Carter, the sidekick that time forgot

Carter, the sidekick that time forgot - TMNT 1987

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He was a late addition to the 1987 TMNT cartoon, but for several reasons, he remained an obscure character. This is the story of Carter Dawson.
Narrated by Spencer Mayo
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Written by Javier S. Montano
Carter, the sidekick that time forgot - TMNT 1987
00:00 Creation of the character
01:56 The Next Mutation
04:16 Jet McCabe
05:16 Carter, the enforcer
06:04 Written out of the show
08:43 Why didn't this character work?
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@TheTurtleNexus Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! What are your thoughts on this character? Leave your comments below.

@tannerprice2018 Жыл бұрын

Ironic that this character never showed up again after he decided to stay in the year 2015, until he was brought back as an Easter egg in the 2012 series.

@melancholy7526 Жыл бұрын

Is there a specific episode ?

@swslwatts 11 ай бұрын

@@melancholy7526 I think it was season 4 requiem. They were watching that stupid chris Bradford cartoon. Carter's mutant form had a cameo as an Easter egg.

@disneyknightspadilla1406 8 ай бұрын

Even though he doesn’t have much appearances, but in the original, Carter seems to be like a better version of Casey Jones . I wish someday he and Casey are the same person.

@mrcrazyinstinct5822 Жыл бұрын

I do think that Carter is a character that's worth giving another shot again, if Venus can get another chance in the IDW comics. I think there's room for Carter too & to truly flush him out better as another supporting human character to the turtles other than April and Casey~

@upfrontspeaker77777 5 ай бұрын

he was a replacement for Casey they screwed up with their portrayal of Casey

@4KidsTMNT2003 Жыл бұрын

I think Red Sky seasons needs a more love than 87 sacrilege seasons.

@BrendanJSmith 9 ай бұрын

By sacrilege seasons, you mean seasons 4-7, right?

@Flashshadow 11 ай бұрын

Part of me does hope they eventually revisit Carter in a future TMNT adaptation… 😌

@averymerrick 10 ай бұрын

In Season 10 (1996): Carter get taken away to the future to get his mutation cured (Turtles to the Second Power). We never see or hear from him again, so whether or not the cure was successful: we'll never know.

@Darksnovia Жыл бұрын

I forgot this character even existed

@timdakis2107 Жыл бұрын

I hope NECA will make a Figure of him also like they did with Zach.

@srstriker6420 Жыл бұрын

Good thing that you have Lord Dregg on your list

@TheTurtleNexus Жыл бұрын

He is more than just in the list, he is coming up in a couple of weeks. 🙃

@srstriker6420 Жыл бұрын

@@TheTurtleNexus good to hear

@xcmet Жыл бұрын

I felt that Carter was never forgotten, just ignored. They shoulda have included Carter and his transportation in the new TMNT Shedder Revenge Game. I would have accepted him more than April.

@jamesmoss3424 Жыл бұрын

Carter should come back one day. 😀👍🐢

@jinmiguel6884 Жыл бұрын

I always liked Carter. He was cool, smart, but also hip and full of himself but learned. He's basically to 80s Donetello, what 2003 Casey is to 2003's Raphael. But unfortunately he spawned and died on this show.

@tonycrosby9384 Жыл бұрын

You know, in the Batman TMNT adventures comics issue 6, there's a African American boy who's dressed like Carter in the crowd of people.

@thepoeticbutcher3370 Жыл бұрын

….. I gotta check it out.

@srstriker6420 Жыл бұрын

You think he would have fitted in the IDW comics because he could be useful in the Armageddon game which has begun and I thought he was inspired by Keno from Secret of the Ooze.

@TheTurtleNexus Жыл бұрын

I heard this before and I don't see it (being inspired by Keno). Keno was created before the movie was written, specifically for Ernie Reyes Jr., to me that is a similarity (in that it was an imposition). But I feel like both Keno and Carter are based on an archetype. Also, while Keno didn't have enough time to get developed in the movie, he wasn't a Jack of all trades like Carter. What I think probably happened, was that the writers took some things from Keno (there are specific moments when the same things happen to Carter). But other than those few moments, he is just a sidekick to the turtles. As for IDW comics, I am sure he will show up in some form there eventually.

@srstriker6420 Жыл бұрын

@@TheTurtleNexus what kind of archetype?

@TheTurtleNexus Жыл бұрын

@@srstriker6420 I am not sure right now, but every now and then you see heroes with very capable sidekicks with their own motivations and conflicts. So to me, it's more like both Keno and Carter follow that same formula.

@tylercamp8808 8 ай бұрын

For characters like Carter and Cody Jones they are better thought of as disposable characters since they never appeared in any adaption (especially since it is during less than memorable seasons) and are not significant enough to be brought back.

@disneyknightspadilla1406 8 ай бұрын

Actually,carter seems like a better version before Casey Jones.

@wretchedreject8700 Жыл бұрын

I'm surprised that there was no mention on Carter's superficial resemblance to the foreground character on the front cover of TMNT comic book issue #3.

@TheTurtleNexus Жыл бұрын

It would be out of place for this channel to make videos about coincidences (unless there is something ironic about it).

@johnsoehnlen4781 Жыл бұрын

I have mixed feelings on Carter. His addition did help to revive my interest in the series. However, it also felt like an intrusion as well since the series already had lots of potential characters who could aid the turtles. When season 9 originally came out, it was a mixed bag. If you missed one of the serialized episodes, then you knew you were missing something and that was a major problem back in the 90s.It made me want to tune in each Saturday to find out what was going to happen. I didn't get a chance to see season 10 until a couple of years back. As an adult, I can appreciate the red sky seasons since they seem more maturely written. It's hard to watch season 3 in comparison. I got away from TMNT after The Secret of the Ooze and only saw an episode of season 4 and after here and there until season 9.

@averymerrick 10 ай бұрын

Network meddling (CBS) was also responsible for Shredder and Krang being Put on a Bus and replaced by Dregg during the ninth season. They also forced the show's creators to introduce a "hip" new character, eventually resulting in Carter (who was pretty much an African-American Expy of Keno from the second TMNT movie). After these changes weren't liked by the fans, rather than admit they might have been slightly misguided in these demands: “the executives fired head writer David Wise* & replaced him with Jeffrey Scott (who had never even watched the series before): *speeding TMNT '87 to its demise.*