Sewer heads?!

[Donnie]

Here's the thread to suggest better nicknames. :D

[FearlessLeader]

Did everyone see what Rose posted under Ninja Pizza on FB??

I laughed really hard because it very true.

I'll be honest I was sitting here this afternoon trying to think of a better nickname and am drawing a blank. But I am very interested to see what other people come up with :tgrin:

[Samhain]

I actually think ''Sewer heads'' is a pretty funny nickname and I don't mind being called that. In fact, maybe Ill go ahead and change my username to SewerHead.;)

[FearlessLeader]

Someone on FB suggested Shell Heads which seems less insulting.

[Uki]

Sewer-Heads doesn't bug me too much, but I agree we should have a better name. (I'm kinda surprised we don't have one already, but then, as a Star Wars fan, there's never been a definitive name for that either.) I've seen the rather mundane "Turtle-Fan" used often, but...

Here's some ideas:

Shell Raisers

Ninja-Nerds

Ninja Nuts

Fanholes (Sounds dirty, meant as a play on manhole...)

Splinter Cellmates

Party Dudes

Foot Clan (Obvious...)

Shred-Heads

Beboppers

Shellackies

Shell-Heads

Green-Gang

Pizza-Pals

Half-Shell-Heroes

Turtle-Whacks (I like this one; we're whacky about the turtles and it's a play on Turtle Wax!)

[Jester]

You beat me to it Matty-angelo. :P

Stolen from Facebook:
Green Machine
Turtle Titans
Half Shellers
Turtle Timers
Turtlites
Mutant Maniacs
Shell Backs

Um...Not-so-Crocked Ninja Turtle Gang?

For members of this forum I use "Dromies" as a collective term. :P

I'VE GOT IT!!

THE PIZZA PARTY!

[Andrew NDB]

Sticking with "Ninja Turtle Fans." All the other ones sound horrific.

[Stingray69]

Turtle-whacks got my vote so far.

[Logan]

Greensters Union

[Powder]

Sewerheads, translated, means sh*t for brains. That being said, I don't like it. Turtles fans has always worked for me.

[Jester]

Well we do keep buying the stuff they've put out in the past like this:
http://tmnttoys.com/05figures/genandyoshi/4279.jpg
or this:
http://tmnttoys.com/92figures/bday/party.jpg
So....maybe they have a point.

*images from tmnttoys.com

[FearlessLeader]

While plain "Turtles fan" sounds just fine I think what Playmates was trying to accomplish was a way to define the long term, devoted TMNT follower from just a casual person who knows the Turtles but doesn't really follow the franchise.

The thing I have found odd about this whole thing is that at least in my experience it's usually been the fan base of a franchise that invents it's own nick name, not any of the property owners, license-rs whatever.

[Donnie]

Turtle Titans

Turtle Timers

Turtlites



Beat ya to the punch ay, Jesty boy?! ;)

I like those! Better then Sewer Heads, lol. Turtle Titans is epic, Turtle Timers makes it known we've been around for awhile, and Turtlites is just...great. Yeah!

[stormbringer]

The Ninja Tribunal!:D

[Jester]

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y132/Jesterangelo/PDVD_003-1.jpg

[pihb]

Shell-raisers. <------ see what I did (re new toy line)

[rav4ge]

I like shell-heads, personally.

Ninja turtle fans works just as well though.

[Andrew NDB]

As I wrote on the Facebook, "Sewer Heads" also makes me think of the kind of nickname someone knee-deep into scat might earn.

I think if someone walking down the street (whether it's a Playmates employee or anybody) told me, "Hey, Sewer Head!" my automatic response would probably be a well-earned punch in the face. At the very least, a sincere "F*** you" right back.

Shell-raisers.

Hey, that's kind of endearing.

[Vegita-San]

Here's some ideas:

Shell Raisers

Ninja-Nerds

Ninja Nuts

Fanholes (Sounds dirty, meant as a play on manhole...)

Splinter Cellmates

Party Dudes

Foot Clan (Obvious...)

Shred-Heads

Beboppers

Shellackies

Shell-Heads

Green-Gang

Pizza-Pals

Half-Shell-Heroes

Turtle-Whacks

Sewer sluts?

[Zany Orange Dude]

I really like Half Shell Heroes and Shell Whacks (nice pun Uki).

[Roseangelo]

The immediate problem has been solved. We will no longer be called Sewer Heads. :)

[Andrew NDB]

The immediate problem has been solved. We will no longer be called Sewer Heads. :)

What have you done?

[Chris]

TMNT Master tweeted that they will spread the word - no more "Sewer Heads".

Out of the suggestions I quite like Shell Raisers, and I admit I've certainly got nothing better!

