Awesome but Impractical/Western Animation: Difference between revisions

* The Technodrome from the original ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' cartoon wasn't just awesome - it was badass. It looked both cool and formidable, was capable of surviving in any environment from outer space to under the ocean, and was equipped at various points with a time machine and a fully fledged robot army. One problem, though -- there was no power source capable of powering the Technodrome for any practical length of time, making the vehicle essentially worthless. The two biggest storylines over the course of the series were Shredder's attempts at killing the Turtles and trying to jump start the Technodrome.

** In ''Turtles Forever,'' once the 200X Shredder applies some of his own technology, he's able to unleash the machine's ''true'' potential and nearly destroys the entire multiverse with it. Even more awesome is that {{spoiler|it becomes the only thing powerful enough to stop the super-sized Shredder}}!

** In a complete inversion (i.e., Lame, Yet Practical), as well as a case of Chekhov's Guns, we have the wings worn by the Monarch's henchmen. For nearly two seasons, they show no purpose other than being part of the costume and the butterfly motif. During the final episode of season 2, however, it turns out {{spoiler|the wings can ''fly''}}. You heard right: the wings actually double as {{spoiler|jet packs}}, allowing the henchman to {{spoiler|fight off Phantom Limb's army}}. However, after this, it is never brought up again. A goofier aspect of this is brought up in season 4; the wings are constantly extended, and every door in the Monarch's cocoon base ''tapers to a point at the top''. The henchmen can barely walk around without their wings getting in the way.

* A lot of [[Transformers|Megatrons]] from different series turns into different modes. ''[[Beast Wars (Animation)|Beast Wars]]'' had a T-Rex mode. The [[Unicron Trilogy]] Megatron had turned into a tank, a jet and a race car etc. G1 Megatron, by far the most memorable Megatron however turns into.....a pistol. Never mind the fact that he could shoot at his enemies when he's in robot mode anyway or the fact that every one of his minions had guns of their own, but when he turns into the pistol he will need someone to actually wield and use him (so that means 1 less fire support) and also his gunbarrel turns significantly smaller so the damage output his makes would likely be less then if he just aimed his arm cannon!

** And he always seems to give himself to ''Starscream''. One wonders why he was never stepped on or stolen.