View Full Version : Worst tmnt product or property?
SwordofTengu
11-09-2009, 07:00 PM
What did you guys think was the worst thing that ever dealt with the TMNT franchise?
kev trashcan
11-09-2009, 07:12 PM
the next mutation was donkey butt hole. god thinking about it makes me want to hannibal leckter and ray liota at the same time.
SwordofTengu
11-09-2009, 07:16 PM
When I made this thread that popped in my head, I knew people would say TMNT: The Next Mutation.
Candy Kappa
11-09-2009, 07:18 PM
coming out of our shells and a turtle christmas
kev trashcan
11-09-2009, 07:21 PM
When I made this thread that popped in my head, I knew people would say TMNT: The Next Mutation.
code blue we got a mind reader people. hahaha yeah you cant blame me or us though it was garbage that garbage would throw away
Ninjinister
11-09-2009, 08:28 PM
I wouldn't say Next Mutation, because that was a decent concept executed horribly (and plus it had Silver and Dr. Quease, who I liked).
I also wouldn't say Coming Out of Their Shells, for all of the crap and cheese in that, the songs are at least catchy.
Off the top of my head, I would say We Wish You a Turtle Christmas. My GOD that was shyte.
robweb26
11-09-2009, 08:48 PM
at spencer gifts in the mall i saw a tmnt snuggie. yeah one of those blankets with sleeves that looks like a bathrobe worn backwards. i saw that and thought that it had ot be the worst product with the tmnt logo on it. in a side note they even had tmnt pimp cups, lol. that has to be the best product with a tmnt logo ever.:D
ToTheNines
11-09-2009, 08:59 PM
Off the top of my head, I would say We Wish You a Turtle Christmas. My GOD that was shyte.
The true evil about that was it was an excuse (I guess) to not have a Christmas special on the actual show... I can't believe they missed that oppurtunity. Still... my sister, girlfriend, cousins and I laugh our asses off at this one every Christmas.
at spencer gifts in the mall i saw a tmnt snuggie. yeah one of those blankets with sleeves that looks like a bathrobe worn backwards. i saw that and thought that it had ot be the worst product with the tmnt logo on it. in a side note they even had tmnt pimp cups, lol. that has to be the best product with a tmnt logo ever.:D
Snuggies are not cool
CyberCubed
11-09-2009, 09:00 PM
I wouldn't say Next Mutation, because that was a decent concept executed horribly (and plus it had Silver and Dr. Quease, who I liked).
I also wouldn't say Coming Out of Their Shells, for all of the crap and cheese in that, the songs are at least catchy.
Off the top of my head, I would say We Wish You a Turtle Christmas. My GOD that was shyte.
Those are still the bottom of the barrel, however.
Jephael
11-09-2009, 09:07 PM
I can't think of a really bad Ninja Turtle product. Most of them were pretty cool. Though now that I think about it, Playmates did some really stupid crap back in the day!
Roseangelo
11-09-2009, 09:17 PM
The true evil about that was it was an excuse (I guess) to not have a Christmas special on the actual show...
No, that was not the case.
ToTheNines
11-09-2009, 09:26 PM
No, that was not the case.
Why didn't they make one then?
Jephael
11-09-2009, 09:40 PM
Maybe some stupid executive at Fred Wolf Films was worried that a Christmas themed episode would be offensive to those who don't celebrate that holiday, which is ironic considering they did episodes set around Easter and Halloween.
Atleast 4Kids had the right idea when they adapted the Michaelangelo Special and had a character say "Happy Kwanza" to make it a nondenominational holiday episode.
ToTheNines
11-09-2009, 09:43 PM
Maybe some stupid executive at Fred Wolf Films was worried that a Christmas themed episode would be offensive to those who don't celebrate that holiday, which is ironic considering they did episodes set around Easter and Halloween.
I doubt that... it's actually rather rare for a show to not have a christmas special, or a christmas related episode at least.
Spitfire
11-09-2009, 09:44 PM
Well the NT has one and it was made in an even more politically correct time.
Jephael
11-09-2009, 09:46 PM
It's actually rather rare for a show to not have a christmas special, or a christmas related episode at least.
True that. I remember Back to the Future had a Christmas themed episode where Doc, Marty, Clara and the boys went back in time to 19th Century England. The episode was basically a parody of Charles Dickens stories.
oldmanwinters
11-09-2009, 09:47 PM
Maybe some stupid executive at Fred Wolf Films was worried that a Christmas themed episode would be offensive to those who don't celebrate that holiday, which is ironic considering they did episodes set around Easter and Halloween.
