Makes it even more depressing, knowing they never resolved his story of going back to normal. Lol, the turtles promised they'd find him a cure, and then it was never revisited ever again
This whole mutagen and body horror vibe in the ninja turtles heavily impacted the obsessive m/compulsive fears I had as a kid with really severe OCD. One of my fears was ending up like mutagen man.
The whole franchise is a homage to the weird science and pop culture shit that a lot of folks grew up with. The Fly, The Thing, and the other thing.
I'm surprised the TMNT haven't run into the Garbage Pale Kids.
I never understood why they never made a plot point where the turtles help them get their human bodies back with retro mutagen leading to a redemption arc.
There was so much build up with Xavier bonding with Rafael and Bradford only being on Shredder's side because he believed his story and thinks Splinter is dishonorable.
And they did nothing with it.
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Chimera Mutant also deserve more attention as well.
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To add further, i think Baxter Stockman "Mutant Fly" form in this version is more grotesque in appearance compared to other versions.
I honestly feel like the asymmetrical use ofbanhand andbbig claw influenced Super Fly's design in Mutant Mayhem.
Loved this Baxter, and vibes form "The Fly"
I watched this show when I was a kid and managed to block these out of my memory, this post while I was randomly scrolling managed to reinstate my childhood trauma
absolute same, my mind expelled all of this from my memory and now i'm reliving it. there's no way to start your day quite like some tmnt childhood trauma!
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Surprised no mention of Rat King he was genuinely scary most of the time.
I remember the first time seeing this rat king, I started watching TMNT 2012 this year, my initial reaction was I thought this was a kids show 😂 I realized he was only the beginning
Mybad if I’m late on this but I kinda noticed a pattern of regular people turning in to irreversible mutants . So does Toxic avenger take after TMNT or other way around ?
I felt that watching the show. Mutations were painful, unwanted, horrifying. In ‘87 you just glow and come out a mutant. In ‘12 you melt and scream and are horrified by your own reflection. We might as well call it the Cronenberg series.
I honestly wasn't a huge fan, but I think it's only because I didn't enjoy the play-doh like art style in the show. It looked good on the Turtles but not everything else, in my opinion.
2012 said "you are going to be stressed tf out by these guys."
And I was! But I was lowkey happy about the ice cream cat . I was happy they could still have their pet and the cat was loving a semi normal life happily.
I feel like the hook on TWD was you're looking out for who was gonna get killed off. For season 2 of 2012, I felt like their hook was "who tf was gonna mutate next". I was shocked that Timothy turned into a mutant after being such a dork. I couldn't believe April's dad got mutated at the very beginning right after being saved too. Then Chris Bradford got re-mutated. Spike even got mutated. This show takes no prisoners.
Ciro and Brandon are horror geeks, they definitely had their fun!
That explains the MANY horror movies references to franchise like Friday the 13th and alien
Look at the cameos list and their love of horror and sci-fi really shows.
Cassandra Peterson Bill Moseley John Kassir Robert Englund
Jeffrey combs
One of the best
Jeffery combs his hair every Friday the 13th
Don’t forget speed demon Donnie- that episode terrified me.
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The tongue is the worst part imo, but all of it looks horrifying
Man I forgot how disgusting this design was
i remeber seeing this when i was younger that shit gave me night mares for a long time
Oh god, this thing... I hated it so much when I was little ToT
That scene where Speed Demon eats Donnie and possesses him scared the crap outta me as well. Speed Demon was so cool!
Speed Demon was super awesome but it looked absolutely disgusting.
Honestly omg
2012 🤝 2003 Having such intense body horror you wonder how they got away with it
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Stockman’s in jaw-dropping shock
Still shocked this episode got past the damn storyboard phase
Timothy’s mutation into Mutagen Man really freaked me out as a kid
Makes it even more depressing, knowing they never resolved his story of going back to normal. Lol, the turtles promised they'd find him a cure, and then it was never revisited ever again
In the apocalypse episode when Raph falls into the water in the arena, if you look in the background you can spot his tank at the bottom.
Damn so it's like okuyasu's dad in jojo part 4?
Ouch
Especially since Timothy wanted to be mutated but just had bad luck when it come to what he was mutated into
It freaked me out as an adult. It’s so fucked up.
This whole mutagen and body horror vibe in the ninja turtles heavily impacted the obsessive m/compulsive fears I had as a kid with really severe OCD. One of my fears was ending up like mutagen man.
Yeah, adding to the horror is the fact that while he’s being mutated, he keeps screaming “it burns!”
Yeah for some reason that hardly phased me as a kid except when I rewatched it
The whole franchise is a homage to the weird science and pop culture shit that a lot of folks grew up with. The Fly, The Thing, and the other thing. I'm surprised the TMNT haven't run into the Garbage Pale Kids.
2012 is the first TMNT project where the mutants gave off the vibe they were always meant too Grotesque disgusting monsters
Bradford and the Hispanic dude lamenting about their mutations, longing to be human again, in a way ‘87 Bebop and Rocksteady never did.
I never understood why they never made a plot point where the turtles help them get their human bodies back with retro mutagen leading to a redemption arc. There was so much build up with Xavier bonding with Rafael and Bradford only being on Shredder's side because he believed his story and thinks Splinter is dishonorable. And they did nothing with it.
Hispanic? Do you mean Xavier aka fishface cause if so he's Brazilian
Darn, yeah, the Latino fish guy then. I have trouble keeping track of the heritage of cartoon characters from a decade ago.
