TMNT (2007)
A whole new breed of heroes.
After the defeat of their old arch nemesis, The Shredder, the Turtles have grown apart as a family. Struggling to keep them together, their rat sensei, Splinter, becomes worried when strange things begin to brew in New York City.
In TMNT, consciousness is carried by animals — a plane of “mutant turtle metropolis”. The story fights on E6/E11 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing family, identity, greed, corruption, purpose.
Same rung, same subject
Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.
Same subject, different rung
The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997)E8/E14 · rare rung · identity, purpose
Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe (2020)E8/E9/E13 · rare rung · family, identity
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)E8/E13 · rare rung · family, identity
The Big Short (2015)E10/E13 · rare rung · corruption, greed
Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard (2009)E8/E13 · rare rung · family, identity
Super Me (2021)E8/E13 · rare rung · family, purposeAlso hides consciousness here
Other films that move a human interior onto the same kind of thing.
George of the Jungle 2 (2003)consciousness in animals · anthropomorphic jungle
War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)consciousness in animals · ape-war
Madagascar (2005)consciousness in animals · anthropomorphic animal world
One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)consciousness in animals · anthropomorphic canine world
Deep Blue Sea (1999)consciousness in animals · enhanced‑shark research facility
Walking with Dinosaurs (2013)consciousness in animals · dinosaur herdSame subject, different mask
The same preoccupations carried by a different kind of thing — grief told through the dead, an animal, a machine.
Dog Man (2025)consciousness carried elsewhere · family, identity
The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996)consciousness in objects · family, greed
Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds (2010)consciousness in aliens · identity
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (2010)consciousness in monsters · family
The New Daughter (2009)consciousness in monsters · family
Dragon Ball Z: Broly - Second Coming (1994)consciousness in aliens · family
