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'''David Wise''' is an American televison animation writer. He is perhaps best known as the head writer for the 1987 ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' series, where he wrote over one hundred episodes. He was also the single most prolific writer for the ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]]'' cartoon, penning fifteen episodes. | '''David Wise''' is an American televison animation writer. He is perhaps best known as the head writer for the 1987 ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' series, where he wrote over one hundred episodes. He was also the single most prolific writer for the ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]]'' cartoon, penning fifteen episodes. | ||
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==Recycle-o-matic== | ==Recycle-o-matic== | ||
Which Transformers stories did | David tended to recycle many of his script concepts for other shows. Which ''Transformers'' stories did he recycle? Wellll... | ||
*"[[Attack of the Autobots]]" — ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' episode "Slash - The Evil Turtle from Dimension X". | *"[[Attack of the Autobots]]" — ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' episode "Slash - The Evil Turtle from Dimension X". | ||
*"[[Day of the Machines]]" — Recycled from ''He-Man and the Masters of the Universe'' episode "Day of the Machines". | *"[[Day of the Machines]]" — Recycled from ''He-Man and the Masters of the Universe'' episode "Day of the Machines". | ||
*"[[Microbots]]" — Recycled from parts of the ''He-Man'' episode "Day of the Machines", later recycled into parts of TMNT episode "Shreddered and Splintered". | |||
*"[[Kremzeek!]]" — Recycled from parts of the ''He-Man'' episode "Day of the Machines", later recycled for TMNT episode "The Big ZIPP attack", and ''Mighty Ducks'' episode "Zap Attack". | *"[[Microbots]]" — Recycled from parts of the ''He-Man'' episode "Day of the Machines", later recycled into parts of the ''TMNT'' episode "Shreddered and Splintered". | ||
*"[[Kremzeek!]]" — Recycled from parts of the ''He-Man'' episode "Day of the Machines", later recycled for the ''TMNT'' episode "The Big ZIPP attack", and ''The Mighty Ducks'' episode "Zap Attack". | |||
*"[[Auto-Bop]]" — TMNT episode "Corporate Raiders from Dimension X". | *"[[Auto-Bop]]" — TMNT episode "Corporate Raiders from Dimension X". | ||
*"[[The Girl Who Loved Powerglide]]" — TMNT | |||
*"[[The Girl Who Loved Powerglide]]" — ''TMNT'' episode "Poor Little Rich Turtle". | |||
A little less forgivably, Wise also recycled the basic structure and story from the [[Donald F. Glut|Donald Glut]] episode "[[War of the Dinobots]]" for his TMNT episode "Usagi Come Home", even down to the main villain watching a video recap of a previous episode, and lamenting how a third party ruined his plans. Then again, he also wrote the Clock King and Riddler origin episodes for ''Batman: The Animated Series'', so we'll let it all slide. | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
Revision as of 08:21, 27 November 2009
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David Wise is an American televison animation writer. He is perhaps best known as the head writer for the 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series, where he wrote over one hundred episodes. He was also the single most prolific writer for the The Transformers cartoon, penning fifteen episodes.
Generation 1 cartoon
Convention appearances
Recycle-o-matic
David tended to recycle many of his script concepts for other shows. Which Transformers stories did he recycle? Wellll...
- "Attack of the Autobots" — Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles episode "Slash - The Evil Turtle from Dimension X".
- "Day of the Machines" — Recycled from He-Man and the Masters of the Universe episode "Day of the Machines".
- "Microbots" — Recycled from parts of the He-Man episode "Day of the Machines", later recycled into parts of the TMNT episode "Shreddered and Splintered".
- "Kremzeek!" — Recycled from parts of the He-Man episode "Day of the Machines", later recycled for the TMNT episode "The Big ZIPP attack", and The Mighty Ducks episode "Zap Attack".
- "Auto-Bop" — TMNT episode "Corporate Raiders from Dimension X".
- "The Girl Who Loved Powerglide" — TMNT episode "Poor Little Rich Turtle".
A little less forgivably, Wise also recycled the basic structure and story from the Donald Glut episode "War of the Dinobots" for his TMNT episode "Usagi Come Home", even down to the main villain watching a video recap of a previous episode, and lamenting how a third party ruined his plans. Then again, he also wrote the Clock King and Riddler origin episodes for Batman: The Animated Series, so we'll let it all slide.
