Turtle Recall

This week we break down the episode "Funny, They Shrunk Michelangelo". So the big mystery about this episode is that in the title, Michelangelo's name is spelled correctly, but during this time frame, his name was spelled "Michealangelo". Jason and Anna have a great time talking about this episode, as Anna calls it if Miyazaki and Hanna-Barbera worked together. The bath scene alone makes you wonde...

This week we break down the episode "Were-Rats From Channel 6"! Another CBS episode where the turtles question where a character from a previous season is, then BOOM, that character is featured in the episode! The Rat King turns Vernon and Irma into rats, and everything we know about the mutagen is thrown out the window. This episode also features the most continuity than any other episode of the...

This week we break down the episode “Leonardo Lightens Up” with guest Shawn from The Ninja Turtle Nerds! What’s the opposite of Leonardo? This episode shows the answer is Michelangelo as Leo gets a complete personality makeover with one of many of Donnie’s inventions he […]

This week we break down the drug PSA special, Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue with guest Mitch from DuckTalks! To celebrate our 100th episode, we had to get a special quest from the multiverse to witness the gathering of our favorite cartoon celebrities coming together […]

This week we break down the episode “Slash – The Evil Turtle From Dimension X”. Our origin story of the evil mutant turtle Slash! Jason grew up loving the figure that this character is based on. Bebop’s pet gets a super mutation, goes to Earth, […]

This week we break down the episode “Raphael Meets His Match”. The origins of fan-favorite character Mona Lisa!! We talk about her debut in this episode and her only episode in the classic. We also discuss her future incarnations and the fact she was almost […]

This week we break down the episode “Bebop and Rocksteady Conquer the Universe”. Rocksteady and Bebop actually have a smart plan for once, as they make the turtles and their bosses scared as they take over New York to make Sunday the only working day […]

This week we break down the episode “Raphael Knocks ‘Em Dead”. The Turtles get a new TV and satellite service, just to let Raph watch live stand-up specials by himself! He also proves to be the worst ninja as he is kidnapped by 20s-style gangsters, […]

This week we break down the episode “Son of Return of the Fly II”. This is the first episode that aired on CBS, in which we see that the turtles are back in New York to go against Baxter Stockman and his completely 80s/90s style […]

This week we break down the episode “Elementary, My Dear Turtle”. This is the final European season episode, and the turtles end their tour in England. The turtles go back to the year 1890 and meet Sherlock Holmes as they need to protect the present […]

This week we break down the episode “Northern Lights Out”. The Turtles are in Norway, and they are too busy with Vikings that they have no time to check out the Northern Lights. We learn that Thor had a son named Eric (or Erik) the […]

This week we break down the episode “April Gets in Dutch”. The Turtles are in Amsterdam, where they only talk about wooden shoes, windmills, and cheese. We got an interesting plot where Krang wants the Duchess Diamond and 2 thieves which we only see in […]

This week we break down the episode “Turtles on the Orient Express”. In this episode, the turtles get to tour Europe on the Orient Express going 800 miles per hour (or is it kilometers per hour). Shredder’s plan is to crash the train into the […]

This week we break down the episode “The Lost Queen of Atlantis”. The turtles continue their European tour to go to Greece, where one prank goes wrong and Splinter leaves for the episodes and takes the Turtle Van with him! Again, we have a plot […]

This week we break down the episode “Shredder’s New Sword”. London’s calling! The Turtles and the Foot are in England in this episode as Shredder steals the sword, Excalibur. In this universe, not only King Arthur, but his sword also contains magic powers! Bebop and […]

This week we break down the episode “The Irish Jig is Up”. The Turtles are now in Dublin with April, but no news crew this time. Krang makes a new machine to maybe replace the mutagen that Dimension X had while the turtles take over […]

This week we break down the episode “Ring of Fire”. The turtles are now in Portugal, just in time for the Running of the Bulls. Krang has a ridiculous cartoon plot where he wants to burn the Earth and sends Shredder to grab the sand […]

This week we break down the episode “Artless”. We have our first episode of the European season without Krang and Shredder. Instead, we have 2 generic aliens who want to steal art named after the Ninja Turtles, just by coincidence! We also have our most […]

This week we break down the episode “Venice on the Half Shell”. It’s Mardi Gras AGAIN in the TMNT universe, as the Turtles are now in Venice, Italy. We talk about how April and Irma are just traveling everywhere on Channel Six’s budget, as Krang […]

This week we break down the episode “A Real Snow Job. We get expert help to learn about this episode from Christian from the podcast TMNT – The Talk! As the turtles visit his home country, Austria. We got snow, skies, and the show makes […]

This week we break down the episode “Rust Never Sleeps”. Before we break down this episode, Jason reminisces on how he watched these episodes for the first time. As for the episode, the Turtles are still in Paris and revisit a bunch of locations that […]

This week we break down the episode “Tower of Power”. We start the European Vacation season and explain why we are deviating from the DVD order. The turtles and splinter go by boat to the city of Paris to stay in the sewers there. The […]

This week we break down the episode “Once Upon a Time Machine”. It’s the second half of the Turtles Awesome Easter special! It is also the final episode made for the syndication run. We see the return of Hokum Hare, but he doesn’t really do […]

his week we break down the episode “The Turtles and the Hare”. It’s the Turtles Awesome Easter episode! Where we get introduced to Hokum Hare, so we naturally needed to get the biggest Hokum Hare fan we find, and of course, that’s Mike from the […]

This week we break down the episode “Back to the Egg”. THEY’RE BABIES – wait, wrong Ninja Turtles reference. The first of 2 episodes where Ninja Turtles turn into kids. We see how adorable Mikey and Leo are if they were 5 years old. Also, […]