Hmm, don't remember an OT Halloween episode. Which one are you thinking of?
ToTheNines
11-09-2009, 09:47 PM
Hmm, don't remember an OT Halloween episode. Which one are you thinking of?
Super Irma.
CyberCubed
11-09-2009, 09:49 PM
B:TAS also had Christmas episode, "Christmas with the Joker."
ToTheNines
11-09-2009, 09:51 PM
B:TAS also had Christmas episode, "Christmas with the Joker."
Um.... I could fill the character limit for a post if I wanted to just list random christmas episodes of shows.
Coola Yagami
11-10-2009, 08:45 AM
Um.... I could fill the character limit for a post if I wanted to just list random christmas episodes of shows.
How bout those TMNT ice cream pies or whatever they were? Didn't people actually get sick eating those?
kev trashcan
11-10-2009, 01:10 PM
at spencer gifts in the mall i saw a tmnt snuggie. yeah one of those blankets with sleeves that looks like a bathrobe worn backwards. i saw that and thought that it had ot be the worst product with the tmnt logo on it. in a side note they even had tmnt pimp cups, lol. that has to be the best product with a tmnt logo ever.:D
hahahahaha giveen ive never seen the phenomenon in person, those snuggies look like the robe to a creepy cult. just look at them dancing around that fire, even dog has one, there no escape now....
shuriken
11-10-2009, 03:33 PM
I've never seen those TMNT snuggies but that would defenitely be up there with Crappiest TMNT product.
Along with those crappy flash lights, the calculators, and the ice cream faces.
NT:TNM was not half as bad as those weak ass flash lights.
And wasn't there A Freddy Kreuger rip-off in the OT called Scary Eddie?
Powder
11-10-2009, 03:49 PM
LMFAO Scary eddie was so obvious. When I went to the 25th anniversery gallabunga in NYC I had one of the ice cream heads. I was like 15 blocks away when I saw an ice cream man with a next mutation sticker on his vehicle. I bought it thinking it was just an old sticker and that the ice cream would be 2k3 based. Nope. He was creepy and dirty and his TMNT ice cream had expired in 1998. I opened it, it was brown. I still ate it.
kev trashcan
11-10-2009, 04:07 PM
LMFAO Scary eddie was so obvious. When I went to the 25th anniversery gallabunga in NYC I had one of the ice cream heads. I was like 15 blocks away when I saw an ice cream man with a next mutation sticker on his vehicle. I bought it thinking it was just an old sticker and that the ice cream would be 2k3 based. Nope. He was creepy and dirty and his TMNT ice cream had expired in 1998. I opened it, it was brown. I still ate it.
jesus man, theres just some things you dont talk about in public.
I missed the ice cream faces?! :o
Coming Out of Their Shells has got to be the worst.
The Stryker
11-10-2009, 05:30 PM
Coming out of their shells for just being really weird.
In terms of me being bored almost out of the fandom entirely, I say 2k3 for me personally.
kev trashcan
11-10-2009, 06:19 PM
wasnt there a ninja turtle crack pipe? that was really for "blowing bubbles"
Powder
11-10-2009, 06:46 PM
Coming out of their shells for just being really weird.
In terms of me being bored almost out of the fandom entirely, I say 2k3 for me personally.
I hated 2k3 after the first like 3 episodes. Thats when I took a break from TMNT. Now that its been a while and I'm an avid reader/collecter of the comics I can appreciate most of it.
The Stryker
11-10-2009, 07:44 PM
Well I'm not a big fan of the comics either so I still don't care about the 2k3 show.
cowabunga14
11-10-2009, 08:02 PM
I'd have to say Turtle Christmas.
Aztec General
11-10-2009, 09:47 PM
Really doesn't get too much more douche-chilling than the "Coming Out of their Shells" tour.
Powder
11-10-2009, 11:32 PM
Well I'm not a big fan of the comics either so I still don't care about the 2k3 show.
So I should take 'not a fan' literally? Or you just stick with the OT?
Cipher
11-11-2009, 01:17 AM
The Christmas Special, far and away.
kev trashcan
11-11-2009, 03:46 AM
i still say next mutation was the worst
The Stryker
11-11-2009, 04:12 AM
So I should take 'not a fan' literally? Or you just stick with the OT?
I stick with mostly OT.
But you could take not a fan literally if you like. Everyone else does. I'm not a fan of the TMNT in it's current form.
kev trashcan
11-11-2009, 07:22 PM
I stick with mostly OT.
