Let’s go back and relive some of the most bizarre moments from the original TMNT cartoon.
Newsflash:Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesmay not have been the most normal Saturday morning cartoon ever.
There were a few unusual episodes out there that stuck out more than others did.
Hence why Im here, putting it right at the beginning of my weirdest ninja turtles episodes list.
But it has to be antique, got it?
Oh, did I mention he holds the secrets to creating liquid nitrogen too?
The kind that can sit there for eight years and never age because its stuffed with preservatives and vaseline.
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Meanwhile, guess what?
A mad scientist is making a crazy new contraption and Aprils doing an investigative report on it!
That rarely happens on this show.
Luckily, the Badds steal both of these things so they could cause even more trouble.
This is why we cant have nice things.
Enter Howie Hardy: the most annoying Phil Collins since Phil Collins.
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So what does Howie do?
Sounds like something recorded off of a cable access TV show in the dead of night, doesnt it?
Cant you just see the exaggerated rubber pig masks?
Because that would just get to his head.
I mean, there has to be, you know?
There just has to be… Punk-ass Shredder disguises himself as said phantom to use the mysterious organ as an energy source of some kind.
You know how he rolls.
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Read that sentence again if you better.
After this, Howie Hardy was never seen or heard from again on the show.
But in the TMNT/Ghostbusters crossover comic mini-series IDW published, he was seen marrying Irmas counterpart Lucy.
Wonder what happened there?
This time, its the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Leonardo reads the first two pages and tries to make everyone listen to him talk about it too.
Im glad she didnt force him to readAtlas Shruggedor anything.
That would get way too out of hand.
Then Irma tries to hook up with Shredder at the parade.
He looks like hes had enough Midori Sours to go for it.
This spills out of the train yard and onto a couple innocent bystanding bulls.
This causes them to mutate together to become one big giant horny bull!
I say horny because its covered in horns, not because…yeah.
You get what I mean.
You saw the screencap.
Does this sound like the premise of an entertaining episode to you?
I dont need to say anymore, do I?
This episode is a good indicator of why the show went a little off the rails.
And how do Michelangelo and Splinter cure them?
But at least this one tried something new with it having two in the same episode.
His science project a solar magnet can attract the sun towards the earth and burn it up.
Who cares if that would even get a passing grade.
The question is What are you even doing with your life?
Why havent you built a solar magnet yet?
They fight over who gets to destroy the world first.
Sounds cute so far, doesnt it?
Also, something about saving a bunch of fish by unleashing them into the sewers?
I should have just named this article Season 4 Was Fucking Nuts!
Its a little late for that, isnt it?
To be fair, season 4 was over 40 episodes long.
And yes, I know seasons 9 and 10 are considered the craziest ones.
They were truly the weirdest, I agree.
Thats why I put a season 10 episode up there.
Quit with the gnashing of the teeth already (its not good for the enamel).
The townspeople think that Leonardo is the alien because theyre racist.
And why is he doing all of this?
To make his crops grow bigger via laser beams.
At some point, I thought this was anAttack of the Killer Tomatoescrossover.
In fact, now I really wish it was.
Season 4, Episode 29: Whats Michelangelo Good For?
by Francis Moss
Michelangelo!
What is he good for?
Stopping mad scientists and gettin laid, apparently.
But one in particular splices together hybrid beast people on his own island.
His name: Doctor Lesseau.
Do you think that maybe he was inspired by Dr. Moreau?
Yes, I mean Marlon Brando.
No, Val Kilmer was the other guy.
Not the crazy fat one.
Except…yknow what, lets just talk about this afterwards.
Outside of dodging lily bombs in a canoe like Ariel and Sebastian, nothing much happens between them.
He does not kiss de girl.
She kisses his pet pigeon more than she does him, in fact.
I guess she doesnt want the slime to mess up her lip gloss.
She cusses April and Irma out after their exclusive interview ends, showing off her true colors.
Yes, wooden I tell you!
Big Zipp Attack introduces an alien species of debatable cuteness into the mix Zipps.
They also love chocolate.
In that respect, they sound uncannily similar to my ex.
Yet the plot itself is nothing to write home about.
Which is why Im writing for a stranger like you.
But were friends now, arent we?
We survived Howie Hardys singing together.
That kind of thing changes you in the inside.
Stephen Harber is on Twitter @onlywriterever.
