we defeated shredder
but the price was too high
you don't think master splinter is
i don't know mikey welcome to watch mojo
and today we're counting down our picks
for the top 10 darkest moments on
teenage mutant ninja turtles this world
this future
it's a nightmare for this list we'll be
looking at scenes from the turtles tv
shows and movies where the pizzas and
cowabungas took a back seat to something
more menacing this means a few spoilers
dudes what do you think is the darkest
ninja turtles moment let us know in the
comments
number 10 drag defeats turtles teenage
mutant ninja turtles the 1987 animated
series was more lighthearted than the
original comics and most subsequent
shows the final three seasons took a
drastically darker turn though with
sharper angles ominous backdrops and the
arrival of a red-eyed alien warlord
named lord drag there's just enough to
help me conquer earth and finally
destroy the ninja turtles not if i can
help it drag you can't help it reptile
although not as memorable as shredder
and krang drag at times posed a greater
threat in the penultimate episode it
briefly appears that drag succeeds in
his evil endeavor freezing the turtles
in place drag shatters our heroes in a
half shell into pieces now to get rid of
you for good
drag celebrates too early as it turns
out he only destroyed extremely
realistic holograms you're the real
ninja turtles you just destroyed four
extremely lifelike holograms we saw you
coming a light year away drag don't you
love saturday morning cartoon logic
nevertheless seeing the turtles
vaporized even as holograms was still
darker than what viewers had come to
expect
number 9. teenage mutant road warriors
teenage mutant ninja turtles
mad max meets ninja turtles it's an odd
yet awesome combination which is what
this franchise is all about not a single
human is left
only
mutants we're used to seeing the turtles
save new york and even the world in this
alternate reality three-parter the world
is already essentially lost a mutagen
bomb has turned earth into a barren
wasteland where humanity is no more and
mutants inherit what's left raph is a
crusty old man while donatello requires
a robot body to survive
[Applause]
after believing his other brothers are
dead raph finds mikey who's seen better
days mikey still looks better than leo
whose memories and mind have been traded
for a hulking bod leonardo leo
i don't
i don't know who you're talking about i
i am maximus kong
well the ending is optimistic there's
still a bittersweet sentiment that
things will never be the same
number 8. splinter taken teenage mutant
ninja turtles the 1990 live action film
found the ideal balance between the
cartoon's comedy and the grittier comics
hey
this is the ten
the tab's 13. you're two minutes late
dude ah come on i couldn't find a place
wise man say forgiveness is divine but
never pay full price for late pizza that
said when the film wanted to throw in
something heavy it didn't hold back
one moment that sticks with us sees the
turtles return home finding their lair
torn apart with their master missing
raph can't control his anger as the
camera circles around the angsty turtle
we experience all of his rage guilt and
sadness
[Music]
although splinter isn't dead seeing him
imprisoned isn't much easier to watch
the film effectively makes viewers
believe that splinter might not survive
as the turtles gather around a campfire
communicating through astral projection
the turtles share what might be their
final moments with their father i
of you am sons
tonight you have learned the final and
greatest truth of the ninja thankfully
splinter lives to fight another day
number seven shred head teenage mutant
ninja turtles coming off a more comedic
animated show the 2003 turtle series
caught viewers off guard with several
shocking instances the first major oh
snap moment comes during season one's
climactic battle against the shredder
now where were we
oh yes
with splinter in rough shape the turtles
set out to put down shredder and the
foot once and for all for one victorious
moment it appears they have armed with
the sword of tengu a vengeful leo slices
through shredder with the villain's
helmet falling off in silhouette
it's not as gruesome as it sounds
shredder's body eventually gets back up
retrieving his head the revelation that
this shredder isn't human is
jaw-dropping in its own right but it's
the image of the helmet collapsing
that's burned into our heads
number 6 shredder strikes teenage mutant
ninja turtles building upon the darker
tone of the 2003 show the 2012 series is
perhaps the most mature turtles
interaction outside of the comics in the
season 2 finale our heroes endure
everything that can go wrong guys
i think this goes to dimension x where
the crane come from yes the krang invade
the turtle's lair is discovered and irma
undergoes a freaky transformation we
were not expecting
the darkest moment comes as leo
confronts shredder leo fights admirably
against the footbots and other mutants
but he doesn't anticipate shredder
striking him from behind the downhill
spiral continues as leo gets tossed
through a window at april's apartment
with his shell cracked
the turtles ultimately lose this battle
being forced to flee new york with a
wounded leo while splinter is
reluctantly left behind following
another shredder match what's gonna
happen now ralph
