What's the geekiest thing you've ever done as a TMNT fan?

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

I tried to name our orange cat "Klunk"... my wife was even on-board with the name, but she didn't know about TMNT yet so I backed out and we went with Marvin (from the movie "RED") instead. :tlol:

[Shark_Blade]

Watching the 2k14 movie 8 times at the cinema. :P

[Amaranthus]

Watching the 2k14 movie 8 times at the cinema. :P

Someone get this guy some medical help.

[Prowler]

Joining this place.

[pannoni1]

Reading and trying to understand what many of these discussions are about without the aid of a Wiki, video or blog, in particular the Fan Fiction and RPG sections.

[Bry]

Still probably this tattoo:

http://s27.postimg.org/9gnkzal1f/tmnt_tattoo.jpg

It's the turtle shield from issue 43 of the Mirage comic (one of my favourites), seen here:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sArX3pFXvy0/UNniQCSSRKI/AAAAAAAAJcI/_U992Q0Qfy0/s1600/43-3.jpg

Other than that... probably the time I met Peter Laird and Jim Lawson at Fan Expo in Toronto when I was 21 or 22. They were super nice, I got sketches from both and thanked them for their time and their work... and then I got super weirdly starstruck about it and stood around their booth like a goon for entirely too long. :lol:

[snake]

Posting over 7,000 things.

[IndigoErth]

I'm pretty subdued with it. I suppose being in my 30s and that 1/3rd of the Christmas gifts I got were Turtles related and being A-Ok with that might qualify. (They didn't know last year that I was back to being a fan so they indulged me this year a bit. lol Doubt it will happen again to that extent.)

Still probably this tattoo:

http://s27.postimg.org/9gnkzal1f/tmnt_tattoo.jpg
Ok that's pretty cool, and that's coming from someone who's not too big on tattoos. :tsmile:
Two green thumbs up. :tthumbsu: :tthumbsu:

[Powder]

Does making more than 16,000 posts on a TMNT forum in 6 years count?

If not, I've got this TMNT tattoo, so maybe it.
http://i61.tinypic.com/29life0.jpg

[pennydreadful]

Those really are awesome tattoos, Bry and Powder. :tgrin: I've been thinking of getting a Turtle tattoo but I really have no idea what I'd get. Plus I already have so many designs I know I want to get already that space on my canvas is soon going to become an issue. :lol:

[Cure]

Joining this place.

Goes for me, too.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Man, love the tattoo, Powder!

[plastroncafe]

Hmmm. The geekiest thing?

I flew to San Diego for Comic Con by myself for the 25th Anniversary.
Great Con. Had such a freakin' blast.

But yeah...as that out-costs my tattoo by quite a bit, I'd have to say that was the geekiest thing I've ever done.

[Mew]

Joining this place I guess.

[Powder]

Hmmm. The geekiest thing?

I flew to San Diego for Comic Con by myself for the 25th Anniversary.
Great Con. Had such a freakin' blast.

But yeah...as that out-costs my tattoo by quite a bit, I'd have to say that was the geekiest thing I've ever done.

I flew by myself to NY for the 25th anniversary "Shellebration" & screening of the original film & also took two solo trips for NYCC solely for their TMNT offerings, twice, so I'm with you on that.

Man, love the tattoo, Powder!

Those really are awesome tattoos, Bry and Powder. :tgrin:

Thanks guys! :)

[Bry]

Ok that's pretty cool, and that's coming from someone who's not too big on tattoos. :tsmile:
Two green thumbs up. :tthumbsu: :tthumbsu:

Those really are awesome tattoos, Bry and Powder. :tgrin: I've been thinking of getting a Turtle tattoo but I really have no idea what I'd get. Plus I already have so many designs I know I want to get already that space on my canvas is soon going to become an issue. :lol:

Thanks, dudes! :D

If not, I've got this TMNT tattoo, so maybe it.
http://i61.tinypic.com/29life0.jpg

I feel like I've seen this and commented before, but man that turned out well. the overall vibe and the little details and colouring make it feel like Mirage, '87 and 2003 mashed up. Like an ink love letter to the property as a whole.

[Dirty Blond]

Wearing this shell backpack almost everywhere I went a few years ago.

https://www.meroncourt.co.uk/images/products/p1005258_1392718037_bp142833tmt_3.jpg

[ProactiveMan]

In the mid 2000s I made a Flash cartoon of Shredder singing In the Ghetto, with Krang on guitar, and backup singing Foot Soldiers, and I showed it to pretty much anyone who would watch it, including a couple of University lecturers and a girl I was into. In my defence, it was pretty rad.