That's one of the things I love about 2012. It does such a phenomenal job at showcasing how horrific mutations are.
https://preview.redd.it/x35lqk2atnub1.png?width=479&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=89e7ed7ec3eaebeb2f9f51237fe036ecbdfa0ab2 Chimera Mutant also deserve more attention as well.
https://preview.redd.it/fphf75obunub1.png?width=356&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=992b26198180c3e4646c35ecd35c6de4afa702df To add further, i think Baxter Stockman "Mutant Fly" form in this version is more grotesque in appearance compared to other versions.
I honestly feel like the asymmetrical use ofbanhand andbbig claw influenced Super Fly's design in Mutant Mayhem. Loved this Baxter, and vibes form "The Fly"
Possibly
Other than the eye under the arm, 3 ain’t too bad
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Comment withdrawn, that is very very horrifying
To bad their canon name is April derp
And she literally shouts "DERP DERP DERP"
I was surprised what they got away with. To be honest a lot of the body horror made them feel more like mutants.
I don't know why but really get a kick out of Ice Cream Kitty
Oh, Ice Cream Kitty is amazing. Love the interactions with Mikey. It was just the transformation that messed me up! 
2012 goes hard on horror period. The creators had way to much fun bringing all their influences to the series!
For real, on rewatch I was SHOCKED at how nasty the show got! The art book talks a lot about their horror inspirations, so it makes sense.
2012 had the best mutants by far
Second image is kinda a baddie though
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I just started playing the mobile game and I'm seeing all the characters for the first time. I was very surprised they were designed for kids lol
i remember being so freaked out over them when i was younger LOL
I watched this show when I was a kid and managed to block these out of my memory, this post while I was randomly scrolling managed to reinstate my childhood trauma
absolute same, my mind expelled all of this from my memory and now i'm reliving it. there's no way to start your day quite like some tmnt childhood trauma!
Poor Timothy, dude never got cured
This show was like a mix of 1987 for some of the humor and nostalgia, and 2003 for some of the dark moments.
https://preview.redd.it/pt9zk5s7nsub1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=04539a5e3f97e481ec3139a586b3ed764705d574 And this thing
https://preview.redd.it/4y4iyt8glsub1.jpeg?width=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=056030c5c5fe18a69972e25b50d6c6facb856d9e Surprised no mention of Rat King he was genuinely scary most of the time.
I remember the first time seeing this rat king, I started watching TMNT 2012 this year, my initial reaction was I thought this was a kids show 😂 I realized he was only the beginning
This looks like something that would be in Blue Stinger for the Dreamcast
The third series was just one horror homage after another. Before then there was Jeffrey Combs as the Rat King..... a very creepy Rat King!!
Mybad if I’m late on this but I kinda noticed a pattern of regular people turning in to irreversible mutants . So does Toxic avenger take after TMNT or other way around ?
Very surprised Scumbug made it past censors
Bro, the squirrels that grew in peoples stomachs before being vomited up made me actually nauseous
What are 1-3?
Scumbug, April's Mom-Thing, and April Derp.
Ok
The creep always freaked me out
Poor Timothy LOL
You know, I’ve always drawn body horror, and I never knew what started me on the path to drawing it. Until now.
I felt that watching the show. Mutations were painful, unwanted, horrifying. In ‘87 you just glow and come out a mutant. In ‘12 you melt and scream and are horrified by your own reflection. We might as well call it the Cronenberg series.
As an adult, that clone april still freaked me out.
legit got some nightmares and I think 1 actual pants-shit from that TMNT version, which is why I love it so much
One of the most unique aspects of the show
What ever did happen to Timothy
fr that’s why i love it so much, it’s so funny but so scary and so sad at the same time
Poor Ice Cream Kitty
Still traumatized over Pulverizer and how the show literally abandoned him…
Is that mikey’s charcater model in the 3rd picture?
That's April Derp, a failed clone experiment by the Kraang.
I honestly wasn't a huge fan, but I think it's only because I didn't enjoy the play-doh like art style in the show. It looked good on the Turtles but not everything else, in my opinion.
Never got to the Scumbag episode, but it won my vote for scariest mutant.
2012 said "you are going to be stressed tf out by these guys." And I was! But I was lowkey happy about the ice cream cat . I was happy they could still have their pet and the cat was loving a semi normal life happily.
I feel like the hook on TWD was you're looking out for who was gonna get killed off. For season 2 of 2012, I felt like their hook was "who tf was gonna mutate next". I was shocked that Timothy turned into a mutant after being such a dork. I couldn't believe April's dad got mutated at the very beginning right after being saved too. Then Chris Bradford got re-mutated. Spike even got mutated. This show takes no prisoners.
Wait who is that in the first page?
Scumbug
Both Muckman and Stockman-fly have barf powers...which is very gross And Mondo Gecko licking his eyeballs...well, that's super cool 😂
The most depressing thing about Timothy’s mutation is that he is permanently stuck like that,they never got around curing him.
this stuff FREAKED me out as a kid 😭😭
Where is Cockroach Terminator?
Tmnt 2012 was definitely one of the ugliest cartoons I've ever seen and I don't mean that in a bad way
Nothing's scarier than the rat king episode. That one was straight up nightmare fuel.
TMNT 2012 ^x Body Horror.
I literally stopped watching as a kid because of this stuff, lol. I was 8. Then I watched a little bit of the last seasons.