TMNT References/Easter Eggs in Pop Culture

ScratchTheHotSpot · 02-07-2011, 01:59 PM

I'm a huge fan of the TV sitcom 'Frasier' and Ive just finished watching the entire dvd collection, that I got for Christmas. Now I've started watching the show 'Cheers'.. which is where Frasier came from of course. Being born in 86, I never saw much of Cheers, as I was too young to appreiciate the comedy.

So Im watching this episode called "I'm Getting My Act Together and Sticking it in Your Face" -- youtube link >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWTCDYvhcIQ. And Frasier begins to mention a Charles Dickens novel, which of course, none of the other characters know what he's talking about. So then he mentions four pizza loving turtles that practice martial arts in the sewer!

Which Cliff replies in the usual boring way that he does... "Y'know, alot of people dont realise, that was a comic book first!"

I couldn't believe my ears, and just had to post this on the forums!

Hopefully someone else is a Frasier/Cheers fan, and will smile as much as I did when I heard it

lol. The quote is at around 6 minutes in to the linked video above.

*Master Splinter* · 02-07-2011, 02:05 PM

I did not know that... I do like it when the four mean green get a mention in whatever show or movie I'm watching... It always brings a smile to my face...

-ms

*Eiko* · 02-07-2011, 02:42 PM

There was also an episode of Married with Children that mentioned the turtles.

cartoonistaaron · 02-08-2011, 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Eiko

There was also an episode of Married with Children that mentioned the turtles.

Does anybody else remember the Married With Children episode with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles model coffin? It looked like a turtle shell!

And I'm sure everybody has seen the Two and a Half Men episode where they play the theme song to the old cartoon...

*oldmanwinters* · 02-08-2011, 11:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cartoonistaaron

Does anybody else remember the Married With Children episode with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles model coffin? It looked like a turtle shell!

Never watched that show, but you can still see a picture of it on the InternetArchive of the late, great NinjaTurtlesNetwork.com:
http://web.archive.org/web/200402082.../Misc/Misc.htm

*TheCanadiandrome* · 02-08-2011, 12:09 PM

that's cool

*discordiatookie* · 02-08-2011, 01:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cartoonistaaron

Does anybody else remember the Married With Children episode with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles model coffin? It looked like a turtle shell!

"Hey guys, see when I die, bury me in one of these!"

*gobo* · 02-07-2011, 02:43 PM

I never knew about that either. For more Frasier sightings, look for his crossover on an ep of Wings. Cliff & Norm showed up in an other one.

Voidoid · 02-07-2011, 03:28 PM

I also love when I'm watching a show and hear about them. And I totally saw that Married with Children episode a few weeks ago when Kelly teased Bud about having a Ninja Turtle pillow and said something about Donatello. I took offense because I have a Donatello pillow on my bed....

deadpoolRKO · 02-07-2011, 03:44 PM

i didn't know this either , that's awesome.

*discordiatookie* · 02-07-2011, 04:37 PM

Ha, that was pretty cool. Cliff reminds me of a guy called Ali down my local. Guess every bar/pub's got one!

*Roseangelo* · 02-07-2011, 04:52 PM

The TMNT also got mentioned in the last episode of Cheers, but I believe the line got cut out of the DVD release.

*gobo* · 02-08-2011, 03:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Roseangelo

The TMNT also got mentioned in the last episode of Cheers, but I believe the line got cut out of the DVD release.

Context? I don't recall.

*Master Splinter* · 02-08-2011, 09:39 AM

Was checking out The Oatmeal today and seen the Ninja Turtles mentioned in this comic... It's pretty funny...

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/interview_questions

-ms

*Roseangelo* · 02-08-2011, 01:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gobo

Context? I don't recall.

At the beginning, when they see Diane at the awards show on the TV. The TV announcer says something like, "Coming up next, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!"

*MrPliggins* · 02-08-2011, 04:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Roseangelo

At the beginning, when they see Diane at the awards show on the TV. The TV announcer says something like, "Coming up next, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!"

I remember seeing that when it originally aired. I wonder if they play it in the reruns?

