Review: Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles “Flushed but Never Forgotten; Lair Games”

Overview (Spoilers Below)

Flushed but Never Forgotten

A mutated goldfish goes after the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles that reveals itself to be Splinter’s revenge to teach them a lesson.

Lair Games

April records a documentary about the Turtles taking part in a number of Olympic games confined to the sewers.

Our Take

Well, well, well. Look at what we got here. When we first previewed this show ahead of the rebooted pilot, we noted that Nickelodeon has never had a positive take on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise. And judging from the show’s new primetime/Saturday Night slot featured on the least important Nickelodeon network of the bunch, it sounds as though we’re kicking off the beginning of the end of Nick’s latest iteration, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Essentially, this series is Nick’s reaction to what is perceived as a positive one to Cartoon Network’s equally terrible Teen Titans Go! Take a slew of legendary comic book-inspired heroes, inject with a heaping needle filled with The Looney Tunes, and go from there…right? Well, in the case of Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, it didn’t work. Need proof? Look no further than in this pile. The concept? Premiere the show on Nicktoons on rehashed storylines, even so much so as thwarting what could’ve been positive with how the mutated goldfish was presented in the premiere episode, we instead get what is effectively a “prank” episode.

There is nothing good about Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, not one redeeming quality. And this is coming from a guy who really loves Ben Schwartz, however, I think he would’ve done better as the correct depiction of Leonardo, as opposed to this ham-filled franchise.