota) Minnie, Esmeralda Minnie, Amy Minnie), Andy Weld, Zoe Weld, Aurora Weld (Andy's Mom), Lando Rivas and Gia Rivas have arrived at Lap of the Gods Location well. They are sleeping.

Master Splinter: What have you gotten yourselves into?

Maisy: Not good... what happened to my Dad and Mom?

- Next Morning -

Sarah and Laura with their Pets and Ruby (Rosebeat) talked to the Four Ninja Tribunal about what happened to the Five Member of the Ninja Tribunal.

Sarah: I noticed 4 Members were currently the last 5 Members. I thought about what happened to the 5 Member? 

Laura: Right, I think it’s Five Member of Shredder? What happened?

Kon: Right, it’s true. We’re not joining 5 Members, we are no longer with 5. We’ve removed him from He has bad Powers called Dark Magic! We have taken him in his casket to separate Two Artifacts from his own. We think Bad People will look for revealed revived Artifacts of Fallen Shredder! Yes, it’s true!

Sarah and Laura with their Pets and Ruby (Rosebeat) are shocked and fearful that listening to the true story

Sarah: Right, we’re going back to TMNT team and Mystery Teams are waiting for us!

Sarah and Laura with their Pets and Ruby (Rosebeat) going back to Teams of TMNT Team and Mystery Teams

- TMNT Team and Mystery Teams are forges -

They have got new weapons

Sarah feels bad that Leo did not get a new weapon, he had kept his weapons

Chikara: Juto-Shisho, the first artifact has been found.

Raph: The one that was stolen?

Kon: The artifact lies on the banks of the Kawachi River, guarded by Kappa Tengu.

Chikara: The Dark One’s demons are poised to claim our prize!

Mikey: Excuse me. Did she say demons?

Sarah: Water Monsters Turtles?

Arthur: (Mind: Water Monsters Turtles? They are Demon Water Turtles?)

Chikara: Right, not good. The Water Monsters Turtles are guarding the first cask artifact.

Juto: The appearance of the fangs is a good omen. Send the urchins.

Kon: Do not return without the cask. [The floats up to the building and the acolytes board her.] For if it falls into the hands of the Dark One’s Heralds, they will be one step closer to resurrecting their master.

Lewis: We won’t fail you.

Sarah: ! (Realize Mind: Who’s Heralds? Wait, it’s right! They tried to reveal revived to resurrect Dark One!?)

Laura: ! (Realize Mind: Oh no! Not good! Better fast gets cask before Bad Teams gets finds revealed!)

Sapphire: Right, better we get the first artifact!

Vivi: We’re going on.

The ship sails away into the sky, leaving the Tribunal and Splinter with Families Members to watch it go. Splinter looks over at the Tribunal, and they turn and walk away. Cut to a flowing waterfall, surrounded by trees. A cask sits atop a boulder around which the water flows. Kappa tengu stalk through the water around the waterfall.

Don: There it is. The stolen artifact.

They see the first artifact guarded by Water Monsters Turtles

Raph: And a whole lot of ugly.

Sarah: I think Water Monsters... Water Demons.

Stephanie: Right, we’re going get the first cask of the artifact.

The acolytes stand in a wooded area next to the river.

Mikey: Come on, Raph, that’s no way to talk about your real family.

Marie: They are Kappa Tengu, River Demons.

Don: I forgot to bone up on demonology before we were shanghaied. Ideas?

Leo: Hit hard.

Bart: Hit fast.

Mikey: I know. Stealth mode. I’ll pull a Hisomi and snatch the cask at ninja speed before Bobo can say banana.

Leo: A fancy set of ‘chucks don’t make you Hisomi, Mikey. Let’s stay in the real world.

Mikey: Real world this. [He places his hands together and closes his eyes.] Focusing, stealthing… [His chi lights up and then a second later, he zips to the top of the boulder. The glow fades.] How cool is that? I-I love being a turtle! [His shout draws the tengu’s attention.] Heh. Uh-oh.

Michelangelo squats down and tries acting like a monkey. The tengu growl and move towards him.