for the first time in my life
i have no idea little brother number
five karai stabs leo teenage mutant
ninja turtles leo has taken a lot of
punishment over the years in this case
leo doesn't face off against shredder
but his adoptive daughter karai torn
between her honor and father karai takes
the darker path after leo saves her from
falling shredder intervenes in the fight
kicking leo towards karai who
unintentionally stabs leo with his own
katana blade between the piercing sound
and defeated look on leo's face this may
be the most violent combat moment in the
series
granted the blade appears inexplicably
clean as karai removes it from leo but
this still hurts to watch the injury has
lasting consequences as part of leo's
shell is broken leo is also left with
ptsd coming to terms with this failure
over multiple episodes you were all
badly wounded in our final confrontation
with the shredder
your brothers and i have healed
but you have not number four splinter
and karai's origins teenage mutant ninja
turtles although splinter's origins have
always been dark the 2012 series added
another layer of tragedy as a human
hamado yoshi lost his beloved tang shen
and daughter miwa to friend turned enemy
oroku saki
even when time travel enters the mix the
show doesn't retcon shen's death however
splinter learns years after his loss
that his daughter survived the shredder
kidnapped miwa and renamed her karai
painting the death of her mother on
splinter after all this time haven't you
wanted revenge
after all this time i have learned
revenge only leads to more pain world
domination is one thing but lying to a
child and raising them to hate their
real parent is another level of evil
when karai learns the truth she's ready
to turn over a new leaf just as splinter
gets his daughter back he loses her
again as shredder mutates karai
[Music]
number 3 baxter stockman's body teenage
mutant ninja turtles in some versions
scientist baxter stockman is mutated
into a fly creature the 2003 series went
in another direction but it retained an
element of body horror worthy of david
cronenberg
every time stockman fails shredder
another part of his body is removed you
must pay the price for failure dr
stockman
[Music]
no where are you taking me you regret
this it eventually gets to the point
where stockman is just a brain and eye
in a tank but that's far from the
darkest part after constructing a new
body stockman begins to fall to pieces
all over again no
no
what's happening to me
this time his mind begins to unravel as
well with visions of his late mother
haunting him after stockman falls to his
apparent demise agent bishop revives his
brain by this point though stockman just
wishes he had been left to rot why
couldn't you let me finally rest in
peace
number two
donnie in the darkest universe teenage
mutant ninja turtles the great thing
about alternate reality episodes is that
the showrunners can go as dark as they
want without lasting repercussions
remember the shredder is always watching
same as it ever was takes full advantage
of this in a story arc that sent each
turtle somewhere different across space
and time donatello got the short end of
the bo staff the smartest turtle winds
up in a dystopian future where shredder
reigns supreme
the shredder is watching
always watching 30 years have passed
with mikey losing most of his arm raph
losing an eye and leo looking like neo
with splinter and casey dead enemies
join forces in a last-ditch mission to
bring shredder down following a trail of
bodies and shells donnie defeats
shredder while april is left to pick up
the pieces of this grim reality alone
before we unveil our top pick here are a
few honorable mentions leo vs raph tmnt
a sibling rivalry reaches its boiling
point
the rat king's demise and splinters
hallucination teenage mutant ninja
turtles just when you thought rats
couldn't get creepier
[Music]
zonuran disintegrates donny teenage
mutant ninja turtles who knew april
could be so scary
tiger claw loses an arm teenage mutant
ninja turtles good thing he has the
other claw otherwise his name would need
retooling
[Music]
never forget
i could have taken your life demonic new
york teenage mutant ninja turtles
arguably the darkest season climaxed
with hell on earth no
my nightmare has come true
my children
they have all been
this can't be happening
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number one splinter's last stand teenage
mutant ninja turtles with a franchise
like ninja turtles it's rare that a main
character dies and stays dead season 3
of the 2012 series ended with shredder
slaying splinter before the world is
sucked into a black hole thanks to time
travel the turtles save the world and
their father after that it seemed
increasingly unlikely that the show
would fully commit to killing off
splinter this made it all the more
shocking when splinter faced super
shredder the next season and last
five nightmares will end
for tonight
you will finally perish
indeed
i will end your nightmare sucky
following years of built up animosity
splinter seemingly bests his old enemy
everything changes in a flash as
shredder sneaks up impaling splinter and
throwing him to his doom leo soon
avenges his father and although splinter
resurfaces as a spirit there are no
resurrections this time
[Laughter]
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