Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Retrospective (ft Comic Pop) 

Wanted to extend a personal thank you to James and Mason for giving us a sit at the big table today, and another special thank you to the incredible audience at Mr. Sunday Movies for being so kind and welcoming. It's been an absolute pleasure.

James and Maso have perfected their american accents.

Congratulations James and Mason on having a child.

James and Mason are great Caravan of Garbage hosts, But Sal and Ethan knock this out of the park. I would fully support them taking over whenever Mason needs another break because of James' baby

"Pizza delivery guy puts the pizza vertically and suddenly the pizza is ruined." Nah, bro. I'm from the northeast. That Domino's Pizza was ruined before it was made.

Fun fact: the turtle that yells splinter on the barn is Michelangelo but was dubbed over by Raphael’s voice actor because they scraped Mikey’s whole side plot during that part.

It’s a good day to already be a Comic POP fan

It’s weird having Sal and Ethan but not Ben

This is the crossover I never knew I needed, this is truly a blessed moment

Comic pop is one of the best channels on YT. Sal's sass is just awesome

Hearing Sal and Ethan's voices without seeing their faces is really jarring to me for some reason.

Oh hell yeah! If you haven’t watch comic pop before please go watch them, they’re super awesome! James talked about their show back issues, I think one of their best episodes would be Batman Year One or All Star Batman.

I love the ComicPop crew

no way!!! comic pop?!? BEST COMIC CHANNEL OUT THERE

Oh my GOD. Now some part of the ComicPop crew is gonna imprint onto Mr.SundayMovies 😂😂

“Why were they in an antique shop?” Me, with my encyclopedic knowledge on Ninja turtles: “well you see....”

I hope this episode gets a good amount of attention, Comic Pop is a fantastic small channel that should have a Lot more subscribers than it does. Anyway I’m glad this was put out

As much as I've always loved this movie I gained a whole new appreciation for it later in life after discovering the original comics. Pretty much 90% of it is basically adapted straight from the page makiing it one of the most accurate comic book movies ever made

oh shit sal is here, nice. I remember mr sunday movies commenting on one of their videos

Was expecting MrSundayMovies got comicpop. A surprise to be sure but a welcome one.

Thanks for having the ComicPoP guys on, Im an Aussie who's been subscribed to both your channels for about 6 years or so. Would love to have Sal and the gang back for more episodes. The way they critique comics and other pop culture is hilarious accurate in a real world perspective , perfect example from this episode would be Casey Jones commiting murder, and being back up for the turtles when he's probably the weakest fighter..😂

2 hours! More like "Mr. Take Up Your Entire Sunday Movies"

Hey its Ethan n Sal! Nice one. I came to listen to Mr Sunday movies through comicpop mentioning the channel. Hopefully we get a Back issues special with Mason & Mr Sunday.

I just want to thank you guys for bringing more eyes on the Comic Pop crew. It is honestly my favourite comic book channel. You guys are great, too.

"Turtles" is a seriously underrated movie. Not just a piece of nostalgia either. Its got character development and arcs, gritty old NYC atmosphere, humor (Casey and Donatello), and decent martial arts. Also Shredders first entrance is epic.

Man the Pizza Hut segment got me DYING knowing they're actually closing stores😂😂

Sal and Ethan guest starring on Mr Sunday Movies? This does put a smile on my face

I am SO FREAKIN’ EXCITED to listen to this, and seeing the trading cards again is revisiting one of my favorite parts of childhood. Sincere thanks for this James, Maso, and our new #ComicPop friends.

Sal's description of Chief Sterns, "a coiled spring of a man" (for no good reason - added by Ethan) is just utterly perfect. Raymond Serra plays the role with the kind of gusto Cameron Mitchell brought to Captain Bonano in Hollywood Cop.

Oh hell yeah this is going to be good

I think the reason Splinter's "fire spirit" doesn't tell them where he is being held captive, is because he doesn't actually want his sons to risk their lives saving him. He, being a father, is willing to sacrifice himself to keep his children safe.

"Chekhov's nunchucks" Amazing!

One of the best comic book movies ever made. It was funny, occasionally zany, violent, and had a heart. The scene with Splinter in the campfire was such a brilliant scene, I mean, how can rubber puppets have so much soul? Highly underrated.

Comic Pop deserves more subscribers

Shout out to Comic Pop; the best comic crew on RU-vid!

