When the Turtles Sold Out to BIG TRAIN
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- čas přidán 5. 09. 2024
- The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles go to LA to promote trains for some reason and stop a weirdo with a Ghostbusters prop. It's TMNT: Operation Blue Line!
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I feel like, in a past life, Gridlock was an old west villain who tied people to railroad tracks. Not because he wanted them dead; he just wanted to inconvenience the trains.
i wonder if gridlock makes apperance in rise of tmnt
Lol
@@latviandragon2718 He'd fit the theme of that stupid show.
"I hate mass transit! I think it's the worst." -Gridlock, almost certainly.
(Honestly he could've said that and it wouldn't have been out of place with the persona they gave him.)
If Gridlock ever teams up with Bonesteel, we're in trouble
I'm surprised that there is no TMNT pregnancy test.
Michelangelo's voice: Total bummer dude and dudett, you're not pregnant "
And if you are pregnant you get Raphael saying
"Goodbye Hourglass figure, hello stretch marks"
Like, preggers-bunga!
Every franchise should have their own licensed pregnancy test! I'd love to see a Mario pregnancy test. "Mama Mia! Looks-a like you're-a not gonna be-a having a baby!"
Plus the accompanying Wario pregnancy test. "Wario here! Even with the weight gain, having a baby will make your life 138% less pathetic!"
@@URFTBOUND4LIFE And if it's a false positive, you get Donatello saying "According to my calculations, this test might have failed"
alternatively:
Michelangelo's voice: ''Total bummer dude and dudette, you're pregnant "
Gridlock tried to hire Bebop and Rocksteady, but they laughed at him and considered it below their dignity
The best sequel to Snakes on a Plane: Turtles on a Train.
I've had it with these motherfuckin' turtles on this motherfuckin' train. Sounds even better than the original if you like alliterations. :p
Theater Version:
I AM TIRED OF THESE MOTHER FUCKIN TURTLES ON THIS MOTHER FUCKIN TRAIN!!!
Tv Version:
I AM TIRED OF THESE MONKEY FIGHTIN TURTLES ON THIS MONDAY TO FRIDAY TRAIN!!!
All of these comments are made of _win._
You all made my day. Love 'em.
Still better than Alligators on a Train.
It's sad that Gridlock is a more credible threat than any of the villains in Next Mutation.
Honestly gridlock would fit right in
And the kicker is that LA has some of the worst public transit in America. I lived there for almost two years and never used it because it never went anywhere I needed to go.
Also the Blue Line is considered the deadliest and most collision prone rail system in the US! Damn you Gridlock!
Rebochan ahh Gridlock, that famous Ninja Turtle villain
Blood Red
*Col.* *Shreader:* Gridlock is a good guy, he's stupid.
Tommy Deonauth's Archives god dammit Colonel Shreader
maybe they had a nefarious plan to kill kids... they did tell kids they could ride it.. persumably with out an adult....
"Ah well, at least they tried!"
You can tell the actor who played Gridlock had a ton of fun with his role. And it looks easy to cosplay XD.
He knows how to use the Geigemeter better than Egon Spengler himself
Still better than Next Mutation.
Turtles promote public transport with HONOR!
Temmie Plays! Strangest episode of Tracks ahead on PBS I ever saw.
Quick! Get our Friend Power Five! Ohhhhh! Fight! Fight!
Los Angeles needs to get their own superhero parody animal team and jump off the TMNT bandwagon. I guess even they know that NYC has better public transportation than they do so they gotta transport the turtles over there.
death to TURTLES! I WILL KILL THEM AND TAKE MY REVENGE!1!
I saw the Michelangelo make an appearance at my Elementary School in fifth grade talking about saying no to drugs. Ironically that's the exact same costume.
I met an identical Leonardo at the mall, once.
What's ironic is the Ninja Turtle that has a voice like Spicolli is the one they chose to tell kids not to take drugs...
I really hope they cleaned it.....
Michelangelo is really dedicated to stopping people from using drugs
“ ｙｏｕｒ ｂｒａｉｎ ｉｓ ｌｉｋｅ ｒｅａｌｌｙ ｍｅｓｓｅｄ ｕｐ”
I had this tape as a young'n in Long Beach CA in 1990. I first heard about it in advance of it's release date from a police officer who came to my classroom! He said it would be about train safety. It clearly wasn't.
I thoroughly enjoyed the Gridlock jokes. That performance has annoyed the everloving piss outta me since my very first viewing 28 years ago. I can't believe I'm saying this, but I hope he does come back.
You got any other stories about this tape of the Blue Line?
Brother Malachai
Operation Blue Line was a small part of a much larger campaign that actually did try to teach us train safety. The adults were really afraid that one of us "today's kids" what with their walkmans and Gameboys were going to be flattened by one of these deadly, electric-quiet supertrains of the future. I remember someone from the nearby Knotts Berry Farm showed up in a Woodstock costume during an assembly about the topic. I went to elementary school right next to the main area where they were rolling this whole thing out, and it was a big deal.
As for Operation Blue Line, my clearest memory will always be laughing at the cop in my classroom as he stumbled over pronouncing "Teenage mutant ninja turtles." I also know that I eventually scored my copy at The Boys supermarket on 3575 Atlantic Ave in Long Beach CA. We shopped there all the time because my dad worked there as a teenager). I still have it in storage. Somewhere. I actually did enjoy it as a kid, in spite of Gridlock. It was pretty cool that they had all four Turtle voices, and I'd put it on whenever I was bored of my cartoon episode tapes.
@@mikemayberry7121 lucky.. all I ever got was a cop coming to my school to tell us how evil and dangerous 'nunchucks' were. The teacher was not amused when I was excited to hear about them because they were cool.
The tmnt cinematic universe is weird
Oh Yeah Its Weird Alright Our Friend Power 5,Michael Bay TMNT,The Sequel To The Michael Bay Movie,The Original TMNT Movies And Cartoon All Stars To The Rescue
Joed gamer69 I think the bay films are non canon our friends turtle 5 are on another planet and the movies are canon and the next mutaion is canon and that it's connected to the power rangers which is connected to big bad beetle borgs and vr trooper and mask rider are in this universe and rpm and dino charge or another dimension so it's a multiverse wow that's cool
@@pakspider6482 I forgot to mention that horrible episode lmao
They even tried to make a band with Turtle Tunes. Oh god this Turtleverse is insane.
@@JoedEzekiel069let's be real the power rangers crossover was the best thing that the next mutation ninja turtles were in
I have a strange feeling we haven't seen the last of Gridlock. He'll probably team up with a certain racoon that is very cheeky and a certain man of old age
Janek Pivociarz and face off against a certain bodyguard who thinks he's the Greatest Mortal Kombat Kharacter...
Rocket and Gandalf!
@A Wabuu and Old Man!
@@TommyDeonauthsArchives Gridlock vs Siro, the battle to end the Phelous Cinematic Universe! Who will win? Gridlock with his gigameter that wipes things fron existance, or the greatest mortal kombat character, armed with his sword, baby bombs, and of course the SIRO KIIIIICK!!!!!
April: Gridlock is making signs disappear!
Michelangelo: Let's kill him!!!
Maybe Splinter should hypnotize Gridlock to help him get over his addiction: "I crave scenery chewing no more..."
Splinter can hypnotize people ? Or do you mean Krang (who had telepathic powers in the animated series, though he used them in ONE single episode) ?
Oh, Splinter had hypnotic powers in one episode. Look up, "I crave pizza no more."
@@MAMoreno I remember that episode: "Cowabunga, Shred-Head"!
If only Gridlock was there with his gigameter to save people from the horror that is the Midnight Meat Train.
Lol
Or to save us from the bad episodes of Thomas & Friends
8:39 the moment phelous suffered his first crushing childhood disappointment.
Strange how kid Phelous looks suspiciously like Phelous, but kid.
Fernando Wada he definitely still has the eyebrows.
Your kid Phelous is your kid?
Jyashua it’s almost like it’s just phelous when he was younger dumbass
@@crimsondynamo615 I see what you did there. LOL
He is still just as adorable.
This feels like one of those story context videos you watch while you're being led through the line of a theme park ride. I was really expecting April to start telling you to stow your loose items in the mesh netting in front of you and make sure your lap bar is secure.
Gridlock is amazing, lol. I guess when you're shooting local, but "local" _is_ L.A., you can literally just call out to a bunch of nearby waiters and get a dozen failed and/or aspiring actors to run over and play your hastily thrown-together villain. Not to mention, you can easily gather props from real movies. And apparently, the 4 actual voice actors from the TMNT cartoon :)
Also, rofl. The young Phelous at 8:41 has _already mastered_ that super sarcastic/disbelieving look of just not having any fucks to give XD
That is amazing. I love it!
The LA transit system is so bad, they had to import New Yorkers to fix the issue?
April says "Our city". Sellout!
The fact that the turtles are voiced by the same voice cast as the cartoons makes this vhs gold.
so this is not a backdoor pilot of a live-action version of TMNT reimagined as a police procedural
I love Phelans self loathing. 10/10!
9:35 "We were asking about Vernon, not you, April!"
Janek Pivociarz That is sweet of you to care about Vernon, I hope someone cares about me :(
I love how ridiculous this actually is
Gridlock is definitely among the greatest of villains alongside Snowflame and One-Face.
(Echoing) *GRIDLOCK!!!!* _THE_ _GREATEST_ _TMNT_ _VILLAN!!!_
*Siro:* Aw, Wuh?
It said that woman will simp for him in seconds he can destroy shaggy only chuck Norris and segata team up can beat him yes he's still alive and strong
Huh, slow day for evil?
Sitharos Thanks to Trump it's always a fast day for evil now. But back then there were slow days.
Considering how cash hungry Playmates was. Where's our Gridlock action figure?
Convincing people to ride a train, one of the most ancient and sacred ninja arts. Right alongside having superpowered eyes, playing keyboard in a comedy band and answering questions on the internet.
Well Ninjas had good eyes to the point that the average guy would say there superpowered
Don't forget playing golf!
Gridlock, a better villain than Colonel Shradder.
iggy
Heroes in a half shill indeed.
Corporate Power!
Of all the things that Hollywood has been rebooting, I hope this gets a shot.
Guys I think we found Robbie Rotten's dad. Or at least a prototype of him.
"My dad isn't A GENIUS! Nor is he NUMBER ONE! No wonder I rarely talk about him!"
6:26 The Gloomsday Device is just an upgraded Giggle Ray.
Given the current reputation of the CA transit system (and this line particularly)Gridlock was the hero this city wasn't ready to embrace.
HOLY CRAP BUNNIES FROM HADES! I live in Los Angeles and I often take The Blue Line to get to downtown (I live near the base of Manhattan Beach at the end of the Green Line), and, sadly I must say, the Blue Line trains have never looked this good as long as I have been riding them though I recognize every location stop this video features, most of which is in downtown Long Beach. Thanks for bringing this strange, strange, STRANGE obscurity to me attention. By-the-way, I'm the lead / first title card artist for another Canadian reviewer and Channel Awesome refugee, Brandon Tenold.
By the way how is Gridlock doing these days?
Nionivek - He's dead. We all take flowers to his road-side grave at least once a year to remember the sad fact that LA has no good super-villains, especially after the Power Rangers moved operations to New Zealand.
ALTERNATE GAG: No one likes that loser and he owns a deli off on Condon Street, hamming it up... Get it? Hamming it up? Because he owns a deli with ham-based products!?!? It's a pun! ZING!!!!
I'm sincerely sorry to break your heart but I'm straight and, even if I was into men, you're not my type. Please look elsewhere for true love, Friend Franky, and, as a humanist who has empathy for others, I wish you the best of luck on your journey.
Enshohma
"Holy crap bunnies from Hades"?
....
OH GOD! Hades is gonna summon his army of Ariana Units from Brave Exvius! RUN FOR YOU LIVES!!!
+Keenan frank Probably because you have nothing to say other than 'you're gay' and being an ass.
And nothing was lost...
The most unbelievable part about this whole thing is that Phelous *doesn't* have a Giga meter.
Yeah
Shouldn't this have been a job for Captain Planet?
ToroFA Captain Planet
he's a zero
gonna take pollution
up to hero.
He wasn't as popular. XD
They wanted to be hip with the kids.
They already have an episode of that already.
Even he thought Gridlock was not worth even standing near.
This is so cute. Aww. I love this kind of earnest old stuff. And it makes a good Phelous video!
Also: BABY Phelan aww
I love your bootleg Ninja Turtle theme song 💓
I wonder if the voice actors have ever talked about or even remember this, it must have felt like one hell of a sellout.
Gridlock made a CZcams account just to dislike this video
Edit: holy crap that's the most likes I ever got on these things, I need to joke more often
And yet there are zero dislikes...
Look he said Gridlock made an account to dislike it, he never said he was particularly good at it.
Gridlock was a failed candidate to join the Ghostbusters
Link the Pringles Man well NOW that I pointed it out there is zero dislikes, and after he took such great pains to conceal himself
kitestar
*Col.* *Shreader:* How dare he dislike this video before I do? And why does he have a Ghostbusters prop?
What’s more embarrassing? The Coming Out of Our Shells Tour or this?
The singing one. Definitely the singing one.
Poever The tour
so the turtles are LGBTQ
At least they weren’t sing songs about skipping stones or hating music
We wish you a turtle Christmas
The Michelangelo phelous met as a kid looks an awful lot like the bootleg monster mike figure he reviewed on bootleg zones
Oooo good eye
How did Gridlock not make it into the Next Mutation... I mean he practically ticks every villain check that series requires... heck they could even reuse the footage of the la trains!
Eh…..it’s probably for the best
8:40 baby Phelous! Even then, he looked apprehensive.
A mix of that and maybe surprise?🤔
Gridlock is the Vernon of TMNT villains
Vernon you idiot now no one is simping for ahhhhhahahahh
Vernon you idiot now no one is simping for you ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
10:00 - "We're the Turtles! You can count on us!"
cough cough
I can't wait for Tom Waltz's gritty reboot of Gridlock in his IDW TMNT comics!
Come on, Phelous, the TMNT stoyawayed on the Ghostbusters private jet to try and stop Dave Coulier rewriting the Ghostbusters movie, with the help of Shredder
And I thought the Turtle Christmas suits looked cheap.
Dunes8 at least they got a gift for splinter
I want to believe Allison made that sign that Gridlock was trying to make disappear. The thought of her sat at their kitchen table with a pack of crayons and some cardboard cracks me up for some reason.
After a crappy day this is what I needed to put a smile on my face
0:48 The poor citizens got a full on view of Michelangelo's crushed, mutilated corpse.
EDIT-No joke, when we were living in Pittsburgh, me, my mother, and younger sister saw a guy in a full (albeit poorly made) Raphael suit promoting a hair salon with a sign around his neck and everything.
ANOTHER EDIT-Am I the only one who wants to see Phelous do Turtle Tunes?
Cs P Pittsburgh truly is the Pits.
A... TURTLE... promoting... a HAIR salon?!
Yeah, believe it or not.
BELIEVE IT.
Cs P Don't pour yourself out.
Turtle Tunes. They say it takes a very strong will to endure the agony and not many lives to tell the story.
I was hoping for another Mortal Kombat Defenders of the Realm review, where our hero Siro returns, but an obscure video about the Ninja Turtles promoting trains will do for now.
Siro was only in Mortal Kombat Conquest, if I'm not mistaken.
Jeremy Riley I know that. I was referring to the Dotr style Siro that Andrew Dickman created for use as a running gag in those reviews from episode 1 to 4 and is being used in the review of the 7th episode.
Now why couldn't any of the live action TMNT movies take place on a train? Even a Thomas the Tank Engine.
Hooded Ghoul a Gillman suit that I made.
With Samuel L. Jackson?
wstine79 Train the Pooh
I mean... no, I'll go with that.
wstine79 Okay, that's cool as
well they do live in a train station in the second and third movie. but you're more saying why couldn't there be any Ninja Fights on a train in any of the movies. and thee answer is simple they didn't think of it.
Man Phelan... I am astonished beyond compare that you were able to resist a Transformers joke with Gridlock. Though this Gridlock is cooler. DANG IT Gridlock stop editing my comments!
that character wasnt invented yet
I can only guess they were able to nab the original VAs due to the location. It WAS LA so maybe it was easier given they were basically right across the street.
Holy shit, Gridlock is AMAZING. He's overacting to the point where it comes back around and lands on being subtle. And hearing the original voices...so much nostalgia. God damn, Donnie had the cutest nerdy voice.
The April O'Neil in this video is pretty cute.
This makes me think of a bad high school play but with no effort.
The production on this video looks very cheap, but your commentary is always fun. The battle sequence leaves a lot to be desired. Also plus they didn’t give an opportunity for Donatello or Raphael to do much in character. Donatello could’ve invented something to counter Gridlock’s device and actually challenge him on an intellectual level. Now that would’ve been an interesting story. Good job on your review!
I first heard of this from James Rolfe
PhoenixFIrebird when did he mention this?
In his turtles live action extras video where he even talks a bit about the next mutation.
5:06 Oh don't worry Turtles I'm sure that things will be much better in L.A in about two years, bring April and Splinter they'll love it.
1TrulyMad *Riot cheat activated*
Genius marketing! The Ninja Turtles live in New York but they're promoting a train system in LA? Awesome!
*end sarcasm*
that spanish dub is horrid, Raph sounded like he was being castrated, and apparently, Mondo Gecko's mentioned, 'cause he said "don't worry, Gecko, count on us!"
EDIT: it was April, not Gecko
Peucoman They gave him a Mickey Voice. Like, these franchise has been dubbed to Spanish in everything but the Anime OVA, and NEVER has this taken place.
I think it was only 1 person in the recording/ADR studio just reading the lines, and trying to make the voices, but failed.
What were they thinking
@@danielsrandomchannel1472 Wonder why, the Turtles' VAs at the time were no strangers to doing unofficial TMNT stuff, even downright parodies, would've it been so hard to get them for a licensed PSA?
Smol Phelan has the best look on his face. I can't take it! x3
Why didn't we ever get an action figure of Gridlock
April with out the right hair, or the yellow clothes or cleavage...#NotMyApril
Should have released this on the 14th instead of the 13th, that way it would be exactly on the LA Blue Line's 28th birthday.
I was hoping the guy at 10:49 would make the same coughing sound you gave him from the Coming Out episode. "Pro-train pack" was a pretty great line.
The Turtles being in L.A. could be cool. They could fight a smog monster or some weird angel thing.
6:04 is the exact moment where this movie become the greatest thing ever.
Ahhhhh today I dine on Turtle soup (on a train)!
sweetcinnamonpnchkin Sorry club car is closed.
Blasted turtles!
And now that LA is hosting the 2026 Olympics, they are going to be building hundreds of more miles and 15ish new lines to alleviate traffic. The Turtles could make an entire season out of it.
Ah yes, turtles, the perfect animal to promote how fast you can get to your destination with public transportation.
I had this tape as a kid,in English and Spanish 😆they gave these tapes for free at your local grocery store when you made a purchase
...dude they point that out. Why did you point that out.
@@fritzy8318 so?
Omg, my cousin lives in LA and a few years ago he bought the contents of a storage building that had gone to auction due to non payment and when we were going through it, i saw like 30 of these tapes. We were like WTF lol. After seeing this video, I asked him what he did with them and he said he sold them on EBay
Gridlock looked like in his quiet time, he'd just sit on his sofa and then cry to himself.
