Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-24326953-20141014012742/@comment-4872828-20160216225638

Gilgameshkun wrote:

Kung fu frogz wrote: More mutants! YAAAAY. Cause screw human characters! I disagree. Any version of TMNT should have at least as many human characters as anthropomorphs. It maintains perspective and character balance. ...Of course, the 2012 TV series no longer pretends to have perspective or character balance. XD But consider Mirage TMNT, Image TMNT and IDW TMNT&mdash;they all have well-sized cast of regular and recurring human characters in addition to plenty of anthropomorphic characters, and I think those series have been better for it. I think Kung fu frogz was being facetious.

More mutants means more merchandising potential, that's true.

However, making human adversaries into mutants is almost a necessity because human characters can't be expected to keep up. How many times have Casey and April been sidelined in the past couple of seasons, even after April has been in the possession of psychic powers and been confirmed to be a mutant? Shredder already has pushed the limits of believability, especially after he manhandled Leatherhead.

Besides, Shredder getting mutated is not only karmic retribution (if unwanted on his part) for him purposely creating and controlling mutants but also is a physical representation as to the monster he has become.