We are now just about a week away from the release of the latest Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie and well I thought now would be a great time to produce a tie in review. However I will admit that I had a hard time figuring out what the tie in the review should be based on as I already did a Punk Frogs episode back when the film it's very first trailer and poster but I think I found a solid episode to review and so then join me as I review the episode that introduces aliens to the world of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with the episode in question being called simply just "The Incredible Shrinking Turtles" enjoy.
The plot of this episode is when an Alien crash lands on Earth infront of the turtles he entrusts the turtles to find three pieces of a device only for the turtles to get shrunk by Shredder so now the turtles have to find away to regain their size and find the pieces of this device before it's far to late. 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 but that's also the issue as this episodes plot wasn't all tat good either while it was very entertaining it was also a rather thinly drawn out plot as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Starring in this episode is Barry Gordon as Donatello , Cam Clarke as Leonardo and Alien Pilot and Townsend Coleman as Michelangelo. Also starring in this episode is legendary voice actor Rob Paulsen as Raphael , Peter Renaday as Splinter , Renae Jacobs as April O'Neil , Pat Fraley as Burne Thompson , Baxter Stockman and Krang and the late James Avery as The Shredder and as The Empire State Building security Guard.
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' actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad with the cast turning in some good performances. However this episodes script just isn't that good and it doesn't give the cast a whole lot to work with and so the cast really just can't turn in all that good of a performance as the episodes script just really won't allow for it as it really is just that bad of a script.
Doing the animation for 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 being really good with their being next to no animation errors and just being of a very high quality.
There was one error that I did notice and rewind the episode back to hear because it was super funny to me and that's the fact that when The Shredder gives attacks Raphael you can quite clearly hear a girl moaning. Which to me was just so strange and bizarre that I couldn't help but laugh at it and plus it makes you wonder how this one tiny audio error made it past all the executives just because it's so obviously not Raphael's regular voice and is quite clearly a woman moaning and so I have to wonder if the makers of the show new that it was in there but kept it in as like a hidden easter egg or if an editor put it in as a joke and no one just caught on to it and so they just left in the episode.
I might be wrong but apart from Krang this is the first time we get to see aliens in the world of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Which i'm in two minds since having aliens exist in this world does make sense as this is a more campy adaptation but at the same time since I don't think they out right say that Krang is an alien it seems out of place that they would suddenly introduce them and then have the only alien that they introduce die in just a few minuets after he debuted in the show granted his purpose was to introduce and set u the main story arc for the season but at the same time it's something that really should have been handled alot better then what it really actually was.
For some reason they sideline the turtles for alot of this episodes running time which makes no sense as they key to the plot of the episode. Instead we get to spend alot of this episodes second half with Splinter and April just driving the turtle van to find The Shredder which isn't as exciting as it would have been seeing the turtles trying to survive New York City as really tiny turtles which would have made the episode not only all the more funnier bu also the more exciting and thrilling as well as now the turtles would also be in constant danger.
Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty two minuets and seventeen seconds. Which is the bog standard running time for this show and to this episodes credit it does have more then enough story to cover that running time but at the same time this is a plot line that really could have been a two or maybe even three part episode and just by having it as a single episode means that any potential that this episode had gets wasted because it has to rush along to the next plot point but I will admit that this episode does have some really good pacing to it tho with the episode really just flying right on 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 not that bad altho for some strange reason the only action sequence that we get with the turtles sees them getting very easily beat up by The Shredder and the episodes only other action scene has Splinter taking on The Shredder which just isn't as fun to watch in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Overall this episode was one that had alot of potential to be a really fun episode and while this episode can be fun at times it's also one that has alot of really weird and odd creative choices that bring the episode down in quality 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 mean that this very episode really does earn 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.