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Part 4 of the Season 7 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles DVD release is called The Rafael Slice. The cover art features Rafael and a mini Rafael figurine toy comes with Part 4. This one disc part has seven episodes from the animated show’s seventh season. I prefer the European Vacation side season that the episodes in Part 1 and Part 2 are part of, but the rest of the season is still action packed turtle fun and I still find these original version of the turtles much better than the newer series.

Below is a brief synopsis of the episodes and the special feature on this release, which releases to the public on May 12, 2009.

“Night of the Rogues” - Shredder teams up with Leatherhead, Tempestra, Scumbug, Chrome Dome, Antrax, The Rat King and Slash to try and defeat the turtles.

“Revenge of the Fly” - Baxter Stockman turns humans into mutant insects and arachnids and the turtles must turn them back to humans.

“Dirk Savage: Mutant Hunter!” - Dirk Savage rounds up some of New York’s mutants including two of the turtles to become part of a mutant slug’s army.

“Combat Land” - The turtles try out the new attractions at a theme park, but it leads to trouble when the park’s robots attack.

“Atlantis Awakes” - The turtles discover a modern day Atlantis and help the true king regain his thrown.

“Invasion of the Krangazoids” - Krang creates six clones of himself and defeat the turtles, but the clones begin to act on their own and it is up to the turtles to save the city.

“Shredder Triumphant” - The turtles become trapped in Dimension X by Shredder and Krang while the two try to take over the Earth world.

Special Features: A Shellabration of a Fan Nomenon Sensation Devoted and Die-Hard TMNT Fans Speak! - This is probably the best special feature in the season 7 sets, although all of the special features are at least decent. This is mostly an interview with a man that grew up enjoying the show and later got back into collecting the toys and reading the comics. Another interview is with a woman that feels the turtles related to her life.

Part 3 of the Season 7 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles DVD release is called The Donatello Slice. The cover art features Donatello and a mini Donatello figurine toy comes with Part 3. This one disc part has seven episodes from the animated show’s seventh season. I definitely like the European Vacation side season that the episodes in Part 1 and Part 2 are part of, but the rest of the season is still action packed turtle fun and I still find these original version of the turtles much better than the newer series.

Below is a brief synopsis of the episodes and the special feature on this release, which releases to the public on May 12, 2009.

“Convicts from Dimension X” - In this episode the turtles accidentally bring over two convicts from Dimension X and transport Vernon and Irma to Dimension X.

“The Starchild” - An alien crash lands on Earth and the turtles must figure out how to get him home and save Earth from being destroyed.

“The Legend of Koji” - Shredder goes back in time to the 1500s to destroy the founder of the foot clan and thus cause Splinter and the turtles to not exist, which leads the turtles and Splinter to also back in time to Ancient Japan to ensure their future existence.

“Night of the Dark Turtle” - Donatello is hit by a laser beam and transformed into the Dark Turtle, whose dangerous mission is to seek out and destroy Shredder.

“White Belt, Black Heart” - During a visit of Splinter’s sensei the turtles deal with a gang trying to steal the plans to nuclear missile sites.

“Attack of the Neutrinos” - The neutrinos return to help the turtles keep a new invention out of the hands of Krang.

“Escape from the Planet Turtleoids” - Kurma the space turtle helps the turtles with the city’s defense robots while also dealing with Groundchuck and Dirtbag trying to destroy the city.

Special Feature: A Shellabration of the TV Sensation New Interviews with the Hit Show’s Creative Team - This special feature is interviews with the creative team talking about taking the turtles from the comic to the cartoon show.

Part 2 of the Season 7 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles DVD release is called The Michelangelo Slice. The cover art features Michelangelo and a mini Michelangelo figurine toy comes with Part 2. This one disc part has seven episodes from the animated show’s seventh season. Like Part 1 the episodes on this disc take place as part of the side season plot line of the turtles being on a European vacation. I really like this side season episodes. I especially like the Viking villains that are in the episode based in Norway, which is the second to last episode on this disc. This part also has a special feature with interviews with the TMNT creators. Below is a brief synopsis of the episodes and the special feature on this release, which releases to the public on May 12, 2009.

