Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-16581186-20151227004739/@comment-995426-20160124182959

UltimateTitan6 wrote: Yeah I agree too. They don't put that much effort into making a mutant/alien character look appealing except the Turtles and Splinter (who are usually in our face every episode). My opinion is that they try to get in the more realistic qualities and on occasion what some people would call cool. Plus you know these guys like horror movies so I'd imagine they make the most freakish thing that comes to mind. The uglier the better for them. I think one glance at Lord Vringath Dregg says it all. I agree. Too much focus on the grotesque, and only a few mutant or alien characters look good. The turtles, Splinter, and maybe Bebop, Newtie and Slash. (One of my friends nicknamed Splinter "sexy rat dad," but stopped watching the show out of disgust soon before I did, and recently said, "I don't give a rat dad's ass about the Nick show." XD) Dogpound was ugly-cute, and Rahzar is just plain hideous. I adore Leatherhead, but in most scenes it's hard to tell his facial expressions, giving him a "dull surprise" look. And Rocksteady and the Triceratons hit too close to the uncanny valley. Fishface and Mondo Gecko are just so-so. Most of the rest are a parade of absolutely hideous&mdash;Mutagen Man, Stockman Fly, and especially Muckman. Napoleon looks like he's wearing a stool sample as a hat.

TMNT characters needn't be puke-ugly, nor need they be diabetically cute. Mikey's face in particular is far too cute at times, to the point of caricaturizing him and hindering the audience's willingness to ever take him seriously.