I like how this podcast is longer than the film 😂😂😂

Fun fact: the guy who voices Elmo voices splinter

I literally just started watching comic pop like a week or two ago. This is weird...

Bro I was literally hoping comicpop would drop another turtles podcast. I just tore through most of the show and the idw comic so I’ve been on a turtles binge

I watched this movie as a 10 yr old. When the “bad boys” are offered cigarettes, I thought the choices were “regular” or “mental”. From then on, I spent my teenage years trying to figure out where to buy mental cigarettes

These are two of my favorite youtube channels working together couldn't like fast enough

YAY! SAL and Ethan! Cowabonga! Comic-Popobonga? (I tried!)

Casey Jones was a professional cricket player duh

hopefully comic pop will get more viewer from this. been watching them for 4 years and it would be great if they were able to get a bigger following

Comic Pop!

Fun fact: the farmhouse is actually located in Northampton, MA, which is about a 3 hour drive from NYC and was the original home of Mirage Studios! The building that housed Mirage has a plaque on it commemorating it as a historic part of the town. (Coincidentally, across the street is Joe's Pizza, which is pretty darned good.) Northampton is definitely worth a visit for its abundance of great restaurants and cool, hippie vibes.

This collaboration was great. Always down to see cross over stuff between CP and MSM! My two favorite RU-vid channels!

Sal and Ethan on Caravan of Garbage?! Awesome! Just like an episode of Elseworlds Exchange (and secretly my favourite pairing too).

That youth group story was fucking hilarious. I had to rewind it to hear it again.

"Come back here... I'm not finished with you... DAAAAAAAAAAAMN!!!"

This just MADE 2020 so much better, best crossover!

Here for comic pop

Ah, the TMNT collector cards. I still have my entire set. Along with virtually every NECA TMNT product going. Those movie figures are the absolute bomb. My absolute favourite movie as a kid, I have it on VHS, DVD and Blu-Ray with audio commentary and deleted scenes. This movies still holds up.

GUYS. I just randomly decided to watch this with my significant last night, who went into it snarky and came out of it crying. And now I get to wake up to this. Blessed be.

Pretend it’s a caravan of garbage but we all know this is a (brilliant) Elseworlds Exchange

Damn it.... I'm a year older than Ethan.... I did not need to know that...

How in the hell is "damn" a curse word in America. Growing up in Ireland, that is such an alien and hilarious concept to me

Ei Sal and Ethan! Where's Ben and Tiffany? Anyway great job as always. Maybe more crossovers huh? It would be great for Mr. Sunday Movies to be on ComicPop.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990) is still a genuinely good film today . Its funny, its got likeable characters , fun fight scenes , great animatonic effects and a suprising amount of heart as well. Good stuff !

Love comicpop

Casey and April absolutely boinked when the Turtles went off to the woods. That seemed heavily implied to me-- noticed as an adult not when I was 5, LoL

I also felt old. Remembering 3 decades into the past is a strange notion.

6:15 no blood? Yes there is. Shredder gets bloodied by Splinter in the flashback and slashed by Leo in the final fight. And I always thought Splinter looked a little bloody when he was chained up as Shredders prisoner. Unless his fur is just really matted down by sweat.

Comic pop is awesome

I don't have the time now, but I will be back. Thanks for all your efforts.

My two favorite channels coming together?!? This is madness!!!

I can imagine Sal,Ethan,Ben and Tiffany doing commentary for movies

How do you convince kids in the 80s / 90s to become ninja? Probably just ask them. Giving them a half pipe, arcade machines and pizza is just a bonus!

Plz let this be the sub increase they need

New Jersey in the house!!!!!!

These guys are Master Monday Films and Doctor Tuesday Talkies.

Oh man, i remember my little brother yelling DAMN! Then my mom took the VHS and hid it for weeks

Off in the distance the game's draggin on. There's strikes on the batter, some runners are on. Then suddenly everyone's looking at me. My mind has been wondering, what could it be? They point to the sky and I look up above... And a baseball falls into my glove. I play right field. It's important, ya know? Ya gotta know how to catch. You gotta know how to throw. That's why I play in right field. Way out where the dandelions grow. Then we have a party at pizza hut and Goldberg from The Mighty Ducks is there.

What's funny is that this retrospective is longer than the movie

love hearing you lot talk

No way, two of my favourite channels collabing? You should crossover more bloody often mate.

Its incredible that this movie even exists. Something like TMNT would never happen today. Im glad I grew up in the 90's. An amazing childhood.

