Happy 20th Birthday 1987 TMNT Cartoon!

[cyberfox007]

TMNT Fans Rejoice for today is a sacred day for all TMNT Fans young and old

On this day 20 years ago December 14, 1987 the TMNT cartoon that we all know and love made its premiere on our televisions and thanks to that cartoon it has made us into the mutant loving, pizza scarfing ninja turtle fans that we are today.

I cant believe so much time has passed since that time i saw that show for the first time and now my love for the turtles is greater than ever as i watch the old cartoons and i hope to share this passion with future generations of Ninja Turtle fans.

So i call on all TMNT Fans to post here to remember and celebrate the defining catalyst that made us all Ninja Turtle Fans!

Happy Birthday 1987 Cartoon!

Cyberfox007

P.S. I was surfing the wikipedia page on the 1987 cartoon and i looked at the date and it was EXACLY 20 years ago This Day

Wikipedia Page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teenage_Mutant_Ninja_Turtles_%281987_TV_series%29

[triplexxx]

Happy 20th Birthday 1987 TMNT Cartoon, and thank you for making my childhood worth it.

[BigApple3AM]

Awesome! Happy 20th tmnt cartoon! It's kind of awesome knowing that this exact day 20 years ago it aired. Thanks for reminding us!

[AquaParade]

Happy birthday OT, thanks for introducing me to the real tmnt (:

[Jester]

Happy 20th birthday classic TMNT 'toon. Next year we'll buy ya a round. :P

[CyberCubed]

Ah, what a wonderful day. Nobody could have guessed that the original cartoon would go on to last for 10 seasons and make almost 200 episodes.

We all have fond memories of the old cartoon, and we can watch them again with the new DVDs, but its still a great feeling.

Hopefully Lionsgate gets out the rest of the seasons so we can have the full collection to rewatch whenever we want.

[Ninjinister]

Ah, the monumental anniversary of the most important cartoon of my life. Bravo!

[Cascadia]

Wow! Has it really been 20 years?? Where does time go when you are having fun?

[JaffleMan]

Wow, I was still in my diapers when this first aired. I'm still waiting for a region 4 release of the OT but the odds are I'll probably just end up importing some of the region 1 box sets.

[Jester]

Yeah, cause a Region 4 release is probably a long way off.

[Machias Banshee]

Wow, it is truly amazing. Hard to believe I was only 4 when I first saw it on CBS with my brother... 8)

[Cascadia]

I was 8 years old going on 9 when it came on.

[Kunoichi_Haruko]

Happy 20th Anniversary, OT! I can't believe it's been twenty years...

[gobo]

Really? O_o I thought it was the last week of December extending into January. Where does it say today 20 years ago?

[syk_skillz]

Happy 20th TMNT!!!
I was 4 back then...Ahhh the memorys :)

[Jo Dawn]

Happy Birthday to the cartoon who made my brother the most obsessed kid ever, and filling our lives with green.

[Raph's Girl]

Happy 20th!!

I think I first saw the OT in Spring or Summer of 1988. That's when it started airing on AFN in Germany.

Ah those were the days...watching it in english then going to my neighbors house and watching it in German. :lol:

[ToTheNines]

Didn't it originally air December 28th? Oh well, God bless the OT.

[deafcat]

Didn't it originally air December 28th? Oh well, God bless the OT.

Ninjaturtles.com saids that Turtle Tracks indeed first aired on December 28, 1987.

Man, 20 years already, I was only six years old when it came on. Many Saturday mornings were spent watching it. Never got into the new one though.

[Buslady]

Yeah Happy Bday OT...even if it wasn't what made me a huge fan....it was still enjoyable. Corny, but enjoyable.

Where were you when TMNT OT began?


Me, high school. Freshman @ Trabuco Hills High School, Mission Viejo. Woohoo! Mustangs rule!

[VaughnMichael]

Happy birthday old toon the thing so many TMNT fans are wishing happy birthday but hate.

[triplexxx]

Well, I know I'll never feel that way about the only cartoon born in my childhood years that I loved longer than my childhood lasted.

[Scandia]

Wow. Twenty years. Time sure flies. I was in the fifth grade when TMNT debuted- but probably did not find out about it till late 6th grade or even 7th grade.

The OT's OP is so catchy. Part of me wishes they had kept it for the NT.

[Drtooth]

Ah, one of the defining television shows of my life. Right up there with The Muppet Show, Sesame Street, inspector Gadget, and Darkwing Duck. Indeed, one of the biggest, and most important shows of the 1980's. Leading to 4 movies, 3 series (including one live action), a rock band, and a whole lot of happy memories.

And to think, it started from a modest little black and white indie comic.

20 years of the OT. That's a long time. That's most of my life, right there. 20 years since Leo had a blue bandana, Mikey loved Pizza, Raph sarcastically snapped back, and Donny tinkered with an exploding coffee maker at the beginning of every episode.

So, go green machines, and always fight with honor.

[CudleyCowlick]

Well, I'm a day late but I'll still celebrate. And feel old. :lol: Now I can start saying I've been a TMNT fan for 20 years, since as a toddler I didn't want to do anything other than watch cartoons and play with toys from said cartons. Better than starting fires, my mom used to say.

I got in right on the ground floor of the OT, so I still vividly recall watching the first episodes with the mousers. My first day of school, I don't recall, but the first time I heard that theme song is etched in my mind.

I had no idea there were TMNT comics at that point, I thought the cartoon was the beginning. It would be about 2 more years before I even started reading comics, and even then I thought the Archie TMNT comics were all there was. It was a real brain bomb when an older cousin showed me some of the Mirage stuff a few years later.

[Bad Guys Lover]

Happy 20th birthday to my ever favorite childhood cartoon!! :tparty: :tpizza:

[Masked Ninja]

Ah, my favorite show when I was a young 'un. I didn't watch its debut (being only one year old) but it pretty much made up my early childhood. I still like it... it's great when I'm in the mood for something light and ridiculous. :)

[The Canadian Kiwi]

Woot! Happy Birthday '87 Turtles!
/cheers

[T_Libra]

Sorry, a few days late, but whatever.

Anyway, hard to believe that it seems like just yesterday I was barely getting potty trained when the greatest cartoon series of all time premiered :D

[Buffy]

Happy Birthday OT! Thank you for all the fond memories!

[Shredder]

As we marked on our event calendar, today (December 28th) is the official 20th anniversary of the original cartoon! It's hard to believe that it's been that long since 1987 when "Turtle Tracks" first aired on TV. Happy birthday to what still remains one of my all-time favorite shows! :D

[Scandia]

Whoa!

I was in the 5th grade- although I do not think that I started watching the Turtles till late 6th or early 7th grade.

The OT ROCKS! It was my gateway drug. In many ways, it is an improvement. I laughed SO MUCH when I rewatched it earlier this year. When I get more space, I will buy the episode box sets.

[Venom]

Wow, twenty years already....let us all join together and sing a hymn. "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, teenage mutant ninja turtles, teenage mutant ninja turtles! Heroes in a half shell - TURTLE POWER!"

I remember watching it at my grandparents apartment when my mom and grandma went somewhere and my grandpa asked me what I wanted to watch and I remembered seeing the show advertised and had him put it on Fox for me. Hehehe, I remember getting so stoked at the action I was beating the hell out of my Raggedy Andy for being a Foot Soldier with my new found ninja powers!

:tgrin::tsmile::tgrin::tsmile:

[gobo]

Happy birthday, "TURTLE TRACKS"! One more year and you can get drunk. ^_^

[Time Mistress]

Happy Birthday TMNT! I feel old now.

[Anarchistguy]

TWENTY YEARS of the show that taught me English...time sure flies...

Happy 20th Birthday, old 'toon TMNT!!!

[Krang]

Happy anniversary to the original TMNT cartoon! After 20 years, I still find it to be very funny and entertaining, and it still remains my favorite TMNT universe by far. :D

[LiuKangChick]

Happy (belated) 20th, OT TMNT! ^^ *pulls out turtle-shaped cake*

[Mr._Mutant_Man]

Twenty years of the cartoon that first caused me to be a huge fan of something.

[tone-master21]

I can't believe its been 20 years, Happy Belated Anniversary!!!

[fastforwarddregg]

Last week was 20 years since the 5 part piolet of the Turtles series!!!!!!!! notice that and later this year will be 20 years since season 2 (Baxter into the fly and the TEchnodrome falling in lava and Rex-1)

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

Happy birthday, TMNT 1987!