Leo: All right, it’s go time! Get Mikey out of there and grab the artifact. [The acolytes leap into the ankle-high water and charge the tengu, who turn to water and drop into the river.] Huh? Where’d they…?

Sarah Q: Not good! They have water abilities!

Sarah: Better fight off to get the First Artifact!

TMNT Team and Mystery Teams are surrounded by Water Monsters Turtles and fighting with Water Monsters Turtles

Raph: Somebody please tell me that’s kappa for “we surrender”.

Maxy: Water! They can travel through water!

He struggles against two of the kappa as Lewis is knocked down by a kappa and fights to hold it back with his sword. A kappa chases Marie and Raphael as they run towards the cask. The kappa leaps and lands on Raphael’s shell, knocking him down. Another kappa plows into Marie and throws her into the river. When she tries to rise, it plants a paw on her chest and pushes her head under the water.

Sarah: ! Not good! We are surrounded!

Laura: Right! They need to Powers!

Sarah: Right, Come in! [Her glowing chi activities] Rosesine!

Sarah fights with her Metal Baseball Bat and hits Kappa in the face to knock them out to destroy

Raph: Marie! [He slashes at the kappa, who pushes him face down in the water. He manages to get his head up.] Come on, focus. [His glowing chi activates and he leaps high overhead.] Banrai!

He begins spinning, turning into a buzzsaw, and slices through the water and tengu, which frees Marie. Meanwhile, Vivi and Vera are both being held down by several kappa.

Don: Vivi, Vera! [He focuses and his chi lights up.] Here goes nothing. [He jumps high into the air and begins spinning his body.] Cleaving wind!

He becomes a purple tornado, which pulls the water up into it. The river bed dries and Vivi and Vera are freed. Then the water drops back into the riverbed and Donatello returns to the ground.

Don: Normally, I’d like to understand how an arsenal of magic weapons works before using it, but today I’ll make an exception.

Marie used her chi lights up to use her Fire Scythe to attack Kappa to steam out of water demons

Vivi and Maxy used their powers and Ices to freeze Kappas to shatter.

Vivi: Huh? Good idea!

Matilda: Going on! Frozen Blizzard! (Her chi lights up to use her Ice Sword/Katana)

She sliced frozen Kappa into shattered pieces

Michelangelo runs from a pair of tengu, but they turn into water and whip around him, lifting him up. Inside the circle of water, he focuses and activates his chi.

Mikey: Come on, Inazuma! [He swings the weapon and sends the water flying away from him.] I’m never giving these back.

Mystery Teams used Powers to fight off with Kappas

Leonardo runs towards the boulders, leaps over two kappa tengu, and hops up to stand in front of the cask.

Leo: I got it, guys! Let’s get out of here! [Tengu jump onto the boulder, but he grabs the cask and leaps down.] It’s the water! We have to cut them off from the river. Use fires, Guys!

Lewis with Marie, Bart, Cera and Others with Fire Weapons are shocked

Lewis: !? To stop a river? Right!

Bart: It’s true!? Going on!

Leo: Right! [He drops the cask and snatches Samurai Fire Sword out of Lewis’ hands. Activating his chi, he sweeps the sword around and points its energy at the water.] Gunshin!

They used Fires to Water to burn out steam water. They are shocked at the waterless riverside

Fire flares up and dries the water, which destroys the kappa tengu. The acolytes groan as they rise from the dry riverbed; all but Leonardo who is injured.

Raph: Leo!

He runs to his brother, flips him of over and lifts his head. Leonardo makes pained noises and struggles for breath.

Sarah: !? Oh my God! Better, don’t forget to take the first artifact!

Arthur and Stephanie get to the First Artifact Cask and back to reteam/regroup

Arthur: Got it! Better get out of here!

Cut to the ship as it returns to the Lap of the Gods.

- Back of Lap of the Gods Location of Sunset -

Raph: Yo, Shishos! We got wounded.

The three turtles carry Leonardo. Arthur and Stephanie carry the cask in their hands. Vivi and Mystery brace Lewis between them. Splinter and the Ancient One with their Families run out to meet them.

Mr. Pepper: Lew! They are right!? Wait... They are not good!

Sarah: They have injuries have scratches and bruises, they are fine...

