Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Ghostbusters 2 is the second of a four part mini series by IDW Publishing which crosses-over the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with the characters from the Ghostbusters universe. Also issued as a library binding book by Spotlight.
Plot[]
The Turtles are stuck in the Ghostbusters dimension... along with a brand-new, all-powerful, all-crazy ghost from centuries past! The two teams will have to act fast to save the day, but what happens when Casey Jones becomes possessed? [3]
Cast[]
Part Two The Meeting of the Minds[]
Equipment[]
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Paranormal Containment Research Tank
Items[]
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Environmental[]
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Locations[]
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Development[]
On July 15, 2014, Bobby Curnow hinted there may be a Blank Cover variant in the November 2014 solicitations. [4]
On July 18, 2014, Erik Burnham confirmed he's seen Dan Schoening's cover for Issue #2. [5]
On July 24, 2014, Tristan Jones posted a work in progress teaser of his cover for Issue #2. [6]
On August 13, 2014, Tristan Jones confirmed the cover for Issue #2 would be his last in the mini-series due to deadlines for his Silent Hill project. [7]
On August 14, 2014, Tristan Jones posted his cover for Issue #2. [8] IDW also confirmed the cover would be part of November 2014's Artist Edition RI variants and there will also be blank cover variants. [9]
On August 19, 2014, November solicits revealed the regular cover and logline. [10]
On August 29, 2014, Erik Burnham declared he was halfway through the mini series. [11]
On September 29, 2014, Brent Peeples teased his Cover RE. [12] He later posted another teaser. [13] On September 30, 2014, Brent Peeples posted another teaser of his Cover RE. [14] On October 1, 2014, Brent Peeples posted a pre-colored version of his Cover RE. [15]
On October 2, 2014, Brent Peeples posted a colored version of his Cover RE. [16] On October 3, 2014, Dan Schoening posted a work in progress of Bebop and Rocksteady as humans. [17] On October 4, 2014, Adam Gorham posted a work in progress of his cover featuring Michelangelo. [18] On October 5, 2014, Adam Gorham posted a work in progress of his cover featuring Slimer. [19] On October 6, 2014, Adam Gorham posted an updated work in progress of his cover featuring Michelangelo. [20] On October 9, 2014, Erik Burnham reported seeing artwork for Issue #2 and confirmed Dan Schoening's easter eggs are still in full effect. [21] Adam Gorham posted a unlettered version of his cover. [22] On October 10, 2014, Shannon Ritchie revealed he's done a Cover RE for Comicxposure. [23] On November 10, 2014, Dan Schoening posted a work in progress of Kylie Griffin carrying a stack of books. [24] On November 13, 2014, Dan Schoening posted included a teaser of Michelangelo. [25] Schoening also posted a teaser of two hockey players brawling. [26] On November 23, 2014, a cover, credits, and 5 page preview was posted. [27]
On December 1, 2014, Erik Burnham revealed his favorite gag had to do with the trephination pun. [28] On May 29, 2015, Erik Burnham posted commentary, from himself and Tom Waltz, for Issue #2. [29]
Trivia[]
- Hot Topic Cover RE
- Slimer appears on the cover.
- Page 1
- The four possessed humans are visually based on Rob Paulsen, Betty White, Bobby Curnow, and Mariel Romero.
- Page 4
- Tom Waltz found Peter's frustration with red heads to be his favorite gag in the entire series. The gag was Erik Burnham's idea. [30]
- Page 5
- Ray mentions the Nine Li Tribe, Battle of Zhuolu and Emperor Huangdi.
- Chi-You was leader of his tribe, Nine Li.
- According to the Records of the Grand Historian, the Battle of Zhuolu took place in about 2500 B.C. between the forces of Chi-You and Huangdi. Huangdi's victory is credited with establishing the Han Chinese civilization.
- Egon pokes April on the shoulder as he did with the elderly gentleman in the first movie at the Sedgewick Hotel.
- Ray mentions the Nine Li Tribe, Battle of Zhuolu and Emperor Huangdi.
- Page 6
- Donatello refers to the Interspatial Teleportation Unit and glitch from last issue.
- Ray's alien question is a jab at rumors the Turtles would be aliens in the 2014 live action movie.[31]
- Page 7
- Peter remarks the color coding of the Turtles will be handy in remembering their names.
