Honest Review | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003)

[@MichaelSD91]

TMNT 2003 is what made me fall in love with the Ninja Turtles. For my generation its our Batman the animated series. I still have to read the comics. Never knew that the battle nexis started in this series. So many cool storylines. I thought the section with the Triceraton gladiator was cool and how he destroys the dictatorship by blasting that chair. Hope we get a complete series Blu-ray release box set of this amazing show. 10/10

[@christophergarrett7082]

It came out last week

[@RCDW]

I was born in 1994. Now I'm 29. This version of the TMNT will always hold a special place in my heart.

[@devketchem1955]

Me too man . Those were the days!

[@ForrestFox626]

Another 1994 baby and TMNT fan!

[@User2100]

I was born in 98 and this wil always hold a special place in my heart aswell.

[@ykvert8188]

I was 4 when the show premiered

[@aidanhever3369]

How ironic. 4Kids was notorious for censoring the most intense scenes in popular anime series like One Piece and Yu-Gi-Oh! But here, with the beheadings, body horror and all, it's like it got away with it.

[@darksharinganz3634]

Well to be fair, Shredder had no real head to behead in the first place. So, unless you were 5 years old or younger, I don't see how anyone could not have predicted his death end up being a cop-out as every "death" in cartoons at the time, before, and still long after were all cop-outs.

[@iisanulquiorrahara8]

This show is *the* definitive adaptation of the Turtles for me. A lot of that is that it hit when I was 8 years old, and 8 year old me was huge into series like Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh!, and TMNT (2003). While my retaining of the series as a kid was very sporadic, the ones I tended to watch the most over and over again were the three episodes I had on DVD: "Meet Casey Jones", "Nano", and "Darkness on the Edge of Town". The first was a favorite of mine at the time since I enjoyed both Raphael and Casey in particular a lot in this series. Yet funny enough, as I grew up, I realized just how well made a story "Nano" is in particular, especially when getting a friend into the show and he got to see it all unfold for the first time, as we see an AI with the mind of an adolescent child get roped into a jewelry thief's scheme to strike it rich, but through a series of events becomes an uncontrollable and seemingly indestructible monster. The ending moments in particular between the heroes and the adolescent AI are still honestly heartwrenching for me to this day. Even outside of those ones in particular, rewatching the series has been an absolute trip down memory lane and has introduced me to episodes I missed out on as a kid; it's amazing to see how well it all still holds up to this day. On a side note, the PS2 games similarly kick ass and the second, Battle Nexus, is a childhood favorite of mine.

[@michaelnally2841]

Kinda generous to refer to the garbage man as a “recurring” antagonist when he’s only in 2 episodes.

[@simpsoniac12]

“Back to the Sewers” would’ve been a more interesting series if they brought Cody Jones and Starlee instead of Serling. Think about it: Cody meeting his ancestral g-parents for the first time would make for some great and poignant storytelling material, especially when he’s around grownup parental figures that weren’t duplicitous family members or a robositter. Plus, he’s also displaced in a different time period, so shenanigans will ensue as well. Furthermore, Starlee would have more development since she wasn’t utilized that much in Fast Forward. Her romantic attachment to Cody would make a nice parallel story to April and Casey’s eventual wedding episode. Not to mention also ensuing in time displacement shenanigans alongside Cody, especially while concealing her physical alien appearance in present day Earth.

[@awesomeproductions7755]

Oh yeah, *_IT’S ON, BABY!_* Thank you, 4Kids, for introducing me to this franchise and making me a fan of it with this *_AMAZING_* show! The 2012 series is great too, but this right here will always be *_MY_* Ninja Turtles.

[@georgemiser]

"Thank you, 4kids." Not words you hear often. But maybe we should.

[@K1ng1995]

I actually got to meet Veronica Taylor a few months ago she was so nice.

[@dwainsimmons3447]

@@georgemiser and for Pokémon and Yugioh

[@OkayYaraman]

This show was so good. It was my introduction to the franchise and it’s still my favorite for its awesome action, dark tone, and great story. That Utrom Shredder reveal blew my mind back then haha!