Splinter: My sons! Leonardo. Put him down. [Splinter takes a leather pouch from his pocket and kneels next to Leonardo.] Drink, my son.

He pours liquid into Leonardo’s mouth. The Tribunal arrives.

Kon: The cask. Has it opened? Is it damaged?

Hisomi appears behind Arthur and Stephanie, snatches the cask from them, and speeds to the Tribunal.

Arthur and Stephanie: Whoa!

Lewis: But Master, Leo is injured.

Juto: You should have left him if it put the cask in jeopardy.

The acolytes, Splinter, and the Ancient One with their Families stare at him in shock.

Lewis: But Sensei, I… [He drops to his knees.] He saved our lives, Master. And the cask. Without Leo…

Juto: Your lives are meaningless compared to these artifacts, acolyte.

Splinter: You heartless monster! Have you no compassion for those who would give their lives for you? You are no better than the snarling wretches who serve the evil one!

Kon: Our ways are our own. [Hisomi places the cask on the ground.] But, you and your sons, and your friends deserve to know this, the evil that threatens our worlds, that threatens all worlds, overshadows everything! Compassion, our own lives, even honor. [Smoke rises from the cask and then the lid pops off.] If we fail, the world will fall. [Everyone gasps in horror.] Fall to him.

They got the First Artifact later revealed that Shredder's Helmet belonged to Fallen Shredder aka Tengu Shredder! 

The First Artifact Chest/Casket/Treasure Chest open Artifact cask belongs to Tengu Shredder!

Everyone was shocked and horrified that the first artifact of Demon Helmet was the long-imprisoned, Fallen Former 5 Member of Shredder later aka Tengu Shredder!

Maisy: !? Wait... Not better!

Sarah: ! I can’t believe it!

Laura: Oh no...! I can’t be...

Leo had fully awakened to see the Helmet himself and was just as horrified as everyone else.

Leo: The Shredder!?

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MSA X TMNT 2003 AU: Ninja Tribunal All Chapters

Chapter 1: Mystery Teams are ambushed by mystery warriors and TMNT are ambushed by mystery warriors/TMNT meets with Mystery Teams in nowhere ships to Japan

Chapter 2: Meeting Four Ninja Tribunal/Four Shredders of Ninja Tribunal

Chapter 3: Maisy Pepper remembers japan, when her unknown father who lives in/Kon gives them of Amulets of the Ninja Tribunal Acolyte Medallion/Amulet of the Acolytes/Training was not Successful/Hayashi-Aki attacked them/They were shocked to they’re alive from visions mind

Chapter 4: Sarah and Laura ask The Fourth/Four Ninja Tribunal about what happened to the Fifth/Five Shredder/They got new Weapons/They fought water monster turtles and brought the First Artifact/First Artifact was Revealed to The Real/True/Demon/Tengu Shredder

Chapter 5: The Backstory of Tengu Shredder (The Fifth Shredder)/Maisy Pepper remembers Tengu Shredder who killed her parents in the past

Chapter 6: Splinter felt sorry to Maisy Pepper about she lost her parents/Sarah thinks Maisy's Older Siblings were alive before Maisy was born/Training with Chikara of Strength/Running with Hisomi/Training with Kon of Meditation of Avatars forms

Chapter 7: Fight Demon Rats/They used Light Avatars/Get the Second Artifact of Tengu Shredder

Chapter 8: They founds Maisy's unknown parents' house was abandoned/Maisy Pepper remembers her ex-house/They founds Maisy's Older Siblings are survived

Chapter 9: They realize they are fake imposters/disguised revels to Foot Mystics/Stop Foot Mystics to flee with completely three Artifacts with Casket of Tengu Shredder/They escaped from before collapse of Lay of the Gods/They going to get portal to back to NYC

Chapter 10: They meet the Justice Force/They fight Nano/They used to be small/One of the teams takes out of control chip/Nano is a new reborn friend joined by Justice Force

Chapter 11: They find out to defeat Tengu Shredder, Foot Mystics, Lord Sombra and Crimson/Turned Dragons and Avatars forms/Take Injury Karai to safety