- In similar fashion, the Ghostbusters' animated counterparts on The Real Ghostbusters wore different colored jumpsuits.
- Peter jokingly refers to himself as El Greco and the other Ghostbusters as Botticelli, Signorelli, and Titian.
- El Greco was a painter, sculptor and architect during the Spanish Renaissance.
- Sandro Botticelli was an Italian painter during the Early Renaissance.
- Luca Signorelli was an Italian Renaissance painter known for his use of foreshortening.
- Titian was a highly regarded painter known for his mastery of color.
- Peter alludes to Dana Barrett and her former job restoring art at the Manhattan Museum of Art in Ghostbusters II.
- Peter remarks the color coding of the Turtles will be handy in remembering their names.
- Page 8
- Michelangelo's adoration of the Ecto-1 and request for the Turtles to have one may be a nod to the Turtle Van in some versions of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
- Page 9
- Chi-You refers to the pact between himself and his family of immortals.
- Page 11
- In Panel 1, on the computer under Don's elbow is the Information screen of Area 1 from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1989) video game with Splinter's "The map shows your position on on the ground." message.
- Egon's "It's...technical" response to the Ghost Sniffer question is a callback to Peter's response in the first movie to Dana's query.
- Still up on the second floor are the New York poster and ladder with towel from Ghostbusters: The Video Game (Realistic Versions).
- On the black monitor in the right corner is the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV video game title screen.
- Page 12
- Peter alludes to this version of Donatello's inability to believe in the more spiritual phenomena.
- Peter mentions Trephination. In the first movie, Peter brought up how Egon attempted to drill a hole in his head.
- Tom Waltz had to look up Trephination.[32]
- In a box on the shelf by Peter, is the Stasis Field Generator from Ghostbusters: The Video Game, Portable version.
- Page 13
- Egon not believing in aliens dates back to Volume 1 Issue #11.
- Donatello and the others have met various aliens on their ongoing comic book series
- Winston mentions 'going in first.' The United States Marine Corps' core duty is to go first into battle.
- Page 14
- Janine brings up a tray of Pequod's coffee.
- The arcade behind Kylie is set on the burning apartment 1st level in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles arcade game
- Page 15
- Ray refers to his late mother and her Swiss heritage.
- In drafts of Ghostbusters II, for example page 109 of the 2/27/89 draft, Ray mentioned his great-grandparents were Swiss.
- Ray holds a copy of Fairfax's Demonologia up to Slimer. It is a 19th century book about a discourse of witchcraft.
- Ray alludes to Peter's initial skepticism in the first movie.
- Slimer's Pin-Up Calendar of Doom! is set on April.
- Ray refers to his late mother and her Swiss heritage.
- Page 16
- When they were plotting the series, Tom Waltz proposed the idea of Casey thinking about his heroes… hockey players.[33]
- In reality, the NHL Eastern Conference Quarterfinals Game 1 between the New York Rangers and Montreal Canadiens at the Madison Square Garden took place on April 16, 1996.
- There is an ad for the Bijou Theatre, seen in the Slimer! episode "Movie Madness".
- The movie "From Beyond" was a movie adapted from a H.P. Lovecraft story about how an experiment accidentally leads a character to be taken by monsters in another dimension and transformed into a monster himself.
- There is an ad for the Manhattan City Bank from the first movie once more with Peter's 'everyone has three mortgages nowadays' line.
- Luis Antonio Delgado's 15 easter egg is on the New York player's jersey.
- There are several references on the ads around the rink.
- Some Time from The Real Ghostbusters episode "Three Men and an Egon".
- Blody from The Real Ghostbusters episode "The Halloween Door".
- Caste from The Real Ghostbusters episode "The Halloween Door".
- Hasty Pastry Bakery from The Real Ghostbusters episode "The Joke's on Ray".
- Sony
- Molta from the Extreme Ghostbusters episode "Darkness at Noon" Part 1
- Ninja Pizza is from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987 animated series episode "Turtle Tracks"
- Page 17
- The man who calls the police is visually based on Patton Oswalt.[34]
- The two men behind Patton are visually based on the original human forms of Bebop and Rocksteady from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987 animated series.
- Page 19
- The power source is based on the device Egon and Ray tinker with in the first introduction sequence of The Real Ghostbusters.
