Why does this happen?

idk man why don't you ask /co/?

because that's what you look like nerd

Tumblrians failed art college and never learned how to design appealing characters

>>715892619 (OP)
Literally didn't happen. Fake news.

I’m glad that newer Turtles have actual varied appearances. I’m letting my autism show but I could never keep track of whose color and weapon was whose, and since I’m color-blind Leo and Donny looked the same anyway. If kids today can just say “Oh, the big one is Raphael,” good for them.

>>715893795
How dare you like change

"Nerd glasses" as shorthand for "the smart one" is such a low-tier technique.

>>715893738
unfortunately, it did. look at how Nickelodeon handles turtles and Netflix handled Sonic Prime. there's some artistic exaggeration but it's literally there.

>>715893795
It's not a big deal, but it really wasn't that hard to tell the original turtles apart

>>715893887
That schoolshooter Tails is literally from an alternate universe, the original basic Tails still exists.

>>715893985
it was like that since 4 identical turtles means it's easier to reuse molds in toy production. but yeah, all you really need is to know their colors.

>>715894156
yeah, in purgatory, that this incel version refuses to let revert because of an existential crisis. he's effectively the tails you get to know in the whole show.

>>715894176
>Colors
Pleb

>>715894532
>reading comics
look at you you geezer.

>>715893985
In the comics first issue there wasn't much differentiation outside personality.

>>715892619 (OP)
The artist didn't realize he just made Bentley

>>715892619 (OP)
Nine is Alternate Dimension shit, so this image is retarded, also
>>715892673
fpbp

>>715895939
>Nine is Alternate Dimension shit
What is a reboot if not an alternate universe?
I swear I've seen at least one crossover between different Turtle iterations, as well. Not to mention Usagi canonically meeting with multiple iterations.

>>715893985
I can imagine it being mostly a problem for colorblind people but that's about it

>>715893871
Gotta go back and kill all the medieval scholars that popularized the perception of glasses = smart

>>715896207
It's not a reboot, it's a sub-series with the whole angle being visiting alternate universes. You could make the case for Boom, but not Prime. It's just...there. It's to sell more variants on characters through merch.

>>715896409
those scholars were smart but they wore those glasses because staring at books all day ruin your eyesight

>>715892619 (OP)
overcorrection mostly
donny looks like the other turtles because it was easier for the animators and toy molders
tails wasn't originally a tech wiz, just sonic's kid sidekick. being a techie came later

although their designs aren't extreme as the right, other tech based characters are much more exaggerated and their designers do remember how little past techie characters represented that
the overcorrection comes in with that

this doesn't just go with nerd characters but also the "strong guy" "excitable guy", "wimpy guy", etc...

>>715896658
I meant more for the Turtles. They get rebooted so often that each take is essentially its own universe, and I don't think any have ever been erased from some sacred "canon".
In that way, I consider them equal to a more generic alternate universe, since that's essentially what they are in a vacuum.

>>715896853
They get rebooted nearly every 4 years, even in the 80s you had the comics, the cartoon and liveaction all at once.

>>715893795
the turtles having varied appearances is a good thing to an extent but it goes too far in modern times and Donnie exclusively gets the shittiest end of the stick. I always just thought they should have slightly different gear at most.

>>715896986
I didn't hate this movie as much as I thought I would. How bad is the cartoon?

>>715896986
How do people feel about some fanart concepts that make each of them a different species of turtle?

I hate when do away with subtly. The smart character can't look or dress normal. Now they have to be overdesigned and LOOK smart by carrying accessories like goggles, wrenches or spare random parts everywhere.

>>715897231
aren't they supposed to be brothers?

>>715892619 (OP)
Because subtlety doesn't exist anymore, and due to the institutionalized removal of teaching critical thinking, kids, and future generations need literally everything exaggerated and spoon-fed

>>715896986
>Seth Rogen movie
>does that ugly as sin Spiderverse style of animation thats leaked into everything like Puss in Boots and other movies
Didn't see it on that principal alone.

>>715897231
One one hand, I like the idea at face value
On the other, >>715897405

>>715896986
i prefer a more subtler approach to distinctions

>>715893795
>I’m letting my autism show but I could never keep track of whose color and weapon was whose, and since I’m color-blind
Imagine having 15 digit iq
>personality/voices
>weapons
>belt letters if we are talking about 1987
>bwaaa i cant tell which turtle is leonardo

>>715892619 (OP)
2003 had a good idea of turtles having slight differences in skin color and height
2012 and every incarnation after it completely miss the point
>a smart turtle? I know let's make him really tall and lanky and give him tech goggles xdddd

i'll give sonic prime this, while i didn't care much for the alternate timeline characters, their interpretation of mecha-sonic was pretty damn clever given we're dealing with Sonic from television shows and not games.

