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Gilgameshkun wrote:

Julian14bernardino wrote: Well, in "Tale of the Yokai," Renet wanted to make sure the turtles' sensei, Splinter, survives. But it could be unknown that Renet will be watching over them. What if Renet or Bishop's utroms rescued Splinter during the earth's annihilation? At NYCC they made it pretty clear that Splinter was not saved, and would not be saved, and would not come back into their lives in any way. They made an executive decision that his death must be permanent and irrevocable.

So far, I'm actually reminded of how the TV series Charmed handled the death of the character Prue in-show. Her death was very abrupt and very permanent, and she was never seen for the rest of the show's five seasons (outside of the back of the head of her actress's stunt double in a flashback sequence of a clip episode).

It remains to be seen if Nick TMNT goes that route of never-seen-or-heard-from-again. Maybe they'll have flashbacks, especially since Hoon Lee seems to have a credit in the season 4 premiere. But we're supposed to understand that he will never come back to life or be a regular character in this series again.

Anyway, I've become a lot more detached from these developments than I used to be. I still love the show, but only up to a point. And the way Annihilation Earth! seemed to continue derailing the development of central characters (especially Mikey and Casey), it felt very freeing to me, like I shouldn't worry if I have a fanfiction idea that breaks canon if the canon itself is going to be so bad anyway.

One of my friends in particular has severed all interest in the future of the Nick TMNT show, but he's still cautiously interested in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Amazing Adventures comics printed by IDW. Recently relaunched, they made the decision to completely break canon from the TV show and branch out into their own continuity, which is just what the Archie TMNT comics eventually did from the 1987 TV series. And considering that Archie TMNT became more mature and its storytelling and characters actually became quite good, there's still hope for a good storyline based on the original Nickelodeon template. So far, only two issues of TMNT AA have been published, but it shows some promise. And they're still on Earth, and Splinter is still alive.

And maybe my friend is right. Maybe the show now is crap and is better abandoned. Maybe Amazing Adventures is the only TV-based continuity worth following anymore. Wait, by executive decision, do you mean the executives of Nick decided killing off Splinter permanently would boost profit? How would killing off Splinter for good be good for the show's profit and ratings?!