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Co-equally
Posted on October 14, 2020 by David M Willis

197 thoughts on “Co-equally”

  1. Ana Chronistic

    Dotty being a center of sanity in this drama whirlwind

    clearly a disqualifier for the presidency

    …dangit now I feel bad I only know the first-gen turtles (and, passingly, the in most circles never-to-be-mentioned-again Venus de Milo)

    1. BarerMender

      I wouldn’t know a ninja turtle if it came up exactly out of the ground and bit me exactly on the leg.

      1. clif

        I didn’t know there were generations of turtles that followed the first four. Learning stuff here all the time.

        1. Miri

          Reboots rather than descendants I believe.

        2. Jhon

          Turtles all the way down.

        3. Demoted Oblivious

          All the way? Where are the elephants?

        4. Knuf Wons

          On top of the turtles, of course!

        5. Undrave

          Jannika is a recent addition. She was a Foot Clan Ninja who got a blood transfusion from one of the turtle to save her life. She got She-Hulk’d into being a mutant turtle.

      2. Oruncrest

        Of course you wouldn’t. They’re Ninja Turtles, after all. They practice Ninjitsu. The Art of Invisibility.

        They’ll tell you this while breakdancing to old Vanilla Ice Tunes. 😀

        NINJA! NINJA! RAP!!
        NINJA! NINJA! RAP!!
        GO! GO!! GO!!! GO!!!!
        GO NINJA! GO NINJA! GO!!

        1. Chris

          They need to practice harder.

        2. Oruncrest

          You made a Funny!

    2. Yet_One_More_Idiot

      Dumbing of Age: I’ve learnt everything about everybody else.

      OR

      Dumbing of Age: That’s fundamentally disappointing. xD

      1. Ana Chronistic

        DoA Book Next: Ooh, no pressure.

    3. Miri

      I was sent down a wiki tunnel at 6am.

      I have decided Slash is the best turtle.

    4. ValdVin

      Don’t feel bad about that.

      I didn’t know there was any more gens than the first, and I routinely think that one of them is Whistler because they’re all named after artists.

    5. Needfuldoer

      “Donatello is the best turtle! Duh!”, Amber shouts down the hallway.

      1. Ana Chronistic

        He is tho, verified scientifically by Splatfest!

        1. Demoted Oblivious

          Nerp. Despite Leo being my fav Renaissance perp, Raphael is totes the best turtle. Good on his own or in the team, the only one who stuck with the original red colour scheme, and by far the biggest sass- master of the lot of ’em.

      2. He Who Abides

        HardRock is the best turtle.

        At least, that’s what Becky should say if she wants to keep dating Dina.

      3. Undrave

        Picking one of the four turtles is a personality test. Like picking your Hogwarts house or something else less transphobic.

      4. GeekRyuu

        I’m pretty sure Yakko Warner is the Best Turtle. You know, going by who Rob Paulsen voices.

        1. Ana Chronistic

          so is this Raphael or Donatello

  2. Octopus Ink

    Donatello.

    1. Rose by Any Other Name

      April O’Neal

      1. Tan

        To be clear, are you referring to the time she got turned into a turtle, or just her as a human as a member of the team?

        1. Ana Chronistic

          Was it turtle? I thought she was a fish-like lizard?

        2. Octopus Ink

          I remember her being turned into a cat.

        3. Tan

          All three happened at different times.

          April’s been through some stuff.

      2. anonymousethatscurriesinthedarkness

        Casey Jones, a man who knew his sports equipment.

        Also Abs.

        1. Demoted Oblivious

          Well hang-on now. Are we talking turtles or of any turtle-verse character? This changes everything.

  3. kgy121

    I mean, I would classically prefer never to tell anyone anything about myself.

    Venus is the best turtle, clearly. Or Squirtle.

    1. Shen Hibiki

      “You’re the first one to ask about me. Not that I -want- to answer, but was interesting enough to point it out.

      Bye.”

  4. Chris

    Speaking as a child of the 80s, I can definitively say that Becky’s question is blasphemy.

    1. Doctor_Who

      Speaking as a child of the 80s, most of my childhood doesn’t hold up.

      But we could buy Count Chocula all year round, so suck it whippersnappers.

      1. Mra

        I think some places still sell count chocula all year round, but not Booberry or frankenberry

        1. Wack'd

          Which is a shame, because those are by far superior!