[Andrew NDB]

"Battered Wives" might be a better nickname for a lot of the fandom, now that I think about it.

But yes... I could live with "Shell Raisers" though it might be a little bit vague to the outsider.

[BubblyShell22]

"Shell Raisers" sounds good to me. I also like Turtleites.

[Master Splinter]

I also like Turtleites.

Sounds like something you would need medication for....

-ms

[Andrew NDB]

I was almost going to suggest "Turtleoids," kind of like "Star Woids," but yeah... that sounds like something of an industrial sized hemorrhoid breakout.

[Donnie]

I'm gonna throw my bid in for Turtle Titans!

[ToTheNines]

I'm gonna throw my bid in for Turtle Titans!

What about all of us who hate the Turtle Titan?

[Powder]

What about all of us who hate the Turtle Titan?

Such as myself. Shell Raisers, I could work with that.

[Venom]

"Battered Wives" might be a better nickname for a lot of the fandom, now that I think about it.

But yes... I could live with "Shell Raisers" though it might be a little bit vague to the outsider.

Oh, like Tang Sheng amirite? :trazz:

Shell Raisers is somewhat fitting since we do raise a stink and b***h about how our beloved Turtles have been handled in the past. Perhaps Nick really *does* like long0time fan input to a degree.

[mysterycolor]

i find both shell raisers and turtle-whacks to be pretty cute... though i am not sure we really need a cutesy nickname...


The immediate problem has been solved. We will no longer be called Sewer Heads. :) i'm still confused as to where that came from... but if someone already made it go away... many thanks!


For members of this forum I use "Dromies" as a collective term. :P

though i always just call us "dromers"- "dromies" is pretty sweet too!

I was almost going to suggest "Turtleoids," kind of like "Star Woids," but yeah... that sounds like something of an industrial sized hemorrhoid breakout.

point taken!

[gobo]

Sewer heads?!
O_O You're the poop-head! :x :tgrumble:
i'm still confused as to where that came from... but if someone already made it go away... many thanks!
The Greatful Dead's fanbase, apparently: Dead-Heads... :roll:

[mysterycolor]

The Greatful Dead's fanbase, apparently: Dead-Heads... :roll:

how clever... NOT! :tsmile:

[gobo]

Precisely... Perfect for legions of stoners though. :P

[Ninja Tiptup]

Shell Raisers sounds pretty fitting because as others have mentioned we do raise a lot of hell about how TMNT gets treated.

Turtleloids is a one word name I could settle on. Nice throw back to the old cartoon.

Glad we wont be called Sewer Heads anymore.

[Obbie]

i vote "threeToemafia"

[gobo]

I vote "gobo's gazillions".

[CyberCubed]

Green Machines would have been funnier.

[Jester]

Yeah but we'd have to pay Stephan royalties every time we used it. :P

[gobo]

Yeah but we'd have to pay Stephan royalties every time we used it. :P
Who is this "Stephan"? And, what makes you think he or she wants you giving away his or her secret identity? O_o

[Zachatello00]

I thought Sewer Heads was okay, but I have to say, "Shell Raisers" does seem to fit us better.

[BubblyShell22]

Yeah, it does because we Dromers like to raise shell, and not just about TMNT either.

[Samhain]

Yeah, it does because we Dromers like to raise shell, and not just about TMNT either.

Reading this comment made me laugh.

[gobo]

Shell Raisers
"Hey! Sounds like a great title for a horror movie." :tlol:

[joe-eyeball]

How about we stick with "turtle fans". The long term fan base doesnt need anything clever or gimmicky to validate itself with, to any other group or what have you.

[Powder]

I feel you on that.

[Spitfire]

I love how we had no nickname then some PR tard at Nick decided to brand us themselves with a name that's never been used to describe a turtles fan.

[gobo]

I very much loathe it. >_<

[shuriken]

I'm a TMNT fan damnit. And a Dromer. Although Shell heads or shell rasiers are cute, not something I'd like to call myself or other fans of the franchise.

[BubblyShell22]

I loathe Sewer Heads too. It just sounds so demeaning.

[Uki]

I really like Half Shell Heroes and Shell Whacks (nice pun Uki).

I do like puns! (It was Turtle Whacks, though.) :)

[IamtheNorm]

I do like puns! (It was Turtle Whacks, though.) :)

I see what you did there

[Ashangelo]

Sewer Heads, no.
Shell Raisers, yes.

[Andrew NDB]

See, I like "Shell Raisers" and it's great because as a fandom it's something we've come up with... but if it were Playmates that came up with it and labeling us that, it would almost feel a bit derogatory, wouldn't it?