[@user-Phoenix125]

What makes this show ending in season seven sad for me is that if there was a season 8, there would be a Shredder war with all three Shredders fighting each other. Thank you for talking about this show Erod and may your future be brighter than the sun.

[@Thederanged1]

Are you just going to ignore the fact that Usagi is voiced by Sonic The Fucking Hedgehog himself Jason Griffith 😂.

[@farmerproductions9869]

My first turtles cartoon!

[@alexbailey5211]

Same

[@daimonatkins3046]

Mine too Such a classic Turtles show

[@digitaltailsmon4096]

Ahh yes the only 4kids related show to not be hated..honestly it is incredible. I still can't believe how far this version went with it's dark subject matter and yet it entertained me as a kid a lot. Although it's only through reviews like this and J Reviews that I really could appreciate how good it is and how weird it is to be made with the help of 4kids. Like don't get me wrong I am forever going to have a special place in my heart for all the shows and character they introduced me to but them helping to make a show this mature and dark is honestly so weird I feel like I stepped into a Mandela effect type of world and I am not mad about that.

[@georgemiser]

What about Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh, Kirby or Winx Club?

[@digitaltailsmon4096]

@@georgemiser As a person who watched the channel a lot growing up and loved rewatching a lot of it these past few years I do love them. I am just surprised by how dark TMNT was allowed to be compared to those shows which were...umm to put it simply very censored

[@dwainsimmons3447]

@@georgemiser those dubs were still mocked by fans and critics

[@viktorriquelme3735]

​@@georgemiserYugioh has some Ridiculous displays of censorship

[@StormSage13]

This was the season I grew up watching as a kid. I was aware of the movies (which I would rent from my local video store often), but this was the first cartoon I got to watch. Checked it out right along side Code Lyoko. TMNT was always a blast.

[@harrisonplott4674]

2003 will always remain my favorite tmnt depiction

[@milesbradshaw6643]

Same here.

[@TheHonestGeek]

Yeesss! These are and always will be MY turtles! One of the few things 4Kids didn’t butcher back in the day! So glad to see you covering it Erod!

[@dwainsimmons3447]

They butchered turtles forever

[@connorwood9211]

So happy to see this show still getting recognition. My introduction to the franchise and forever my favorite version. Always loved how they didn't hold back on the darker tone. Disappointed that and the longer story arcs were dropped the the last seasons

[@downspiral]

Glad to see Erod still doing KZbin stuff, I watched his reuploads when he was doing Channel Awesome, good to see him talk about something good too! He looks really happy explaining this show

[@silverscreenslasher1490]

Believe it or not, Darren Dunstan, who voices Splinter in this series, was also the voice of Maxamillian Pegasus in Yu-Gi-Oh!. Same with Wayne Grayson, who played Joey Wheeler. I just find that totally AWESOME!!!!!

[@michaelnelson1127]

I can see Joey voicing Mikey, but Pegasus voiced Splinter?

[@iisanulquiorrahara8]

@@michaelnelson1127 Splinter

[@michaelnelson1127]

@@iisanulquiorrahara8 Sorry, misread that. I can hear the similarities for those two.

[@Rman94]

The TMNT 2003 series was my introduction to TMNT franchise when I was a kid, either watching it on Saturday mornings or seeing the reruns later and it's one of my all time favourite animated shows.

[@ShockwaveFPSStudios]

To me, The 4Kids Ninja Turtles Series started off strong, but then it became a giant mess as the show continued.

[@gutsonthemic5261]

Yeah..unfortunately so. It had one great season, then a poory written one to one that had a great start, but quickly lose the momentum. "Same as it never was" wasn't enough to save season 3

[@agonizingstarbutterfly1184]

Yep. It's crazy how quickly bored I got. I still have yet to finish seasom3

[@missmanxee]

TMNT 2003 has been my absolute favorite cartoon series for the ninja turtles and I had the pleasure of meeting the voice actor for both April O Neil and Ash Ketchum of Pokémon the one and only Veronica Taylor at the London MCM Comic Con back in May this year and it was a dream come true thanks for sharing this amazing video looking back on a great show that was a huge part of my childhood 👍❤️

[@TheLadySilverMoon]

I will say this is the show that made me a TMNT fan. I have not read the original comic and I didn't watch all of the 87' show, but this show I watched from start to finish.

