Cat Face Ninja Turtles - Bootleg Zones

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have been fused with cats from the looks of these knock offs! It's finally time to look at some figures specifically ripping off the 2003 TMNT series!
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[@ColonelMustache]

"Who's that, your sister?...Cousin? What's the matter, couldn't get a date?" *SGREDDED!*

[@Dreadjaws]

_"Teenage Mutant Ninja...!"_ _"Teenage Mutant Ninja...!"_ _"Teenage Mutant Ninja...!"_ _"Heroes in a half...!"_ _"Turtle...!"_

[@loneshewolf74]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Thundercats, Teenage Mutant Ninja Thundercats, Teenage Mutant Ninja Thundercats, Felines in a half shell! TABBY POWER!

[@goufr3540]

How is that not a thing now....MAKE IT HAPPEN. Do it for Wabuu.

[@Tareltonlives]

EESHOLES!

[@brendakrieger7000]

Awesome

[@handsomebrick]

Meowabunga!!

[@SuperCosmicMutantSquid]

Thundercat BUNGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! or Cowa- HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[@TheSomewareMan]

I always hated how they had to censor Mikey's lion sword in the UK version.

[@Tareltonlives]

Please, those are the Crazy Cat HERO turtles

[@smb-c3po]

I hate how the UK is too oversensitive about everything.

[@TheSomewareMan]

@@smb-c3po Yeah, the University of Kentucky really is the worst, ain't it?

[@peucoman]

Instead, they gave him two weak-ass Lion Yo-Yos, I always hated them

[@pjgathergood6987]

UK airings also (sometimes) edited out Panthro's nunchucks in Thundercats. ..And these Turtles knock-offs look kinda like cats... There's surely gotta be some "amusing" far-fetched connection there that I can't be bothered to make up right now.

[@TheNewOrchestra]

Sgredder vs. the Tccnage Mutant Ninja! The most classicest of cartoons bootleg wars! Collect the all!

[@phreakazoith2237]

The Turtles will regredd the day they challenged the gredder

[@furonguy42]

The 2003 TMNT was often on when I was a kid, but the last episode I remember seeing before the channel I watched Saturday morning cartoons on lost the broadcast rights, was some cliffhanger ending where they traveled back in time and accidentally killed Shredder in the past. Never saw the resolution to that cliffhanger, but I think I'll jump to the conclusion that the timeline was altered such that Shredder was renamed to Sgredder and the Turtles were replaced with green tccnage cat monsters. Don't mess with time travel, kids!

[@smb-c3po]

I miss that era of my childhood, my Uncle Mike got me a Donatella figure.

[@thekeeperofsecrets1615]

I owned a copy of the underground mutant experimentations episodes

[@FrenchPaul1988]

That sounds like an interesting concept. Depending on how far in the past this happens and Splinter's backstory, the Turtles could have erased themselves from existence.

[@gormworldYT]

The "cat" nose is something that some turtles actually have! A species of turtles genetically has that weird kind of nose in nature,sooo...... *close enough!*

[@Tareltonlives]

Sideneck turtles!

[@destroyerofheroes]

"I have always liked...MEOWABUNGA"

[@trevingrayek1671]

That skit at the end just makes me want to see Phelous review the 2003 series. One day...

[@Maswartz226]

Agreed. Or at least a Top Dumbest Moments list

[@smb-c3po]

But the thing is he'll probably have to be stoned when he does review it.

[@Hauptseite]

He updated a video's description (I believe it's his Turtles Forever review video) saying that he's since watched the 2003 TMNT and actually rather enjoyed it, at least up until a certain season I think. Ironically, this made him dislike Turtles Forever even more because he realized (like how I did earlier) that the 2003 Turtles were also acting out of character. Turtles Forever really feels like it has two totally different groups of Turtles and not the '87 and '03 groups.

[@smb-c3po]

@@Hauptseite Hopefully someday the true 2003 Turtles will return.

[@gracekim1998]

@@smb-c3po maybe you should drop off the face of the Earth and stop annoying everyone with your BS?!

[@DragonHiss4]

It was nice of them to suggest buying the legit figures. They're like the precursor to the, "If you like this, BUY IT!" torrent providers. Also, I'm glad Mikey finally switched to a greatsword. Had to respec his build to have more strength, but it was worth it.

[@monsterforge884]

LIONARDO and MEOWCHELANGELO!!!

[@LyralioRC]

Now we're just missing DONYATELLO and RAWRPHAEL!!!

[@U014B]

Don't forget *_PURRBY, THE FIFTH..._* *_...UH, TAT? CURTLE? WHATEVER!_*

[@BloodrealmX]

@@U014B Well, these _are_ some cheap tat...

[@SirRosser]

OF COURSE Raphael is the leader of the group - he was transformed from the norm by the nuclear goop!

[@richardpulido4624]

Raph being the leader actually happened in Rise Of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. At least for a while.

[@lotus-prince]

7:47 Yes, probably. The holes in the back make them look like kunai - a kind of ninja throwing knife.

[@RokuroCarisu]

The kunai is a modified hand spade and too bulky to be thrown effectively.

[@Clippit97]

Phelan, you've clearly not studied your 2003 TMNT episode lore. The bootleggers clearly based this on the episode where Shr- Oh, I'm sorry, SGREDDER and the Big Cheese team up to destroy the all-new mutated Samurai Pizza Turtles.

[@tinkerer3399]

My god. They're building a knock-off connected universe! Tortoise Rider has to team up with the Teenage Mutant Ninjas to defeat the dreaded... okay I cant recall a villain reference so let's say Sgredder and leprosy.

[@diegodankquixote-wry3242]

Cursed images from satellite pictures: neko Tmnt bootlegs. Edit: some softselled turtles have noses that *some what* resembles the Tccnage Mutant Ninjas. Guess these ninjas won't be reflecting bullets off their shells!

[@kaffykathy8729]

still better than the CG in Cats 2019

[@tommydeonauthstheouterids9641]

Or the crappy cgi turtles in those Michael Bay movies.

[@Tareltonlives]

♫Do I actually see with my own very eyes a man who's not heard of a Jellicle Turtle?♫

[@TetsuDeinonychus]

Guess they couldn't decide between a TMNT knock-off or a Thundercats one, so they made it a little of both. That or they're mutant versions of the Lion-Turtle from Avatar.

[@TommyDeonauthsArchives]

Nope, it's the former.

[@peucoman]

Phelan, those "cat turtle" head molds resemble Mecha Godzilla's 2nd incarmation (see: Godzilla Against Mecha Godzilla, 1992) Now I want this crossover to be a thing

[@tristanayala2755]

Wow! Never noticed until now! Does that make splinter Garuda?

[@Tareltonlives]

Never noticed that and now I can't unsee the 93 Mechagodzilla

[@tf2godz]

The packaging makes me really nostalgic for the 2003 series, not so much the figures bundled into them. They just give me nightmares

[@xandervampire195]

The things in the straps on their chests are called kunai. They were originally farming implements which ninja in feudal Japan repurposed as weapons and climbing tools. You were very close when you guessed that they might be throwing daggers as, when used as a weapon, kunai functioned pretty much exactly the same as a throwing knife.

[@SammyKablam]

Def shoulda gone with "Meowabunga".

[@krimsonklaww611]

7:50 noobs: infinity gauntlet Me, an intellectual: infinity *SWORD*

[@UmbraeNacht]

Cat-turtles? So, Dr. Hutchison and Filburt's kids got action figures...

[@TommyDeonauthsArchives]

Thanks, now I can't sleep.

[@mathieuleader8601]

@@TommyDeonauthsArchives here comes pain then the relief

[@rorrim0]

If I had to guess that translation was probably meant to say "the teenage mutant ninja turtles save the earth once more."

[@floatingf8783]

I got a Little Ceaser's ad before this video. How appropriate.

[@gagaplex]

I guess they are Lion Turtles from Avatar.

[@danielsrandomchannel1472]

Where’s the EastWest dub of Dingo’s Frog Prince?

[@rodrolliv]

Stuck in a time loop while on another dimension or smthn...

[@smb-c3po]

Phelan was too stoned to find it, man.

[@danielsrandomchannel1472]

Sora Song no, he had the DVD in the Town Musicians of Bremen review.

[@smb-c3po]

@@danielsrandomchannel1472 But I still think he's a stoner and that's okay.

[@littleman7514]

Daniel’s Random Channel Dingo never made a Frog Prince movie.

[@U014B]

Well, that explains the Samurai Pizza Turtles cartoon I saw the other day. _(ᴡᴀɪᴛ, ɴᴏ ɪᴛ ᴅᴏᴇsɴ'ᴛ)_

[@krimsonklaww611]

If nobody trademarks Kirby, the 5th Ninja Turtle, I'm gonna do it myself, so that Phelous and the bootleggers have to pay me.

[@BATCHARRO]

Chr'awll... Duke Innacurates... The one TRUE Sgredder!

[@Clonekiller66]

Teenage Nyutant Ninja Purrtles

[@itsdawheelchair2307]

TMNT: The Return of Yellow Leonardo.

[@Jayness]

Best part of my Friday is coming home from work, getting drunk and watching some old dude to talk about rip of toys in details. Highlight of the week.

[@MsDjessa]

Phelous and vodka makes my Friday. ; )

[@HORRIOR1]

When can we expect to get some 2003 Turtles cartoon reviews?

[@Goldstar_]

Joining Phelous' Patreon and making a financial contribution to request some would be a start.

[@BlUsKrEEm]

You should cover "S.T.O.P. Vs S.C.U.M." A GO Joe knock off line with a post apocalypse story added on

[@literallyfigurative4543]

COLLECT THE MALL!

[@WillKeaton]

You know what those cat turtles look like? The super buff versions of the turtles from that two episode anime. Anybody have any idea where that lion sword is from? It looks familiar, but it's not from Thundercats or Voltron...

[@Alejandroigarabide]

Maybe some season of Power Rangers? I find it familiar too.

[@caidalee1994]

7:14 Ah yes, TMNT, my favorite anime

[@gracekim1998]

And then he eventually found an ACTUAL Turtles anime🤣

[@TemmiePlays]

Turtles fight with honor and catnip! ...no wait, that's not right...

[@floatingf8783]

Mikey: Sword of Olives, give me pizza beyond pizza!

[@HeilRay]

Michelangelo complete with leprosy action.

[@marplatense31]

What's with Mikey's huge sword? Is he trying to be Cloud?

[@RichardWatt]

Isn't Mikey's sword shorter than Cloud's?

[@CrimsonMoonM]

A new Turtle named after Jack Kirby would actually be pretty neat. Just to throw some comparatively modern artists into the naming scheme to spice things up once in a while. Not TOO modern though, wait for a bit of time to pass to prove their long-term influence on the world.

[@LyralioRC]

Picasso, Mondrian, Delaunay, Kandinsky, Matisse, Braque... Anyone from the early-to-mid 20th century would fit the bill at this point. I seem to also remember a really high-quality fancomic with a new turtle named Renoir.

[@BloodrealmX]

One! Two Three Four! One! Two! Three Four! Teenage Meowtant Thunder Turtles~!

[@boeingnz]

The lion sword look like it came from the brave robot series. I dont know which one though.

[@171QA]

Wow, it’s amazing how far they went to make this like the ’03 version without it being that same one.

[@jessmccart3937]

Filbert on Rockos modern life married a cat are these his grownup offspring .Shades of Clark Kent secret identity.

[@Bismuth83X]

There's a Samurai Pizza Cats joke to be made here somewhere...

[@Alejandroigarabide]

SGREDDERRRR!!!!!!!!

[@maxordman4100]

Very weird and whacky turtles toys for sure! I love their whacky giant weapons! You should do more videos related to the 2003 series! It’s my favorite version of Ninja Turtles so I would be ecstatic to see your thoughts on the series! Terrific ending skit too! Truly fantastic!

[@Hauptseite]

Somehow, Shredder yelling, "Those blasted ninjas!" isn't as memorable as, "Those blasted turtles!"

[@SsnakeBite]

haven't watched the video yet and I already love this bootleg from the name alone. Oh, Ninja Turtles, you crazy cats!

[@nomduclavier]

I came here for humanoid cat-turtle ninjas and was completely let down. You failed us, China. Mexico. Antarctica. The world. The world failed us.

[@BrinIoca]

I wish I had seen this 3 years ago so I could be the first to type “meowabunga” in the comments

[@NodDisciple1]

07:47 I think they're either Kunai (Japanese throwing knives) or darts, so yeah that.

[@TommyDeonauthsArchives]

The 2003 Ninja Turtles are my jam!

[@CattyMintgum]

Cant wait for the live action Crazy Cat Ninja Turtles Movie. We will finally see KIRBY THE FIFTH TURTLE on the big screen! Who would play Sgredder?

[@BurnRoddy]

I have an older version of that sword in my home from way back in the late 90s. Its all one piece of very durable hard plastic, it doesn't have the lion face, its all yellow. By the looks of it I think it's from a cheap chinese knockoff of a Sentai Megazord or something like that.

[@SOK39]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Teenage Mutant Ninja Teenage Mutant Ninja Heroes in a half shell Power!

[@blanddull6881]

Just mentioning fox box put fighting Foodons in my mind.

[@12fuzzyrats]

I honestly like their head sculpts, they kind of remind me of the lion statues outside of east-asian temples. I'd definitely use them for customizations if I got my hands on them.

[@dunes8817]

Considering how easily these seem to fall apart, I'm not sure even furries would want to get them, regardless of curiosity.

[@eugenezhitnikov]

I vaguely remember I had the set of "cat" ones. I mean, there were 4 of them in one package. But there were two identical ones like Leo showed here and two more identical ones for whom I don't remember the appearance. As for the weapons, there were katanas just like these and a pair of sais, maybe something else but I also don't remember.

[@MissAshley42]

The use of screws surprises me. Fastening screws requires effort, and the amount of flash left on the limbs suggests effort was in short supply.

[@awesomeperson531]

I had no idea there were 2K3 TMNT bootlegs

[@Silverstar_]

If something exists and its' popular, there's a cheap knockoff of it.

[@MathewHaswell]

Now you know - and knowing is half the battle!

[@wiibrockster]

This is painful for me to watch. The 2003 TMNT Series and toyline were my childhood

[@SigEpBlue]

I dunno about everyone else, but I always stick around for the last two minutes or so of these videos.

[@noeffortrandomness3182]

Pretty cool how much were they.

[@phelous]

I think I got them for like 10 bucks, it was quite a while ago.

[@xrosrider6062]

Would this be the end result of the crossover of ninja turtles and samurai pizza cats?

[@wstine79]

Let's get some Catnip Pizza!!

[@Blackdragonsama]

there's some serious mikey SAINW going on there...

[@keyvan_a.z.8633]

Looks like cat mikey turned into old mikey from "same as it never was" episode. Lol

[@kagehikari4281]

Well my cat came to me when i called him. But then again, he was kinda part dog, and flying monkey lol(i say that for his nature to jump on backs and doors and swing from door hooks... he was not a normal cat)

[@KewlNerd20X6]

Meow-abunga, dude!

[@RokuroCarisu]

Please tell me that Tortoise Rider plays a totally random eurodance song! :D Oh, by the way, I recognize that lion sword. It's "originally" from an off-brand Transformer.

[@Dronkey64]

Michelangelo has joined Thunder Cats.

[@blackheartzerotheundergrou3225]

You saw those faces, and just *_HAD_* to get them...!

[@deadaccountlol9189]

Teenage mutant neko turtles

[@LadyCoyKoi]

Thank you China... I always wanted to know how TMNT and Thundercats would look like if they ever fell into a tank of ooze together. Those turtles really have dominate genes.

[@hideshisface1886]

These are some weird molds - the faces look like they are based on early iteration of Godzilla, actually - so there is a decent chance these are some weird Frankenstein's monster molds, put together from several other figures, re-molded and modified here and there.

[@WalterBennett]

wonder when that video on Raphael but on a MOTORCYCLE!!!!!! will come out

[@BloodrealmX]

One! One! One! One! ONE! ONE! ONE! ONE! Teenage Mutant NINJA Cardback~!

[@mathieuleader8601]

toxiplasmosis succumbs the footclan

[@skelnhelvers3238]

MEOW-A-BUNGA😸😼😽😾

[@tornadomimicyclone6707]

7:52 is basically what happened to TOM in the Forge

[@Maswartz226]

All these Yellow TMNT bootlegs were actually early bootlegs of Jennika.

[@bootsthecat6718]

Cat-Turtles fight with honor!

[@gracekim1998]

There’s a fifth turtle?

[@wstine79]

Do these turtles have Voltron faces?

[@NamelesslyNamed64]

Ah yes, Rapn

[@ItsSoDane]

I'd put pupils on them with a sharpie marker.

[@StCerberusEngel]

"Listen up you primitive screw-heads!"

[@iKadaj]

the cat heads look like they were bootlegged off old godzilla bootlegs and just put a headband on them

[@glitchhunter09]

Did you ever review tortoise rider?

[@phelous]

Not yet, I have one though so it'll be coming.

[@MrDman21]

I wonder if Eastman and Laird know about these knock-offs 🤔

[@zipherdias420]

I cant believe they wasted screws for these.

[@phreakazoith2237]

maybe the teenage mutant ninja cat heads are from a totally different action figure that got turtleized together with the weapons

[@BugsyFoga]

CATABUNGA !!!