[gobo]

See, I like "Shell Raisers" and it's great because as a fandom it's something we've come up with... but if it were Playmates that came up with it and labeling us that, it would almost feel a bit derogatory, wouldn't it?
No .

[pihb]

Shell Raisers it is!

[Spitfire]

Now we just need someone to do a cover of the Motorhead song and change the lyrics a bit.
1M4FG1UXH5w

[FearlessLeader]

Now we just need someone to do a cover of the Motorhead song and change the lyrics a bit.


And dub the song over Coming Out of our Shells footage :tlol:

[BubblyShell22]

That would be hilarious.

[gobo]

That will be hilarious.
Fixed that for you. :)

[Drose18]

The heroes in a half shell :tsmile:
The stalkers of the sewers :tconfuse:
Shell for brains :tconfuse:
The guys in green :tsad:
The people who like to watch ninja turtles :tconfuse:
The ninja nerds :tgrumble:
The shell heads :teek:
Ninja turtles fans :tgrin:

Lets be honest you can call us whatever but we're still ninja turtle fans.

[Kendamu]

Yeah. I never really made a big deal of it. In fact, nobody seemed to have done so for... what... at least half a year? Why the sudden hate? Run out of things to complain about from the new toy line? Run out of reasons to hate multi-colored bandanas in comics that have no continuity ties to the original? I'm sure if you take another look you can find something else.

Really? The nickname?





Okay. It's out of my system. I'm fine now. Shell Raisers does sound pretty cool.

[Jester]

To be fair the term only really got used heavily in the last week with the Playmates preview. And come on Goongasnootch, you really like being called a doodie-head?

[Samhain]

Yeah. I never really made a big deal of it. In fact, nobody seemed to have done so for... what... at least half a year? Why the sudden hate? Run out of things to complain about from the new toy line? Run out of reasons to hate multi-colored bandanas in comics that have no continuity ties to the original? I'm sure if you take another look you can find something else.

Really? The nickname?





Okay. It's out of my system. I'm fine now. Shell Raisers does sound pretty cool.

Dude, really?

[Kendamu]

Dude, really?

Yeah. Really, I'm over it... and Shell Raisers sounds cool.

To be fair the term only really got used heavenly in the last week with the Playmates preview. And come on Goongasnootch, you really like being called a doodie-head?

The heroes of one of my favorite stories ever live in a sewer. If the name bothered me, their living in a sewer would bother me a lot more.

[Samhain]

Yeah. Really, I'm over it... and Shell Raisers sounds cool.



The heroes of one of my favorite stories ever live in a sewer. If the name bothered me, their living in a sewer would bother me a lot more.

Your over it? Lmao. You are pretty much the only person left talking about it.

[gobo]

Sewer-heads! :x

[Kendamu]

Your over it? Lmao. You are pretty much the only person left talking about it.

I hadn't had the chance to comment on it on the Drome yet and I wanted to vent. Then I did. Now I'm over it. What part of that simple story did you not understand?

[ToTheNines]

Run out of reasons to hate multi-colored bandanas in comics that have no continuity ties to the original?

No, actually.

And not to drag that debate over here, but no one ever said anything about continuity ties.

The turtles had all red for the first 4.5 issues, it felt like a total bait and switch. The big thread in the comic book section over this never would have happened if they had just had multi-colored headbands to start with.

[Donnie]

I'm down for Shell Raisers!

[Jester]

The heroes of one of my favorite stories ever live in a sewer. If the name bothered me, their living in a sewer would bother me a lot more.
Um....why? The fact that the Turtles live in the sewer has always been a fact of the franchise. This is OUR name. It identifies US. Why should we have no say in what we're called, especially when it sounds incredibly stupid and almost mildly offensive.

[Kendamu]

No, actually.

And not to drag that debate over here, but no one ever said anything about continuity ties.

The turtles had all red for the first 4.5 issues, it felt like a total bait and switch. The big thread in the comic book section over this never would have happened if they had just had multi-colored headbands to start with.
Then don't bring it over here and, instead, reply to what the message is really about.

Um....why? The fact that the Turtles live in the sewer has always been a fact of the franchise. This is OUR name. It identifies US. Why should we have no say in what we're called, especially when it sounds incredibly stupid and almost mildly offensive.

Because it's incredibly stupid that it took people this long to act like this about it. It really feels like everyone ran out of things to complain about and it was like, "Oh, crap. We forgot to complain about this thing!" That's what got me angry. It's like we're not allowed to be happy. I can't seem to find anyone who doesn't have some arbitrary reason to bitch and moan about stupid stuff. That is what pissed me off at the time.