- Page 20
- In the box by the stairs is a copy of a Flex-O-Man Comic from the Slimer! episode "Room at the Top".
- There is a Ghostbusters Mug and Balloon from Ghostbusters II on Janine's desk.
- Egon's locker is still set up as Dan Schoening and Luis Delgado's Harold Ramis tribute. Visible are:
- The box of Cheese Its, seen in the first movie.
- A Trap
- A P.K.E. Meter
- The Ghostbusters II Icon Ghost.
- The jar of Psychomagnotheric Slime.
- An article referring to the events of Groundhog Day, directed by Harold Ramis and starring Bill Murray.
- Below Egon's right is a Walley World figurine from National Lampoon's Vacation movies.
- Page 21
- Egon eats a Twinkie.
- Page 22
- In Ray's locker are:
- An article about another Mass Sponge Migration, first mentioned by Ray in the first movie.
- A copy of Popular Phantasmics, mentioned by Egon as a magazine published by Slime Life from The Real Ghostbusters episode "Ghostbuster of the Year".
- Rasputin's Spiritual Exercises from The Real Ghostbusters episode "Ghostbuster of the Year".
- A Stay Puft Marshmallow Man doll, often seen on The Real Ghostbusters.
- A bag of Stay Puft Marshmallows.
- Agent Mulder's "I Want To Believe" poster from The X-Files.
- A Crystal Head Vodka, a product made by Dan Aykroyd.
- Ray's reading glasses from Ghostbusters II.
- A jar of Singing Slime from Ghostbusters: The Video Game, Realistic Versions.
- A photograph of the Pallo Mansion from The Real Ghostbusters episode "Look Homeward, Ray" blocked by Peter's word balloon.
- An article mentioning the Philadelphia Mass Turbulence of 1947, mentioned by Ray in the first movie.
- Dopey Dog from The Real Ghostbusters episode "The Boogieman Cometh".
- Articles about UFOs and the Tunguska region, where the Tunguska blast took place.
- A Camp Waconda, mentioned by Ray in the first movie, pennant.
- In Ray's locker are:
Also See[]
References[]
- ↑ Pull List Comixology Issue #2
- ↑ Issue #2 Second Printing Previews World
- ↑ Previews World Issue #2 8/19/14
- ↑ Bobby Curnow post IDW Publishing Forums 7/15/14
- ↑ erikburnham Tweet 7/18/14
- ↑ TRexJones Tweet 7/24/14
- ↑ Tristan Jones post Ghostbusters Fans 8/13/14
- ↑ TRexJones Tweet 8/14/14
- ↑ IDW Publishing Facebook 8/14/14
- ↑ Previews World Issue #2 8/19/14
- ↑ erikburnham Tweet 8/29/14
- ↑ peeplesart Tweet #1 9/29/14
- ↑ peeplesart Tweet #2 9/29/14
- ↑ peeplesart Tweet 9/30/14
- ↑ peeplesart Tweet 10/1/14
- ↑ peeplesart Tweet 10/2/14
- ↑ Dapperpomade Tweet 10/3/14
- ↑ Adam Gorham instagram 10/4/14
- ↑ Adam Gorham instagram 10/5/14
- ↑ Adam Gorham instagram 10/6/14
- ↑ erikburnham Tweet 10/9/14
- ↑ Adam Gorham deviantArt TMNT/GB 2 10/9/14
- ↑ Shannon Ritchie instagram 10/10/14
- ↑ Dapperpomade Tweet 11/10/14
- ↑ Dapperpomade Tweet #1 11/13/14
- ↑ Dapperpomade Tweet #2 11/13/14
- ↑ Issue #2 Preview via Comic Book Resources 11/23/14
- ↑ erikburnham Tweet 12/1/14
- ↑ TMNT/Ghostbusters #2 Writer's Commentary erikburnham Tumblr 5/29/15
- ↑ TMNT/Ghostbusters #2 Writer’s Commentary erikburnham Tumblr 5/29/15
- ↑ TMNT/Ghostbusters #2 Writer’s Commentary erikburnham Tumblr 5/29/15
- ↑ TMNT/Ghostbusters #2 Writer’s Commentary erikburnham Tumblr 5/29/15
- ↑ TMNT/Ghostbusters #2 Writer’s Commentary erikburnham Tumblr 5/29/15
- ↑ Dapperpomade Tweet 12/5/15
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