Wow this was amazing. I really like these guys. I'm glad they got some shine, and can't wait to check out some of their other stuff. I LOVE this film and to me it's aged like fine wine IMO. Simply because the emotional beats, and even the subtle back story of Casey Jones and April O Neal they drop in are always welcome. Edit: Also my running theory of The Shredder and The Foot in this movie is that Shredder is involved in organized crime (possibly Yakuza) He migrated to the United States and is in the early stages of setting up shop with other Yakuza in NYC, and his specialty was theft. He uses the Japanese cultural items to intrigue, intimidate, and lure in impressionable youth (a lot of which may have never seen someone who can do what he does in a Shogun outfit) to start up a new regime like he had in Japan. That would also explain why he uses runaways to become Foot Soldiers. It also lines up with the economic collapse and reconstruction of Japan and major Japanese cities' crackdown on organized crime. That's just my theory though. He doesn't just recruit kids, he recruits young runaways.

HELL YEAH COMICPOP!!!

Love when my two favourite channels collaborate!

Glad to see my favourite youtubers working together!

Sal’s youth group story absolutely killed me lmfao

“I have a newborn kid, and Mason has to look after it...” I fuckin love you guys, you’re both hilarious. Thanks for all you do!

Love both ur channels glad to see u collaborate

Wait! Sam Rockwell’s in this?!?!?!

WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE!

The pizza hut commercial was amazing and I memorized it. "ya gotta know how to catch, you gotta know how to throw" lol

Oh now this a crossover, boys

I definitely had that VHS with the pizza hut ad in the beginning. Seen it sooooo many times

Very cool couple of dudes, I appreciated this whole video so much.

Judith Hoag is the only April O’Neil to me

ALright, there's a pretty serious bit of misinformation around 28:30 where credit is being given to the wrong person. First, the turtles were NOT just played by stunt men, then dubbed over. There were a minimum of 4 actors per turtle: 1. Physical actors (who all wore the suits for non action sequences) 2. Stunt actors (all of whom were originally from Hong Kong with one important change) 3. Voice actors 4. Puppeteers I think it's criminal that not all of these actors are credited for their specific work. Josh Pais was NOT the stunt actor for Raphael. Around the 30 minute mark of this video one of them says "I don't think they threw a dude into that garbage can when he like gets launched into there!" But they DID. That "dude" was Mo Yuen, Raphael's stunt actor from Hong Kong. He got injured doing that very stunt! They got a foot solider actor to fill in, who's name was Kenn Troum ( He now goes by Kenn Scott). Kenn is actually credited as "Talkative Foot #2" and got his SAG card for two lines in the film, one of which was cut. Scott was actually the foot soldier that they talked about at 1:51, who engaged Michelangelo in the nunchuck competition. Scott did some very recognizable stunts such rolling over the taxi cab near central park (Pais is actually in the back seat in that scene as a passenger, if you need more proof that he's not his own stunt man) and the fight scene on top of the roof. If getting this information accurate is important/interesting, Kenn Scott's book about his journey in the first film and his work in the second film is covered in "Teenage Ninja to Mutant Turtle: Becoming the Reel Raphael." It's $10 on Amazon and well worth a read.

I think you were talking about a comment I made maybe 5 years ago about the scar on Raph's face on reddit. The thing you said about the first fight was in my thread too. Wondering if Reddit was where you read that.

I love this film. I genuinely think this is the only decent TMNT movie.

Comicpop my favorite RU-vid channel guest starring on my second favorite channel I’m in heaven

The nearest Pizza Hut to me is actually fairly classy and the Pizza is incredible. For reference I live in Canada where the Pepsi Co restaurants are much nicer than what I’ve heard the American Pepsi Co restaurants are like

Pizza Hut started doing delivery in 1986. The reason why the pizza is Dominos in the movie is that they were in a bidding war for advertising and the production company thought Dominos was going to win, so they filmed the scene with Dominos. By the time Pizza Hut came out on top, the scene was already filmed and they didn't want to re-shoot it.

Can we talk about how 4 six foot mutant teenagers and one rat man eat one large pizza between them? 5 people need at least 3 large pizzas.

Final somebody else notices that Pizza Hut always looks like it's closed down or hidden.

Very awesome u guys covered pretty much everything except you missed the fact that Kevin Eastman played the Domino's pizza delivery guy! 🍕🐢