Talk:List of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles characters

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Contents 1 Error with Slash and his video game appearances? 2 Granitor? 3 Aska? 4 Movies 5 Just to Point Out... 6 Robots 7 Usagi Yojimbo 8 Lost Season "Spoilers"?

[edit] Error with Slash and his video game appearances?

wasn't Slash also in the first NES turtles game? I think he was a middle-boss guarding tied-up Splinter on some rooftop.

I just looked at the walkthrough of the game [1], and Slash is not mentioned anywhere in it. Unless they used another name for him. -- Ritchy 13:57, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

The first TMNT NES game came out in 1989, and according to the official TMNT website, Slash first appeared in 1990, in the 1987 TMNT cartoon ("Slash: The Evil Turtle from Dimension X") and as a toy action figure. He first appeared in the TMNT Adventures comics in 1991.

Slash definitely wasn't in it. I played through this game many times and never encountered him.

Johan1982

The one that you are thinking of, Ritchy, is Mechaturtle, a precursor to other robot turtles such as the T4 (Dreamwave) and Turtlebot (2003 video game/cartoon series). The S 21:44, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Granitor?

I remember a blue Stone Warrior called Granitor from the arcade game, and the 1987 series, if I recall correctly. He had a bird-like face and stood taller than Traag... Why isn't this character mentionned anywhere? --Dez26 02:16, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Because no one tought of him until you reminded us. Feel free to add him to the list. -- Ritchy 02:31, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Aska?

Why is this character included in the list? She doesn't appear in any of the 7 major TMNT incarnations. In fact, she's only in a single videogame. The article states that only appearances count, not brief mentionings or references. From browsing the list, all characters listed have had some significant contribution to one or more of the 7 TMNT worlds. I really don't think Aska deserves to be on this list. If the videogames were counted as the 8th incarnation, then I can understand her inclusion. Otherwise, she seems very out of place. Ninja kid21 22:14, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

Well, according to what's written, she's apparently got some kind of fan following, so 'that's' probably cause for significance. And technically, doesn't a video game appearance count as an appearance? 72.72.200.21 23:26, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

Ya, I've noticed that she's got a cult following, and I can understand why when you see her in action. =) I do count being in a videogame as an appearance, but I'm only questioning her inclusion on the list because the article refers to the cartoons, comics, movies, and the Next Mutation. There's no mention of the videogames on that list, so Aska looks out of place. If you check the table, she's got red no's accross the board, which makes her seem like she's played no role in the TMNT world. I think the character list would be more organized if the videogames were included, or if Aska were dropped. However, I'd like to know how others feel about this, or if there are any other suggestions. Ninja kid21 23:47, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

Her having a cult following doesn't justify her being in the list. The real question is whether characters who only appear in videogames should be included. I think they should. After all, the videogames are part of the TMNT franchise, even if they are not part of the canon universe. The Image comics and Next Mutation are also not part of the canon, and they are included. Plus, most of the more detailed character pages include a description of that character's appearance in videogames. So I say we should add a "videogame" column to the table.
By the way, Aska is not the only videogame-only character in the list. Slashuur also only appeared in videogames. I see that in the table he is incorrectly listed as having appeared in one of the series. I'll correct that, and add the new column when I have time. -- Ritchy 01:48, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

I added the videogame column. There are a lot of unknowns, as I've never played the games based on the new series. I hope someone who's more familiar with them can fill in the missing information. -- Ritchy 03:11, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

Great work! The list looks much more comprehensive. Off the top of my head, I know for sure that Hun was in the newest videogames. I'm not so sure about the other characters, since I haven't been able to play through all of the games. I'll edit the table to add Hun's videogame appearance. Ninja kid21 15:33, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

I just realized that Professor Honeycutt (AKA Fugitoid) was also in the videogames. Fixed that as well. Ninja kid21 15:36, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Movies

It now appears that TMNT (2007 film) will follow the continuity of the other movies (or at least the 1st and 2nd), and will not be the start of a new TMNT continuity. Therefore, I will merge its column with the movie column. -- Ritchy 19:04, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Just to Point Out...

I've noticed that there seems to be more emphasis on the animated counterparts of such characters as General Blanque and Lord Simultaneous instead of they're original comic counterparts, the same can be said for the organisations article, more specificaly the Triceraton section. I've considered adding information, but to do this I would need to overhaul the sections somewhat. -- Lord Crayak

Well the cartoon series is currently ongoing, and better known than the comics. It's only natural that people would have more information to add about the cartoon version of the characters. But by all means, add information about the comics, and overhaul sections when necessary. Also, if some character descriptions grow very long, feel free to move them to independant pages. -- Ritchy 15:50, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Robots

Right now, we have this page for TMNT characters, and that one for TMNT robots. However, I see a growing number of robots being included in this page, in large part thanks to the Fast Forward season of the current show, which introduced a number of robot characters (Serling and Constable Biggles are good examples). The recent addition of MetalHead to this page, even though it already is in the robot page, got me wondering: should we merge both pages?

The way I see it, several of the robots from the TMNT robot page could be included here (Chrome Dome, Metalhead, Turtlebot and Turtle Terminator). The robot teams (Domemoids, Mouser and Roadkill Rodney) could be included either in the TMNT organisation pages or in this one. The Footmech could go in the Foot Clan page, and the Turtle X would go in Cody Jones' page. Does that sound like a good idea to everyone? The alternative would be to take all the robot characters from this page and move them to the TMNT robot page, which I'm starting to feel would introduce an unnecessary distinction. -- Ritchy 16:59, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Usagi Yojimbo

I failed to see him mentioned anywhere, I understand that he was a separate character from a different comic but he did appear in comics and in the Original Cartoon. At the very least it should link to his wikipedia article. Usagi Yojimbo

Xhadow 17:38, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

I agree. I came here today specifically trying to remember specifics of this character and was amazed to find him not listed considering he appeared in the comics and both animated shows.

KatzztaK 23:15, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Usagi Yojimbo, Gen, Panda Khan, and Cerebus all come from other comics. They really don't belong here as they are not TMNT characters. I can see how some people would be confused, though. Evan1975 02:58, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

As the article itself says, "This list is of appearances, a brief mentioning or reference is not counted." Even though these characters are not exclusive to TMNT, they still appeared, and in the case of Usagi Yojimbo, multiple times. I'm not saying they deserve a full blown article, a simple reference explaining their appearance and a link to their main article would suffice.

KatzztaK 15:58, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

I don't care either way, man. Evan1975 04:16, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Lost Season "Spoilers"?

I noticed that my Spoiler Tags regarding info on TMNT 2003's Lost Season have been eliminated. Given its unaired-in-America status and the fact that most people haven't seen these episodes, I fail to see how labelling information regarding it as Spoilers is "unnecessary", at least during the first month or so (most of the Season only became available this week). I certainly know I'd be pissed to inadvertenly find out the fate of a character just because I chose to wait to see the episodes.

Ian

69.89.38.46 21:15, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

I am the one who removed the spoiler tags. My main issue was maintaining uniformity in the page. None of the other characters have spoiler tags, not even those who appear in the on-going Fast Forward season of the show. I simply didn't think it was necessary to put spoiler tags at all. Though I'm starting to fell it's not that good a reason, especially given the quantity of editing we'd need to do before all the character entries are standard and uniform. You can put them back in if you feel they are necessary. -- Ritchy 22:53, 13 March 2007 (UTC)