Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles gave a nod to another long-running franchise, One Piece, with an obvious but effective joke in the latest episode.
One Piecehas been consistently putting out episodes and chapters for 25 years now, making one of thebest animealso one of the hardest to catch up with as a new fan. It’s the kind of consistency even a property such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles can only imagine, since we’ve had numerousTV showsfrom the heroes in a half-shell.
The newest, Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, capped off the first season by poking at the absurdity of there being over 1,000One Piece episodes, in a funny gag involving Leatherhead and Wingnut.
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The slightly hapless allies of the Turtles are lumbered with a ticking timebomb. Their methods of defusing the device aren’t working, leading them to panic.
“This is it. This is how it ends. There’s so much I didn’t do,” exclaims Wingnut. “I’ll never finish One Piece!” Then Leatherhead literally slaps some sense into her, because freaking out isn’t going to help.
We don’t know where Wingnut is in her misadventures with the Straw Hats, but it sounds like she’s probably quite far from theEgghead Arcand current happenings. Such is the problem with getting into One Piece now – you live with the cross on your shoulders of how many episodes there are to go.
Catching up on Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is much easier, since all 12 episodes are currently on Paramount Plus. Perfect for something to watch while we wait for information onThe One Piece, Netflix’s complete anime reboot of the iconic manga.
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Wit Studio is handling production on that, though we still don’t have a release window.Live-action One Piece Season 2is coming as well, and if any of this has you thinking about what’s going on in the mainline version, our guide toChapter 1123will get you up to speed.
Anthony McGlynn is a Senior Anime Writer on Dexerto’s UK team. An expert on animes like Demon Slayer, Solo Leveling and My Hero Academia, he also has over 10 years experience covering games and pop culture for outlets such as Variety, IGN, Den of Geek, PCGamesN, PCGamer, The Digital Fix, and many more. You can contact him at: anthony.mcglynn@dexerto.com