“The Irish Jig is Up” - In this episode the turtles are in Dublin, Ireland. While there they deal with Shredder turning the cute animals into mutant beasts.

“Shredder’s New Sword” - Shredder gets a hold of the Excalibur sword and the Modern World begins to turn back to Medieval Times.

“Ring of Fire” - In this episode the turtles are in Lisbon, Portugal during the Running of the Bulls and they have to save the city from being turned to ash by the heat ray magnifier.

“Turtles on the Orient Express” - While riding the Orient Express the turtles must stop Shredder from turning the train into a fast missile that he wants to launch into the world’s largest oil field.

“April Gets in Dutch” - In Amsterdam the turtles try to stop Shredder from stealing the famous Duchess Diamond.

“Northern Lights Out” - The turtles are in Oslo, Norway, in this episode and they encounter a modern day Viking crew that steals a professor’s scientific notes on alternative energy.

“Elementary, My Dear Turtle” - The turtles are in London in this episode and end up going back in time to the time of Sherlock Holmes. They return to their time, but it is not right and they set out to get back to the correct modern time.

Special Feature: A Shellabration of the Turtles Creation: New Interviews with TMNT Creators - This is an interesting featurette with the TMNT creators talking about the creation of the turtles.

Part 1 of the Season 7 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles DVD release is called The Leonardo Slice. The cover art features Leonardo and a mini Leonardo figurine toy comes with Part 1. This one disc part has the first six episodes of the animated show’s seventh season. The episodes are interesting to me because they all take place in Europe as part of a half season theme (often considered a side season because it actually takes place between two episodes from Season 4) of the turtles being on a European vacation. I just like how the plot lines play out along with them being tourists and the bringing in of some information about some European cities, especially the art that relates to the turtles names.

“Tower of Power” - In this first episode the turtles win a trip to Europe. After facing seasickness on their little boat to Europe, the turtles encounter strange happenings in Paris involving metal objects being pulled towards the Eiffel Tower.

“Rust Never Sleeps” - This second episode also takes place in Paris. They visit the Louvre and save the Mona Lisa, but the real adventure plot is about them saving the world’s monuments from being rusted.

“A Real Snow Job” - The turtles head off to Switzerland in this episode where they investigate the mysterious sudden melting of glaciers.

“Venice on the Half Shell” - The turtles are finally in the country of their favorite food, pizza. They are in Venice during the Mardi Gras festival and end up having to save the city from being flooded.

“Artless” - This episode starts by being based in Florence, but it also includes some scenes of Rome. In this episode they try to save art pieces made by the artists they are named after, as aliens are stealing them.

“The Lost Queen of Atlantis” - In this episode the turtles are in Greece. April receives an amulet and is slowly being transformed into the queen of Atlantis and the turtles must save April, as Krang and Shredder try to get the powerful necklace turning her into the queen.

This disc also has a special feature featurette called “A Shellabration with Points of Articulation: A Look Back at the Most Turtletastic Toys.” I kind of thought this would be a cool featurette, but I was kind of disappointed in it being pretty short.

Here is this week’s edition for TV on DVD Releases in the animated category.

Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog: Freedom Fighters UNITE! - This release includes four episodes of the show. The episodes include “Sonic Conversion,” “Dulcy,” “The Void,” and “Spyhog.”

Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog: Sonic the Hero - This release includes four episodes of the show. The episodes include “Over the Hill Hero,” “Mass Transit Trouble,” “Robolympics,” and “Mobius 5000.”

The Adventures of Super Mario Brothers 3: Koopas Rock! - This release includes six episodes of the show. The episodes include “Oh Brother!,” “Misadventures of Mighty Plumber,” “Do the Koopa,” “Kootie Pie Rocks,” “Up, Up and A Koopa,” and “7 Continents for 7 Koopas.”

