Thread by @jj_conway, "Shreddy or Not" originally had a much different fight, but at the [...]

JJ Conway

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"Shreddy or Not" originally had a much different fight, but at the rough storyboard stage we went a different route because we clearly didn& #39;t have enough screen time for the scene I was planning.

There was some awesome stuff, but I definitely prefer the final version.

So it started with a big throw down, where it looks like the TMNT are holding their own. That ended with Mikey wrapping Shredder in the Kusari Fundo, but Shredder breaks free (I salvaged that footage for the final version.

Then it all goes to hell.

Shredder is about to fire-blast Mikey, but Leo cuts a portal and they hide behind it, almost like a wall protecting them from the flames.

From there, Leo grabs Mikey and makes a portal trying to escape, but Shredder follows. They end up in the rafters of the Lair, cornered.

That& #39;s when Leo jumps off the 3rd floor of the Lair to escape Shredder. He tries to make a portal, but Shredder catches up and bites the sword in half.

Now Leo& #39;s free falling 3 floors, no sword to save them. But big bro Raph catches them mid-air in his mystic form.

From there, Raph tackles Shredder through the wall, and they crash from room to room, absolutely throwing down.

I hadn& #39;t boarded this part yet, but I ended up keeping this idea in the final version. And it ended the same way; Raph pinned down, and Shredder chomping the tonfa.

At one point they end up in Donnie& #39;s Lab, cornered, but Shredder starts getting attacked by everything on the walls. Reveal: Donnie at the door, remote controlling everything.

It ended with everyone bailing as Donnie blows up the lab, Shredder inside.

But it wasn& #39;t enough...

I can& #39;t remember where that fit, though. I hadn& #39;t boarded it, and kind of repurposed it when we put Karai in the lab as a "safe-room."

But as you can see, that would have been a 6min fight in an 11min episode, and we STILL had the Karai fight AFTER it!

As crazy as all that would have been, I still prefer the final version.

I think the best moment in either version is Leo saying goodbye to Karai then jumping through the portal, only to find he& #39;s jumped into hell. That& #39;s something that wouldn& #39;t really fit in another version.

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