>>715897405
I never saw it as literal since what are the actual chances some random pet turtles dumped in the sewer are all actual related.

>>715897986
2012 flanderized so much of the turtles.
>Mikey has no nuance, fighting potential or wisdom anymore hes just a loud moron who fucks things up
>Leo is the one-dimensional leader who thinks the burden of the entire world falls on him, very original
>Raph is always angry but since hes voiced by Samwise Gamgee I can't take him seriously
>Donnie is lame, ineffective, meek and voiced by the guy who did Raph in the 87 show

>>715898150
when you're born from eggs does the clutch matter?

>>715898150
it was apparently a big enough deal that people were and still are pissed that Next Mutation retconned it just to justify sex with Venus

>>715897231
>>715897405
Rise of the TMNT made them different species. And their father is a rat man, so it's not a big deal if they're not related by blood. Could even argue it emphasizes their found brotherhood.

>>715898705
nobody gives a shit about Rise except coping mutt zoomers

>>715898429
I think making Leo a bit of a geek was a good idea, but yeah 2012 mikey is the worst despite having cool moments like surviving in Dimension X on his own in the second season

>>715898429
It's cliche to the point of parody but I always did like Mikey being the most objectively skilled and potential-laden of the brothers (he almost effortlessly wields the hardest weapon of the brothers, for example) but instead skirts by just having fun instead. Simple and enjoyable.

>>715898916
I think it has a decent Shredder. Hes just so single-minded and full of hatred alien invasions and worldwide destruction mean nothing to him unless he can kill Splinter. Even in the second to last season hes fine with mutating and turning into some walking, body horror monstrosity if it means killing Splinter.

>>715899237
>decent
Could've been great if he wasn't just sitting on his ass most of the show. Which makes his mutation and Karai turn fall flat

>>715899234
That's right, but 2012 mikey is borderline retarded sometimes and not in a funny or endearing way like 1987/2003 version

>>715897264
That design on the right hasn't been relevant in over 15 years.

>>715898797
Better than current and 2012, and it has fine animation.

It's because character traits need to be recognizable for marketing purposes. A person who knows nothing about Sonic would never know that Tails is "smart", that's something they can only learn by actually getting to know the character

>>715899930
Thats not the point, its that they changed the character to match their personality rather than letting their actions stand on their own merit. Intelligent people don't try to look intelligent and say big words. They go out, eat pizza, walk around in jeans and other mundane stuff. They did it again in 4 where they give her goggles and a wrench and weird missing patches on her clothes.

>>715900752
The point on my part, is that, that era of Crash died and no one sung the praises of the designs. As for 4, some hints that Coco is a nerd other than the Laptop at the start of 2 is not as bad as say, nu-Tawna.

>>715899234
Characters that use their immense talent to be lazy fucks who just barely coast by are fun, relatable, and a free character arc.
A lot of people had (or knew someone that did) that phase at some point in school when they were really good at one subject, slouched off for a few years, then got a rude awakening when they started failing and had to shape up.
Flanderizing these characters into total morons not only makes them less fun but gimps your options for developing them.

>>715900012
> any version of TMNT post 2012 better than 2012
everything after 2012 has been mid at best, and the desperate attempt at making new fans see April as black is just pathetic

>>715901268
I watched for the Turtles. You got your big boobs, mid boobs (2004), two different flavors of live-action big boobs and loli. While all being white.

>>715901438
> you got your turn now its mine
I refuse to believe there are idiots who believe this, it just makes whites look better by comparison, I hate how current "fans" have the troon mindset when it comes to characters.

>>715902272
>turns
More so that, there's more than a dozen iterations of the Turtles, that even April and Casey will come with changes. And that pick is older than most animated 'turns'.
>if you aren't kvetching about media changes non-stop, you're a troon
Fiction is literally not worth dilating about, especially media made to sell toys. That's autism, my initial point was you had many iterations of hot Aprils. Especially when you were he main demographic.

>>715896853
they're canoncially a multiverse

>>715902604
>Fiction is literally not worth dilating about
you certainly seem to think so if you think whites were having a turn with the TMNT and not just enjoying the characters for what they are.

>>715892619 (OP)
>kindhearted nerd turns into a edgelord incel in a dark future
Why does this always happen?

>>715903115
You are literally the only person bringing up the idea of taking 'turns' with April. This is like people who argue about what race Jesus was, and then saying his message also matters above all else. Like which is more important, the message or the messenger?