*discordiatookie* · 04-30-2011, 12:20 PM

...and other random TMNT appearances!

So I was recently rereading American Gods by Neil Gaiman the other day and got to a page which had previously been folded at the corner. Then I came across "...and so he prowled the liquidation aisles, staring at the things for sale: Boxes of coffee 'for use in airline filters only', Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle toys and..." Amused me that I would fold that page over only to completely forget about then rediscover it years later.

Then I was watching a movie last night called Four Lions, by Chris Morris. A quick synopses would be that its a black comedy about a group of rather inept jihad terrorists getting into other sorts of bother. At one point they plan to suicide bomb the London marathon. They go as runners in fancy dress, to hide the bombs they have strapped to themselves. One've the costumes is a Raphael.

So I thought to myself (and did a search, apologies if there is one) that it would be neat to start a thread with all these little TMNT mentions, references, bits and bobs, etc listed as we come across them. So feel free to add any that you may or not have seen!

Another very quick scene was in Doctor Who, 11th Doctor series five, episode 'The Lodger'. Very quickly, on a windowsill in the background is a TMNT figure.

Stephen King's The Stand. Complete and Uncut edition. "He (Bobby Terry) sighed and took another book off the stack. The Ninja Turtles were supposed to be 'heroes on a half-shell.' He threw Raphael, Donatello, and their numbf**k buddies across the store and the comic book they inhabited fluttered down in a tent shape on top of a cash register. It was things like the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, he thought, that made you believe the world was maybe just as well off destroyed."

He then picks up a Batman comic, "there was a hero you could at least sort of believe in."

FearlessLeader · 04-30-2011, 12:43 PM

I think someone at the CW channel rather likes Turtles.

Last season they introduced the angel Raphael to the show Supernatural which lead to an entire episode full of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Angel" jokes.

On the Vampire Diaries the two Salvatore brothers were trying to reason out what kind of new supernatural beings were suddenly in there town earlier in the season. The one to snark the other said that maybe they were "Ninja Turtles"

*ssjup81* · 04-30-2011, 01:41 PM

How about the Samurai Slugs from Tiny Toons.

*Powder* · 04-30-2011, 06:17 PM

We had this same thread a few months back and it was really fun seeing what people came across.
Anyone able to find it & merge us over? I'm terrible with the forum search bar.

02-07-2011, 01:59 PM	#1
ScratchTheHotSpot Foot Soldier Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: UK Posts: 207	TMNT mentioned on Cheers TV Show I'm a huge fan of the TV sitcom 'Frasier' and Ive just finished watching the entire dvd collection, that I got for Christmas. Now I've started watching the show 'Cheers'.. which is where Frasier came from of course. Being born in 86, I never saw much of Cheers, as I was too young to appreiciate the comedy. So Im watching this episode called "I'm Getting My Act Together and Sticking it in Your Face" -- youtube link >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWTCDYvhcIQ. And Frasier begins to mention a Charles Dickens novel, which of course, none of the other characters know what he's talking about. So then he mentions four pizza loving turtles that practice martial arts in the sewer! Which Cliff replies in the usual boring way that he does... "Y'know, alot of people dont realise, that was a comic book first!" I couldn't believe my ears, and just had to post this on the forums! Hopefully someone else is a Frasier/Cheers fan, and will smile as much as I did when I heard it lol. The quote is at around 6 minutes in to the linked video above.

02-07-2011, 02:05 PM	#2
Master Splinter 幸 - 愛 - 思う Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: St. Louis Posts: 2,824	I did not know that... I do like it when the four mean green get a mention in whatever show or movie I'm watching... It always brings a smile to my face... -ms __________________

02-07-2011, 02:42 PM	#3
Eiko Aussie and Proud Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Foot HQ Australia Posts: 1,816	There was also an episode of Married with Children that mentioned the turtles. __________________

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02-07-2011, 02:43 PM	#8
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02-07-2011, 03:28 PM	#9
Voidoid Stone Warrior Join Date: May 2010 Location: Maryland Posts: 625	I also love when I'm watching a show and hear about them. And I totally saw that Married with Children episode a few weeks ago when Kelly teased Bud about having a Ninja Turtle pillow and said something about Donatello. I took offense because I have a Donatello pillow on my bed....