[@madisonlynn2419]

I have massive respect to this show for pushing the envelope with its storytelling and its character arcs!! It’s really one to be praised and hailed as an awesome TMNT series!! 😁 Excellent review!!! I hope you cover Rise of the TMNT one day, that series has some truly beautiful animation!!

[@BlackMethos]

*I*. *LOVED*. This series. So great, so awesome, so faithful.

[@1krani]

FINALLY! Been waiting for this since your Totally Tubular Turtle Tribute.

[@basketballfan23]

I wonder which version of TMNT Peter Laird thinks is the definitive TMNT. He's either picking Mirage comics or the 03 Show

[@marioluigi3122]

For me, it would be the 4Kids show

[@basketballfan23]

@@marioluigi3122 no doubt!

[@marioluigi3122]

@@basketballfan23 what’s your favourite season of the 03 show?

[@darkbeast3002]

While I had a bigger love for the 80's TMNT due to those being the ones of my youth... this is definately my 2nd favorite series. This was a great review of the entire series. Though you brought up the unproduced episode I'm shocked you didn't talk at all about the infamously banned episode 'Insane in the Membrane'. The episode that really pushed the limits of what they could do... and having a rotting clone body of Baxter Stockman deteriorating over the episode. Never thought we'd see cartoon body horror like that.

[@sarahlivingston]

This is the best thing 4Kids ever produced.

[@DaltonLunday2103]

I’m alone in this but I don’t like Turtles Forever because of how they portrayed the 80s turtles as moronic cowards who only care about pizza and being funny. It feels more like an insult rather than a celebration. Trans-Dimensional Turtles was a better crossover imo that celebrated the strengths of both of those shows.

[@FormalFilmsProductions]

Same here. They feel like someones who thinks thats what the 80s turtles were like more than an actual portrayal

[@tylerbertram7065]

Probably because co creator Peter Laird who served as creative consultant for the show has been very vocal about how much he hates the 87 turtles because he thought they were an insult to his original creation.

[@LowellLucasJr.]

I too agree! I couldn't stand the disrespect they gave the 80s Turtles as they have used their weapons and never backed away from the fight!

[@Shuichisaihara5499]

Donatello is voiced by Phoenix Wright? Damn

[@bensneb360]

I grew up on this show, and it is what made me fall in love with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. They have been many great adoptions, but this one will always be my favorite.

[@Goleon]

I got to meet and talk with Kevin Eastman some years ago at a local con. He agreed with me that the 2003 show is the best adaptation of the og comic cause it was able to pay homage to it by using multiple parts of the comic’s story (as well as adding in things from the other media that came before) while still being able to be it’s own thing. He also agreed that 2003 Shredder is the best version of the character and that while 2003 Splinter is a very good take on the comic version, he’s not the best one as that title goes to 2012 Splinter who showcased being a dad way more than 2003 Splinter.

[@Rixec2]

I was definitely always hyped for this show when it premiered, and I also never minded the changes made and the new stuff created. I'm very openminded and like to see if they capture the spirit while moving ahead. I was also one of the ones that wished to see a bit more come out of Fast Forward, especially with the turtle clones after DNA is Thicker than Water.

[@unseenphantomamvsytp2186]

As soon as I get paramount plus I'm watching this from beginning to end!

[@C.Johnson9714]

This adaptation of the TMNT was my introduction. I love this series even when they transitioned into 'Fast Forward' and 'Back to the Sewers' 32:23-34:41 Also I never knew about this cancelled episode.

[@ssmc2112]

Omg I’m so mega excited to see this review. This was my favorite show since childhood and what got me into being a ninja turtle fan to begin with

[@benm5970]

Ninja Turtles (2003) is a lot like the original Teen Titans cartoon, where generally speaking it’s not really a cartoon that many people remember or talk about but it does have a *very* devoted and passionate fanbase

[@richborn6700]

I've always thought you could replace Battle Nexus with Outworld and the Mortal Kombat tournament. The Ninja turtles are in Injustice and have dialogue with Scorpion and Sub Zero. TMNT would quite easily fit into MK lore. You can have Hamato Yoshis ancestors participate in MK like Kung Laos family

[@ethanchastain9282]

I grew up with this show these are my turtles forever!

