The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are pop culture icons with almost every generation since the 1980's having their own version of the characters. Be it animated or live action we've all experienced some form of what the TMNT brand can be like well I want to talk about one of the episodes that I grew up with just because I like this version of these truly iconic characters and so then join me as I review the episode that introduced punk frogs to the TMNT world with the episode in question being called simply just "Invasion Of The Punk Frogs" enjoy.
The plot of this episode is Shredder sets about making new mutants to join him in his fight against the turtles but when the the turtles get wind of this they go about trying to stop his latest evil scheme once and for all. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad with this episodes plot being dumb but enjoyably dumb in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Starring in this episode is Cam Clarke as Leonardo and Rocksteady , Barry Gordon as Donatello and Bebop and Townsend Coleman as Michelangelo and Attila The Frog. Also starring in this episode is Rob Paulsen as Raphael and The Mayor of New York City , Peter Renaday as Splinter and A News Reporter , Renae Jacobs as April O'Neil and Boy At Florida Swamps , Pat Fraley as Burne Thompson , Napoleon Bonafrog and Krang , Jennifer Darling as Irma and Mother At Florida Swamps , James Avery as Shredder , Jim Cummings as Genghis Frog and Captain Hoffman and Nicholas Omana as Rasputin The Mad Frog.
Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. With all of this episodes cast members turning in some really good performances which really isn't all that surprising since alot of this episodes cast members are either voice acting or just acting legends.
Doing the actual animation in this episode is the legends and the greats that are currently over at A-1 Productions. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad . While there was some animation errors in this episode the overall quality of the animation that we got to see in this episode was of a very quality and looks almost feature length worthy.
As the title of this episode would suggest this is the episode that introduces to us to The Punk Frogs who I really don't mind as characters. Altho what really bugged me about these characters is the fact that none of them are given any kind of personality trait to speak of and so it's hard to tell which frog is who making things worse is the fact that they all sound the exact same and so we the audience have no way of telling which frog is who and that makes it harder for anybody to form a connection with any of these characters.
I do like the idea of The Shredder pretending to be a good guy just so that he could win over the trust of the frogs. Which just goes to show you just how conniving and smart that he is and it makes me wonder why we don't see this side of him more in TMNT media since that would open up a whole new realm of story possibilities and it's something that makes him look more like a smart who knows what he;s doing and alot less like a thug who is doing evil things just because there evil here in this episode he has a clear plan and a clear end goal in mind and that makes all the difference.
I do like the idea of showing the turtles training since it shows that they take being heroes seriously and are always trying to get better at being heroes. My only complaint is the fact that we don't get to see more of them training since that does open itself up for alot more comedy which would fit in with the over the top and rather campy tone and nature of this show and heck we could even see different turtles training just so we could see how each turtle would handle each different situation that's thrown infront of them.
Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty two minuets and thirteen seconds. Which is pretty much the bog standard running time for an episode of this show to last however I would have liked if this episode was at the very least five minuets longer since it would have allowed you to fully develop the characters of the The Punk Frogs a little bit more and it would have allowed the show makers to fully develop the story a little bit more as well and since this shows entire reason for existing was to sell toys making the frogs more fully developed characters would have also have helped sell toys as well and it really does help that this episode has some really good pacing to it with this episode really just flying by.
So now then since this is an action show that means that I have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty pretty lackluster. Since even tho this episode builds up a fight between The Punk Frogs and the TMNT we don't get to see them fight at all which could have been pretty cool to see and what little action we get can only be described as OK at best in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Overall this wasn't a bad episode since it was a fun episode to watch but at the same time it's quite clearly not this show at it's best either which does make the episode hard to watch in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very review and as such that means that this very episode earns itself a grand old score of exactly a 7 out of 10 from me.
Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website that I personally preferred to use to get the images that I personally used in this very review being the wonderful the official Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fandom wiki page since all of the images that are currently up and and featured / presented to us on the official Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fandom wiki page are all fairly high in quality and as well as being fairly freaking high in definition.