TMNT: Back to the Sewer



TMNT: Back to the Sewer, commonly shortened to "Back to the Sewer" or "BttS", is the seventh season of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003). It aired during Fall 2008 and Spring 2009.

Plot
The Turtles will have found a way to return home a few mouth's after Cody Jones accidentally brought them to the future. During the time travel process, Splinter is trapped in cyberspace. According to the theme songs posted as part of a contest, Shredder will return as Cyber Shredder as well as Viral. As long as he is stuck in cyberspace, a karate "teacher" named Master Khan will help him with his diabolical plans.

Heroes

 * Donatello
 * Leonardo
 * Michelangelo/Turtle Titan
 * Raphael
 * Splinter
 * April O'Neil
 * Casey Jones
 * Leatherhead
 * Miyamoto Usagi
 * Gennosuke
 * Serling
 * Justice Force
 * Silver Sentry
 * Nobody
 * Ananda
 * Tsunami
 * Raptarr
 * Metal Head
 * Chrysalis
 * Nano
 * Green Mantle
 * Zippy Lad
 * Stainless Steel Steve
 * Cody Jones
 * Sid Jones
 * Mrs. Jones (Casey's mother)
 * Mortu
 * Fugitoid
 * Ancient One
 * Dr. Chaplin
 * Karai
 * Angle
 * Renet
 * Ultimate Daimyo
 * Ultimate Ninja
 * Ninja Tribunal
 * Kon-Shisho
 * Juto-Shisho
 * Chikara-Shisho
 * Hisomi-Shisho
 * Ninja Tribunal Acolytes
 * Faraji Ngala
 * Adam McKay
 * Joi Reynard
 * Tora Yoshida

Villains

 * Viral
 * Cyber Shredder
 * Cyber Foot Ninja
 * Hun
 * Purple Dragons
 * Baxter Stockman
 * Karai
 * Utrom Shredder
 * Foot Ninja
 * Master Khan
 * Tengu Shredder
 * Metal Klawz
 * Spider Bytez
 * Dr. Malignus

Indeterminate/Unaffiliated

 * Zog II
 * Klunk
 * Rat King

Development
Several pitches were given to Mirage Studios and Playmates Toys before settling on Back to the Sewer. The first pitch, TMNT: Super World, involved a card game of some sort. TMNT: Overload was to have a glitch in the time travel process cause the Turtles to bring their younger selves with them to the present. The third idea, Ultimate TMNT attempted to combine the universe of the movies with the 2003 cartoon as well as introduce characters from the 1987 cartoon. Ultimately, they decided to take the start with the more realistic and less humorous aspects of TMNT: Overload and use that as a starting point for Back to the Sewer.

It was decided that a more stylized art style would be used in order to bring down the cost per episode. Also, pupils were added to the Turtles in order to look more similar to the character designs used in TMNT.

Theme Song
In Spring 2008, 4Kids Entertainment held the "Pick Us a Rockin' Theme Song Before Mikey Gets His Way Challenge". Six theme songs were posted and fans were allowed to vote for their favorite. The winner(#5) was used in the series.

Also See

 * List of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003) episodes
 * TMNT in Mayhem From Mutant Island