13 Head-Scratching Mistakes in TMNT 1987 Series

1:23 knowing Shredder, he really farted in there to assert dominance in their van and to humiliate the Turtles, so I think the animation was made like that on purpose to suggest that 😅😂 being Shredder the main villain (in particular in the first season), he sometimes makes some weird poses and does some weird gestures in order to make the audience understand that he's evil (I recall some scenes in which he throws the middle finger around and makes the horns symbol with the hand, of course as a kid I didn't notice them at all but rewatching the old cartoons now, they are actually noticeabl

Something about the duplicated turtles is disturbing to me.

1:32-1:52 This mistake reminds me of another mistake from the TMNT series of 2012. In one episode, there was one point where Donnie is heard speaking in Leo's voice before Leo got to speak.

0:14 Failed to mention that when Bebop jumps out of the hole his vest is yellow and then 2 seconds later, it's the normal red we all know.

Even Raph felt like he did farted at 1:26

To be fair, the plotting, dialogue, and characterization of the first season of the cartoon was vastly superior to every season after it. Which is kinda like how the first movie's writing and direction are far better than that of every movie thereafter. Those initial efforts were great, and much more than one would expect from such a bizarre franchise, which is why they left such a lasting legacy, and are remembered so fondly today.

Ralph is such a good ninja he mastered the art of cloning

one of my favorite things about 80's cartoons is the wrong voice being used for a character.

Long answer: "Studio animator sometimes bla.. bla.. bla.." Short answer: "That's what make them a ninja"

Funny, I remember most of these being featured in Cinemassacre’s video about mistakes in the 1987 tmnt cartoon

Everyone wants to be Raphael

Also fun fact during number 1 when rock steady and bebop jump out the hole bebop vest is yellow instead of red for no reason at all.

Almost all these are from Cinemassacre clips video. Even same jokes on some of them.

I bet alot of their design had to do with making animating them easier. making them look similar, but having different colors. that fact that they’d mess up on those basic rules, and especially having more than 4 turtles at a time on screen, is astonishing.

In the early 90s people were writing in to Going Live (a Saturday morning show that featured the cartoon) saying that often, the turtles blink the colour of their masks rather than showing green eyelids. It’s rare, but does happen in several episodes.

In Return of the Technodrome, the turtles have three toes in one scene

Not only is there 5 turtles in that last shot, but Michelangelo is missing too.

I can explain the 5th turtle HES A STUNT DUBBLE

Please do more of these. Loving it

Thanks for pointing out some great goofs! A couple of them I hadn't caught before! Just a point of clarity, the episode "Get Shredder" is from 8x01 (the first Red Sky episode). The S1 episode you are referring to with the Bebop/Rocksteady fight is called "Enter the Shredder" (1x02).