But you could take not a fan literally if you like. Everyone else does. I'm not a fan of the TMNT in it's current form.
hmm, thats kinda complicated. imeean yeah you got the ot but nothing else? and you come here to talk about somthing your not really a fan of?
Powder
11-11-2009, 07:34 PM
Well as krang has stated this site was made initially to talk about the OT.. I kinda feel you though stryker, alot of things in the franchise bring about the "beating a dead horse" phrase or whatever it is...
ToTheNines
11-11-2009, 08:52 PM
hmm, thats kinda complicated. imeean yeah you got the ot but nothing else? and you come here to talk about somthing your not really a fan of?
He dosen't talk about tmnt here.
The Stryker
11-11-2009, 08:55 PM
He dosen't talk about tmnt here.
Oooh, still butthurt over me? I'm so sorry.
I like the TMNT. I just don't like their current incarnation. How is that complicated? I don't need to be a fan of every single version to be considered a true fan. But hey, if you wanna label me as a non-fan. Go right ahead. No skin off my back.
ToTheNines
11-11-2009, 09:02 PM
Oooh, still butthurt over me? I'm so sorry.
I like the TMNT. I just don't like their current incarnation. How is that complicated? I don't need to be a fan of every single version to be considered a true fan. But hey, if you wanna label me as a non-fan. Go right ahead. No skin off my back.
Wtf is wrong with you? I didn't know you were on so I answered for you, and the plain fact is you don't come here to discuss tmnt... it really wasn't a shot at you.
Worst TMNT product for me was back in 1991 when UK Frozen Food chain Iceland unleashed a flavour of Turtles pizza that was Apple and Mozzerella flavour.
The gimmick behind these pizzas were that they were green. They tasted almost as bad as they looked. Definitley not as cool as those TMNT pies I've heard about.
Apple sauce instead of tomato just did'nt work for pizza.
===HERO
Coola Yagami
11-12-2009, 02:15 AM
Worst TMNT product for me was back in 1991 when UK Frozen Food chain Iceland unleashed a flavour of Turtles pizza that was Apple and Mozzerella flavour.
The gimmick behind these pizzas were that they were green. They tasted almost as bad as they looked. Definitley not as cool as those TMNT pies I've heard about.
Apple sauce instead of tomato just did'nt work for pizza.
===HERO
I guess they were trying to go for the kind of pizzas the OT Turtles really ate on the show.
Well, since Next Mutation, Coming Out of Their Shells and the snuggies (I saw one of these recently, actually. All I could muster is, "why would they do this?") have already been covered...
"Fast Forward" (or "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: But They're in the Future!" (http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail126.html)) is a strong contender, at least to me. It's not the worst in quality/execution - it's not good, but it's not as painfully bad as what's been covered in this thread already. But as a concept, it's almost like they went out of their way to entirely miss the "point" of the TMNT.
If you summed up the TMNT concept in one or two sentences, it'd probably go something like this: "Four turtles, mutated by radioactive ooze, are trained in ninjitsu by their father, a mutant rat named Splinter. Living in the sewers, in secret from the outside world (aside from their friends April O'Neil and Casey Jones), they battle the evil Shredder and his criminal band of ninjas, the Foot Clan". But aside from their origins, "Fast Forward" misses just about every bit of that core concept.
In that way, it reminds me a lot of "Spider-Man Unlimited", the followup to the '90s Spider-Man cartoon. I can just imagine the producers in the planning stages of the show, mulling over what makes Spider-Man such a popular and marketable character: "So he's a relatable young guy in New York who has to deal with the usual life problems with school, employment, friends, a complicated love life, on top of having to fight crime as a super hero... Hmm, let's scrap all that and send him into space, have him land on a bizarre alternate version of Earth, where he has to fight half-man/half-animal mutants alongside a group of human freedom fighters!"
Considering how good the 2003 series was up until this point, the fact that it managed to veer this far off-track (and especially how quickly!) is pretty mind-boggling.
Aztec General
11-18-2009, 05:57 PM
Considering how good the 2003 series was up until this point, the fact that it managed to veer this far off-track (and especially how quickly!) is pretty mind-boggling.
Very true. But the sheer douche-chill inducing power of the other properties mentioned dwarf this misstep.
Very true. But the sheer douche-chill inducing power of the other properties mentioned dwarf this misstep.
Oh, definitely. I was more specifically saying that it's one of the worst (in my opinion) as far as missing the core concept and basic appeal of the franchise, not necessarily in quality (though it was a huge drop-off in quality from the previous seasons... but I digress). And the all-around awfulness of the music tour, the Christmas special and "Next Mutation" have been pretty well-covered, already!
Master Splinter
11-18-2009, 06:49 PM
I would probably buy a TMNT snuggie just to say I have a TMNT snuggie. But I would have to place the gold medal on the TMNT Pudding Pies... They looked and sounded delicious but when you actually looked at one of these things...
http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/6127/wrapper2.jpg
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Mutagen Mutant
02-17-2010, 08:06 PM
What did you guys think was the worst thing that ever dealt with the TMNT franchise?
Probably this. I wonder what they really put in it.
BigApple3AM
02-17-2010, 08:34 PM
I know a guy who worked at Hostess. He said that the employees hated the TMNT pudding pies. I guess the green they covered the pie in caused a lot of problems. He said whenever some problematic seasonal or special product came about they would say "at least it's not mutagen pies".
Mutagen pies are some of the best memories of my childhood though. :tgrin:
Ninjinister
02-17-2010, 08:42 PM
The TMNT Pies were awesome. I'd castrate myself to have Hostess begin producing them again.
Venom
02-17-2010, 09:11 PM
Teenage Mutant Ninja Toilet Paper. Each square was one of the Turtle's faces.
Mutagen Mutant
02-17-2010, 09:14 PM
Well there is a lot of other products to choose from: What about the Ninja Turtles Cereal that came with a pouch of “green ooze” syrup topping? Chef Boyardee's “Ninja Turtles Cheese Pasta Dinner”? Ninja Turtles Cookies. Another version of the cookies was released called TMNT Sandwich Cremes. Then there were the TMNT Cracks: Basically goldfish crackers shaped like the turtles characters. And also the Pizza Crunchabungas: Pizza flavored corn snacks in the shape of pizzas. Also, TMNT Frozen Pizzas. Also released was Pizza Mini Slices which had the odd topping of apple with a green colored crust. OOZE Gelatin Desserts or how about Ninja Turtle Ice Bars: Sugar ice Popsicles in the shape of the ninja turtles heads, with bubblegum eyes? I guess after a while eating all this as a kid they expected you to turn into a Turtle or at least a light green color.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Toilet Paper. Each square was one of the Turtle's faces.
I want one of those.
Mutagen Mutant
02-17-2010, 09:27 PM
The TMNT Pies were awesome. I'd castrate myself to have Hostess begin producing them again.
Now you can make them yourself. Here's the recipe minus the castration:
http://www.recipezaar.com/Teenage-Mutant-Ninja-Turtles-Pies-Filled-With-Vanilla-Puddin-137846
Brodie
02-17-2010, 09:51 PM
Teenage Mutant Ninja Toilet Paper. Each square was one of the Turtle's faces.
Well, to be fair, Laird has been wiping his ass with the TMNT for years, so its like it already exists.
Also...I have a TMNT Snuggie, I got it for a gift, to just be able to say "i have a turtle snuggie." And it is awesome.
Krutch
02-18-2010, 02:10 AM
The Turtles Christmas wasnt that bad, guys. It had the Wrap Rap. The WRAP RAP!
In all honesty, I think the plot to the TMNT movie was the worst. Turtles Christmas, NT:TNM, all the other things mentioned here were put out when the popularity had dropped big time. TMNT had the chance to reintroduce the Turtles to the world. And the plot was just... garbage.
Krutch
02-18-2010, 02:25 AM
(double post, sorry!)
Many of you say Next Mutation. I actually like the show, but not Venus!
Introducing Venus to the TMNT world is the worst that I know.
And Coming out of their shells... I really hate the music and the show. But I collect the vhs of it anyway :tlol:
Revan
02-19-2010, 12:15 AM
coming out of our shells and a turtle christmas
No way man. COOTS was exciting in it's own way. I was about 5 or 6 when that came out and I absolutely loved it. Looking back on it as an adult, I can see why fans would say it was goofy. I'll agree with that, but I wouldn't have it any other way. It was great for me when I was young. I'm glad it happened.
I remember Down in your town as well. My parents took me to the Civic Center in our city and it was broadcast on a big screen. Totally awesome.
TNM on the other hand was bad. I have trouble even defending it because I don't see how kids could have even liked it. COOTS tour was indeed silly and corny, but I loved it. TNM was just plain stupid and frankly it was boring.
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