All episodes Season 2 S02E05 1988-10-29 25 min 1980s Syndication

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Curse of the Evil Eye

TV Flash files “Curse of the Evil Eye” as hour 10 of 191 in the TV Flash guide — Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987–1996) on Syndication, season 2, episode 5, aired 1988-10-29, 25 min.

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This leaf is S02E05: listed hour 10 of 191 in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles guide, hour 5 of 13 in season 2. It aired 1988-10-29 (25 min). The listed hour before it is “The Mean Machines” (S02E04). Next is “The Case of the Killer Pizzas” (S02E06).

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles — Curse of the Evil Eye (S02E05)

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Shredder completes the eye of Sarnoth, attaches it to his helmet, and plans to unleash its power on the world. However, when the Turtles intervene, the helmet falls into other hands.

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Where does Curse of the Evil Eye sit in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles guide?

S02E05 is listed hour 10 of 191 — hour 5 of 13 in season 2, season 2 episode 5.

When did Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles S02E05 air?

Curse of the Evil Eye aired 1988-10-29 and is listed at 25 minutes.

Comics first or the 1987 cartoon?

The cartoon sanded Eastman/Laird into kid-friendly slapstick and became the voice most later versions copy. 1987 is the theme, the pizza, and merchandising as plot — franchise religion, not the grim comic.

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Cowabunga as a business plan: four pizza-eating sewer mutants, a rat sensei, and a toy glut that owned late-decade Christmas lists. The cartoon sanded the Eastman/Laird comics into kid-friendly martial-arts slapstick and accidentally minted a franchise religion. The 1987 series is the voice, the theme, and merchandising as plot.

Cowabunga used to be a business plan, not a meme kit. Syndication, 1987 through 1996: four mutant turtles trained by Splinter battle Shredder and the Foot Clan — pizza, a rat sensei, and a toy glut that owned late-decade Christmas lists. The 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, from David Wise and Fred Wolf, sanded Eastman/Laird comics into kid-friendly martial-arts slapstick: Cam Clarke's Leonardo, Townsend Coleman's Michelangelo, Barry Gordon's Donatello, Rob Paulsen's Raphael. One hundred ninety-three…

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