          Or maybe I had too many chocolate cereals in youth to be wowed by Count Chocula when I finally got my hands on some, who knows.

        2. vlademir1

          Of the big three monster cereals Count Chocula is indeed the most meh. It was true when I was a kid in the ’80s and it was true last time I tried some in ’03.

          That said, ’80s formulation Yummy Mummy was the best flavor in this line I ever tried and ’70s formulation Fruit Brute is the one that, on paper, sounds most appealing, but both have failed within a few years of introduction whenever brought back because the big three cover the primary US sweet breakfast flavors (chocolate, strawberry and blueberry) and anything more is too niche for a seasonal product.

        3. Needfuldoer

          Count Chocula is just Cocoa Puffs with marshmallows. Change my mind.

          (It’s still good, but that’s all it is.)

        4. Anikiki

          I don’t think I had Cocoa Puffs cut the roof of my mouth the way Count Chocula did. Also, Count Chocula is not as chocolatey as Cocoa Puffs.

        5. elebenty

          I liked Fruit Brute back in the day. As far as I can tell from the boxes, it and the mummy one are nearly identical.

      2. Opus the Poet

        When I was a kid we couldn’t buy it any time of the year, because I was in high school before they came out and I was “too old” for monster cereals. I never had any until my kids bought me some a few years ago. And yes, I’m old get off my lawn yadda yadda yadda.

    2. Mra

      In that there is no best turtle because they are all awesome, or in reference to “why is it Jennika” as she was not a part of the original 80’s cast?

      1. Mr D

        I mean, IMO there is no best turtle because they all suck.

        Come at me old people, 80s turtles was the worst thing!

        1. Mra

          I liked the live action movie, although that was technically the 90’s

        2. abysswatcher1993

          Dare you mock the 2000s turtles, punk?!

        3. abysswatcher1993

          In the defense of the 80s, they were parodies of Daredevil.

        4. woobie

          The original B&W comics are the only Real turtles! They are differentiated by their weapons, not colors!
          And get off of my lawn!

        5. davidbreslin101

          Eh, the best were the original single-panel woodcuts, with their hilarious satire on Disraeli and Benjamin Franklin.

        6. thejeff

          I kind of agree. At the least, those original stories were quite different from what happened to the characters when they became big hits as cartoons.

        7. anonymousethatscurriesinthedarkness

          And since they were in B&W there was less need to worry about the censors with all the blood and guts being spilled.
          Also the Palladium rpg based on the turtle was amazing if a “little” imbalanced in team play as depicted in the first edition.

        8. thumb

          The best TMNT was the series published by Archie Comics. It went everywhere and was amazing. It also featured a dimension hopping intelligent mounted cow head that was super friendly and got you where you need to go by ingesting you first. And they also meet the super creepy Sons of Silence in the middle of an intergalactic war.

          That barely covers any of the series.

        9. Ed Rhodes

          No, 80’s Turtles was awesome. (And I was an adult at the time!) 90’s He-Man reboot, with him fighting mutants on Earth, THAT was the worst!

        10. Opus the Poet

          No, the live action He-Man was the worst… >shudder<

        11. FriskyJacket

          If we’re bringing live action adaptions into the mix, I think we ALL know the the standout far-and-away absolute worst. Heck I probably don’t need to even say what it is it’s so clearly the worst. Well I’ll say it any way. Shyamalan’s ATILA.

        12. Demoted Oblivious

          Dolph Lundgren and the Sword of Power F.T.W!

        13. RowenMorland

          I watched a lot of 80s turtles and loved it. But I don’t want to go back to being that person.

        14. Needfuldoer

          I think we all know what the turtles’ low point was.

        15. Needfuldoer

          Here’s a TL;DW. Apologies for the added NC.

        16. anonymousethatscurriesinthedarkness

          I have become inured to a lot over theyears but I didn’t make it past splintersteen ….. >_<

        17. Roborat

          WTF in all that is unholy did I just watch?

        18. Demoted Oblivious

          I love -LOVE- that the video includes the FBI copyright warning. XD

        19. Roborat

          Hey, I thought they were pretty good in Borderlands 2.

  5. Mr D

    who’s Jennika?

    1. Mra

      The second attempt to introduce a female ninja turtle into the franchise, so far has only appeared in the comics series to my knowledge.