[@Idontwantomakeupahandle]

My little brother and I bonded over this show. It was our favorite. It was one of the few times we wouldn’t argue. We’d play all the time. I was Leonardo and he was Raphael.

[@christopherballero866]

Really great retrospective of Ninja Turtles 03-07. This is probably going to be the best incarnation of the Turtles and the closest quality wise to BTAS. This incarnation revived the franchise and led to a 14 year run for the Turtles on TV. At some point u should review Batman vs TMNT

[@cinosthewerehog7333]

Turtles Forever is a good animated movie. I learned about the 1987 Turtles.

[@mutalord]

I watched very little of the original cartoon, but saw ALL the 2003 version when it aired

[@flyingfist4203]

Such a fun iteration of the TMNT!

[@atavious2491]

Like mostly everybody else in the comments section, I too am a gen z Turtles fan who grew up on this show. In fact, Fast Forward was my whole childhood introduction to TMNT to begin with and for the longest time I use to believe that this was the integral concept of the lore. Kind of like Batman Beyond or Spider-Man Unlimited (even though I never watched those shows). I use to think that the Turtles had always lived in a Fifth Element, futuristic, utopian New York City and their friends and foes would be a diverse cast of mainly aliens and mutant animals. I guess I just want to see a new Ninja Turtles show that just has this concept alone. That’s what I initially thought the fourth season of the 2012 show was going to be about, when the Turtles go into space, but that didn’t happen. Years later when the 2012 show came out, I was of course intrigued to check it out and I liked how this new show was finally embracing CG animation like some other reboots in the early-mid 2010s. It didn’t really bother me, but then the show quickly started to make more references to the 1987 series and that made me want to go back and really check out the history of this franchise. KZbin now has both the 80s and 2000s TMNT shows to watch free on the platform. I first started by watching Turtles Forever (and Teen Titans: Trouble In Tokyo) on DVD one Saturday morning with a bowl of Froot Loops and I was instantly taken back to my later childhood years of the late 2000s. I knew that I had an older cousin who grew up watching the ’87 show because my grandma kept his Donatello toy from the 1989 playmates toyline in her house somewhere. I have a Raphael plush from the 2004 toyline and a 2007 TMNT Raphael toy figurine from McDonald’s Happy Meal. I then saw the Turtle Power Documentary that talked about the history of the franchise and watched a great ton of the 1987 series on DVD and on KZbin. Compare that to when I later binged the 2003 series again in 2015 and I was kind of left a bit disappointed knowing that there are some things the 80s show did better than the show I grew up with. Again, I love the 2003 show more than any other iteration of the franchise but looking back, I kind of felt that something was purposefully lacking in that show that only became evident in Turtles Forever and was later fixed upon in the 2012 series. And that was basically what superhero movies in the 2000s struggled with; refusing or suppressing the fact that the Ninja Turtles are outlandishly silly concepts. Sure this show later embraced funny stuff but when this series ended with them meeting and basically bashing their previous iterations, I didn’t know what to make out of it really. And Nickelodeon for a while didn’t want to acknowledge what came before their newer CG iteration of the franchise. It was all for the expense of never talking or acknowledging the existence of that 4kids show ever happening. Or worse, replacing them with the 2010s version. I now understand that all along, the 2003 series had a clear complete story with a definitive beginning and conclusion. Perhaps one of the only televised versions to have this. The other shows just had an ending that felt like it could’ve been a random story to still continue off from. I now look at the 2012 show and Rise as being two recent televised runs of the franchise that embraced what mostly came before while also revising or recontextualizing those narratives to tell a new fresh spin on it. Most of those concepts coming from the 2003 show like revising and retelling the Ninja Tribunal and Utrom Shredders origins at the end of ROTTMNT. It’s just like the MCU, although certain things like time travel and multiverse hopping I thought were done better in TMNT than whatever came much later in the MCU.

[@Hewylewis]

Um, no... The number 1 complaint about Turtles Forever was that the '87 Turtles were all portrayed as goofy, cowardly morons, and that the movie seemed to have a hate boner for the '87 cartoon.

[@Cyber_kumo]

Makes sense when the show got canceled while 4kids/WB were trying to make it more of a light hearted tone like the 87 show (Laird isn't a big fan of 87 either and he was the executive producer of 03). Nowadays, every TMNT adaptation has been based off of the 87 series, except for Rise, which is based loosely off of season 5 of 03.

[@DaltonLunday2103]

I agree with this take. I can’t enjoy turtles forever because of how they did the 87 turtles wrong. The scene of them crying still pisses me off to this day. I just ignore it in the canon and watch trans-dimensional turtles from 2012 which is the superior crossover(it even got the right vas too)

[@treadingwater86]

A lot of the direction for Turtles Forever apparently came from Laird’s disdain for the 87-show, which I learned from J’s review of Turtles Forever.

[@batman200]

@@treadingwater86 after watching J’s review it all adds up and I found out they actually wanted to treat the 80s series with respect but Peter had a hate boner for that show had saying it like that but it’s the truth. sorry Pete but the comic would be forgotten if not for the show you despise so much.

[@milesbradshaw6643]

@@batman200 But the 80s show wouldn't exist without the Mirage comics.

[@bittertroll7476]

sadly i missed this series, i was a young adult when it arrived and i was working almost constantly. it was on my radar but just never caught it. i will have to correct this. thank you for the video

[@michaelnally2841]

I do believe all the episodes are still available on KZbin to watch for free as of me typing this so definitely check it out if you can

[@bittertroll7476]

@@michaelnally2841 thank you! im sure i can find it several places. i will look once life calms down from being a busy stupid adult

[@jdpragmatic8644]

I’m still waiting on NECA to give me my ‘03 Shredder

[@erdood3235]

What's neca?

[@vanillamilk7575]

@@erdood3235 a action figure company that makes very good quality figures.

[@erdood3235]

@@vanillamilk7575 thanks

[@Parker_Leonardo]

Same man, I was hoping they would do something for the 20th anniversary. Even just an announcement would’ve been great. But alas nothing :’(

[@JudaiMaverick86]

Yes! Thank you Erod to finally analyze this network forgotten show, I say this, as of today i am writting this, in Mexico there is no legal way to see it on streamming platforms. Thanks again man, hugs from Mexico

[@ShadowWingTronix]

The 2003 series is my favorite incarnation of the Turtles. I even liked Fast Forward, though admittedly the animation quality dropped. Did you ever read the Dreamwave tie-in comics? If so, I'm curious what you thought.

[@milesbradshaw6643]

I'm proud that this animated series was my introduction to the Ninja Turtles.

[@michaelnally2841]

Unfortunately mine was the next mutation when it crossed over with the power rangers but this was my Proper introduction though

[@milesbradshaw6643]

@@michaelnally2841 Oof, sorry to hear that😓.

[@michaelnally2841]

@@milesbradshaw6643mind you I was like 4 when I saw that crossover and this series was not too far away

[@milesbradshaw6643]

@@michaelnally2841 Your valid.

[@TomE.V.]

Susan was also the voice of Arcee from G1 Transformers fame. You know, the Female Robot that all these weirdos and creeps wanna Fuu......

[@Thevoidlezz]

Being born 1990 the late 90s and early 00s were really a golden age for cartoons.

[@ZoidbergCZ]

It is kinda depressing that no TMNT show after this one really managed to be so awesome!

[@Thunder_Bird0]

This show made my childhood, it’s very strange how underrated this show is compared to the 1987 and 2012 series. Also I understand not liking Alien shredder If those of you who don’t like utrom shredder this show had 2 other shredders, Tengu Shredder and cyber shredder so you guys don’t need to worry.

[@squeethemog213]

Thank you so much for covering this gem of my childhood. You kickass 😁

[@GenAqua]

I love this iteration of Mikey and Leo.

