Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 TV series) season 6
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fast Forward | |
|---|---|
| Season 6 | |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
| Release | |
| Original network | 4Kids TV |
| Original release | July 29, 2006 – October 27, 2007 |
| Season chronology | |
The sixth season (subtitled Fast Forward or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fast Forward) originally aired between July 29, 2006 and October 27, 2007, beginning with the "Future Shellshock" episode.[1] It also includes recreated designs for all 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 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.[citation needed] 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 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.[1]
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, Splinter and the Turtles 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. Cody 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 Splinter and the Turtles to the future. At Cody's insistence, Splinter and the Turtles begin to live with him until the time window can be repaired, also contending with Cody's uptight robotic butler, Serling. 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 Cody. On several occasions, Dunn attempts to kill the Turtles, 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 Dunn, both seeking to destroy the Turtles, and Sh'Okanabo creates the Dark Turtles, which are 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 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 Dunn's plans are revealed, he 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 (or "PGA" for short), 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.
Cast
- Michael Sinterniklaas as Leo: the leader of the Turtles. (26 episodes)
- Sam Riegel as Don: the Turtles' genius engineer who is identified as the member who holds the team together. (26 episodes)
- Frank Frankson as Raph: Leo's second-in-command who often argues with him. (26 episodes)
- Wayne Grayson as Mikey: the Turtles' youngest member and a source of comic relief. (26 episodes)
- Darren Dunstan as Splinter: the Turtles' sensei and adopted father. (18 episodes)
- Christopher C. Adams as Cody Jones: a descendant/great grandson of April O'Neil and Casey Jones, who lives in the year 2105. He helps the turtles survive in the future. (23 episodes)
- Marc Thompson as Serling: the robot servant of Cody Jones who become constantly infuriated by the turtles. (20 episodes)
Supporting
- Amanda Brown as Starlee Hambrath: a bright and highly intelligent intern at O'Neil Tech who is Cody's friend and eventually becomes his girlfriend. (5 episodes)
- Sean Schemmel as
- Constable Biggles: a police officer in the year 2105. (11 episodes)
- Sh'Okonabo: an alien. (8 episodes)
- David Zen Mansley as
- Darius Dun: the uncle of Cody Jones who despises the Turtles. (9 episodes)
- Bishop: the president of the Pan Galactic Alliance, a federation that controls several galaxies all over the universe, formerly a black ops agent in charge of the Earth Protection Force, an organization devoted to defending Earth from alien invasion. (3 episodes)
Recurring
- Veronica Taylor as April O'Neil: an ally of the Turtles who enters a relationship with Casey Jones.
- Marc Thompson as Casey Jones: an ally of the Turtles who enters a relationship with April O'Neil.
- Scottie Ray as Ch'rell/The Utrom Shredder: the leader of the Foot Clan who appears in "Clash of the Turtle Titans" and "Timing is Everything" before his banishing in "Exodus, Part 2".
- Scott Williams as Baxter Stockman: a brilliant scientist who survived to the year 2105.
- Eva Kaminsky as Viral: a computerized system and an ally of Sh'Okonabo.
- David Elliott as Torbin Zixx: a notorious smuggler and intergalactic mercenary from the year 2105 and an adversary/ally of the Ninja Turtles. (3 episodes)
Crew
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fast Forward was produced by Mirage Studios, 4 Kids Entertainment, 4Kids Productions, and Dong Woo Animation and distributed by 4 Kids Entertainment and was aired on Fox's Saturday morning kids' block in the US.[2] 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.[2]
Episodes
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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| 117 | 1 | "Future Shellshock" | Roy Burdine | Marty Isenberg | July 29, 2006 | S06E01 |
| 118 | 2 | "Obsolete" | Roy Burdine | Adam Beechen | August 5, 2006 | S06E02 |
| 119 | 3 | "Home Invasion" | Roy Burdine | Rich Fogel | August 12, 2006 | S06E03 |
| 120 | 4 | "Headlock Prime" | Roy Burdine | Steven Melching | September 30, 2006 | S06E04 |
| 121 | 5 | "Playtime's Over" | Roy Burdine | Julia Lewald | October 7, 2006 | S06E05 |
| 122 | 6 | "Bishop to Knight" | Roy Burdine | Steve Murphy | October 14, 2006 | S06E06 |
| 123 | 7 | "Night of Sh'Okanabo" | Roy Burdine | Michael Ryan | October 21, 2006 | S06E07 |
| 124 | 8 | "Clash of the Turtle Titans" | Roy Burdine | Marty Isenberg | October 28, 2006 | S06E08 |
| 125 | 9 | "Fly Me to the Moon" | Roy Burdine | Rich Fogel | November 4, 2006 | S06E09 |
| 126 | 10 | "Invasion of the Bodyjacker!" | Roy Burdine | Roger Slifer | November 11, 2006 | S06E10 |
| 127 | 11 | "The Freaks Come Out at Night" | Roy Burdine | Marty Isenberg | November 25, 2006 | S06E11 |
| 128 | 12 | "Bad Blood" | Roy Burdine | Roland Gonzalez | December 2, 2006 | S06E12 |
| 129 | 13 | "The Journal" | Roy Burdine | Steve Murphy | December 9, 2006 | S06E13 |
| 130 | 14 | "The Gaminator" | Roy Burdine | Wendell Morris | December 16, 2006 | S06E14 |
| 131 | 15 | "Graduation Day: Class of 2105" | Roy Burdine | Julia Lewald | March 24, 2007 | S06E15 |
| 132 | 16 | "Timing Is Everything" | Roy Burdine | Joe Kelly | March 31, 2007 | S06E16 |
| 133 | 17 | "Enter the Jammerhead" | Roy Burdine | Julia Lewald | April 7, 2007 | S06E17 |
| 134 | 18 | "Milk Run" | Roy Burdine | Steven Melching | April 14, 2007 | S06E18 |
| 135 | 19 | "The Fall of Darius Dunn" | Roy Burdine | Rich Fogel | April 21, 2007 | S06E19 |
| 136 | 20 | "Turtle X-Tinction" | Roy Burdine | Marty Isenberg | April 28, 2007 | S06E20 |
| 137 | 21 | "Race For Glory" | Roy Burdine | Larry Hama | September 8, 2007 | S06E21 |
| 138 | 22 | "Head of State" | Roy Burdine | John Drdek | September 15, 2007 | S06E22 |
| 139 | 23 | "DNA is Thicker than Water" | Roy Burdine | Roland Gonzalez | October 6, 2007 | S06E23 |
| 140 | 24 | "The Cosmic Completist" | Roy Burdine | James Felder | October 13, 2007 | S06E24 |
| 141 | 25 | "The Day of Awakening" | Roy Burdine | Steve Murphy | October 20, 2007 | S06E25 |
| 142 | 26 | "Zixxth Sense" | Roy Burdine | Rich Fogel | October 27, 2007 | S06E26 |
References
- ^ a b "TMNT Season 6 on Official Site". ninjaturtles.com. Archived from the original on 2008-02-18. Retrieved 2008-02-20.
- ^ a b "TMNT credits on Dongwoo Animation". Dongwoo Animation Co. Archived from the original on December 19, 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
External links
- Season Six Episode list with detailed synopses at the Official Ninja Turtles website
- Episode list with synopses at TV.com
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