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In the pantheon of beloved 1980s pop civilisation , there ’s no dubiousness thatTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesranks among the very best for an full contemporaries . Whether it ’s the laughable books that kicked off the enfranchisement , the animated series that add together to the core mythology , or the premature films that took the mutant martial artist into lively - action , everyone has their favourite .
As usually bechance with belongings so darling , news of a advanced reboot prove divisive before the first particular even surfaced . Thankfully , the finished mathematical product was a far cry from a failure ( readour review ) and in reality kepteven more faithful to the source material than require . And with decades of comical , idiot box and film account to delineate upon , we would n’t expect any less .
Needless to say , there will beSPOILERSin our list ofNinja Turtlestrivia , so read at your own risk .
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April in Yellow
Just as the Ninja Turtles themselves have become synonymous with the color of their headband , so too has intrepid reporter April O’Neil become excellently know for her yellow wardrobe . While the yellow jump suit was adapted to a yellowish waterproof in premature bouncy - action at law film , Megan Fox ’s translation keeps the tradition alive through a yellow jacket crown ( along with the fiber ’s signature reddish hair - dark , but reddened ) .
Burne Thompson
Not every callback to the reference material is as soft to tell apart as clothing or colour , but April O’Neil ’s overpowering editor undergo a bit of a makeover . Burne Thompson of Channel 6 was make to give another episodic antagonist to the Turtles of the 1987 cartoon , but in the picture , the character is sexuality - switch toBernadetteThompson -played by Whoopi Goldberg .
Jim McNaughton
The sudden visual aspect ofSaturday Night Livecast member Taran Killam in the Channel 6 tidings elbow room belike took many by surprisal , but it ’s the reference he ’s revealed to be playing that would view the attention of only the most devoted fans . O’Neil give birth a slam of her own in which she come to to Killam ’s insulting fibre as " McNaughton " - as in Jim McNaughton , a workfellow of O’Neil ’s from the 1986 comic .
Karai
Although the responsibleness of Karai ( Minae Noji ) as the lieutenant to central villain Shredder may have seemed equality for the course , the high - grade Foot Clan fellow member may have been far more significant than it seemed . In the past , Karaihas been write as the daughter or niece of the iconicTurtlesvillain , at times even outrank him . While the picture show variant does n’t get to wear her own set of armor , the tinge of red in her hair is a nice court to its vividness scheme .
April’s Fainting
While causal observer might await an ambitious diary keeper to have ice run through their vein , April O’Neil has show a tendency to become … well , as overwhelmed as anyone would be by the mass of enormous humanoid reptiles . Her tendency to lose consciousness was carry over from the comics into the 1990 film , and the same reaction can be seen in the in vogue meeting .
What’s in a Name
heap of film fans may bristle at what they see as a change to canon , with April O’Neil now implied to have named each one of the Turtles ( laboratory experiments in ' Project Renaissance ' ) . While April ’s exact grounds for selecting the names of Italian Renaissance - geological era artists may have been altered , it ’s not the first clock time that she ’s been given the purity in the many versions of the comic books .
Hip-Hop Christmas Album
When Raphael first evince a desire to go away behind his brothers and head out into the macrocosm alone , it ’s Michelangelo who severalize him he ca n’t - his hip hop Christmas album is still in need of a ' Hype Man . ' The Brother show an interest in impromptu music later on in the film , but this line is potential a reference to the very - realWe Wish You a Turtle Christmas , a direct - to - video special featuring the Turtles ' " Wrap Rap . "
Brand Loyalty
To make certain that one of his Son spills the beans on the Turtles ' nocturnal dangerous undertaking , sliver tempts Michelangelo with a Pizza Hut pizza claimed to contain more cheese mixed bag than ever thought possible . While the explanation for the pizza - lie with pal switching from Domino ’s Pizza to their longtime competitor is never provided , we can only assume that the sting of a moldy pizza spanned two decades .
Splinter’s Slice
As is expected of the movie ’s stars , their munition throw light workplace of their favorite food - pizza . While the brothers may not recreate the football passes of previous live - natural process adaptation , director Jonathan Liebesman did repeat the previous jest of having a gash terminate up on the capitulum of an unamused Splinter .
TCRI Canister
The new film sets the hot - action line of Splinter and the Turtlesin line with that of the original comic books , as mutate subjects expose to an alien ' ooze . ' The acronym for Techno Cosmic Research Institute ( TCRI ) was alter to TGRI ( Techno Global ) forTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II : The Secret of the Ooze , ease up its non - exotic origins in that tale . But in the new reboot , the iconic tin - and its original initial - rest intact .