      1. BigDogLittleCat

        That made me throw up a little in my mouth.

        Including the name.

        1. Mra

          The first attempt was Venus De Milo in the Next Mutation, I know a little more about her since she was very poorly received and it is easy to find hate rants about her. But to be fair, the entirety of Next Mutation was a mess, so it’s not like the other turtles were any better in it.

        2. Jay

          How the fuck do you go form

          Donatello
          Michelangelo
          Raphael
          Leonardo

          to fucking JENNIKA AND VENUS DE MILO, THOSE DON’T WORK. Venus De Milo isn’t even a fucking renaissance artist it’s a FUCKING STATUE

        3. BBCC

          Jennika isn’t Splinter’s daughter so unlike the turtles, he did not name her. that’s how.

        4. BBCC

          I think it’d be neat for a story to explore the turtles having a sister. There’s Renaissance artists who’d be good – like Sofonisba or Artemisia.

        5. Carla's #2 Fan

          Artemisia would be my pick! I love her SO much! And she went through a lot, so to be honored with a TMNT that kicks butt would a very good honor. I also know she was be very good with detail, the turtle version, they could use that.

        6. Geneseepaws

          I vote for Artemesia (and her little baby brother Arcimboldo, who’s only role is to be there to be kidnapped, again)

        7. Jay

          I third Artemista

        8. BBCC

          I like Artemisia too. Her nickname could be something like ‘Artie’ or ‘Missy’.

        9. Smithy

          I mean, the name is very clunky, but I find the overall concept pretty cool. She was originally an important side character as a human and ninja but was turned into a turtle in order to save her life from what I understand.

        10. BBCC

          ^ Exactly this.

  6. Mra

    I know very little about Jennika, only that she is the second attempt at introducing a female turtle to the group.

    1. Doctor_Who

      They didn’t give this one reptilian boobs, so it’s off to a better start.

      1. clif

        But what if Billie were a turtle?

        You know, being dead and reincarnated and everything.

      2. Jhon

        Reptilian boobs? (shudder) Something I will (i)-not-(/i) Google.

    2. Heroesofcrash

      Since I’m a huge fan of all things TMNT (especially the flawed, but nostalgic 1987 cartoon and its brilliant voice cast *glares ninja daggers at Mr D*), I can tell you a bit more about Jennika (not as much as I’d like, because sadly, I haven’t gotten to read much of the IDW series).

      Jennika was introduced as a human member of the Foot Clan who eventually became an ally to the Turtles. After getting critically injured in battle, Leonardo gave her a life-saving blood transfusion. She lived, but mutated into a turtle (Which sounds curiously like the origin of She-Hulk). Now sporting a yellow bandana and wielding both some wrist claws and a bow and arrow, Jennika has become athe fifth turtle.

      She’s generally gotten a positive reception; she answers the question, “What if Venus DeMilo DIDN’T have terrible writers?” She was created by longtime fan and transwoman artist Sophie Campbell, who became the head writer on the IDW series. She had actually written and drawn a TMNT fancomic some years ago, featuring a “proto-Jennika” – another attempt at a fifth, girl turtle. I follow Sophie on Twitter, and so should you!

      Oh, and fun factoid: There’s actually been another fifth, girl Turtle besides Jennika and Venus. In the Archie Comics TMNT series, franchise staple April O’Neil was briefly mutated into a Turtle for one issue (and wore a white bandana)!

      Well, that’s my two cents. Later, Shellheads!
      *Ninja vanish*

      1. Wereg

        Huh. That was really interesting and informative, thank you! Given what you’ve read of the IDW series, would you recommend it for someone who isn’t traditionally interested in the Ninja Turtles?

      2. Demoted Oblivious

        Uh… dude – DUDE, when your head is retracted, we can still see your arms, legs and shell.

  7. Robbie

    Well, joyce sorta asked *about* them….. Better just to forget that, maybe.

    1. SuperZero

      Joyce also explicitly decided not to ask her other questions because it was apparent Booster didn’t want her to. She’s halfway there twice; that’s sort of like being there.

      1. Wizard

        Or maybe three quarters of the way there; halfway and then half again. But she’ll never quite get there, because she’s Zeno’s Joyce.

      2. Needfuldoer

        Joyce’s other questions were probably so she could explore the concept of someone being non-binary, not ‘getting to know you’ questions about Booster specifically. That lines up with their disdain for being a specimen for examination, but she still could’ve asked like Dorothy did.

