All episodes Season 2 S02E06 1988-11-05 25 min 1980s Syndication

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

The Case of the Killer Pizzas

TV Flash files “The Case of the Killer Pizzas” as hour 11 of 191 in the TV Flash guide — Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987–1996) on Syndication, season 2, episode 6, aired 1988-11-05, 25 min.

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This leaf is S02E06: listed hour 11 of 191 in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles guide, hour 6 of 13 in season 2. It aired 1988-11-05 (25 min). The listed hour before it is “Curse of the Evil Eye” (S02E05). Next is “Enter: The Fly” (S02E07).

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles — The Case of the Killer Pizzas (S02E06)

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Shredder & Baxter Stockman switch meatballs on some pizzas, used as prizes in a contest, with some weird alien eggs from Dimension X. The Turtles must battle the Xenomorph-like creatures that hatch from the eggs in order to save the city.

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Where does The Case of the Killer Pizzas sit in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles guide?

S02E06 is listed hour 11 of 191 — hour 6 of 13 in season 2, season 2 episode 6.

When did Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles S02E06 air?

The Case of the Killer Pizzas aired 1988-11-05 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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Why this series still plays

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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