World Record for the Largest Gathering of People Dressed as Ninja Turtles

[TMNT4kids]

Thought I'd share:

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/04/shell_shock_ru_breaks_record.html

"In a large public demonstration of ''turtle power,'' Rutgers University students dressed as characters from the popular 1980's ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' cartoon gathered at the school's Piscataway campus to eat pizza, answer trivia and wax nostalgic.

By about 10 p.m., 748 students had shown up, easily beating the Guinness World Record (200) for the Largest Gathering of People Dressed as Ninja Turtles. The participants were given long-sleeve turtle-shell T-shirts, at least until the T-shirts ran out, and masks. Some 100 additional students were turned away."

[AquaParade]

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Thats....awesome. How and why did they organize such a thing? And how cool is it that there was even a record to BEAT....that made my hour!

[Tinuvielsdreams]

I had heard about it but I did see the results. I am so close to Rutgers and I wanted to go but no vacation days available. That photo is pretty awesome though!!!

[TheUltimateShredhead]

hehe.... kewl:D there are 767 active members of this site, maybe we all shall gather up some where and dress up as ninja turtles, beating the record:tcool:

[Raph's Girl]

hehe.... kewl:D there are 767 active members of this site, maybe we all shall gather up some where and dress up as ninja turtles, beating the record:tcool:

The record for Rutgers ended up being 786.

You can see footage here:

http://www.vimeo.com/886337

Man I wish I lived in that area... I SOO would have gone...anything for free pizza.

[Eiko]

lol wow cool :tcool:

[mattmanw54301]

That's pretty sweet. I wish I could have gone.

[MrPliggins]

That video is freaking awesome...hilarious too. Ninja Rap lol

[AquaParade]

How do you define an active member? Someone who's logged in the past _____ ?...or something?

[Jester]

We need to do a Turtle Con, if only for the Drome to break the Rutgers record!

[Cure]

A friend of mine was there. He didn't tell me before hand. :(

[Jester]

Man, that sucks Cure. You could have been a part of history.

[Spitfire]

I wonder how many of those people were actually turtles fans and how many were just doing it because anything from the 80's is "cool" now. Or maybe they wanted free pizza.

Either way I'd love to have gone. Though I'm sure I'd have been annoyed. If we had a turtle-con the quiz portion would be awesome, people would know the answers.

[Kunoichi_Haruko]

Awesome. Wish I'd been there...

We need to do a Turtle Con, if only for the Drome to break the Rutgers record!

Agreed. Besides, I'd like to meet quite a few of you in person. :D

[Jester]

"Like me Haruko?" he asked, batting his eyes inquisitively.

[Vegita-San]

Something I was wondering too. How many fans are there and how many are there just because it's something fun to do? :)

[Jester]

Probably a quarter were probably fans, judging on how many people popped up when for the wrong Turtle during the singing of the "official" TMNT song.

[Kunoichi_Haruko]

"Like me Haruko?" he asked, batting his eyes inquisitively.

"Of course!" Ruko replied enthusiastically. :lol:

[Revan]

Awesome! there ARE turtle fans out there! Though I'm pretty sure I'm the only one in my town. I haven't get any turtle-holics where I live. *cries*

Funny article though

[Mr._Mutant_Man]

Someone at one of the next comic cons needs to organize a gathering of people in turtle costumes that's even bigger than that in order to set a new record. Then they need to start a massive battle royal with all those guys that dress up at stormtroopers. That would result in the greatest comic book convention of all time.:lol: