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Western Animation Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003 Discussion
- Adaptation Distillation: Unlike the very loosely adapted 1987 TV show, this one is much more accurate to the original comic books, with everybody almost completely in character and with several episodes directly adapting issues of the Mirage comic series, complete with dialogue.
Removed or trimmed the following tropes for the following reasons.
- Animesque: What exactly about does its storytelling take from anime, that it couldn't just as easily take from other sources? More direct and natural influences would be American comic books, which had been doing continuous storylines for decades and includes the series' source material; or American animated series such as Gargoyles which TMNT writers such as Marty Isenberg and Erik Luke worked on.
- Bash Brothers: The turtles aren't this—they're a Sibling Team and the trope would properly go in the main Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles page.
- Battle Royale With Cheese: Removed mention of "Wedding Bells and Bytes" because the episode has nothing to do with the trope—there's none of the "lots of characters are seemingly killed off aspect".
- Big Bad Ensemble: Season three's narrative doesn't place Bishop as a threat comparable to the Shredder. His desire to protect Earth is presented as genuine, his appearances after his debut are one-shot stories, the turtles emnity towards him isn't presented as an overly emotional one, and the season's larger overall story doesn't hinge on his success or failure as it does the Shredder. Similarly, the Big Bad in season 4 isn't Bishop or Karai. They drive the story, but the story doesn't end, or even change significantly, if they're defeated. Note that if Karai had been the Big Bad, Leo sparing her in "Prodigal Son" wouldn't have made sense from a story point. If anyone's the big bad in that season, it's the hitherto unseen Demon Shredder.
- Every Girl Is Cuter With Hair Decs: Hair styles are not hair decorations.
- Sophisticated As Hell: Moved to character page.