Breaking Down the Painfully Bad Ninja Turtles Christmas Special

[@ShinoSarna]

That Christmas, 4 people broke their legs by falling down sewers because turtles stole manhole covers.

[@jackofallclaws6672]

He’s saying April O’Neil autographs.

[@Jaden-bp6kh]

Jack of All Claws that part has the worst audio I’ve ever heard

[@rikpine719]

ya i could tell it on the first listen.

[@LocalTorchwoodIntern]

That makes me even more scared

[@batman-gu7pm]

A jose conseco bat???

[@stephenlanoue5041]

how great/terrifying would it have been to have April O'neil make an appearance and she's also represented in a shitty anthropomorphic latex human costume. no need for it but seeing what they would come up with makes me think of the garbage pail kids movie.

[@NDHFilms]

It looks like those feet were designed by an uncredited Rob Liefeld.

[@bigghoww]

🤣

[@UnbelievablyGauche]

This is like my art teacher from 20 years ago going through my assignment of which I'm eternally embarrassed and ashamed and showing it to everyone I know.

[@AL-ws5yi]

“And it was one of the worse pieces of garbage to ever be committed to video.” Oh if you’ve only seen some of the things I’ve seen... shudder.

[@064-l3h]

pizza time 😉

[@Udgrasil13]

Have you ever heard the Tragedy of Neil Breen the Disturbed ? kzbin.info/www/bejne/iWOll6aYj7Soiqs

[@NDHFilms]

10:07 "Is he supposed to appreciate four manhole covers? Would anyone?" I can't help but think the Jake Gyllenhaal character from Nightcrawler would love that gift.

[@jonothanthrace1530]

Static would probably appreciate them.

[@Clay3613]

Holy shit, that's a deep reference!

[@RobotsPajamas]

"We should be all set as long as we don't show their feet at all." "Perfect!" Proceeds to show them on screen for a bunch of shots.

[@kdisley]

10:04 "But what would Splinter do with most of that stuff...?" Same thing everyone else does with useless, unwanted Christmas gifts... sell 'em on eBay and buy something he actually wanted in the January sales!

[@RobotsPajamas]

Those Adidas are brand new. I'm assuming they shoplifted them.

[@Mikeanglo]

Nah...that's where the ENTIRE budget for this thing went.

[@thekidkrow]

It amazes me how quickly they went from the quality and genuine fun of the first film to this.

[@aaron2709]

He's saying "Twelve aprio ougo auto-craps."

[@qty1315]

He's actually saying 12 April O'Neil autographs, which is both sad and hilarious. They found 12 autographs from April in the trash and gave them to Splinter for Christmas.

[@qty1315]

@ Dammit! I thought that I destroyed every copy of Under Cover.

[@AllenFreemanMediaGuru]

Great! In 2011 I was in LA and went into a comic store which just happened to have Keven Eastman’s art studio inside it! I did not see anyone and walked around and found a glass case with these costume turtle heads! Then Keven walks in and I got a photo with him. Very friendly! I had not watched this show before!

[@diffenheim]

I think its 12 April O'neil autographs :)

[@cabacage3593]

René Dall ‘tis ‘tis!

[@crooker23]

seems like there was way more existential dread than i remember in TMNT

[@MrShake77]

“How about giving them the middle finger and calling that a gift?” Lmfao, this is hilarious Chris.🤣

[@rickyg.4004]

Classic Comic Tropes episode. Thanks for the laughs and Happy Holidays. May your halls be decked with mucho pepperoni.

[@LARKXHIN]

"How about just giving them the middle finger and calling that a gift" LOL

[@utubepunk]

Has anyone else mention Splinter said April O'Neil autographs? 😏

[@difficultbastard]

The turtle Christmas special, give as a present to someone you don't like.

[@nilus2k]

Haven’t watched it but would “Up from the Sewer” be a parody of “Up on the House Top” which is a sorta shitty Christmas song about Santa(that they made you sing in school)

[@LocalTorchwoodIntern]

Oh God I had to sing that song in elementary school with dumb choreography

[@FTT4]

It's a parody of "over the river and through the woods" iirc

[@TheSchmuck2]

Oh, it's 12 April O'Neil autographs. It's just hard to understand with that bad, fake Japanese accent.

[@Clay3613]

He couldn't just ask himself? That's by far the laziest gift the turtles got him.

[@jonothanthrace1530]

"So are you going to hire a voice coach so I can do a decent accent?" "No, just mumble a lot"

[@Dominickudo]

Thank you for doing this not a lot of people talk about this bad turtles piece of media as much I wish they would’ve brought this up on the toys that made us episode.

[@JunoAuerWatson]

I am absolutely living for how your narration turned this into a Lovecraft video. Its wonderful

[@ostrider3500]

Holy hell I laughed for 3 minutes straight and it hurts. This killed me

[@truefanforum3273]

The last time I saw big mouths full of teeth like these, I was watching a Critters movie.

