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07-28-2019, 03:31 PM | #22 |
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Ya know... a video of "TMNT Discuss the Birds & the Bees" (on a kid level) could fit nicely alongside some of the really random stuff of them that's out there. Granted, as mutant Turtles in an all male household with a rat father who might not tell them all that much because he might figure "why bother," thus they themselves might get most of their knowledge from the internet... maybe they aren't the best teachers of that sort of thing. lol |
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Things I learned:
- Sci-fi elements such as dimensional portals and black holes. - gendarmes are the police force in France from Rust Never Sleeps. - A lot of stuff from Splinter as already mentioned in this thread. - Learnt about the renaissance artists first from TMNT. A history teacher would say years later “I’m talking about the renaissance artist, not the ninja turtle”. - Learnt a few life lessons from Leo-centric episodes such as Take me to Your Leader and The Ancient One. - May have also been my first introduction to fantasy/supernatural stuff from watching OT episodes such as Splinter No More and Usagi Yojimbo.
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07-31-2019, 05:46 PM | #24 |
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The classic episode Snakes Alive taught me a very important life lesson "Fears are just in our minds and we have the power to overcome them." Thanks to Leonardo I overcame my fear of movies that scared me as a kid. When I wrote to Cam Clarke about the impact it made on me, he was so happy to hear it.
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08-08-2019, 07:42 PM | #27 |
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I just remembered something I learned and that’s to avoid battle when possible and never make enemies unnecessarily, from the battle nexus GameCube game.
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I have a "type" when it comes to aliens.
The ones I tend to like the most are tiny, usually pink, hyper-intelligent and use machines to get around. Mileage of danger may vary. Yeah, it started with Daleks. But then Utroms cemented it when I realized, in the midst of enjoying TMNT as a whole...that I just "like" that type of alien. Utroms did give me what I wanted out of Daleks, though, so there's that. Because by god, does Doctor Who writers squander their best Daleks...
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Off the top of my head, Archie TMNT was my first ever exposure to the concept of bonsai (Shredder is pruning his when the Turtles surprise him in his sewer lair at one point). And though I didn't start because of the comic, I always remained fascinated by them and I've been keeping bonsai for well over a decade now with an ever-increasing collection.
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08-15-2019, 05:32 AM | #32 |
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That's actually a pretty useful lesson.
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Well, I got all my most important life lessons from Tigra in Thundercats, but the Turtles cartoon taught me that freon was the gas in refrigerators.
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08-29-2019, 07:18 AM | #36 |
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I just remembered something else:
Splinter told the Turtles that Shredder's own evilness will be his doom. As cheesy as it sounds, Shredder's greed of wanting to take over the world and killing the Turtles really does him no favours. Taking over the world is hardly a feasible goal, and his anger and hatred for the Turtles clouds his judgement often and leads him to embarrassing defeats. Same happens to Dregg somewhat. In season 9 he only views the Turtles as mere obstacles. But in season 10 he becomes obsessed with killing the Turtles and he loses his marbles in the process. His own hatred for the Turtles begins consuming him. So yeah, don't let hate consume you, everyone. |
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Yeah. He was slowly improving, but he was still a bad guy . Anyway, the most noticeable change was that he no longer wanted to backstab Krang like he always said he wanted to do. It's like they finally became friends.
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08-29-2019, 03:43 PM | #39 |
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I just learned from Splinter in a 2012 episode, you don’t really fail at things unless you give up.
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I just remembered that I learnt the principles of judo (when your opponent pushes, you pull) from the episode Cry Havoc when the Turtles used it to defeat Titanus.
I tried using it myself on a school bully back in the day by pulling on his jumper. The impact of the jumper being pulled caused some material to stretch out. He said “You’ve ruined my jumper!” He was taken aback when one of my friends said the jumper was still fine. Didn’t expect that to happen but still hilarious.
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