[Leo656]

Powder, that's an awesome tat. If I could just politely suggest something, I'd get the belts made slightly darker just for the sake of contrast. Nah'mean? Otherwise that's a super tasty piece. :)

I'd say the geekiest thing I ever did was write a fanfic on about 300 sheets of notebook paper, before I even had the internet (or a computer) or knew people even wrote fanfics. My wife (then-girlfriend) and I were just lamenting around 2000 or so how TMNT was more or less "dead" as a franchise and there were no new stories, so I wrote one, just for the two of us to read.

I'd say that's pretty "geeky".

[DarkFell]

In the mid 2000s I made a Flash cartoon of Shredder singing In the Ghetto, with Krang on guitar, and backup singing Foot Soldiers, and I showed it to pretty much anyone who would watch it, including a couple of University lecturers and a girl I was into. In my defence, it was pretty rad.
Are you gonna post your flash video on your YouTube channel, or is that a "..nah.." because I would love to see it. I know that you posted a few videos on your channel and that's why I asked.

[neatoman]

Not anything in particular that I can recall.

Buying the Hedden/McWeeny issues just to see if they if they really were that bad as well as trying to keep a complete collection I suppose qualifies. That's pretty geeky behaviour, to get things you know will suck just because they're part of a series.

[Jephael]

I've been using an old school TMNT side-loader backpack as a gym bag.

[Prowler]

Wearing this shell backpack almost everywhere I went a few years ago.

https://www.meroncourt.co.uk/images/products/p1005258_1392718037_bp142833tmt_3.jpg
Is that you, Zack?

[Eurydemus]

My phone's wallpaper and lockscreen and home/work desktop and laptop backgrounds are all TMNT-oriented. I haven't reach the point where I'm displaying figurines of the guys on my work desk, but I will as soon as I find a second set of Revoltechs for cheap. :tsmile:

[ProactiveMan]

Are you gonna post your flash video on your YouTube channel, or is that a "..nah.." because I would love to see it. I know that you posted a few videos on your channel and that's why I asked.

I may do, but it's set to an Elvis Presley song so it might get annihilated by the © bots.

[DarkFell]

I may do, but it's set to an Elvis Presley song so it might get annihilated by the © bots.
Ah..good point. I forgot that YouTube pulls videos for the copyright infringement stuff..:ohwell:

[Mewzard]

Probably helping start a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles podcast. Not my first fandom to do that for, but it's a nerdy endeavor overall.

I know I wore out my VHS copy of the first movie, I watched it so much.

I suppose my growing comic collection is a good sign of nerdiness (which will grow even more starting tomorrow when Winter's Soul finally comes in, then Saturday is Secret History of the Foot Clan HC day...and Amazon tells me Monday will give me that HC of the 2012 TMNT Annual).

There's probably stuff from when I was real little that I don't remember.

...Does watching the NT: The Next Mutation/Power Rangers in Space crossover count? Because I kinda own that on DVD thanks to that box set.

Also enjoyed reading Ross Campbell's non-IDW TMNT stuff.

My TMNT collection is directly next to my HCs of Jack Kirby's Fourth World, that should show how much I love it.

[MsMarvelDuckie]

I'd say the geekiest thing I ever did was write a fanfic on about 300 sheets of notebook paper, before I even had the internet (or a computer) or knew people even wrote fanfics. My wife (then-girlfriend) and I were just lamenting around 2000 or so how TMNT was more or less "dead" as a franchise and there were no new stories, so I wrote one, just for the two of us to read.

I'd say that's pretty "geeky".


Hah, I've got you beat, Leo- I wrote one back in 1990 shortly after the movie came out! Not only was there no "fan-fiction" at the time (AFAIK) but no internet, either. It was my first attempt at a novel/fan story. Certainly not the last, though.


My phone's wallpaper and lockscreen and home/work desktop and laptop backgrounds are all TMNT-oriented. I haven't reach the point where I'm displaying figurines of the guys on my work desk, but I will as soon as I find a second set of Revoltechs for cheap. :tsmile:


Heh, I've got so much TMNT art and screen-shots on my PC I've had to organize them all by series and characters, including comic and movies. Pretty geeky, indeed....


Oh, and my PC's tower is now a battlefield for my 2014 turtles and several of the Nick baddies!


I know I wore out my VHS copy of the first movie, I watched it so much.

I suppose my growing comic collection is a good sign of nerdiness (which will grow even more starting tomorrow when Winter's Soul finally comes in, then Saturday is Secret History of the Foot Clan HC day...and Amazon tells me Monday will give me that HC of the 2012 TMNT Annual).

