Here’s another thought— what if the Rise Joneses are distantly related to the Hamato clan?
Future Casey is pretty darn identical to Hamato Yoshi/Lou Jitsu— same nose, same chin, same ears, same eyebrows, similar hair, etc, and it might just be the art style but his and Cassandra’s eye shapes look close to Karai’s. You could also maybe argue Cassandra has a similar hairline to Lou Jitsu
Rise Splinter broke off from his family because of how much their traditions hurt him. Odds are he isn’t the only Hamato to do so— maybe a cousin moved away to New York, married someone named Jones, and had Cassandra (or, alternatively, Cassandra was taken from her family as a baby/toddler, raised in an American clan, and was given the name Cassandra Jones to sever her ties to her birth family)
EDIT Or (and this is my new favorite theory, inspired by @webrokethe4thwall in the replies below) Splinter got around during his Lou Jitsu days and possibly fathered a few kids during that time. Since Cassandra is confirmed to be April’s age (so like 16 during seasons 1 and 2), and Splinter has been a dad to the turtles for like thirteen years, the timeline does fit for her to be biologically his (it would also be an interesting way to harken back to the 2012 series if Rise Splinter had a semi-antagonistic biological daughter alongside his adoptive/semi-cloned/However You Explain The Mutant Relation sons). Cassandra could’ve taken after her Jones parent and Lou Jitsu’s looks could’ve skipped a generation with Casey
Or maybe (since Cassandra admittedly doesn’t look that much like the Hamatos we’ve seen) Cassandra either had a kid with a Hamato cousin or used Hamato DNA to have Casey
Or Casey was adopted and his birth family was the Hamatos. (From what I’ve gleaned from listening to adopted people, it’s usually in the kid’s best interest to let them have a connection to their biological family, so they can have answers to any questions they might have). Either Cassandra called dibs on their orphaned cousin, or (if you’re a capril fan), an adoption agency figured since April herself is an honorary Hamato, they’d let her and Cassandra have first dibs on him (and Cassandra idk won the right name him after herself by winning rock-paper-scissors or something)
Concept: A scene like the one between Raph and Karai but it's Casey and future!Leo and Leo says "you know, little me was right. I'm proud of you, Casey. I am so proud of you."
“Casey Jr should live with the turtles and be happy!” NO!!! Casey Junior should go back to the future, except that it's a good future now where he's happy and grew up with his mom and BE HAPPY!!
So...this is basically a little animation test we did to see if we can replicate the style of the original show. Turns out we can haha. And now that we know that, we want to do more~
Solid Helium Lizart Lotte
Aaand I put this thing on Tiktok and YouTube :D
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Quick Q&A: Yes, you can use this animation for gifs/icons/edits/headers/profile pics/redraws and other stuff. Just include the credits. Please:)
Listen, Casey jr being raised by/idolizing the turtles and April is great and all, but you’re forgetting who his real heroes would be
The grown up Brownie Clan
You can’t tell me these girls wouldn’t take one look at Grandma CJ’s baby and immediately rally around him. They’re absolutely the main reason he lived long enough to see puberty during the apocalypse
Here is another animatic inspired by @somerandomdudelmao 's Cass Apocalyptic Series! I thought to myself, as Casey Jr. is going through the memories of Mikey what would one of the battles look like??? So energized by such a thought, I put this together! Thanks so much for writing your comic! It truly brings joy!
Please, enjoy! Also as a reminder:
GO AND READ THE COMIC!! SO GOOD!!!
Cass Apocalyptic Series!
Also the most amazing animation EVER!!!!
Look at the goodness!
Also, there are some lines form the series in the sequence! Have fun finding the iconic dialogue! THANK YOU CASS FOR: THE COMICS, INCREDIBLE WRITNG, AND INSPIRATION!
By a significant majority vote, I have unequivocally become a part in this esteemed fandom. In appreciation, I shall graciously contribute mundane content mostly featuring Casey Jr.
I didn't expect to gain so much notes from my first post eeeeeeeh where are you guys coming from!