Talk:List of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012) episodes/@comment-1086162-20180125202826/@comment-33378883-20180713022426

Werehog21,

It was the last one produced, and Ciro Nieli wanted it to be the finale (despite some rather stunning continuity problems), yes. But that ultimately doesn't matter. Frankly,  I'm not convinced by the "too dark for younger viewers"explanation. After all, they aired  Requiem and Owari (with the latter as the Season 4 finale) on the main channel without any issues. There were other dark episodes beside those that also aired. Nick didn't just air the special sooner;  it explicitly labelled "Wanted: Bebop and Rocksteady" the series finale instead. Like it or not, "Wanted" was indeed the last episode to premiere on US television. Nickelodeon even confirmed that Mutant Apocalypse was non-canon on the official Twitter. Then there was a press release for the final DVD referring to MA as "another dimension". I also recall a tweet from the TMNT account saying something to the effect of "production order doesn't matter". That's pretty telling right there.