There's probably stuff from when I was real little that I don't remember.

...Does watching the NT: The Next Mutation/Power Rangers in Space crossover count? Because I kinda own that on DVD thanks to that box set.



I still have my VHS of all three movies, and they still work. But I DID play the heck out of them just the same. Also recorded the COoOST on cassette from a friend of mine's copy so I could listen to it, and still have THAT, too! My comic collection is growing pretty big now, too.

I'd say, yeah, TNM certainly counts. You've GOT to be a geek/fan to sit through any of that series, much less the MMPR crossover.

[ProactiveMan]

I know I wore out my VHS copy of the first movie, I watched it so much.



I did that. I remember having to turn the volume up to max just to be able to hear anything, and you know how videotape stretches and warps, and then the sound warbles up and down in pitch. I think it finally snapped in the VCR when I rewound it.

[jenna]

Geekiest thing? Too many to list. Probably the top of the list is making my own video documentary about the TMNT, which really served no purpose other than to create a collection of clips from multiple incarnations in one place and analyse the character traits and psychologies across the different versions.
:lol:

I only really shared it with my family and to this day don't know whether to be proud of it or deeply ashamed of how many hours of work I put into it and the fact that I was in my late 20s at the time :lol:

[Eurydemus]

Geekiest thing? Too many to list. Probably the top of the list is making my own video documentary about the TMNT, which really served no purpose other than to create a collection of clips from multiple incarnations in one place and analyse the character traits and psychologies across the different versions.
:lol:

I only really shared it with my family and to this day don't know whether to be proud of it or deeply ashamed of how many hours of work I put into it and the fact that I was in my late 20s at the time :lol:

Psh. There are many things you can be ashamed of like stealing Halloween candy from children and running a TV ad on Christmas Eve proclaiming Santa doesn't exist.

Being a huge TMNT fan ain't one of 'em. :tgrin:

[Nameless]

made a duct tape shredder costume and wore it for an expo. also wore it for halloween out to the bars. good times good times...

[Mew]

I did that. I remember having to turn the volume up to max just to be able to hear anything, and you know how videotape stretches and warps, and then the sound warbles up and down in pitch. I think it finally snapped in the VCR when I rewound it.
Lol!
I have a TMNT 3 tape I used to LOVE!
Now, its silent, and has large white lines down the middle of the screen.
If your lucky, the video channel might cut out for minutes at a time!

[DarkFell]

Lol!
I have a TMNT 3 tape I used to LOVE!
Now, its silent, and has large white lines down the middle of the screen.
If your lucky, the video channel might cut out for minutes at a time!
Walmart sells it on DVD for dirt cheap. I think it sells for $5.
Heck, I bought a copy of the original movie for the same price.

[Mew]

Walmart sells it on DVD for dirt cheap. I bought a copy of the original movie for $5.
Yes.
I have the movie 4-pack.
It was about $10 if I remember correctly.
I'll still keep it though, to display it in it's sleeve.

[Warhorse]

Probably either being on this site, at 36 years of age, or maybe buying a song I heard on a youtube TMNT fan made video. I am serious when I say, I would never have become a Linkin Park fan if it wasn't for TMNT fanvids.

[BuffoTheClown]

Does making more than 16,000 posts on a TMNT forum in 6 years count?

If not, I've got this TMNT tattoo, so maybe it.
http://i61.tinypic.com/29life0.jpg

Beautiful work!!! Bravo!!!

I guess the geekiest thing I do is wear knee high turtle socks during sex. :teek:

[Toitlefan]

I went to a Halloween party dressed as Casey Jones. About half of the people there had no idea who Casey Jones was even after it was explained. I remember being legitimately upset that they had never heard of him. I asked myself the rest of the night "how could someone not know of Casey Jones".

[pennydreadful]

Beautiful work!!! Bravo!!!

I guess the geekiest thing I do is wear knee high turtle socks during sex. :teek:

:lol: I think that's one of the most original posts we've seen in this thread thus far.

So, out of curiosity, is this like... something you do every time, or a once-in-a-while thing? :P

[miru]

Considering viewing BayTurtles. I've also watched a bit of TNM.

[shuriken]

Going to Chicago Wizard World dressed as Casey Jones I guess. But damn was it fun. Gotta go again.
OOHH I did a project about my biggest passions and one of them was TMNT in which I showcased my TMNT collection to my film class. It was cheesy and tongue and cheek but it worked.