[@coreylineberry8557]

Critters Attack?

[@truefanforum3273]

@@coreylineberry8557 Actually that's the only movie in the franchise I have not seen. I really must change that soon.

[@coreylineberry8557]

@@truefanforum3273Apparently it's really bad.

[@truefanforum3273]

@@coreylineberry8557 Oh, that's sad to read. I will probably still watch it just to see how bad it really is. Thanks for the info.

[@doryb6775]

I think I lost it at “where did these street urchins come from?”

[@mr.uncleg5307]

Yo Chris, this had me in tears. Thank you

[@SylentEcho]

My god, Chris what have you done?! You've unleashed the apocalypse on our brains. 3:58 is the stuff nightmares are made of.

[@pandaman6721]

at 9:52 he sings "12 April O'Neil autographs" April O'Neil is the reporter in TMNT

[@NoJusticeNoPeace]

4:29 Um... are those _testicles_ on Raphael?

[@JamieMPhoto]

If Donnie put the framed pizza in a museum, he could make a cool 100k.

[@pitufosplayplace]

Super funny haha. This whole thing made my day, your halarious my dude. Loved this, thank you!

[@Krompulos]

Thank you, I can't wait to see this! Looks like it will be even more of a classic than the Star Wars christmas special.

[@scallysnix.2975]

and I thought it was lost to time...

[@clippedwings0]

Favorite quote: "This is a concentrated 25 minutes of nightmare fuel."

[@callmeinstead]

Lol pretty sure Splinter is saying "12 *April O'Neil* autographs"

[@Rockgod2099]

I mean, I kinda love trash like this though. Put on the subtitles and put it on in the background at a holiday party while you play a good holiday music playlist.... people will find it fun to laugh at.

[@truefanforum3273]

I'm pretty sure that whoever made this special earned permanent places on the naughty list.

[@myopicmanatee6432]

My brother actually took me to a Turtle concert. It was a lot of fun for a Turtle fanatic like me at the time. The concert was also when my brain was forced to acknowledge that the Turtles were not real and my name was not Donatello.

[@tanakasean262]

The disappointment and annoyance in your voice makes me believe you lost a bet😂😂😝

[@DaleyKreations]

Did you know there is a _sequel_ to this? It's called Turtle Tunes where the Turtles try and put on their own TV show (mainly to copyright free nursery rhyme music). The production is SO cheap that they use the exact same closing credits for both the Xmas special and Turtle Tunes (if you look very closely you can see the credits mention a Ninja who never shows up, and in Turtle Tunes there is a credit for Santa Claus even though that special clearly takes place in the middle of summer)

[@spaghettisultan5484]

Good to see Star Wars, X-Men, and Rambo have more members for their Xmas trauma support group.

[@theajshow]

This is so amazingly horrible. It makes the "Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation" look not so bad. ...but also still bad.

[@stevenking3659]

NECA announced a series of xmas turtles (in their socks and all!)! Neat stuff!

[@rasheduldeepon8733]

Happy holidays man!

[@ComicCollectionComplete]

Thanks Chris! Fresh outta Japan!

[@LungsOutJem]

You covered this quite well. This was one of the worst things put out in the original run of Turtles popularity.

[@octosalias5785]

I came for the sick bass riffs of the ComicTropes theme song, and stayed for the nightmares.

[@genkaiba15]

7:32 D-did you just thank Krum...? Like, from Conan the Barbarian? ...is this real life? No, Chris! Don't punch that camel! "Oh hi! You caught me watching the Turtles' Christmas special. Speaking of specials that make someone want to punch a camel...."

[@000MidnightSun]

Critics are calling it everything from "shit" to "fucking shit"!

[@morganhanam9522]

well, a friend just gave me a fancy ceramic tiolet plunger , does that count as compitition with the pizza frameed?

[@Fromage10x]

Up from the sewer is based on the somewhat famous Thanksgiving/Christmas song and poem, over the river and through the woods.

[@MathewRenfro]

@9:54 12 April O' Neil autographs turtlepedia.fandom.com/wiki/We_Wish_You_a_Turtle_Christmas

[@VHShit]

Anyone know what pinball machine they have down there?

[@HovektheArtist]

Am i a terrible person for really liking tmnt 3..... Probably But this special made it look like avatar

[@scotx1307]

And, much like the Star Wars holiday special, this didn't happen. So we shall never speak of it again.... ever. Never. Ever. Again.

[@JeffWittyArt]

Go ninja go ninja go! Lol!

[@TerryAB]

It’s crazy how corporate want to save money, these costumes are disgusting

[@davidtdunlop]

I never noticed how much you sound like Kermit the frog until you narrated over the top of him... it’s your fault Chris... it’s your own fault!! 😂

[@paulattardo3024]

Omg, lol

[@GodsBurden]

Splinter is saying “April O’Neil autographs”

[@justletmechangemynamegodda5156]

I think I found Horikoshi's inspiration for the design of Stain the Hero Killer

[@sdm47]

Up from the sewer is actually sung to the tune of over the river

[@genericstickman5967]

What are you talking about this is the greatest thing since bread

[@jonothanthrace1530]

The band Bread?

