Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1255374-20151023223507/@comment-16581186-20151027005300

Gilgameshkun wrote: Tarrlok&#039;s the REAL Hero wrote: The episode was decent, however I have one question, why is Casey Jones in this version of TMNT? He serves no purpose at all, he isn't that funny, his bromance with Raph is non existant, he can't fight (the writers made Hun a wimp just so Casey could beat him) and he's a perv to April. You are so right. At best he's Mikey's entourage. One has to admit that, even though most of Season 2's episodes were good and some were truly great, it's still the season when the really terrible writing started to creep in. And one of the first bad ideas they had, was this version of Casey Jones. It's almost like he exists with the sole function of annoying the audience. Yes, Yes, YES! You both are so right. Why did no one ask this question two seasons ago. Ok I'll admit, after seeing his debut and some subsequent episodes, I had high hopes for Casey. He held his own against Raph, he singlehandedly defeated several Foot Bots, and he actually injured Shredder. But I've come to realize that Casey was just hyped up in his first few appearances and became an irrelevant character for this series. Like you said, he's not funny, he can't fight (well, at least not anymore), and he has like no meaningful interaction with another character outside of is little competition with Donatello for April's attention. He was completely useless in the Triceratons fight. And on top of all of that, he literally takes nothing seriously, NOTHING! Immediately after he saw the earth get sucked into a black hole right in front of his face,  all he cared to say is "This...is...AWESOME!!! That's it! I'm done!  I've lost hope for Casey. Why the writers included him in this season, I may never know?  A possible attempt at redemption is the conclusion I can come to.