  8. Doctor_Who

    We do need to learn more about Booster.

    Way to stay on task, Dorothy! That’s why you’re my pick for president, or failing that, Deputy Director of the Pawnee Indiana Parks and Rec Department!

    1. vlademir1

      Por qué no los dos?

      If it can be a viable career path for L. Knope it can for D. Keener.

  9. bcb

    I, uh, don’t know much about the Ninja Turtles.

    1. Doctor_Who

      Leonardo leads, Donatello does machines, Raphael is cool but rude, Michelangelo is a party dude.

      There, that’s the important stuff.

      1. foamy

        They also give Shredder *no slack*.

      2. Cholma

        Cowabunga, dude! Don’t forget that they all love pizza! It’s seems like it’s almost part of their DNA, dude. (and who could fault them if that was the case?)

      3. Nono

        Leonardo is Naruto, Donatello is Shino, Raphael is Sasuke, Michelangelo is Shikamaru.

        I think?

        1. Opus the Poet

          And Slasher is Sheshomaru (sp?)

        2. Needfuldoer

          I thought he was a martial arts guy who got mutated into a rat somehow.

        3. Anon A Mouse

          Nah, personalities don’t line up. Leo wasn’t as brash as Naruto, Donatello isn’t as quiet as Shino, Raphael really isn’t as emo as Sasuke and has less overall issues, and Mikey isn’t as clever and is more excitable than Shikamaru.

        4. BBCC

          That’s the joke.

    2. Keulen

      I know the names of the four main ones, and that they’re named after Renaissance artists. That’s about it.

  10. Alex Boston

    Perfect timing narratively – now that everyone else is introduced (or, for long time fans, reintroduced) we will get to the introductory backstory of Booster.

    1. Jhon

      Now that everyone has been introduced, Booster has done their job. We will not see them for the rest of the semester.

  11. CMasta1992

    The best ninja turtle is Gamera. Open your eyes!

    1. jmsr7

      Gamera is really neat /

      1. deliverything

        Gamera is filled with meat /

        1. jmsr7

          We all love you GA-MER-A!!!

  12. Stephen Bierce

    *plays “Shellshock” on the hacked Muzak*

    1. Stephen Bierce

      It’s never enough

    2. Jay

      If anything good came out of the 2014 movie it was Shell Shocked

  13. Inkyzuzi

    Honestly I didn’t know anything about most people who lived in my dorm hall who weren’t my friends or roommates. Like I could recognize people who lived in the same building but that was it
    But I was never personally introduced to any of my neighbors via welcoming committee so there’s that

    1. Wack'd

      You recognized people who lived in the same building?! I never even managed that!

      I was very much an Amber in college, without all the superhero antics.

      1. Doctor_Who

        I worked nights, so I mostly didn’t see people unless they were up late cramming.

    2. Keulen

      Same, except for friends and roommates I usually didn’t know much about the people who lived in my dorm hall.

      1. clif

        In college the first time I lived at home and commuted. There were my teachers and random classmates, there was the science fiction crowd (including the dormys, four girls who shared a dorm room), the chess crowd, the math/occult crowd (from which I learned to intentionally hear voices that weren’t there, which is actually pretty cool except for the absence of an off switch). The science fiction crowd became lifelong friends and the rest dropped away.

        Grad school was different. I was older and grad students in the Computer Science department were a much smaller universe. i had a tendency to work late into the night when the machines were clear and there was no one around but me and the asian students, so I probably got to know them best.

  14. butts

    nah that’s about par

  15. BBCC

    One reason among many why Dorothy is the best.

    1. Bagge

      So many reasons.

  16. Reltzik

    Aaaaand Walky is again nervously peeking into the door, not wanting an encounter with an ex.

    1. Bagge

      Poor little mouse boy is not having the time of his life 🙁

      1. Needfuldoer

        But he has felt this way before.

        1. Reltzik

          I swear it’s the truth.

  17. AbacusWizard

    …and in just those two panels, Dorothy earned Booster’s vote.

    1. Wack'd

      I can’t imagine Booster is enamored with many politicians.

      1. woobie

        Enamored with? I’m doing well if I can figure out which pol is the least terrible.

        1. Opus the Poet

          My standards have dropped to “isn’t actively promoting policies that are trying to get me killed”. There are many on the Republican side who are actively trying to kill me in one way or another.

        2. thejeff

          Some of them seem to be actively trying to kill all of us.

        3. Regalli

          Pretty much. I can deal with ‘passively trying to get me killed.’ Passively trying to get me killed, I can at least throw off-guard by saying frankly ‘your policy will kill me.’ The active ones don’t give enough of a shit and can immediately shrug it off as overreaction/fake news.

        4. Regalli

          And that’s at best, since frankly it’s just the even vague pretending to save face. They aren’t doing it now.

  18. Yotomoe

    I know what you’re saying Becky, but the correct answer is always Mikey.

  19. synnerman

    Dorothy is Best Person!

    1. Bagge

      That is in fact true.

      1. clif

        As long as we aren’t considering Dina.

        1. Geneseepaws

          Most attractive as adorbs, or most attractive as Dang I’mma gonna befriend them?

        2. Bagge

          Not fair bringing up Dina. How is anyone supposed to compete with that?

  20. C.T Phipps

    Booster: Mind you, from what Walky says, I’d rather run away from most of you.

    1. BarerMender

      Bye, Booster, you Poochie you.

  21. Wack'd

    The best ninja turtles are the ones in my headcanon where they’re all ladies or nonbinary or nonbinary ladies.

    4:1 m:f is better than 4:0, but it still ain’t great.

  22. Bicycle Bill

    Dorothy already has the politician mindset down pat. “Tell me about yourself” — and of course people will, because deep down, don’t we all want to talk about ourselves?  It will also make you subconsciously favor the politician, since he/she was concerned (or at least seemed to be concerned) about you.

    In the meantime, this also frees the politician from having to talk about THEMSELVES …. and they can also assess your response for the potential of its being able to be used for their benefit at some point in the future.

    1. Geneseepaws

      You have nailed it.

    2. Keulen

      I’m hoping Dorothy doesn’t become one of the many politicians in this country who spout lots of empty platitudes but seem to support no actual policies.

    3. Rabid Rabbit

      “Already” is a bit much — this is a far, far better attempt than when she was trying to get Ruth’s job.

    4. thejeff

      “Don’t we all want to talk about ourselves?” God no.

    5. Reltzik

      Probably because she’s not in a politician’s mindset right now. She’s just in a “hey, new friend” mindset.

  23. Nenja

    Thank you, Dorothy! I hope this leads into getting to know more about Booster.

  24. abysswatcher1993

    People forget easily Venus.

    Also, Mikey is the best turtle. He won the Battle Nexus tournament.

    1. Ohmsford

      Metalhead is ACTUALLY the best turtle. Also we are currently not mentioning characters with the name ‘Mike’, so Michelangelo is automatically disqualified.

      1. Schpoonman

        You aren’t.

  25. Burpo

    Becky is right.

  26. DailyBrad

    Is Jennika IDW? I am wayyyy behind on that.

    Raph’s always been my fave, but I get frustrated because 1990 TMNT was basically *too* good, and so people keep just rehashing that with Raph.

    (IDW did not, and had Donatello and Leo be the two that bickered, which I appreciated a lot.)

    1. BBCC

      Raph’s my favourite too.

    2. Spencer

      Yeah Jennika is a human member of the Foot Clan who was mutated into a turtle.

      Also can confirm that TMNT 1990 is, in fact, too good. It’s the best comic book movie ever.

  27. Jon

    The best turtle is clearly Silver Age Jimmy Olsen. I will entertain no debate on this.

    1. Wack'd

      Counterargument: Gamera is really neat.

  28. Endplanets

    Because Venus is the best turtle?

  29. brionl

    Nah, the best one is clearly Usagi Yojimbo.

    1. Roborat

      A rabbit is a turtle?