Best of Elmo’s World Volume 2 - This release is a three disc set. The included discs are Families, Mail and Bathtime; Food, Water & Exercise; and Reach For The Sky!

Heathcliff: The Very Best of Heathcliff - This release includes 8 episodes of the show.

Hermie and Friends: Stanley the Stinkbug Goes to Camp - This release teaches about friendship and comes with a bug box.

Imagination Movers: Warehouse Mouse Edition - This release contains four episodes of the Playhouse Disney show. The special features include a bonus episode of the latest Playhouse Disney Show Secret Agent Oso.

Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey’s Big Splash - I believe this release has four episodes of the show. The special features include the “Donald’s Ducks” episode as a bonus episode and Mickey’s Luau Game.

Scooby Doo, Where Are You?: Season One Volume 2 Bump in the Night - I believe this release has four episodes of the show.

The Super Mario Bros Super Show: Showdown in Brooklyn: This release includes five episodes of the show. The episodes include “Brooklyn Bound,” “Flatbush Koopa,” “Plumbers Academy,” “Koopa Klaus,” and “Escape from Koopatraz.”

WordWorld: Happy Birthday WordFriends! - This release contains three episodes of the show. The episodes are “Happy Birthday DOG!,” “PIG’s Present,” and “Bit By Bit.”

Here is this week’s edition for TV on DVD Releases in the animated category.

American Dad! Volume 4 - This is a three disc set of the animated adult humor show.

Spectacular Spider-Man Volume 4 - This releases is a four episode set of the show. It contains episodes 10 through 13.

X-Men Volume 1 - This is a two disc set with 15 episodes based directly on plots from the comic book series.

X-Men Volume 2 - This is a two disc set with 17 episodes based directly on plots from the comic book series.

Here is this week’s edition for TV on DVD Releases in the animated category.

Freakazoid!: Season 2 - This is the second and final season of the show. It is a two disc set.

Sesame Street: Elmo and the Bookaneers - Yeah, I know not quite animated, but it always seems to end up in this category when I post about releases of this show. This release has a subtitle of Pirates who like to read that I think gives a decent idea of what this episode release is about.

Stuart Little Animated Series: A Little Family Fun - This is a very limited release as can be expected for an animated kids show. It seems that it only has three episodes of the show about a mouse being raised as one of the sons in a human family.

Squidbillies Volume 2 - This is an Adult Swim animated show release. This is a two disc set.

Tiny Toon Adventures: Season 1 Volume 2 - Normally I hate seasons being released in parts, but that just seems to be a fact of life for most kids shows. This time, though, it is not too bad, as at least the volume is still a 4 disc set with 30 episodes and not just a silly one disc volume. For those that do not have volume 1, yet, I noticed Amazon has a special with the two volumes together for not much more than the second volume’s full retail price.

Wolverine and the X-Men: Heroes Return Trilogy - This release is only the first three episodes of the series.

This week’s TV on DVD Season I am going through and doing wrap ups of is the six disc Liberty’s Kids The Complete Series set. This is a wrap up the episodes and special features on the sixth and final disc.

“James Armistead” - James Armistead is a slave that goes to fight as a soldier under Washington with permission from his master. James Armistead ends up serving as a spy. He easily gets into Benedict’s Headquarters and serves him, as they do not expect him as a black man to be of danger. The Americans almost capture Benedict Arnold with a tip from James A. James A. ends up being asked to be a spy for the British, so he works as a double agent with his loyalty truly to the Americans. The British think he is giving the Americans their false info, but instead James A. gives the Americans the real info about Cornwallis going to Yorktown. Washington and Rochambeau march south to Yorktown to join Lafayette to attack Cornwallis. James A. hopes to gain freedom for his service as a spy.

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This week’s TV on DVD Season I am going through and doing wrap ups of is the six disc Liberty’s Kids The Complete Series set. I will be posting about one disc each day until this Saturday. This is a wrap up the episodes and special features on the fifth disc.

