The Pizza Thing

[Mr._Mutant_Man]

I'm wondering, when did the pizza obsession thing enter the Turtle's lore? I don't remember them being preoccupied with pizza so much from the Mirage comics I've read. Was it just something the cartoon writers thought would be cute? Was the reasoning for it ever explained? It ended up leading to a lot of product placement (Dominos in the movie, Pizza Hut in the video game).

[shuriken]

It was mostly for the cartoon. There was pizza in the comics but the obsession was probably the writers for the show.

[DonatelloDomeHead31]

isn't it true that teenagers love pizza?

[Spitfire]

Well it's a spoof of the generation. Back in the 80's pizza eating teenagers were very very common.

But to answer your question it's in the comics as much as the cartoon. Hell there's even a special called "The Haunted Pizza"

[Scandia]

Whoever says pizza is not in the new toon, is incorrect.

- "Attack of the Mousers" has the Toddler Turtles eating pizza. And they even say out loud how thrilled they are about the pizza. "Pizza, dude!" "Awesome!".
- "The Lesson" has the Toddler Turtles eating pizza in various scenes.

And I'm pretty sure there are more.

[General Traag]

I still feel totally badass when eating a pizza nowadays. :tpizza:

[triplexxx]

Whoever says pizza is not in the new toon, is incorrect.

- "Attack of the Mousers" has the Toddler Turtles eating pizza. And they even say out loud how thrilled they are about the pizza. "Pizza, dude!" "Awesome!".
- "The Lesson" has the Toddler Turtles eating pizza in various scenes.

And I'm pretty sure there are more.
There was also the a couple random scenes in Nano & I believe SSB2 where pizza boxes where strewn on April's floor while the turtles were staying there, and on several random occassions, I've seen the same in the lair's TV room.

[Seurat]

Well it's a spoof of the generation. Back in the 80's pizza eating teenagers were very very common.

But to answer your question it's in the comics as much as the cartoon. Hell there's even a special called "The Haunted Pizza"

Heh heh, I have that comic. :) HOWEVER, it's from the "Tales of the TMNT" series, rather than from the official Mirage series. So whether this story is considered "canon" is debatable. Regrettably, I don't know any official Turtle comics that involve much pizza-eating, as I'd been more heavily into the toon than the comics as a youngster. I only have the Volume Four comics and a few Archie comics.

However, there's still one pizza reference left unmentioned regarding the New Toon (Although it might be a stretch). The video games based on the new cartoon (Or at least the first of them, as that's the only New Toon turtle game I have) feature Pizza as the biggest health power-up, giving your turtle (Or other unlocked character) a full health bar.

[Drtooth]

Whoever says pizza is not in the new toon, is incorrect.

- "Attack of the Mousers" has the Toddler Turtles eating pizza. And they even say out loud how thrilled they are about the pizza. "Pizza, dude!" "Awesome!".
- "The Lesson" has the Toddler Turtles eating pizza in various scenes.

And I'm pretty sure there are more.

Also in the Mousers episode, Donatello refered to the Mousers as tearing through Concrete "Faster than Mikey can tear through a Pizza."

I like the Pizza and all, but the scene where the Turtles are eating Chinese food just really spoke to me.

[Scandia]

I have heard in more than one place that Chinese Food is what husbands bring their wives in order to get out of the doghouse. Why is this, I do not know. I do not care for Chinese food at all.

Maybe he brought Chinese food to his family to show that he has been healed and to apologize for all the pain he gave them.

Maybe I am reading too deep into this.

[BubblyShell22]

I also thought I heard Leo mention pizza in the new toon ep "Darkness on the Edge of Town." He said, "Keep that flame away from Mikey. He had a chili pizza for breakfast."

And maybe you are reading too deeply into it, Scandia. I think Leo just brought them food because he wanted to. I think him giving Splinter the walking stick was more of a sign of apology.

[Drtooth]

Maybe he brought Chinese food to his family to show that he has been healed and to apologize for all the pain he gave them.


It wasn't like that. I forget which episode, but they're at April's House eating Chinese food, and Mikey does some weird gag saying he can disappear, and he just hides behind the box and says "Now you see me, now you don't "or something.

[Scandia]

Oh yeah. The walking stick was a big apology present.

I even did a major analysis of the gesture Leo did as Splinter thanked him for the present and welcomed him home.

Beautiful scene. Awesome episode. TMNT rocks.

[fastforwarddregg]

It was mostly for the cartoon. There was pizza in the comics but the obsession was probably the writers for the show.

Michelangelo made many many many pizza jokes in so many episodes and even a few episodes revolved around pizza. SEason 3 had so many. They had so many things for pizza topping and even had that for breakfast. IN RED SKY: Pizza got phased out!!!!! And then New Turtle Series in 2003 THERE WAS HARDLY ANY pizza. THe movies had the pizza obession.

[ToTheNines]

Whoever says pizza is not in the new toon, is incorrect.

- "Attack of the Mousers" has the Toddler Turtles eating pizza. And they even say out loud how thrilled they are about the pizza. "Pizza, dude!" "Awesome!".
- "The Lesson" has the Toddler Turtles eating pizza in various scenes.

And I'm pretty sure there are more.

In "Nano" the Turtles are passed out with pizza all over the place.

