#the next mutation

[theblorboscalledtheturtles]

joining the fandom 30 years late

[nyxchipz]

The next mutation is not good. In fact it is bad. But I can still hallucinate and pretend Venus and Donnie had an active sibling rivalry based off like 2 jokes in the show because I love Venus and I kind of liked Donnie too.

Venus I will save you.

Also the catchphrases are so terrible in this show but I haven't been able to stop saying "certified-turtlefied" all week and it's ruining my life I hate this show but I can't bring myself to hate this show

[snackugaki]

part 1 

did I have to cut it there? yes. why? because I’m p-e-t-t-y, I’m petty all the time  ♪ ♫ 

but also, the image cap boo

the tags cannot contain my full power some of my really good tags got eaten by the tag limit and they’re grudges I keep in a little pile in my heart

did this silly little fan comic get away from me? ...YES

was I gonna originally stop it there? also yes but you know... I love being snide and petty but after catching covid like a week ago I’m not gonna bring any bad juju with me into next year if I can help it

I forgot how fucking neon the coloring got for awhile in the archie comics

im cryin g this was supposed to be a short’n sentimental’n sweet comic and now look at me, i played myself

look, Venus has waited a quarter of a century, she earned this

i think... what tickles me most about Venus after coming back to TMNT fandom via Rise, is that from what I can see (on tumblr), the kids love her. they love her and make versions of her in the series that came after the 90s. i look at their bios, some weren’t even born when Next Mutation was airing. (and as far as I can tell, Next Mutation didn’t really get much syndicated airtime if any) ...and they still love her. hurt me in my old little heartguts. it’s mostly my generation of tmnt fans who express distaste for her... but the new fans, they love her, they include her in their aus, they make a place for her in their childhood series. hoo h oo giv give me a moment..

if I could pop back into 1998 and tell little 13 year old snackugaki that Venus would be back, I would. all I had were Trini Kwan and Venus de Milo (not ONLY them, just for the purpose of this post) as a fighty, angry little girl. 

all my childhood idols who could fight were calm, level-headed characters who could just happen to throw a villain through a wall if they really needed to. if it wasn’t for them who knows where baby snacku fite meh! gaki would be today. going up against Rhonda Rousey for the championship belt idk, who can accurately estimate the magnitude of childhood influences, not this bitch

if you’re also in PST and wondering why I typed up this post at goddamn 3am then we’re both insomniacs, you didn’t see me, stop snitching

EDIT: I KNEW IT, SOME OF THE TAGS GOT EATEN! HATEFUL! HATEFUL TUMBLR LIMITATIONS! ahhhhh it’s whatevs

[tmntismdoodls]

yippee and yahoo

used a reference used by @adorkastock for the pose :3

[mcmadcanvas]

i know a lot of current fans came into tmnt through rise, but i wanna know, which was your tmnt baby?

[lotus-duckies]

i like that raph's gender is motorcycle girlie

[slady-ao3]

I'm rewatching "The Next Mutation" for the first time since it debuted and... it's not as bad as I remember thinking it was.

Oh sure it's cringe how the boys initially act creepy around Venus and yeah, we didn't NEED a girl turtle ever. Not that I ever hated her as a character- I've always liked her personality and while I didn't understand not giving her a different color bandana at least they didn't make it pink. (Which says a lot back in the 90s, heck even now.)

Yes the series is campy... the puns, the sound effects, etc. But it really wasn't a bad blend of the '87 cartoon and 90s live action movies.

Heck, maybe it's because since then in later iterations we've seen some weirder stuff that puts it in perspective. Who knows.

The main thing I remember back then was Leonardo pointing out what I thought was obvious even as a kid- they were raised together but not biological brothers because they were random pet shop turtles. Didn't change how much I admired how close they were and wished my own family was half as caring as they were...

