I read all the issues of City at War (unfortunately, I don´t have them) and I think they´re pretty great. I never had the chance to read Return to New York but I heard that the plot´s pretty good. I read issue #6 because have it (I have issue #1 to #10) and I think it was good too. From these 10 issues that I have, I hate the #2 that it´s about how the tmnt met April. It should have had more fighting scenes.

Well, I only have them cuz my cousin went to America and bought them all for 200 bucks. Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird had a really whide (or should I say wild?) imagination when they write those first TMNT issues. I wish I had the comics Donatello #1 that it´s about Jack Kirby and Raphael #1 that it´s about how he met Casey Jones.

SAINW was cool, but not to my taste. It just depressed me so much. xD And Karai's hair was really freakily white. In fact, a lot of the SAINW's characters' designs freaked me out. It was an interesting take on a 'What if...?' scenario, but there are many episodes I prefer to it.

And you lot have more comics than me... I don't have any. =(

Karai's hair was white because she's older, man. I figured that was obvious.

Well duh.

If I remember correctly, her face didn't look old, her body didn't look old, she didn't act old and her voice didn't sound old. Yet she had startling white hair. It was like she bleached it or something. xD

I might be wrong, as I saw the episode once and ages ago.

Her body didn´t look old but she was always training. Look at April´s body for example. She was fatter but she only looked old because of her face. Karai only looked old because of her hair and wrinkles.

Good point. :3 Training would make them pretty fit.

My mum's 50 and her hair isn't white. How old was Karai in SAINW anyway? I'd say about 50 or so.

If the episode was 20 to 25 years in the future (I can´t remember which one is) then karai would be 45 to 50. Your mum´s hair is not white because she didn´t live in a time of war and stress. Besides, I bet your mum paints her hair.

It was thirty years in the future, and Karai is roughly twenty, or at least in her late teens. The Turtles, being fifteen, would be forty-five, and Karai would be about fifty.

Nope, my mum doesn't paint or dye her hair. She does have a few white hairs though. =/ She's been through a lot and she smokes. And my dad's hair is dark, and he's 45. It varies between people.

Oh yeah, war time. That would cause stress. But if it's a Shredder-ruled world and the TMNT split up ages ago, then what stress did she go through? What if she suffered something tragic? :O Whoa... Now I'm curious.

And just 'cos I don't like something, doesn't mean I think it's bad. SAINW was a very unique episode and is by no doubt one of the best, most emotional episodes... just not to my taste.

So, uh, which non-turtle character has the most interesting backstory? I could say Bishop or Stockman, or even Casey, but I think it's the guy monster from the season 4 episode where Casey and Leo go stop Hun. 'Dragon's rising' or something. The monster had a very mysterious past which I would have loved to find out more about.

Yeah me too! That episode was also so sad. If the writers were smart, they would have written another episode related with that one.

I know. D: There were so many loose ends.

And there was the Rat King.

I think the rat king is a great enemy for the turtles. I was surprised that he didn´t appear more. In the 1987 version, he appeared a lot of times. And we also have Leatherhead. He could be a terrific villain. In the older version, he was evil and he was one of the funniest villains. Although, I like his personality in the 2003 version. It´s awesome.

The Rat King was most interesting in the comic books, appearing as a riddling spectre, even after his apparent death at Leo's hands. The Rat King in the comics helped Splinter to learn that there comes a time to do whatever it takes to survive, and that one shouldn't be stuck up and consider himself above taking necessary but gruesome measures in a life or death situation. "To deny the inner beast means your death." - The Rat King (TMNT #56).