[@AceLM92]

James Rolfe of Cinemassacre did a review of this video a few years ago, but he had the decency to keep it as minimal as possible. Why did you have to elaborate? Now I'm going to start drinking again to forget the horror LOL

[@elbarto6668]

Master Splinter: Look How They Massacred My Boy.

[@micahmx6002]

Actually that's a common misconception with these musical TMNT films and shows. You see, apparently it's a continuity all of its own, in fact the backstory is some sort of strange amalgamation between the 1987 cartoon and the 1990 movie. This is actually even addressed in Phelan Porteous review of TMNT Coming out of Their Shells. Even in this universe Baxter Stockman remains a human. And I'm pretty sure the age order of the turtles was changed in this one as well.

[@UnbelievablyGauche]

The socks 😢

[@walterendres4829]

At least the Ninja Turtles Christmas Special takes place in a universe where Christmas exists, unlike the Star Wars Christmas Special ...

[@kennysp666]

yeah, but The Star Wars Holiday Special is set in a galaxy far, far away

[@Clay3613]

God doesn't care about the Outer Rim.

[@CMCustom112]

1:48. They look like a nightmare from attack on titan

[@qty1315]

Sweet, I got here in the first hour.

[@jordanlee5445]

Can you do a video on Jonathan Hickman next?

[@thebigzapfer8696]

Splinter says - 12 April O'Neil autographs

[@kevinrhea7332]

Cowabunga Chris!

[@Kantohammer]

12 April O’neil autographs :)

[@qty1315]

Imagine finding twelve autographs of a local celebrity in the trash.

[@Tyler-jp3uj]

That was horrifieing, real nightmare fuel 😂

[@mattakudesu]

It looks like they designed the costumes by using a ninja turtle action figure as a guide.

[@simonlopez-xx1bi]

Regular frogs+ Rugrats = These god awful thing's faces.

[@michaelclarke4009]

did everyone stop sending fan art all together?

[@shaharlackritz1553]

Waited for this

[@tanyaharmon6739]

Btw all tmnt properties are part of tmnt multiverse. THIS IS ONE OF THEM!

[@Mbq-sh6bj]

Regarding the Turtles and their teeth: Nostalgia Critic did a vid on Barney the Dinosaur and how exposing the teeth has an unpleasant effect on the audience. Also, as a comic book guy, you've probably noticed how pencilers (like Jim Lee) don't draw individual teeth but instead hint at them with a white mass when their characters are baring them in a fight expression unless it's for specific / dramatic effect.

[@FTT4]

I'm reminded of the teeth on the live action sonic before the redesign.

[@awesomeperson531]

I come to back to the special every year. It's a problem, send help

[@danielroper817]

7:41 holy hell

[@joncarlson2492]

April O'Neil autographs is what I heard

[@rolandkatsuragi]

Very AVGN like commentary there Chris, I prefer Phelous' turtle material though.

[@TalkingPulpPress]

"Deck the halls with pepperoni"? Was this for kids?!

[@batman-gu7pm]

No. It was for midgets

[@unclemetal8774]

Why weren't they able to use the original costume in the second and third movies?

[@ComicTropes]

They used the same ones in the second film but the lighting was much brighter so it looked a little phonier. The third one didn't use Jim Henson studios.

[@DaleyKreations]

@@ComicTropes The Creature Shop made the suits for the 1st and 2nd movies but made different suits each time. You can definitely tell the difference. Also I've seen interviews where they said technology had advanced enough that they could fit most of the servos etc directly into the heads for the 2nd film as opposed to having to hide a lot in the shells for the 1st film

[@sdm47]

He said April O’Neil autographs It’s very clear, I don’t see how you couldn’t catch it

[@AscendantStoic]

Ninja Turtles Christmas Special gets made. Ninja Turtles fans most affected!

[@UnbelievablyGauche]

Which is worse, this or the star wars Christmas special?

[@AL-ws5yi]

I’d say it’s a toss up.

[@GuruGeorge1111]

Great stuff.

[@TerryAB]

The kids looked annoyed they probably ate McDonald’s

[@gothamcitycomics6981]

12 April O'Neil autographs

[@harmany08]

Pretty sure he said April Oniel autographs

[@r.n.7731]

Time for a new video! Hi

[@michaellangwaller]

There is always the Star Wars Christmas Special.

[@ckpeck222]

It was 12 April O'Neal autographs

[@coastalsandwich]

Are those Gazelles they gift him tho

[@ilitardo160]

Make more akin to this video please

[@JoshuaMontell]

Hilarious episode!