Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003) Season 5

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season_name = Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003) Season 5


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dvd_release_date = May 20, 2008
dvd_format = NA
country = USA
network = 4Kids TV
first_aired = August 7, 2006
last_aired = May 3, 2008
num_episodes = 12
prev_season = 4
next_season = 6|The "Ninja Tribunal" season (13 episodes) was originally going to be season five, but the schedule was changed to try to increase interest in the series and "Fast Forward" became the fifth season to air on commercial TV. 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 of 2006. Thus mass confusion has ensued regarding which season is officially season five and which is season six. However after airing 5 episodes Comcast stopped airing the episodescite web |url=http://www.ninjaturtles.com/cartoon/newsynopses05.htm |title=TMNT Season 5 on Official Site |accessdate=2008-02-20 |publisher=ninjaturtles.com] . Fox later aired the "Membership Drive" episode on March 24, 2007, it was the first episode of the season to air on regular television.

The "Ninja Tribunal" episodes were scheduled to be released on DVD sometime in early 2007, but 4Kds Entertainment later removed them from their release schedule. 4Kids started showing the 13 episodes of this season starting on February 9, 2008. The season was promoted as the "Lost Season" [ [http://www.4kids.tv/buzz/view/781 Get Ready...the TMNT Lost Episodes Have Been Found] 4kids.tv. Retrieved on February 20, 2008.] The DVD set was release on May 20, 2008.

The "Nightmares Recycled" episode was never completed. The script was finished and some animation had begun when 4Kids pulled the plug because it was deemed too controversial and violent for a children's program (Hun and the Garbageman were conjoined twins that were surgically separated at birth by a back-alley surgeon with the Garbageman being discarded as 'garbage'). Since there was no chance of it airing, it was shelved in the early stages of production. [http://www.ninjaturtles.com/cartoon/2006/synopses/110.html Nightmares Recycled] episode at Ninja Turtles Official Website. Retrieved on February 15, 2008]

Crew

"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" 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.cite web|url=http://www.anidong.com/r2/en/co_production/ninja/sum.php|title=TMNT credits on Dongwoo Animation|publisher=Dongwoo Animation Co.|accessdate=2008-05-01] 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.

List of Episodes

eason Five: 2006-2008

References

External links

* [http://www.ninjaturtles.com/cartoon/newsynopses05.htm Season Five Episode list with detailed synopses at the Official Ninja Turtles website]
* [http://www.tv.com/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-2003/show/11995/episode_guide.html?season=5&tag=season_dropdown;dropdown;4 Episode list with synopses at TV.com]
* [http://www.4kids.tv/show/tmnt/episodes 4Kids TV Official TMNT episode guide]