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Something Fishy Goes Down is issue 5 of the TMNT Adventures comics, and was published in October 1989. It is the first issue telling an original storyline instead of adapting episodes of the 1987–1996 animated television series, as well as the first issue written by Dean Clarrain, also known as Stephen Murphy, who would became the series' lead writer.
Appearing in Something Fishy Goes Down[]
- Bebop
- Donatello
- Jack Finney / Man Ray (debut)
- Krang
- Leonardo
- Michaelangelo
- Oroku Saki / The Shredder
- Raphael
- Rocksteady
Synopsis[]
The United States Independence Day approaches, as the Shredder tries to blow up the Statue of Liberty. The turtles are assisted by mutant manta ray Jack Finney, formerly a human working at the Burroughs Aquarium.
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Trivia[]
- This is the first issue telling an original storyline instead of adapting episodes of the 1987-1996 animated series.
- This is also Stephen Murphy's (also known as "Dean Clarrain's") first TMNT writing credit. As he was previously famous for writing The Puma Blues, this issue contains some Easter Eggs from his previous comic.
- When the human Jack Finney tells the Turtles about manta rays, he uses a specific hand gesture against his head to try to illustrate the ray's head appendages. This directly echos a scene in The Puma Blues where a character makes the same gesture when explaining manta rays to a woman.
- After Finney becomes a mutant manta ray, he introduces himself as "Man Ray." This echoes a specific text phrase that appears on one of The Puma Blues' pages.
- This issue was reprinted in Spanish with a new cover and coloring by Division Comics as Aqui Hay Pez Encerrado.