[ToTheNines]

Then don't bring it over here and, instead, reply to what the message is really about.

Well it was probably the stupidest thing in that entire head-scratcher of a message, so I figured I'd respond to that.

[Kendamu]

The message being, "You guys sure do complain a lot and it's getting on my nerves after like a decade or so. Let me humorously get a decade of stress off my chest in a super short paragraph instead of the usual really long rant most people do and go on with the rest of my life." You're confused about that message? Is that what boggled your mind? Really, just take a look back through it all. Obviously, we're allowed to voice our opinion on things, but it really seems like I'm not allowed to like things. What did I miss? Where did I go wrong as a fan to not constantly be critiquing every little line on a page or every little piece of articulation on an action figure?

Seriously, what happened?

[ToTheNines]

Obviously, we're allowed to voice our opinion on things, but it really seems like I'm not allowed to like things.

Ok. You are hereby allowed to like being called a sewer head.

Cowabunga dude.

[Powder]

Somebody has a nunchuck up their sewer deposit hole methinks.

[ToTheNines]

Definitely a bo staff.

[Machias Banshee]

knock it off guys... we don't need any squabbling. *wags finger*

[Samhain]

The message being, "You guys sure do complain a lot and it's getting on my nerves after like a decade or so. Let me humorously get a decade of stress off my chest in a super short paragraph instead of the usual really long rant most people do and go on with the rest of my life." You're confused about that message? Is that what boggled your mind? Really, just take a look back through it all. Obviously, we're allowed to voice our opinion on things, but it really seems like I'm not allowed to like things. What did I miss? Where did I go wrong as a fan to not constantly be critiquing every little line on a page or every little piece of articulation on an action figure?

Seriously, what happened?

Might I suggest taking some time away from the fandom. Seems like you need to take a chill pill, dude.

[Donnie]

Chill guys, what's important is we were heard and they're changing it! That makes me feel like Nick really isn't shutting themselves out from our opinions.

[Jester]

I still hold to the thought that the use of "Sewer Head" only exploded with the reveal of the figures, but that's neither here nor there. It's over, like Matty-angelo said, we've been told that the name has been reconsidered.

[gobo]

knock it off guys... we don't need any squabbling. *wags finger*
Dangit... I wanted to fight. :tsad:

[Spitfire]

Fixed that for you. :)

I'm in a metal band but I can't sing like Lemmy. That would be fun if we could pull it together. I could handle everything myself but the playing of the song no problem. Lyrics re-writes would be super easy.

[BubblyShell22]

Can't we all just get along?

[mysterycolor]

Because it's incredibly stupid that it took people this long to act like this about it. It really feels like everyone ran out of things to complain about and it was like, "Oh, crap. We forgot to complain about this thing!" That's what got me angry. It's like we're not allowed to be happy. I can't seem to find anyone who doesn't have some arbitrary reason to bitch and moan about stupid stuff. That is what pissed me off at the time.

i can feel your frustration buddy- it did blow up into a way bigger deal than it had to be (but that is sort of the nature of message board threads...)- maybe some people are like me and hadnt even heard it before the toys were revealed- so it kind of left a "say what?" feeling... but at the end of the day- it was meant in good fun, and coming up with alternatives is as well...
NOW STOP RAISING SHELL YOU GUYS!

[ToTheNines]

maybe some people are like me and hadnt even heard it before the toys were revealed

Maybe everyone on earth is like you and hadn't heard it before the Toy Fair interviews? Hmm?

[Foot Soldier Clang]

So long as they continue the classics line, and make a great new show, they can call me whatever they want. :twink:

[mysterycolor]

Maybe everyone on earth is like you and hadn't heard it before the Toy Fair interviews? Hmm?
eww.. attitude... :trolleye:

So long as they continue the classics line, and make a great new show, they can call me whatever they want. :twink:

totally agree dude! :tsmile:

[gobo]

How about "mindless idiots who buy even the crappiest TMNT junk"? Would it bother you if they called you that? O_o

[Foot Soldier Clang]

They probably already do :tlol:

[gobo]

At least they don't do it in front of our faces. :lol: Yet. :blanksta:

[pannoni1]

I thought that was another name for a manhole cover. Well, I always simply liked the term "turtle fan", or "TMNT fan", as it may encourage kids to lift those manhole covers, which are dangerous. Other possibilities:

*Turtleholic
*Pizza Dude
*Turtle Dudes
*Green Gang
*Ninja Clan (or Turtle Clan)

[ToTheNines]

Butthole Surfers

[Toby Barrett]

Sounds like one of those "backroom videos"...

[mysterycolor]

Butthole Surfers
i think gibby might take issue with that...