Chapter 12: Story of Father and Sons to Japan/Maisy remembers her ancestor, Glinda who protects NYC and Japan/Karai is waking up in April's Apartment

Chapter 13: Mystery Teams are split up and look at hidden locations Fights Mecha Foot Mystics/Lost Battle

Chapter 14: The Legend of the two ancestors, Glinda and Sandra/Glinda and Sandra fought Lord Sombra/They got Sombra to imprison the book of Urban Legends/Crimson was evil grinning and walks to Tengu Shredder

Chapter 15: Tmnt and Mystery Teams with TMNT Phones drop to their Enemies and Allies to together

Chapter 16: TMNT and Mystery Teams are knocked out by Tengu Shedder and Fight Tengu Shredder/They are unconscious and use Amulets to Spirit of Hamato Yoshi to fight Tengu Shredder/Spirit back to TMNT and Mystery Teams/Tengu Shredder uses Dark Magic more/Tengu Shredder into Dragon

Chapter 17: Maisy remembers to Amulets to Spirit of Hamato Yoshi giving them and herself some dragons/TMNT and Mystery Teams into Dragons and Avatars forms/Dragons-TMNT and Dragons/Avatars-Mystery Teams fight Dragon Tengu Shredder/Power Drained Dark Energy of Tengu Shredder to normal Tengu Shredder

Chapter 18: The Amulets to Spirit of Hamato Yoshi giving TMNT and Mystery Teams their dragons/Maisy saids to Lord Sombra "Hope u like being imprisoned, sombra"/Lord Sombra was finally imprison in the book of urban legends

Chapter 19: Their Amulets to Shattered Destroyed to Spirit of Hamato Yoshi killed Tengu Shredder for good/The Spirit of Glinda and Sandra punishing and turns Crimson into stone as a statue/The New York City is back to normal

Chapter 20: TMNT Team and Mystery Teams Celebration about Tengu Shredder, Lord Sombra and Crimson are finally defeated/Maisy saw the spirit of her unknown parents/Maisy Pepper's unknown parents are proud at their daughter, Maisy/Maisy Pepper was now part of the pepper family/Ending

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My favorite thing about Back to the Sewers is the wedding episode where fuckin, nothing makes any sense. Why is the Ninja Tribunal there? They never even met Casey or April. Karai and Chaplin? Good to see my ship still sailing, and I guess they kinda started a redemption arc in the tribunal season, so it's probably fine that they're there... I guess the Utroms were also fine? They were funny, but again, they've only ever shared screen time with the Turtles not Casey or April. (Could you imagine how funny it could have been if those Utrom Casey fought with in the Search for Splinter showing up, reminiscing on how they hated Casey and then saying that they'd become friends off-screen while the Turtle's were trapped in the future?)

But! Casey and April spent Christmas with Professor (his two boys should have been invited too), Silver Sentry (the rest of the Justice Force is allowed but they're on thin ice), Usagi and Gen, completely understandable that they would be there... The Damyo watching on is weird, him being there would make more sense than the Tribunal, because they also spent Christmas together. But Bishop? He wouldn't care and have better things to do. I fuckin' forgot the Rat King existed, but there's no reason for him to be there either.

And there were like 70 Foot soldiers? The Ninja Tribunal and the Justice Force had a problem dealing with 70 Foot soldiers? What?

Honestly like you're telling me the NINJA TRIBUNAL is there and they can't do shit??? I'm--

The wildness of the final episode is just. aough.

KARAI AND FUCKING CHAPMAN SHOWING UP KILLS ME. LIKE SHE THREATENED TO KILL YOU ALL SEVERAL TIMES. SHE HATES YOUR GUTS. SHE'LL BETRAY YOU FOR HER FATHER AGAIN IN THE TURTLES FOREVER MOVIE. THEN HAVE ANOTHER REDEMPTION ARC SHE DIDN'T DESERVE AT ALL. I'M SO MAD ABOUT 2003 KARAI. YOU HAVE NO IDEA. I'M PISSED ABOUT IT. WHY SHE EVEN THERE??? WHO INVITED HER BUT NOT FUCKING UNCLE AUGIE??? WHERE IS APRIL'S GODDAMNED UNCLE!!!! OR HER S I S T E R???