11:24 The reason Gridlock made the newspaper disappear even though the two guys weren't reading it because Gridlock knew that newspaper was new and that if those guys flipped over the newspaper they would have seen the blue line ad, so he made it disappear before they got to that article so they would have never heard of the blue line. It's very simple, I'm surprised you didn't get it.
I know it's stupid to defend Operation: Blue Line but Gridlock's action makes sense to his plan (a very stupid plan to be at that with a ridiculous goal set but still his overall plan). I know it's very strange to defend this piece of sewage but Gridlock's action makes sense. It just makes sense.
It's such a shame Phelous didn't get to do more stuff as Gridlock, easily his most hilarious character, I only wish every video could've had Gridlock in it
Gridlock would make a good caption planet villain
I was thinking to do the same to Gridlock and you should review that _Cartoon AllStars_ drug cartoon, Phelan.
Dude public transit is social-rific! It’s totally governmental bro!
MegaDeathRay10 As a socialist I must say the sound of a state run and well planed out thing that that is to the benefit of the people and not the corporations makes me.......aroused.
Just don’t make everything government run, cause even the government can’t do everything or have everyone compentent cause that’s just a recipe for disaster.
8:38 That look on Phelan's face. It's like he's about to cry from sheer disappointment. And is the guy physically restraining his sister from running away?
Why is your sister never in your reviews nowadays BTW? If you're going to a disgusting dangerous derelict, she's first in line, but letting her play a part in a review - nah!
A what? Oh you mean BUILDING? Why didn’t you make that clear?!😅
🎶Ralphie is a sellout whoaaaa🎶
Oh gawd, that feathered hair!
So this was technically the first ghostbusters tmnt crossover before the comics and toys
More Phelous, less Problems
I really want to watch the spanish dub now
I had a strange experience on Amtrak a few years ago. It was New Year's Eve and I was going downstairs to use the restroom, and there was this weird guy standing in the corridor. He was smiling and wobbling around like he was drunk (although it could've been the movement of the train), when he proceeded to open the little window on the entrance/exit doors...the ones clearly marked DO NOT OPEN. I stopped him before he could do whatever the hell it was he intended to do, and he responded with "the guys who work on the train open it" (yeah, they work here. they're authorized to open and close it). He went back upstairs, but just to be safe, I went and found a conductor. He took the guy back downstairs and demanded "What's that sign say???" So I'm not sure, but I think I saved an idiot's life and/or limb.
I found a photo somewhere a short while ago on social media of these exact TMNT suits that were promoting the original Playmates toyline, which explains the way they look.
I'm not a Turtles fan, but I live in Long Beach, so thanks for the blast from the past. I moved here in 1990.
I had no idea The Unusual Suspect was a supervillain back in 1990.
I love that the faces on the costumes look just like those on the old figures.
Yeah, in a weird way I like these more than the tour ones or the Turtles 3 ones, even though they're so cheap they're kinda cute and it's cool they match the toys. Those other ones (and the Michael Bay designs) have kind of an "uncanny valley" problem.
Now I’m thinking of TMNT versus Predator because of that scene on the L.A. subway in Predator 2.
Is Phelan's secret mission to cover all the mediums where the TMNT appeared to? xD
This OBL promo was so miserable... A textbook example of why you gotta manage your intellectual properties just about right: not too permissive for fear of watering it down beyond salvation.
Why using pop culture characters strongly rooted in New York City's lore for a Los Angeles campaign, anyway? What has mutant turtles to do with trains? Why should they care if it has nothing to do with planet Earth's threatening, martial arts, mutagen or the plot of an old foe? Did the Shredder call in sick to avoid a cameo on this? Was Gridlock's actor paid according to how hammy his delivery is?
If the Blue Line fails to solve the smog problem, I hear Airzone has some innovative ideas.
"Oh, well I guess I got me there."
Phelan Porteous, 2018