  30. Dracke

    ….Stop trying to add female ninja turtles…in general stop adding ninja turtles….just like stop trying to make Raph the leader unles its his character arc to become the leader…
    -About the female ninja turtles they have been in the past used to make the guy not blood brothers and to have weird romantic triangles, is not like we cant have bad ass female character in the franchise…heck we have had some cool aliens and mutants…
    -The turtles should stay the only terrapiens around its part of what makes them special.
    -Also if you want ramance plz leave april alone, things have slowly gotten weirdeder and creaper with her , not only people have been making Donnie into a simp (9 dont mind them making her a bad ass) but she was always the one platonic friend of the Turtles their absolute ally why are people taking from michel sexualising Bay?
    -Also i know the new show gets better but why did they made Splinter an Asshole?, and i know the turtles slowly delve into the supernatural but why a deeply Scy-fy franchyse went whats usually season 4, 5 or 6 at season 1 its like if the original show did the Anime seasons first, or the 2006 show did the lost Season or Fast Forward First or if the 2013 show this the Post Apocaliptic Ralph epilogue where ralph uses casie Jones skull as a stick shift for his truck as an opening episode or if the live action movie trilogy began with the movie where they travel back in time and pretend to be Tengu and mess up with the dealings of a Spaniard weapons dealers during the Shogun times…..Or the fact that the Oficial ending of the 2003 show is a movie where the original cartoon and the 2003 turtles hop dimensions to stop an allien sheder from killing the original comic book Ninja turtles ….
    God i love this franchise but while its weird to the max it climbs up to that weird.

    -It has for such a rebooted show and comic, structurere and respect for the fans…power growth, chacter consistence…and mistakes we all hope they dont repeate and things we hope they dont forget…and while the new show had really good animation it had really urcsome mistakes just like the bay films…Mistakes like adding turtles were in the live action show , in some comics and fan productions.

    If you read half my rant know that while Jurrasic is my favorite franchise the turtles are…family to me.

  31. BenRG

    I’m wondering how much Booster is learning about Joyce just by looking at these two (who, by her own admission, are the two closest of her peers to her). I mean, panel 3 has a level of intimacy that’s all the cuter for the fact that neither Dorothy nor Joyce seem to have noticed it!

    Meanwhile, someone has to talk to Becky about her territoriality about Joyce; it’s beginning to get a bit farcical!

    Today, Booster learns about the downside of politeness in the modern era: Worrying about causing offence, too often people remain entirely silent. It shouldn’t happen but it has ended up happening anyway.

    1. RacingTurtle

      What do you mean, Joyce and Dorothy haven’t noticed it? Just, like, that their friendship is so comfortable that casual touching is no big deal? That is indeed pretty great, after all they’ve been through, to be unself-conscious about affection. Dorothy doesn’t seem to have a best friend from high school. I’m glad she found Joyce

  32. GUIGUI

    Listen, Becky, you are sweet and all, but the Best Ninja turtle is Obviously Donatello. He is not only a Ninja, he is also an inventor and he invent all of the stuff And I want to be an inventor too, so of course he is the best Turtle. Also, he has the most powerful weapon in my Nintendo game, with the best reach.

  33. Acher4

    Jennika?
    *quick google*

    (Yellow mask?, claws and katana as weapons?, former human turned mutant?)
    omg, she is awesome!

  34. Lars

    No. Joyce asked back, if he knows he is wearing lady make-up.

    1. He Who Abides

      She asked Walky, not Booster.

  35. Bagge

    “and here is Becky again because I didn’t give her enough attention the first time”

    1. Jake'm

      That fits very well with your display picture.

      1. Bagge

        My display picture usually fits really well or really badly. Rarely something inbetween.

        1. Schpoonman

          It’s a lifestyle.

    2. ValdVin

      “Didn’t give her enough attention” is also a great way to summon Carla.

      1. Needfuldoer

        Another good way is to not mention Carla at all. Nature abhors a vacuum, so she’ll appear as a reminder.

        1. ValdVin

          Wait, so there’s no way to surely not summon Carla? Everything you do, don’t do, or stop doing, runs that risk?

          Y’know, that checks out.

        2. Bagge

          Just ask Sal

      2. Jhon

        She’s like my cat that way.

  36. Delthor

    Dorothy continues to be my favorite! Though Joyce has always given her a run for the money, and Booster has become a strong contender in only a half dozen or so comics. Yes, please, more of these three!

  37. Valerie

    To be fair, all the introductions so far have been very brief.

    1. clif

      It’s all there was space for in the word balloons.

  38. DarkoNeko

    this is why she’s a future politician

    1. BenRG

      No, she’s asking about Booster whilst genuinely meaning it. Politicians generally can’t do that.

  39. Spencer

    My deep dark secret I must keep hidden from everyone is that I like IDW TMNT more than IDW’s Transformers, even MTMTE, thought it helps that the current Transformers series is kind of a snoozefest.

