Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

[Pike]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDQzALOH9iU

Remember how great this show was? Michaelangelo was my favorite for life when I was a kid but I think maybe I was biased because orange was my favorite color back then for some unfathomable reason.

[Sephex]

Like most people around my age, I was a big fan of this show as a kid. I was also lucky enough to get a decent chunk of the action figures from my parents as well. I actually liked Raphael the best, which I know is rare, but I rarely encountered a situation where another friend wanted to play the part of Raphael when we "played" Ninja Turtles outside or whatever. Lots of good memories because of the Turtles!

Also, the SNES version of Turtles in Time is one of the best beat 'em up games EVER!!

[Agent Proto]

I was a Leonardo and Donatello fan! The two were my favorites, since Leo is the oldest brother, like I am, and Donatello was the techy genius. Michaelangelo was fun and Raphael was okay, but he reminded me of my brother, since both are hot-headed jerks.

[DMKA]

I loved TMNT as a kid! Leonardo was my favorite! My sister loved Michelangelo!

I even liked the newer series, but not quite as much as the old of course, and I enjoyed the CGI "TMNT" film they released a few years ago.

In fact the only TMNT related thing I know of that I really didn't care for was the movie Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III...the live-action one where they travel back to feudal Japan. I mean the first two live-action movies certainly weren't oscar material but....man that movie was awful.

[Madame Adequate]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon intro - YouTube

Remember how great this show was? Michaelangelo was my favorite for life when I was a kid but I think maybe I was biased because orange was my favorite color back then for some unfathomable reason.

Because you, like me, are a loyal Norn Iron.

Although I always liked Donatello the most

[Jowy]

My mom stitched together an entire fabric Leonardo outfit when I was in kindergarten. It was rad.

Needs more Casey Jones appreciation.

[blackmage_nuke]

Donatello was my favourite, I always played him on the turtles in time snes game.

[Jowy]

i didn't have any friends when turtles in time came out and don't appreciate it like everyone else my age does.

[Araciel]

I was always pissed at my friend cause he had the van.

I had some crappy pizza thrower tank thing.

[Tigmafuzz]

I can already tell from the title that this is going to be the best thread ever made on this site.

[Shlup]

I'm wearing my TMNT shirt right now. After work I went for a walk through Disneyland and it got me two high-fives.

[charliepanayi]

I remember how strange it was when I realised years later that Shredder's voice was Uncle Phil from Fresh Prince.

[Bubba]

Pike has surpassed herself once again with this thread.

I was slightly confused when I watched the opening titles again though. Something wasn't quite right... like my childhood memories had been tampered with. It was then I realised that here in the UK the show was changed to 'Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles'. Apparently they thought that the word 'ninja' was too violent for our children's delicate ears.

That was a bit extreme I thought when UK children's shows were capable of producing three minute pieces of filth like this...

the full version of the rainbow twanger one - YouTube

[Sephex]

Pike has surpassed herself once again with this thread.

I was slightly confused when I watched the opening titles again though. Something wasn't quite right... like my childhood memories had been tampered with. It was then I realised that here in the UK the show was changed to 'Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles'. Apparently they thought that the word 'ninja' was too violent for our children's delicate ears.

That was a bit extreme I thought when UK children's shows were capable of producing three minute pieces of filth like this...

the full version of the rainbow twanger one - YouTube

Didn't they censor the weapons too?

*looks it up*

Ah, yes, they did! Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Man, I feel sorry for you guys. It doesn't really change that much, but still!

[Madame Adequate]

Oh man I remember that, not one person I knew ever said "hero" instead of "ninja" because we all knew the real name and that the change was bollocks. Another fun fact: All references to nunchaku were banned because people were getting injured by them so the authorities freaked out. What they didn't understand was that said injuries were caused by people trying to use them, not knowing how, and braining themselves.