02-07-2011, 03:44 PM	#10
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02-07-2011, 04:37 PM	#11
discordiatookie facehugger Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Aberdeen, Scotland Posts: 2,817	Ha, that was pretty cool. Cliff reminds me of a guy called Ali down my local. Guess every bar/pub's got one! __________________ Oh Discordia! Charyou Tree! Come, Reap! Don't tell us to grow up and out of it I got my cloak and dagger in a bar room brawl You actually trying to read this tiny text? Damn, you're dedicated! This is all just for effect you know... original TMNT art collection

02-07-2011, 04:52 PM	#12
Roseangelo Emperor Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: California Posts: 8,982	The TMNT also got mentioned in the last episode of Cheers, but I believe the line got cut out of the DVD release.

02-08-2011, 09:39 AM	#14
Master Splinter 幸 - 愛 - 思う Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: St. Louis Posts: 2,824	Was checking out The Oatmeal today and seen the Ninja Turtles mentioned in this comic... It's pretty funny... http://theoatmeal.com/comics/interview_questions -ms __________________

04-30-2011, 12:20 PM	#17
discordiatookie facehugger Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Aberdeen, Scotland Posts: 2,817	TMNT references in pop culture... ...and other random TMNT appearances! So I was recently rereading American Gods by Neil Gaiman the other day and got to a page which had previously been folded at the corner. Then I came across "...and so he prowled the liquidation aisles, staring at the things for sale: Boxes of coffee 'for use in airline filters only', Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle toys and..." Amused me that I would fold that page over only to completely forget about then rediscover it years later. Then I was watching a movie last night called Four Lions, by Chris Morris. A quick synopses would be that its a black comedy about a group of rather inept jihad terrorists getting into other sorts of bother. At one point they plan to suicide bomb the London marathon. They go as runners in fancy dress, to hide the bombs they have strapped to themselves. One've the costumes is a Raphael. So I thought to myself (and did a search, apologies if there is one) that it would be neat to start a thread with all these little TMNT mentions, references, bits and bobs, etc listed as we come across them. So feel free to add any that you may or not have seen! Another very quick scene was in Doctor Who, 11th Doctor series five, episode 'The Lodger'. Very quickly, on a windowsill in the background is a TMNT figure. Stephen King's The Stand. Complete and Uncut edition. "He (Bobby Terry) sighed and took another book off the stack. The Ninja Turtles were supposed to be 'heroes on a half-shell.' He threw Raphael, Donatello, and their numbf**k buddies across the store and the comic book they inhabited fluttered down in a tent shape on top of a cash register. It was things like the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, he thought, that made you believe the world was maybe just as well off destroyed." He then picks up a Batman comic, "there was a hero you could at least sort of believe in." __________________ Oh Discordia! Charyou Tree! Come, Reap! Don't tell us to grow up and out of it I got my cloak and dagger in a bar room brawl You actually trying to read this tiny text? Damn, you're dedicated! This is all just for effect you know... original TMNT art collection

04-30-2011, 12:43 PM	#18
FearlessLeader Mad Scientist Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Watching Space Heroes Posts: 1,048	I think someone at the CW channel rather likes Turtles. Last season they introduced the angel Raphael to the show Supernatural which lead to an entire episode full of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Angel" jokes. On the Vampire Diaries the two Salvatore brothers were trying to reason out what kind of new supernatural beings were suddenly in there town earlier in the season. The one to snark the other said that maybe they were "Ninja Turtles" __________________ Artwork by Jim Lawson

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ssjup81 Foot Elite Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Central Virginia (Back in the US) Posts: 4,697	How about the Samurai Slugs from Tiny Toons.

04-30-2011, 06:17 PM	#20
Powder So tired of this place Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Shell Ri La Posts: 26,818	We had this same thread a few months back and it was really fun seeing what people came across. Anyone able to find it & merge us over? I'm terrible with the forum search bar. __________________ I'm convinced that none of you have ever experienced joy