>>715903317
>You are literally the only person bringing up the idea of taking 'turns'
you first post starts of with "you got your" ,what am I supposed to take form that

>>715897764
That movie was ambrosia to my inner child.
Only complaint would be Damien instead of Dick.

>>715903620
was surprised how well the TMNT fit into the DC universe

>>715903575
That a handful in a sea of many isn't worth crying a river of an equivalent size over. And when I say (You) got you, I'm saying you, adult man, had cartoon from comic, adapted big boob new reporter April, who is still referenced to and still gets play in merch/vidya. And she was black before as that initial post showed, because again, the Turtles have changed so many times.
It's not a 'turn' argument per se, it's a, 'take your pick you fat fucking baby'.

Your shit isn't getting memoryholed/replaced, you goober. And the stuff that isn't like this is the minority, which is ironic.

>>715903946
why not have a new character if you want a black girl in TMNT. I find it funny that just slapping a old name on a new character is considered something unique.

>>715904545
Same reason they did Loli April I guess, but you're not kvetching about that either. But, again I come for the Turtles.

>>715903295
>turns into

>>715904665
Kid April (and doubly so Casey) are absolutely a problem because the retards at Viacom think it's 'weird' for adults to hang around a bunch of teenage turtles. But turning her into a fat egg-shaped nigger was adding insult to injury.

>>715904803
Blame Seth Rogan, every animated projects he's involved with gets ugly.

>>715892619 (OP)
modern armchair intellectual youtube essayist/redditor character design 101 is that characters must wear their entire personality and backstory on their sleeves, otherwise it's "bad design"

Why has no one tried doing a serious, non-irony poisoned, comic adaptation of TMNT? Thats the only thing that would generate real interest since well, lets be honest very few people even know thats how it all started.

>>715905108
It's called TMNT 2003.

>>715905012
how are the viewers going to know this character is the smart one without the designs, that would take actual writing and effort

>>715905169
I get not wanting to get same thing again but people doing new iterations and changing it for the sake of new have been horrible at it.(post 2012 TMNT).

>>715895278
>creates plans to drown security guards, feed miners to crocodiles, flatten mobsters with a ferris wheel, and maul security guards to death with a giant wolf
>most effective way to deal with guards when playing as him is to put them to sleep and either blow them up or drain the life out of them
I love how the wimpy nerd of the Cooper Gang ends up being its most ruthless member by the end of the original trilogy.

>>715905108
Wasn't that IDW to an extent? It tried to be so serious that it became a detriment and got bogged down by it.

>>715896207
except in the very same show the OG Tails is still there, Nine did not replace Tails thats what the whole story is about

>>715893887
>Netflix handled Sonic Prime
But Sonic Prime wasn't a reboot. That Tails was intentionally different, just like all the other characters from alternate universes.

>>715905108
Because tmnt was never a le serious business you fucking secondary troglodyte
>but muh mirage
Ah yes, a series known for worm clones and worm clones fused with sharks totally serious

>>715892619 (OP)
I wouldn't mind if Tails tech whizzed on me.

Wasn't TMNT initially satirical on serious and edgy comics at the time?

>>715908320
not sure but it took a lot of inspiration from Daredevil

>>715908830
Directly parodied it in a lot of places. It even has Matt Murdoch being hit in the head with the ooze canister, and has the Foot instead of the Hand.

>>715897986
>>715898429
I will never understand the hype that 2012 gets on this board. Not only is it just as flanderized as the subsequent shows, but it is fuck ugly Cocomelon-looking slop.

>>715892619 (OP)
Tails actually regressed.
He went from Plane, to submarine with a drill, to Jet, to small Mech.
Then Shitleashed happened and he went back to jet. And now he's a tablet kid.
If SEGA had the BALLS they'd make Tails' Adventure 2 and give him a full blown Gundam section.

>>715909930
Literally
>lil zoom's first tmnt show/universe

I unironically like a lot of stuff from the 2007 film. I love jungle ghost Leo, and Nightwatcher Ralph, Mikey and Don having to work real jobs. And obviously https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_kDIXtnLIg
I also like the voices.

>>715910989
I thought that was Rise. 2012 got praised for pleasing everyone from old fans to new.

>>715892619 (OP)
anyone else find the turtle two toe feet really hot?

>>715910872
shut up tailsfag
nobody likes that mutant freak

>>715897875
15 digit?

>>715911502
I sure as shit wasn't praising 2012, and I grew up on VHS tapes of the 80s show, 2003, and the movies. Sure, it's better than Fast Forward and Back to the Sewer, but the animation and character designs suck nuts

>>715911792
Yeah. 0.00000000000001

>>715912204
>not -0.00000000000001