[BuffoTheClown]

:lol: I think that's one of the most original posts we've seen in this thread thus far.

So, out of curiosity, is this like... something you do every time, or a once-in-a-while thing? :P

I only wear them when my lady friend wants to be in control... Lol

[Candy Kappa]

I used Ninja Turtles figures when learning to do Stop-Motion.

[Leo656]

Sometimes the cartoon or one of the movies has been on in the background while we're "gettin it on", but not specifically by design. Just sorta happens to be on.

[Mew]

I got birthday money, spent all on Turtles!
Bootleg Neca set.
5" Battle Shell set.
Version 2 Shredder.

[Donnieangelo]

Completing my set of turtles from Build a Bear!

Wait, that was three months ago.

[ZariusTwo]

Sometimes the cartoon or one of the movies has been on in the background while we're "gettin it on", but not specifically by design.

It happens to be the one with the Technodrome rising to the surface right?

Or maybe the one where three of 'em crush on Irma and April is crushed on by someone with a horn...

[Leo656]

:lol: Honestly couldn't tell ya because I'm not really paying attention in the moment.

And actually it's more often been the Nick show, since it just happens to be on more often.

[CyberCubed]

I honestly can't think of anything. I tend not to do overly geeky things in fandoms.

Sure I watch the cartoons and buy the DVDs, I collect the comics and have a bunch of toys from when I was younger...but...that's the norm, isn't it? I mean how can you be in a fandom if you don't watch the shows, buy comics, or some merchandize? Not necessarily all 3 but some of them.

Other than that I can't think of anything. I have a few TMNT T-shirts but I just wear them to sleep in.

[Leo656]

Nah, all those emails you apparently sent begging for "Turtle Tips" and that other stuff to be on the DVDs was pretty damn geeky. :)

[Nasubionna]

I think the geekiest TMNT thing I've done (in recent memory) is drive 3+ hours by myself to a convention last year to meet all four OT Turtles and April (Cam Clarke, Townsend Coleman, Rob Paulsen, Barry Gordon and Renae Jacobs). I got autographs and a photo with the whole group, and then a second photo with Barry Gordon and Rob Paulsen, since Donatello has always been my favorite Turtle (thanks in large part to Barry's performance in the OT) and I got to meet two Donatellos at once, so I HAD to get a picture with both of them!
They were all super nice, and I think you can tell how excited I am to meet them all! This 33-year-old instantly reverted to 10 years old again, it was awesome. :D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v79/nasubionna/MeTMNT_zpsc461e6c5.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v79/nasubionna/MeDonatellos_zpsbc04e348.jpg

P.S. Sorry if these pictures are too big! I'm not sure if there's a rule about sizes or not, I have't found any guidelines. Apologies in advance if I've done this wrong!

[pennydreadful]

Oh my gosh, that's so cute! Also your pic sizes are fine, IMO. You take an excellent picture, btw. :twink:

[TheJ-manTurtleMan]

Wow, I think you guys are tame. Keep in mind I'm 27 and have been married for 2 years:
Every clothing item I own has something TMNT related on it.
I have a 2014 movie poster hanging next the bed.
I wear a Leonardo cosplay (that i've been working on for about a year) whenever I go to conventions
I have all my toys on display in our bedroom.
I have turtle stickers all over my truck.

[Powder]

No offense but that's all pretty tame to me. :trazz: I mean, virtually every fan's got their stuff on display & has some sort of clothing article.

[ProactiveMan]

I think the geekiest TMNT thing I've done (in recent memory) is drive 3+ hours by myself to a convention last year to meet all four OT Turtles and April (Cam Clarke, Townsend Coleman, Rob Paulsen, Barry Gordon and Renae Jacobs). I got autographs and a photo with the whole group, and then a second photo with Barry Gordon and Rob Paulsen, since Donatello has always been my favorite Turtle (thanks in large part to Barry's performance in the OT) and I got to meet two Donatellos at once, so I HAD to get a picture with both of them!
They were all super nice, and I think you can tell how excited I am to meet them all! This 33-year-old instantly reverted to 10 years old again, it was awesome. :D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v79/nasubionna/MeTMNT_zpsc461e6c5.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v79/nasubionna/MeDonatellos_zpsbc04e348.jpg

P.S. Sorry if these pictures are too big! I'm not sure if there's a rule about sizes or not, I have't found any guidelines. Apologies in advance if I've done this wrong!

That is so cool!

[AnarkyLantern]

Offhand, it's that I bought two of those Raphael cosplay pjs at hot topic and eventually had them shortened at a tailor because the legs were a bit long.