    It’s like the perfect expression of TMNT. Taking every idea they’ve ever had and cramming them all into one universe where you get to show how infinitely adaptable the turtles really are. One minute they’re Frank Millering it up fighting ninjas in the gritty streets of New York, the next they’re teleported into another dimension and enter a pro wrestling tournament. They can do pretty much any kind of story in any kind of tone and never skip a beat, and there’s genuine weight and consequence to the character’s actions in a way that’s never really been explored for the series, especially with how they’ve chosen to write Splinter’s character in probably his best incarnation yet.

    1. Zaxares

      I’ve REALLY fallen off the TMNT bandwagon. I watched the 1990’s series, read some of the older TMNT comics and watched some of the movies (including the Michael Bay movies that, if I’m being honest, I actually enjoyed), but I haven’t followed any of the subsequent animated series.

      So… Who’s Jennika? Is that actually a new Turtle?

      1. Spencer

        She’s a human member of the Foot who was mutated into a turtle.

        IDW TMNT is, no joke, my favourite ongoing comic at the moment, though the reading order is hella messy thanks to constant miniseries overlapping with the ongoing. Fortunately they’ve put out omnibus editions in reading order that are dirt cheap on Comixology.

        1. Alan in DC

          Years ago in another lifetime, I worked in the same town as TMNT creators Eastman & Laird while their characters were just on the cusp of taking off. I am way behind the times in knowing who today’s cast of players is, but those old B&W books are still a pissah to flip thru.

    2. BBCC

      Spencer, please, I was already intrigued, you don’t need to sell me on checking them out.

      1. Spencer

        https://www.comixology.com/Teenage-Mutant-Ninja-Turtles-The-IDW-Collection-Vol-1/digital-comic/396485?ref=c2VhcmNoL2luZGV4L2Rlc2t0b3Avc2xpZGVyTGlzdC90b3BSZXN1bHRzU2xpZGVy

        It’s seriously the best.

  40. Rabisch

    See? Dorothy always have to be the Weird One!

  41. ADD

    Well, today I learned how really out of date my knowledge of Turtles lore is. More awesome stuff to read, I guess!

  42. Zaxares

    Dorothy Disapproves: -20
    Joyce lost “Best Friend” status
    Joyce gained “Good Friend” status
    Becky senses Opportunity!

  43. Reltzik

    Engineer is best turtle.

    (Just me and my sentry, slapping mutes on all the racists in chat. Online gaming’s a wasteland.)

    1. Needfuldoer

      Uncle Dane is a very good sentry main.

      (Gunslinger combat Engie is my favorite subclass. Plopping down disposable mini sentries to distract and enrage is fun!)

      1. Reltzik

        Kinda hard to turtle with a mini though. Ninja, yes, turtle, no.

        1. Needfuldoer

          Get a second Engie to whack their level 3 while you scavenge metal and keep the teles and dispenser up. There you go, Engineer Ninja Turtle.

  44. SpaceshipPilot

    The best ninja turtle is the Great A’Tuin. He’s the best ninja because he’s the best at hiding. Who’d think to look underneath the world?

    1. Chris

      Can you really say he’s good at hiding when everyone knows he’s there?

  45. Sombrero

    Alt text: DoA Season 2 – We’re all Mike

    Everybody is possessed by the ghost of Mike Warner. Booster and Dorothy are the only ones left to help Carla become Read Hall’s Prankster-in-Chief.

  46. hof1991

    The best turtle is Tooter Turtle. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tooter_Turtle

    Though I vaguely remember my kids watching some cartoon about pizza eating turtles. That’s just silly. Turtles are known for their time traveling adventures.

  47. Brighter Side

    Slow down. A few more years of this and Dorothy’s going to be the next Millennial saint (which I know is ironic, since she’s not a Christian).

  48. Mister Gray

    wow, Willis has been reading the ninja turtles comics, bravo willis!

  49. Kravis

    Oh, so Becky is one of THOSE fans…

  50. Benjamin Kennedy

    In Joyce’s defence, the best move she could make as a person was not asking Booster about themselves, because all of her questions were bad. I’d give her a point or two for at least recognizing that.

  51. SlothfulCobra

    The IDW comic is okay, but there’s no Jennika in the best TMNT show, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

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