About this episode
🎄 Cowabunga! In nearly 40 years of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles TV series, 2004’s “The Christmas Aliens” is somehow their only animated Christmas episode. Anthony Strand , Shawn Robare , and Jaime Hood join the ride as we follow Michelangelo and a kitty named Klunk on a Christmas Eve car chase to save a truckload of stolen Little Orphan Alien dolls meant for a group of little orphan human Earthlings, all while Splinter makes a sewer full of guests wait for Mikey to arrive before they eat. At press time, “The Christmas Aliens” is available on Paramount+ . **** 💬 Topics & Tangents: Read the original 1985 comic on Mirage Studios’ old, preserved website. Our episode on “ We Wish You a Turtle Christmas .” The Lost and Unused Theme Songs of the 2003 series . Bruce Wayne’s long dining room table . Similar chase scenes in “ Beverly Hills Cop ” and “ Speed .” Terence Archie (Silver Sentry) as Apollo Creed in “ Rocky: The Musical .” Ice Cream Kitty ! **** 📼 Commercials: Happy Honda Days: Ninja Turtles , featuring the original 1980s voice cast (2018). WIZARDS The Podcast Guide to Comics . **** “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” and “The Christmas Aliens” © 2004 4Kids Entertainment, Inc., and Mirage Licensing, Inc. Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost . Full show notes with links at adventcalendar.house .