Anyway... my favorite moment is probably this right here, Leo just watching everyone fuss while he eats straight out of a jar of peanut butter because this is an entire mood most days. XD

[whattraintracks]

1. Watching His Favorite Movie - every iteration I've ever seen

My headcanons based on vibes and thrown together in the middle of the night

1987 Raphael

becomes the most annoying person you’ve ever watched a movie with 

ever 

has seen this movie ten dozen times, can and will quote it by heart 

would rather make fun of everything in said movie, witty one-liners galore 

all the snacks which he chews obnoxiously and loudly 

1990s Raph 

as background noise to literally anything 

once he saw it and decided yep this is my favorite he never sat down to watch it again 

he's got things to do and ain’t nobody got time to sit down and watch a movie they’ve already seen 

just has it playing while he works out or cleans his sai or does chores or whatever 

but if someone tries to turn it off he will get pissed, he was paying attention thank you very much and that was the best part 

TNM Raph 

on his own, he either gets super into it or just passes out halfway through 

with some else, he must make them understand why this is in fact the greatest movie of all time 

the kinda guy that goes wait wait wait here’s the best part and gets mad when you don’t react correctly to his favorite scenes 

the guys hate him for it because they’ve all seen this movie a million times 

but Venus has not! and he takes full advantage of that fact 

2003 Raph 

is pretty thoughtful and quiet about it 

mostly because he likes to pull it out when he’s having a low-energy day or just feeling nostalgic 

must be doing something mindless simultaneously: knitting, eating, I don’t know, laundry?

is also super insightful about it, can and will dissect the plot 

hums the soundtrack to himself for the rest of the day 

2007 Raph 

prefers to watch with at least one other person so he can ✨ discuss ✨

always uses closed captions

loves the IDEA of sneaking into theaters to see it but can’t stand watching it straight through 

frequently pauses and rewinds, especially loves extended cuts and commentaries 

will get sidetracked halfway through by video essays and online debates courtesy of Donnie

2012 Raph 

his level of enjoyment is directly proportional to the amount of scoffing 

even alone actually, it's not just a tough guy act 

it's like when you know something is objectively awful but you unironically love it anyway 

if someone misreads this as dislike or disinterest and suggests turning it off they will be threatened within an inch of their life 

hates interruptions cannot stand people who talk while watching his movie and gets really frustrated when he can’t finish watching it in one sitting 

Rise Raph 

DO NOT GET NEAR HIM 

the closest available object and/or person will become his personal teddy bear for the duration of any scene that makes him emotional 

otherwise he’s reenacting the entire thing, as a one-man show or with his siblings 

definitely knows it by heart and all of the trivia 

particularly all the obscure actors and stunt people 

M&M Raph 

so loud, oh my wow, both him and whatever device he’s watching on 

reacts every time like it’s the first time he’s seen it 

especially loses his mind if he notices something he never has before 

talks about it for hours afterwards 

will subconsciously adopt all the catchphrases and verbal quirks 

[scarredwoods]

I am writing the next chapter of the Samurai and the Kappa fic right now and I'm trying to have a long discussion with myself on who could be the next leader and why or why not. But I feel like I want other people's input on the whole situation.

By the way, this is just in general, I'm not specifically talking about the IDW turtles, I'm talking about all the turtles from all the different iterations. I'm trying to lay out each of their pro and cons and who could most likely be second in line for leader. But this is a decision that comes from Leo himself. He has to choose who he's resigning his title to. So I have to keep in mind what his opinions would also be and who would he choose. Which is what I'm struggling with.

So If you guys could vote and go out of the way to explain why, that would be very helpful, thank you

[bulbabutt]

I’m the wrong person to ask to be objective about next mutation because every night when I can see the planet Venus in the sky I blow it a kiss because I am think abt her

[jebbabunga]

She holds a special place in my heart😿

+ the next mutation venuses in background

[hotheadedhero]

Does anyone here remember that weird tv series called The Next Mutation? I remember owning a set of four episodes on vhs when I was a kid

The memory of it came to me in a fever-induced dream

And I'd like to go back to forgetting about its existence

Even they look mad about their place in this world

[bobauthorman]

TMayNT Day 30: Favorite Human Villain

I'm sorry, but I love Simon Bonesteel from The Next Mutation. He's such a weird guy, a mix between Kraven the Hunter and Ace Ventura, a poacher with outrageous mannerisms and character tics. He's silly enough that the Turtles don't take him seriously, but also dangerous enough that he almost gets them a few times.

[theblorboscalledtheturtles]

you've been visited by the money Leo. You don't get any money if you reblog tho but just look at this guy