[@cofagrigusfan24]

first 2012, now 2003 i really hope Rise will get a Honest Review as well

[@SJ_RANKS]

This is my favourite ninja turtle’s cartoon of all time as a kid I had never seen the movies or the 80’s cartoon and after fox kids shut down and became fox box there wasn’t much on there that interested me until I saw ninja turtles and I like it I started watching full episodes on KZbin in 2017 and part of me was kinda worried it would be too serious but my fears were put to rest after I watched the very first episode plus this show has the best version of shredder Scottie ray’s voice makes him downright scary even tengu shredder gave me nightmares. Another thing that works about this show is the voice acting I brought up Scottie ray as shredder but the ninja turtles themselves are perfectly casted you know why because they sound and feel like teenagers Rob Paulsen is cool when I hear his voice it doesn’t sound teenage to me even splinter has a kickass voice sounding wise and intelligent he truly feels like their father and I love this shows take on leatherhead it’s a little similar to the lizard from Spider-Man but I think it works better than generic reptile henchmen. I also feel they should’ve stopped at season 5 after killing tengu shredder because honestly I didn’t like fast foward or back to the sewers

[@anthonysmith3415]

you should really do these kinds of reviews on shows we all love, I always come back to watch your reviews

[@ToontownAndCpenguin]

My favorite turtle changes between the different iterations but I have favored two Donatellos, 2003 & Rise which is kind of funny considering how different they are but at the same time, they feel very similar like take a Donnie from another iteration, I feel like 2003 Don would be the angel on that Donatello's shoulder while Rise Donnie absolutely would be the devil. I adore both of these guys for similar & different reasons. I did like Fast Forward, it felt like a refreshing break from turtles but it's still turtles, you know? I ended up binging way too much TMNT over the course of a month, FF was well needed during this. Too bad there wasn't a full series out of it, I would of loved seeing it. One of the things I feel we lost out on was seeing the evil clones slowly deflect like Leonardo's clone learning about being good & setting the example for his brothers with sharing, man, I would of liked to see where that would of gone. An aspect I appreciated from FF that was touched upon in this video is the fact the turtles can walk freely, I love the whole living in the shadows thing but seeing them when they're use to being in the shadows being able to be out in the open is awesome! There's a summer short I enjoyed that also kind of rolled with this but the turtles disguised as humans to get into Pizza Friday at April's school & were acting weird which makes sense, they don't exactly have normal social skills. That's a thing I wish to have seen more often, at least with Rise, they also were able to do this with the Hidden City but it felt like they didn't do it enough. I guess if there was more FF, the novelty of them interacting with a normal world would definitely die down since they adjust to it, guess it would of been nice just getting one more additional season in the future just to be able to tie up everything in a more clean way & have a little bit more of turtles in public before returning. With BTTS, I joked with my friend on that being the Cyberchase season, I didn't hate it & found it entertaining, I like when things are done differently. Maybe it's part of being overexposed to a lot of the same story within the span of a month, has me highly appreciating how different Rise is from everything else. I do like it when things are shaken up & BTTS did do things differently while still having the familiar scenery & characters, felt like a nice blend. I still very much enjoy TMNT & like consuming the familiar story the different iterations tell since they are still different takes & there's surprises & wonder how they will do things differently. Maybe it was a mistake to watch season 2 of 03 at the same time as season 4 of 2012 given they both take place in space & while I like Professor Honeycutt's story more in 03, I prefer the personality of 2012 Honeycutt, he's got a little more of a bite to him.

[@marsmeetsearthproductions6279]

I loved this show as a kid and I still love it now

[@mikechicago6200]

I missed Saturday Morning Cartoons, and these shows on TV!

[@mikechicago6200]

Man i love this series, a great turtles show and man the cast rules! I enjoyed the episodes and storylines.....man fast foward was a fun season....and at least it had an ending

[@oldman5247]

About god damn time people start looking back at this overlooked show. Without this show this TMNT animated show the franchise would have been stuck in the late 80s/90s! Also I would point out; if it wasn’t for the last two seasons of the show. This would easily be the best TMNT show ever!

