Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-16581186-20151227004739/@comment-16581186-20160122192018

Gilgameshkun wrote: ...You've already heard most my complaints about this series and Nickelodeon's handling of the franchise and my dislike for the legacy of the 1987 TV series, and you don't need to hear them all again right now in every detail. *hears everyone breathe a collective sigh of relief* Now, on to Usagi:

I'm thinking that at best they'll do something like what they did with the Terror Bears becoming the Dream Beavers to get around Palladium Books' copyrights. You won't see Usagi himself, but a new original character very similar to him and obviously hearkening to Usagi's personality&mdash;an expy, different enough so that Stan Sakai can't sue. Of course, even that's an optimistic scenario for Usagi fans. Well, yeah that's basically what I was saying too. You just articulating it more. And yes, I do believe that will be the closest we will ever come to seeing Usagi in TMNT 2012, or any other turtles related media for that matter because of that contract. Wow, still can't believe they did that.

But like I said, anything is possible. Peter Laird doesn't own the rights to the Usagi Yojimbo series and Stan Sakai doesn't answer to him (although they may still be friends). So for all we know, if he likes the series enough, we just might see Usagi if the TMNT producers reach hard enough. Which is what they're apparently good at, as that's how they got some awesome voice actors. We have David Tennant, Ron Pearlman, Zelda Williams, Keith David, and now CHARLIE MURPHY!?!In TMNT!?! WHAT!?!