“Not Yet Begun to Fight” - The ship Sarah is on back to England ends up shipwrecked. Franklin and the French talk about the American sailor John Paul Jones and how he named his ship after Franklin’s Poor Richard’s Almanac by calling the ship Poor Richard in French. Sarah ends up on John Paul Jones ship, as they rescue her from the shipwreck. Sarah finds a British soldier she knew from childhood among the British John Paul Jones has imprisoned. John Paul Jones is planning to attack Britain. He ends up engaging part of the British navy in battle. Jones refuses to surrender despite losing. This is when he says his famous words, “I have not yet begun to fight.” The British end up surrendering to Jones, however, the ship is lost. Sarah is ready to admit she is an American and must tell her mother.

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This week’s TV on DVD Season I am going through and doing wrap ups of is the six disc Liberty’s Kids The Complete Series set. I will be posting about one disc each day until this Saturday. This is a wrap up the episodes and special features on the third disc.

“Sybil Ludington” - James is on an assignment to report about the unsung hero, Colonel Ludington. Ludington helps protect the Patriots against the Tories. Ludington’s daught, Sybil, does not agree with James being useful for the cause by being a journalist and thinks he should be fighting for the cause. Sarah attends a ball in honor of Benedict Arnold with Mrs. Adams. Arnold decides to resign because the Continental Army will not promote him to Major General. First, though, a British attack occurs at Danbury. Sybil rounds up Ludington’s militia to go to Danbury. James goes straight to Danbury and finds the city on fire, except for Tory homes. Tories surround Ludington’s house in order to get the reward for turning him in. Sybil scares them off by having the Ludington kids, James, and Ludington march in front of the window with guns and broomsticks to make the Tories think a whole regiment is in the house.

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This week’s TV on DVD Season I am going through and doing wrap ups of is the six disc Liberty’s Kids The Complete Series set. I will be posting about one disc each day until this Saturday. This is a wrap up the episodes and special features on the third disc.

“The Turtle” - A sailor tells James about a mysterious sea thing. The end up finding out that it is a mysterious underwater boat that is being tested for eventually to be used to attack the British. The boat is called The Turtle. James, Enrie, and Sarah end up going into the Harbor to test towing the turtle out for the attack. They are captured by the British and taken to see General Howe. They end up being released. James and Enrie drag the Turtle out to attack. The attack does not exactly go as planned, but in the end the bomb does go off and the British retreat from the blockade.

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This week’s TV on DVD Season I am going through and doing wrap ups of is the six disc Liberty’s Kids The Complete Series set. I will be posting about one disc each day until this Saturday. This is a wrap up the episodes and special features on the second disc.

“The Second Continental Congress” - In this episode delegates arrive for the Second Continental Congress. Franklin tells them no journalists reporting on the Congress until it is over. Enrie has access because he is another water boy and another journalist convinces him to bring tidbits out to him. James goes in as a water boy and Franklin takes away his notebook. The Congress delegates argue over if they will unite with Massachusetts to fight the British. The supposed journalist turns suspicious when he does not know about the representatives James names. The choice for General is between John Hancock, Charles Henry Lee, and finally Washington, which they quickly decide on. Moses and Sarah help fix Washington’s coach. It turns out that the journalist guy is a spy close to the King because he paid them in buttons that Sarah recognizes as ones like her father got at the King’s birthday party a few years before. James ends up giving the journalist false info that Hancok will be the general and they are going to march on Rhode Island, which causes him to tell his fellow Redcoats to go to Rhode Island. In the end Washington becomes General.

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Here is this week’s edition for TV on DVD Releases in the animated category.