[@DagmaraDevour]

I've been looking forward to this video for days! Great work as always!

[@ericmalikyte885]

This is the best TMNT series. Even 4Kids' incessant need to fill every second of airtime with music couldn't change that. Season 4 is probably my favorite as of my most recent rewatch.

[@dwainsimmons3447]

They hate the music that 4kids did.

[@thewolverine7619]

This is the series I saw first after my dad showed me the original movie, we had a VHS of the first 3 episodes of this show, we had a vhs of the original series but I can only vaguely remember it the episode had something to do with a costume party. I didn't understand what a utrom was, but fortunately my dad who saw the original was able to explain

[@PotatoGurlSasha]

As a kid, I thought I watched the 1987 show with a Shredder Utrom, so the reveal in 2003 didn't surprised me. Once I had internet, I was searching for it, but then it turns out it was exclusive to 2003. I probably had a weird dream that ironically came true XD

[@danielbutler8103]

29:15 to me this isn’t just the best storyline of the series, it’s the best of the franchise.

[@sylvanvixen9536]

There is something incredibly joyous about internet reviewers spending 40 minutes reviewing something they love that excites them.

[@andreagrubaugh9699]

I do like a lot about 2003 - I prefer its characters over the 2012 interpretation, especially when it comes to characters like Raph and Casey. My biggest issue with 2003 is just how much it seemed to dragged. I was watching the show for the first time and only got through the first season because I kept getting annoyed with all the multi-part fight focused episodes. It just got boring after a while :/ I will eventually get back to it though, since when it's not dragging its still pretty enjoyable to watch. Also, I gotta ask: any plans to review Rise of the TMNT now that you've covered two other TMNT shows?

[@wakeangel2001]

One of the amazing things about this show is it was made by 4kids at a time when they were best known for butchering anime

[@michaelnally2841]

And heavily censored stuff that didn’t need to be censored.

[@jrr2480]

Good video 📹 Unfortunately, with time comes things that make me dislike this version of TMNT. When it original aired, I would have both loved ❤ and declared it the best adaption of TMNT. But after seeing other versions and me also changing as well, I've noticed some flaws in this animated series that I can't just over look anymore. 😅

[@jamesbounds]

I'm someone who loves the 80's, the 2003 series and the 2012 Turtles series. I just wish the 2003 would get a proper DVD/Blu Ray release like the 80's and 2012 Turtles series.

[@ForrestFox626]

I still want this show on DVD and/or Blu-Ray

[@wwe682]

Personally, this show is what made me fall back in love with Ninja Turtles since the 1990 movie.

[@darkwoods1954]

I'd rate this series up with Justice League Unlimited and Avengers Earths Mightiest heroes for greatest comic book to animation adaptations. It's somewhat of the forgotten middle child between the nostalgic 80s cartoon and beloved 2012 series but 2003 has always been my favorite.

[@seancollins7447]

Being born in 1993, this was my introduction to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

[@CRIMSON_CRUSADER98]

I remember watching TMNT 2003 on on of my birthdays when I was little

[@william3253]

Erod should have way more subs, hes good reviewer

[@bionicleanime]

21:25 while I enjoy everything else about this show, this is the one thing I flat hate about it. Shredder being an alien is a horrible idea, especially when in this arc they established that he was doing genetic experiments via his "clones". The twist should have been Shredder was using stolen alien tech to build his empire and enhance himself. Basically a Shredder but with a Wolverine healing factor. If there was anyone that should have been the alien criminal in disguise, it'd make more sense for Bishop to be.

[@norbertcaraballo5621]

Nope. The whole point of Bishop is to defend earth against aliens.

[@autobotproductions1244]

@@norbertcaraballo5621 maybe an alien who thinks he’s human

[@jayNicks10]

Honestly, chrell’s backstory may as well been Krang’s backstory. I like the idea of Shredder and Krang being one in the same.