[Metalhead 2.0]

I kneeled down in a freshly mowed hay-field, in the rain during a thunderstorm and angrily cried out/prayed to God to "turn me into a ninja turtle so I can fight crime" while crying with both fists in the air...

[Jester]

#1 post count in this place...BUT....


For a college lit paper I wrote about the TMNT. Got a B- on the thing mainly because the prof didn't think the Turtles were THAT transformative a graphic novel.

[snake]

I kneeled down in a freshly mowed hay-field, in the rain during a thunderstorm and angrily cried out/prayed to God to "turn me into a ninja turtle so I can fight crime" while crying with both fists in the air...

Did it work?

[Mew]

For ELA, I had to write a nonfiction piece. I wrote a 3 page essay about the history of the TMNT. My teacher loved it. Got an A+ and a sticker. They NEVER give you stickers in 6th grade. And it was a puffy one!!! :D

[Metalhead 2.0]

Did it work?

In ways, yes.

[Ravenshell]

Writing novella-length Turtles porn, and reading the entirety of the AFF TMNT archive. No merch for me... my desk is already occupied by way too much MLP stuff... naughty stories take up way less room. ;p

[Klunk1234]

Completing my set of turtles from Build a Bear!

Wait, that was three months ago.

Really? They are cute!

I have a set of the TMNT pillow buddies. They are adorable!:tgrin:

[Klunk1234]

I think the geekiest TMNT thing I've done (in recent memory) is drive 3+ hours by myself to a convention last year to meet all four OT Turtles and April (Cam Clarke, Townsend Coleman, Rob Paulsen, Barry Gordon and Renae Jacobs). I got autographs and a photo with the whole group, and then a second photo with Barry Gordon and Rob Paulsen, since Donatello has always been my favorite Turtle (thanks in large part to Barry's performance in the OT) and I got to meet two Donatellos at once, so I HAD to get a picture with both of them!
They were all super nice, and I think you can tell how excited I am to meet them all! This 33-year-old instantly reverted to 10 years old again, it was awesome. :D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v79/nasubionna/MeTMNT_zpsc461e6c5.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v79/nasubionna/MeDonatellos_zpsbc04e348.jpg

P.S. Sorry if these pictures are too big! I'm not sure if there's a rule about sizes or not, I have't found any guidelines. Apologies in advance if I've done this wrong!


That's awesome!:tgrin:

[Kanon]

On the day the bluray of the 2014 movie released, I was waiting like an hour at the electronic market and yelled at the workers that they didn´t put them in the display yet.
After I bought it, I rushed home, put it in the player and watched it while cuddling my plush Raph. :lol:

[Jester]

On the day the bluray of the 2014 movie released, I was waiting like an hour at the electronic market and yelled at the workers that they didn´t put them in the display yet.
After I bought it, I rushed home, put it in the player and watched it while cuddling my plush Raph. :lol:
They the first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem....

[Kanon]

They the first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem....

I don´t have a problem. This was the first and last time I made this. It was cold and I was damn hungry! :x
Next time I will buy it online :P

[Garfield]

When I was a kid when I'd watch the Turtles movies or listen to the cassette tapes Id act out the scenes with my Ninja Turtles figures. But that was probably me just being an 8 year kid instead of really being a geek.

[Danetello]

I went to Toys R Us just to meet all four of them when the characters were touring around. I went on my own. LOL. I had already met them at the Nick Hotel character dining in Florida, but I couldn't pass up the opportunity to see them again!

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2824/10762507123_caa2f31cbe.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/hp3EpD)

[Lisardo]

I'm sure I've done geekier TMNT things but the only thing that comes to mind is, making a few TMNT video clip compilations and music videos. Also going to comic cons.

[Shark_Blade]

On the day the bluray of the 2014 movie released, I was waiting like an hour at the electronic market and yelled at the workers that they didn´t put them in the display yet.
After I bought it, I rushed home, put it in the player and watched it while cuddling my plush Raph. :lol:
Ha! The first day I was taking quite some time at the video shop deciding whether to get the normal blu ray or the 3D/Blu Ray combo.

Speaking of geeky, I pre-ordered these 2 gem figures.

http://i.imgur.com/lzs13rg.jpg

[TheSkeletonMan939]

Geekiest thing I've done is spend hours of my life ripping music from the 2K3 and 2K12 series. You'd probably be horrified if you knew how much time I spent working on those. :P

[Shark_Blade]

^I'm not horrified, I appreciate it. Thanks again for your contribution to the fandom! :D