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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fast Forward is the sixth season of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003 TV series. Originally aired between July 29, 2006 and October 27, 2007, beginning with the "Future Shellshock" episode. It also includes recreated designs for all the returning characters.
This season mostly takes place in 2105 New York City, with plots such as Sh'Okanabo’s attempts to unleash "The Day of Awakening"; the Ninja Turtles’ attempts to expose Darius Dunn’s criminal activities, and to return to their own time; and Cody Jones’ growth. Due to the multispecies population of the future, the Turtles are now free to move about openly and interact with everyday people. The season is lighter in tone and less violent than previous ones, with a greater emphasis on jokes.
The season was originally going to air one year later, but to try to increase interest in the series, 4Kids and FOX started airing this season a year earlier instead of the "Ninja Tribunal" arc. This season became the fifth season to air on commercial television even though it was the sixth season produced. After the scheduling change was made, Mirage Studios and its partners decided to finish production on the "Ninja Tribunal" episodes and release them directly to DVD. 4Kids Entertainment later signed a deal with Comcast and this season began airing on Comcast-On-Demand in August 2006. Thus, mass confusion has ensued regarding which season is officially season five and which is season six. Chronologically this season comes after the "Ninja Tribunal" season.
The episodes were released in partial season sets. Volume 1, named "TMNT Fast Forward: Future Shellshock!", was released on February 6, 2007, and had the first thirteen episodes, and volume 2, named "TMNT Fast Forward: Day of the Awakening", was released on August 7, 2007, and had the remaining thirteen.
Story[]
During an ordinary day, the Turtles and Splinter are suddenly transported through time to New York City in the year 2105 by Cody Jones, a descendant of Casey Jones and April O'Neil. Jones intended to build a "Time Window", which could allow him to simply observe past escapades of the Turtles, but an unforeseen complication turned it into a time travel-capable machine, which is in disrepair after bringing the Turtles and Splinter to the future. At Cody's insistence, the Turtles and Splinter begin to live with him until the Time Window can be repaired, also contending with Cody's uptight robotic butler, Serling. Due to the future city being filled with aliens and robots, the turtles and Splinter are able to walk among the citizens in broad daylight without judgement.
However, during their time with Cody, the group comes into conflict with Darius Dunn, Cody's uncle and CEO of O'Neil Tech, who is in actuality a crime boss seeking to wrest complete control of the company from the young Cody. On several occasions, Dunn attempts to kill the Turtles or Splinter, attempts that do not go unnoticed by them, who resolve to keep a wary eye on the villain, while Cody remains ignorant of his uncle's true nature.
The Turtles also gain a new nemesis in the form of Sh'Okanabo, an alien warlord who seeks to conquer the Earth so his species, the Kanabo, can reproduce and thrive on the planet. Sh'Okanabo enters a partnership with Darius Dunn, both seeking to destroy the Turtles, and Sh'Okanabo creates the Dark Turtles, four malicious clones of the Turtles to battle them. Dunn also gives Sh'Okanabo the plans to Cody's Time Window, and the alien is able to manufacture a second one, but it malfunctions, creating a storm of time windows that transport beings from all across time in New York - resulting in a brief face-off between the Turtles and the Utrom Shredder from their time, before he is returned to his own time. The Turtles, Cody and Sh'Okanabo are briefly able to repair the villain's Time Window, but it malfunctions yet again, seemingly killing the alien warlord.
To his horror, Cody discovers his uncle's villainous nature when he uncovers a secret weapon factory that Dunn had kept hidden from Cody. When his plans are revealed, Dunn faces off with Cody before fleeing in the wake of defeat, leaving Cody as the CEO of O'Neil Tech. Dunn quickly returns with a vengeance, hijacking Cody's Turtle X battle armor and going on a rampage. Serling manages to save Cody from his uncle, albeit at the cost of his own life, though he's soon repaired and converted into a second iteration of the Turtle X armor to better protect his young charge. Dunn goes into hiding with the Dark Turtles in the meantime.
The Turtles also discover that Agent Bishop has survived to 2105, thanks to his cloning-induced longevity. Bishop has undergone a change of heart after a lab accident which saw Baxter Stockman go missing, and instead of hunting aliens, he has become the President of the Pan-Galactic Alliance, a United Nations type coalition between Earth and all peaceful alien races. Stockman is revealed to have survived the lab incident, and after nearly killing Bishop in retaliation, he reforms as well, entering a renewed partnership and friendship with his old ally. Bishop summons the Turtles to aid him in venturing to an Earth base on the Moon, which has lost contact with Earth. The group discovers that Sh'Okanabo survived the destruction of the time window and has taken up residence on the dark side of the moon, plotting to block out the sunlight to engineer his "Day of Awakening", but is soon stopped by the combined efforts of the Turtles, Bishop and Cody.
Crew[]
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fast Forward was produced by Mirage Studios, 4Kids Entertainment, 4Kids Productions, and Dong Woo Animation and distributed by 4Kids Entertainment and was aired on FOX's Saturday morning kids' block in the US. The producers were Gary Richardson, Frederick U. Fierst, and JoEllyn Marlow for the American team; Tae Ho Han was the producer for the Korean team.
Characters[]
Main characters[]
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles:
- Donatello
- Leonardo
- Michelangelo
- Raphael
- Master Splinter
- Cody Jones
Allies[]
- Turtle Titan II
- President Bishop
- Justice Force
- Inuwashi Gunjin
- Ninja Tribunal
- Serling
- Starlee Hambrath
- Utroms
Villains[]
- Baxter Stockman
- Ch'rell
- Darius Dunn
- Doctor Malignus
- Kanabo
- Metal Mystic
- Viral
- Street Phantoms
- Triple Threat
- Torbin Zixx
- Aramzedo
- Triceraton rebels
- Boss Zukko
- Purple Dragons
Other/unaffiliated[]
Reception[]
The sixth season had mixed to somewhat negative reviews. The main reason was for its storyline change, brighter, sillier tone and the art style change. As of November 2007, it had 1.36 million views and has a rank of 76%.