[@erdood3235]

Ch'rell is one of my absolute favorite villains, his voice especially, it's the number 1 thing for me. Second is his head joke at stockman's expanse. 3rd is his backstory and lore. 4th is his 1st design. But all of these things work together. But when i got my bestie into the show, she pointed out to me, and made me notice, just how badly he's written as a main villain who's supposed to be competent, outside of his self damaging hate boner for stockman. I wanted for years before that to write a villain based on him without to stockman flaw anyway. Me and the bestie enjoy mocking ch'rell together though, so that's good 😂 🙂

[@michaelnelson1127]

While I only saw a handful of episodes when this series originally aired, I still loved it. Then years later, I managed to watch Fast Forward and Back to the Sewer on KZbin, and found those seasons to be very enjoyable. Also at 32:23, a potential future review candidate?

[@michaelnally2841]

Well all 7 seasons are still available on KZbin for free as of me typing this

[@christophergarrett7082]

The best version of the ninja turtles. It what made a turtles fan. I love making the shredder an alien cause it raised the stakes knowing they couldn't beat him by only destorying his suit. They can always give the shredder an upgrade suit every time he fought the turtles. The first five seasons i consider to be perfect ninja turtles. The last two there alright. Exodus is my favorite episodes in the show. The way they handled leonardo ptsd was amazing.

[@megacrashthehedgehog5377]

I'm pretty sure you used the wrong Scott Williams photo. The Scott Williams who voiced Baxter in the show was a black guy.

[@mra4521]

21:04 wait a damn minute! Are the TMNT just Guardians of the Galaxy , X-Men, and Daredevil at the same time? The Triceradons vs the Federation is just the Kree vs NOVA, and the Utrons are just the Inhumans and Eternals at the same time. 🤯

[@Animevazquez]

This is the best ninja turtles series of all time!!! The animations is so slick and awesome!! Hey erod I wish you can review x men evolution it’s a really underrated show I love to hear your thought.

[@Sunsetaren]

20:10 Is when Erod officially entered the Matrix!😂

[@willadeefriesland5107]

These are MY Turtles. My daughter had loved the 'cutesy' turtles... My GRANDdaughter loved the CGI Nick turtles. My Turtles were equals to the Dark Knight in Batman the Animated series. Another personal favorite...

[@joe95883]

Wait.... What happened to Season 5?

[@Lynxan]

Stilly favorite TMNT show, 2012 is close and while the 89 one is fun, it runs into the problem all cartoons had with a high episode count per year, not that great episodes that got though because they needed the scripts. As for Rise... if it got a full run it could have gotten there, was a bit of a slow burn early on, but it was just getting going and gone... man that sucked.

[@erikbihari3625]

What happened to His voice? I noticed that in these newer videos like this he sounds like his voice is weaker and quieter. Why is it so? Because the spectacular spiderman video wasn't!

[@nicwinsteadart5330]

6:06 the voice actor for Stockman was Black..... Where did you get that white guy from?

[@TheBlackOtaku]

I remember when this show came out everyone absolutely hated this saying that it was nothing like the 80’s cartoon but now years later every TMNT loves the 2003 cartoon lmao 🤣

[@teddybeer6206]

That was the entire point. On top of being more faithful to the comics, Laird wanted this show to stay as far away as possible from the 1987 cartoon.

[@Chaos-Zakai64]

Though I myself still liked the Turtles Forever movie, there are some out there who disliked it. Their main point of content was that the special depicted the 87 turtles as dumb and incompetent. As if the makers of the movie were saying "Look at how dumb the old turtles are and how cool the new turtles are."

[@mikechicago6200]

Great tmnt series and the show i watched the most!!!

[@BenDaresAll]

Ninja Tribunal season was awesome!

[@richborn6700]

Man im surprised E-Rod is still doing content. I was watching his reviews back in high school 12 years ago

[@cinosthewerehog7333]

I really interested in the Shredder Wars, to be that Back to the Sewer is cancelled for not being good. Fast Forward is my least favorite but I enjoy it especially with the Dark Turtles and Back to The Sewers, Ninja Tribal, and S3 are my favorites. I also like Ch'rell as the Shredder but too bad they don't use it anymore as Shredder is either a human or a demon/ magical enhanced human but at least Ch'rell is in IDW, he's not forgotten.