The Punk Frogs and Their Wasted Potential

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What better way to shellebrate the start of the Summer of ‘88 by doing something I’ve never done on this channel before? And that is taking a deep dive into one of the episodes from the original cartoon: The Invasion of the Punk Frogs.

[@Tatoruzu]

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[@user-dk1sj9jt6d]

You are the Star man

[@therealtijuanaman]

When Krang tracks the canister, he says 'its in a faction of Earth called Florida' and I lost it

[@Se7enBeatleofDoom]

The punk frogs are the most fitting and deserving superheroes the state of Florida could ask for.

[@Bandinthesky]

I imagine the Punk Frogs could be expanded to a "west coast avengers" like team, but the frogs staying in Florida and fighting there, and sometimes fighting alongside the turtles and co when a bigger threat comes up Great video!

[@JurassicRod]

I always though they were wasted potential too. It's an interesting concept to have a mutant group trained by Shredder to be an evil alternative to the Turtles. Then seeing them become their own superhero team. But as with most things in the original cartoon it wasn't built on and they just turn up for an episode to advertise their toy then everything returns to the status quo. Like Marvel has the X-Men, Avengers and Fantastic Four I like the idea that in the TMNT universe we have the Ninja Turtles, Mighty Mutanimals and Punk Frogs.

[@charlesman8722]

*rips of mask revealing he’s a Frog* “IT WAS ME EASTMAN!!! IT WAS ME ALL ALONG EASTMAN!!!”

[@tyronleung5276]

Shredder is dressed like miami vice lol

[@kabesilvermaine4768]

Funny thing about the mutant joining a gang thats pretty much what happened with Mondo Gecko's origin story.

[@milestrombley1466]

Imagine if they fought the Battle Toads! 😁

[@Hcarmine3]

Ever since you started the channel I always wanted you to make a video about the teen titans go crossover with a parody of the mirage turtles where they fight and win and make the statement that the turtles absurdist humour is old fashioned and kids want brain rot goofy random humour the titans provide It would be a great vid for your style

[@Tatoruzu]

That's an interesting idea. I'll need to think about that

[@Hcarmine3]

@@Tatoruzu I m sure youll love it they even skin the turtles and wear their shells. The crossover is on KZbin

[@Ali-ii8il]

i didn't like the IDW version of them like the punk frogs are like supposed to be the frog versions of the 4 turtles like it was very dumb they just add only one of them in mutant mayhem it was just very stupid

[@KasumiKenshirou]

Unlike Campbell, some species of frogs actually CAN change genders.

[@Misaori]

Cojonudo este vídeo! 🐸🐸🐸🐸Habria sido la caña que hubiesen salido en los cómics de Mirage, tenían potencial más que suficiente para haber sido mejores enemigos y rivales de las tortugas. Es una pena que entre tanto personaje antiguo sin desarrollo e introducción de miles nuevos, de nuevo sin verdadero desarollo, junto a tramas laberínticas TMNT no esté proporcionando algo mejor a sus lectores. 9:00 👈🏻🙏🏻😎muy cierto! Tatoruzu, si tú transicionas a rana, Kaeru no tiene tanto gancho pero te seguiría igualmente 😌👍🏻💚

[@flyingdutchman8093]

Sophie Campbell’s run on the tmnt was 💩

[@Grim2]

And then there are the Mutapunks...

[@tyronleung5276]

How the punk frogs get changed into humanoids if they never came into contact with humans like the turtles or hamato yoshi to rats the mutagen rules makes no sense in that show

[@Jackfromshack]

Isn't little kid played with them until his mother got him away? I do not remember correct

[@KasumiKenshirou]

In the Mirage comics, the mutagen just turned animals into humanoids, so maybe this particular batch of mutagen worked like that. The cartoon writers were pretty sloppy, at least once having Bebop and Rocksteady remembering the days when they lived at the zoo before they were mutated, despite the fact that they were humans that were mutated into animals.

[@tyronleung5276]

@KasumiKenshirou no it doesn't cause "ooze" in mirage comics turns animals into anthropromorphsized hominids, "mutagen" in 87 & 2012 toon turns a humans into the former thing they last touched which the possibilities should be endless or turn a human into a muck man of ooze or a hamster into a asian summo

[@tyronleung5276]

You forgot the 2012 show punk frogs with the napoleon dynamite & illuminati reference

[@Tatoruzu]

I thought about mentioning them, but ultimately, my feelings toward them are pretty similar to the OG punk frogs, if not a little less favorable.

[@Ali-ii8il]

@@Tatoruzu i mean they didn't suck but they were just very different

[@Tatoruzu]

@@Ali-ii8il Yeah, I agree

[@Fla5thgenTryMe]

Meanwhile in reality you and everyone else wishes they live here.

[@Tatoruzu]

I make my Florida comments with love - I just think the Florida man meme is funny. And I'd think it would be just as weird if the show had referenced any other state.

[@KasumiKenshirou]

@@Tatoruzu Florida doesn't really have more weird people, but their Government in the Sunshine law makes more of them known to the public.

[@Tatoruzu]

@@KasumiKenshirou Oh yeah, I'm aware of the reasoning behind it. It's funny regardless :P