Talk:The Big Blow-Out!/@comment-26703817-20180908111401/@comment-33378883-20180908165442

Jedm2311,

Oh, yes it is. Any of us would be happy to provide the link from the official TMNT twitter confirming that the "Wanted" special is the official series finale. As Easol1 said, production order doesn't matter for Season 5/Tales of the TMNT. What Ciro Nieli originally intended doesn't matter. There is a reason for the change in title and even the opening theme. It's basically a bunch of side stories. The core story concluded with Season 4 and the Kavaxas arc. Not all fans even consider all of the Tales "canon" and everybody has their own preferred order for viewing Season 5. None of us have the right to tell other fans that they have to view the Season a in a particular order, or to force them to accept our favorite arcs as "canon". I personally consider Owari and the Kavaxas arc the "true" ending, and I will likely end future Season 5 re-watches on "When Worlds Collide". It doesn't matter what order it aired in  Australia, either. The Apocalypse arc doesn't even fit into the canon timeline due to serious continuity problems. In fact, it really has nothing to do with the rest of the show. You literally could transplant characters from any other show or franchise into that special,  and it would have made about as much sense. If you like it, that's fine (as Wingnut II said,  to each their own). I'm certainly not saying you can't (that should have been obvious anyway, but you never know). If you liked it, then enjoy it! However, you need to respect the fact that many people in the fandom did not like it, had serious issues with it,  and are perfectly happy with Nick's ultimate decision. The Apocalypse arc is not officially canon or the finale. Like it or not (and whether Ciro Nieli likes it or not), "Wanted: Bebop and Rocksteady" ended up being the official series finale and the "Mad Raph" travesty was confirmed to be non-canon. '

Look, I'm not trying to be mean here, but....most of us are already aware of the production order. You're telling us stuff we have already known for almost a year. We just realize that it doesn't matter.