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Aliens? That’s Stupid
You ca n’t say that the moving-picture show ’s work party does n’t have a good sense of humor . After producer Michael Bay got himself into raging water with fans by misinterpreting the foreign origin of the sludge , and claim thatthe new Turtles would be from an alien race , all were quick to even out him . The Turtles are once again sport ( from an alien ooze ) , but Vernon Fenwick ( Will Arnett ) makes the same error . April is quick to correct him by explain that to assume they ’re aliens is " stupid . "
Baxter Stockman
The significance buff come out in the fictional character of Baxter Stockman look largely on the version they ’re familiar with . In the comic strip , Baxter was the inventor of the automatonlike Mousers , leading him to become a cant robber , later on a dangerous humanoid . In the cartoon , he is most famously know for his strange transformation in to a human being / fly loan-blend . Thecharacter ’s theatrical role in the futureis a mystery , but Stockmandidappear in the film , played by K. Todd Freeman in a abbreviated flashback to the experiment that created the Turtles .
Utrom Tease?
The alien race known as the Utrom may not be known to every buff , but the small , pinkish beings ( resembling a human brain with middle and a mouth ) take on a pregnant function in theTurtlesmythology . Namely , since they are the source of the exotic mutagen that create both Splinter and the Turtles . And according to many sources , the Nipponese artwork belong to Eric Sacks ( William Fichtner ) bear a few brief figure of the Utrom .
For the record , the famous cartoon villain Krang is normally not think a true Utrom , but with the filmmakers already think ofpotential Dimension X stories in future photographic film , any prickteaser of one or the other will be welcomed .
Miyamoto Usagi
When Eric Sacks first see for himself how successful Project Renaissance truly was , he is shocked , claim that the bailiwick had initially plan on " using rabbits . " While moviegoers took a second to imagine ( and like for ) a squad of teenage mutant ninja rabbits , those in the know took it as a direct reference to Miyamoto Usagi , the genius of amusing serial publication " Usagi Yojimbo " ( literally " Rabbit Bodyguard " ) .
In his own comedian , the brainchild of Stan Sakai is delineate by his part as a Nipponese ronin ( a samurai without a master ) not his animal appearance , but a number of crossover between Usagi and the Turtles have forever linked the anthropomorphized animal warrior in the minds of many .
Arrested Development
The fan follow enjoy by Will Arnett ( playing Vernon Fenwick ) is due in orotund part to his function as ' Gob Bluth ' inArrested Development . Although this office was more serious than those fans have follow to expect , the thespian did work in an unmistakable Easter nut to anyone look for one .
The want of food in the Bluth Family ’s poser home led to some residents mix parmesan tall mallow and mustard greens into an edible ( ? ) substance . After the portmanteau became a running jest in the show ’s late season , Vernon can be seen making a sandwich with the two condiments when April O’Neil calls for his help .
In gain , Fenwick can be heard heed to a somewhat iconic saxophone unaccompanied from the song " Careless Whisper " - made illustrious by George Michael . As in George Michael Bluth , Gob ’s nephew .
Project Placement
The treatment of how good or distracting product placement inTMNTmay be is a conversation for another twenty-four hours - but short after the Turtles ( minus Raph ) have been kidnapped by the Foot Clan , a billboard for the upcomingProject Almanacis featured quite conspicuously along a New York City street . While Paramount was no doubt appear to give the cinema some extra tending , Almanacalso fall out to be the directorial debut of Dean Israelite , Jonathan Liebesman ’s cousin .
Turtle Van & Theme
The key signature arrange of wheels for the Ninja Turtles may have been snagged from Baxter Stockman in the toon , but it come courtesy of the Foot Clan in the late reboot . Beyond the rouge job return the iconic Turtle Van to the picture mythology , Donatello can be take heed playing a riff on the toon ’s theme song with the vehicle ’s horn as well .
Happy Together
The closing moments of the plastic film prove that Mikey is just as much in love life with April O’Neil ( in a friend way , of course ) as in former films . In this pillow slip , he demonstrates his romantic aim by serenade April with impromptu karaoke of the 1967 hit " Happy Together " - originally execute by The Turtles .
Raph’s Armor
Although it may be hard to view each of the Turtles ' novel character pattern in full during the film ’s action , that does n’t mean the decorator did n’t conform to in a few Easter testicle for eagle - eyed viewer . For Raphael , that include one of his metal armguard , apparently fashion from a trashed Campbell ’s soup can . According to others , his shell is marked with the idiomatic expression " Mikey was here " - written in Japanese kanji .
Donatello’s Gear
The wealth of cobble - together technology and wiring that give Donatello his edge in analyzing the battlefield is home to a few odd detail , but film director Jonathan Liebesman confirmed toi09that his geared wheel also includes a ( belike well - worn ) tribute to the Ninja Turtles ’s pastvideo gamefame as well :
I ’ll say you what I designed , but I do n’t think you ’re admit the product arrangement . There is a Nintendo controller on his arm . A vacuum cleaner on the back . A solar panel on his back to power all his stuff and nonsense . I to begin with wanted an Xbox on his back to sort of be the CPU that powers everything .
Conclusion
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