Best of Super Mario Super Show - This release contains what is being dubbed the best of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show. The episodes includes are “Star Koopa” a parody of Star Wars, “Mario and the Beanstalk” a parody of Jack and the Beanstalk, “Pirates of the Koopa” parody of Treasure Island, “Mario’s Magic Carpet” Aladdin type parody based on the classic story and not the Disney movie as that came later, “Two Plumbers and a Baby” about the princess being turned into a baby, “Mario and Joilet” parody of Romeo & Juliet, “Do You Toadstool Take This Koopa?” about Koopa threatening to turn the Mario Brothers into rocks if Princess Toadstool does not marry Koopa, “Quest for Pizza” about Mario being poisoned by Caveman Alley Koopa and his friends having to figure out how to save his life by making pre historic pizza, and “The Trojan Koopa” parody of the Greek Classic about the Trojan Horse.

Exosquad: Season 1 - This release contains 13 episodes of the show’s first season. Not sure what if any special features are on this release.

This week’s TV on DVD Season I am going through and doing wrap ups of is the six disc Liberty’s Kids The Complete Series set. I will be posting about one disc each day until this Saturday. This is a wrap up the episodes and special features on the first disc.

“The Boston Tea Party” - This episode begins with a girl, Sarah, on a ship to eventually live with her father in America. On the ship she is writing back to her mother. The next scene is of Moses (black man) and James, young lad, working on Franklin’s printing press. Enrie then comes in with a letter from Franklin. The letter says that Sarah is coming into Boston, so the three of them go to Boston to meet up with her, as she is staying with them until her father returns from the wilderness. Another scene shows Ben Franklin talking with Sarah’s mother in London assuring her that Sarah will be safe. Sam Adams gives a speech in a bar talking about the stamp act, the Boston Massacre, the tea tax, and taxation without representation. This leads to them going out dressed as Indians to throw tea into the harbor from the ship Sarah is still on. Enrie, Moses, and James go on board to get Sarah. James interviews the those dumping the tea overboard and Sarah to report on the incident for Franklin’s paper. Sarah thinks it is uncivilized and disloyalty to the crown even though they have no representatives in Parliament because it is still their country and she does not think Parliament would ever pass an unjust law. They escape from being arrested for being in the wrong place at the wrong time by going to a poets house, who is actually just the slave at the house. This scene talks some about slavery in the colonies and how Moses bought his freedom. Back in England Franklin gets blamed for encouraging the lawlessness in the colonies.

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Here is this week’s edition for TV on DVD Releases in the animated category.

Ben 10 Alien Force: Season One Volume 3 - This release is of the third part of the first season of Ben 10 Alien Force.

Davey And Goliath: The Lost Episodes - This release contains the rare episodes of this show that was pulled from television 30 years ago. This is an alternative children’s programming show that teaches morals.

Disney Animation Collection 1: Mickey & Beanstalk - This release is of the old animated Mickey cartoon that is based on the Jack & the Beanstalk fairy tale.

Hip Hop Harry Big Top Circus - This release has four episodes of the show with a hip hop bear.

Hip Hop Harry Move Those Feet - This release has another four episodes of the show with a hip hop bear.

Max Fleischer’s Superman: 1941-1942 - This release includes 17 episodes in a two disc set.

The Nutshack: The Entire First Season - This release contains the first season of the uncensored adult animated show.

Peanuts: Snoopy’s Reunion - This release is about Snoopy having a reunion with his siblings.

Sesame Street: Being Green - This Sesame Street release is about Elmo going green to help the Earth.

Tenchi Muyo! Ryo Ohki - This is a 3 disc set. Special features include Character Profiles, The Real Tenchi Tour, Japanese TV Spots, Lovely Cookin’ Music Video, ‘Himitsu Nabe’ Tenchi Muyo! Special, 40 Minute Live Action Special, and 30 Minute Radio Drama.

Yo Gabba Gabba!: New Friends - This release seems to have some controversy in that it does feature Jack Black as a guest on the main episode. Personally I agree in that he is often not an actor I think preschool kids should be seeing and I even got that impression of him at the Kid’s Choice Awards last weekend, however, I imagine his appearance in this episode has potential to be fine and at least on par with this show’s normal quality.