In "Darkness on the Edge of Town" Michelangelo has apparently eaten a "Whole chilli pizza for dinner"

In "The Shredder Strikes" Mikey thinks Saki and Leo are talking about deep dish pizza.

In "The Way of Invisibility" Casey and Mike enjoy a few slices.

There's more, just a few off the top of my head.

[BubblyShell22]

Yeah, I remember Mikey's pizza comment in Shredder Strikes. There are pizza references in the new toon, but they're not as common as they were in the old toon.

[fastforwarddregg]

Yeah, I remember Mikey's pizza comment in Shredder Strikes. There are pizza references in the new toon, but they're not as common as they were in the old toon.


I ment to say that pizza was used so little in the no cartoon. soo little.

[BubblyShell22]

Oh, I didn't know that's what you meant by the thread.

[METALHEAD]

pizza was big man, b-i-g! when i was a kid iw ouldnt eat food, my bro intrduced me into pizza...i dunno if i liked it i was very picky my brother would do the california/michealangalo voice and say 'scarf down your pizza duuuude comon and eat yer pizza duuuuude dontcha wanna be like us turtles duuuuuude?" XD my bro was doing the voice in the hall way one night and told me that story abou i wouldnt eat my food so he would talk like mikey to encourge me...oddly folks, my name is mikey! my nick name. real name's miguel.:lol:

[Sage Ninja]

thats very cute Miguel what a nice older brother you have to encourage you like that. I used to hate pizza when I was a very small kid. I thought it looked gross so I never wanted to eat it, and the fact that the pizza on the ninja turtles always looked drippy and clumpy made the the gross factor even worse. But I eventually started to like it which was good. You don't know how much of a freak other kids treated me as because I didn't like pizza :(

[shuriken]

Yeah of course there was pizza in the comics and the movies and the newwe toon and in Next mutation, but the obsession started out in the oldschool tmnt show. And the comic "haunted pizza" was made after the cartoon was a hit so I;m thinking that this whole pizza craze all stemmed from the old toon. Sure in all other incarnations there was pizza and there will always be pizza, but it wasn't as in your face as it was in the old toon.

[Sage Ninja]

heh, imagine if the turtles food obsession had been for something other than pizza. Like what if the turtle food of choise was hard boiled eggs or something?

[Spitfire]

Yeah of course there was pizza in the comics and the movies and the newwe toon and in Next mutation, but the obsession started out in the oldschool tmnt show. And the comic "haunted pizza" was made after the cartoon was a hit so I;m thinking that this whole pizza craze all stemmed from the old toon. Sure in all other incarnations there was pizza and there will always be pizza, but it wasn't as in your face as it was in the old toon.

Not really, pizza eating is mentioned in the early issues before the toon as well I just think they ran with it more in the toon. But even with that the old toon and the comics have always been very separate from each other.

[shuriken]

Not really, pizza eating is mentioned in the early issues before the toon as well I just think they ran with it more in the toon. But even with that the old toon and the comics have always been very separate from each other.

I know it's mentioned, but in the earlier comics I've read, the tmnt were never like, pizza in the morning pizza in the evening, pizza at suppertime. They ate it and liked it, but the old toon really went all out with it. Even as far as to have Dominoes and Pizza hut advertisements in games and the toys.Though I would like to see if they were obsessed with like hard boiled eggs, or plantains or hell,twinkies. They'd probably be really fat and gasseous with the eggs.

[mk.2]

just wondering, beside pizzas, what else do these turtles eat?

[DonatelloDomeHead31]

well they did have cereal with pizza, and 3 of the turtles had whipped cream pizzas (in good health).

nevertheless it was still pizza, but with different toppings.

it should be noted that peanut butter was a topping on the pizzas in the "Turtle Tracks" episode.

[Sage Ninja]

Michaelangelo ate cookies in the Gang's All here!

[mk.2]

I recall that they had chicken soup in one episode, can't remember which one though.

Edit: How about in comic, do they eat differently?

[DonatelloDomeHead31]

I think I know the episode when they ate chicken soup, it was when the turtles caught a cold.

[ToTheNines]

just wondering, beside pizzas, what else do these turtles eat?

Oh you know... Flies, stink bugs, the regular stuff....



It was a joke! :D

[triplexxx]

well they did have cereal with pizza, and 3 of the turtles had whipped cream pizzas (in good health).

nevertheless it was still pizza, but with different toppings.

it should be noted that peanut butter was a topping on the pizzas in the "Turtle Tracks" episode.
Well, pizza's very multi-faceted; it can come from any food group, be based on any cultural specifications, and made to fit in any occassion. So the turtle's can vary their diets a lot using pizza alone, even though they still go beyond just that.

[METALHEAD]

thats very cute Miguel what a nice older brother you have to encourage you like that. I used to hate pizza when I was a very small kid. I thought it looked gross so I never wanted to eat it, and the fact that the pizza on the ninja turtles always looked drippy and clumpy made the the gross factor even worse. But I eventually started to like it which was good. You don't know how much of a freak other kids treated me as because I didn't like pizza :(

Bummer man, yeah, i had this kid who threw rocks at me and other kids...now?...well i saw him he's bald...i think he has cancer cus he looked awfully sick...ah...how the mighty have fallen, god really gets the bad ppl who pick on you...:lol: