Is TMNT Meme-able?

[Shark_Blade]

I mean Spongebob has been around for almost 20 years and we've seen a variety of memes coming out of Spongebob over the years gone viral.

https://i.imgur.com/hlPc2cY.png

https://i.imgur.com/6bfIcXy.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/Anb6Jev.jpg

But why is this not happening to TMNT? Is it not as universal? It's been around even longer than Spongebob.

Sonic has viral memes.

https://i.imgur.com/sth5xAn.jpg

Others have too like Power Rangers,
https://i.imgur.com/v82XzgO.jpg

Star Trek,
https://i.imgur.com/5nHMKXf.png

and even freaking He-man has a meme (eventhough I don't know the show).
https://i.imgur.com/IePPy21.gif

[CyberCubed]

TMNT started in the 80's and 90's and the height of its fandom pre-dated the internet. While the kids who grew up with Nick's TMNT will be part of meme culture, the original fanbase was already adults before the internet became a thing.

I guess you "younger fans" don't know what the world was like when there was little to no internet, when we had no social media, no youtube or streaming media, when we were just "forum dwellers" and that's all it was. It was the wild west, we didn't know what the word "meme" was.

Oh you young kids of today. Back in my day it took 10 minutes just to load and watch a 2 minute video on quicktime or realplayer and 5 minutes just for a single picture to load.

[Utrommaniac]

I guess the closest thing to a "meme" has just been the clip of Shreeka reacting to her power ring melting...

[IndigoErth]

TMNT started in the 80's and 90's and the height of its fandom pre-dated the internet. While the kids who grew up with Nick's TMNT will be part of meme culture, the original fanbase was already adults before the internet became a thing.

and even freaking He-man has a meme (eventhough I don't know the show).
https://i.imgur.com/IePPy21.gif


I dunno, I guess we could get on that, since it's probably going to need to be fans that do it, but it doesn't look like Turtle fans are too eager to meme them.

That said though, if anyone has any stuff they've done, I encourage them to post it. :D (Although a challenge to create some could be fun too.)

[FredWolfLeonardo]

Lets make our own tmnt memes!

[Papenbrook]

Well, there's this one ...

http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/815/489/bfb.gif

[sdp]

Well I guess turtle faces are not too memeable like say 80s He-Man was. But still we've seen OT April in a few memes from time to time and the drome has used for a few years that triple headpalm.

[Powder]

There's way more potential than people see in it, based on how few there are. I guess it'd be cool if we came up with one that somehow got popular.

We had a thread in the fanworks section with a few originals in it that were decent, but they're definitely dated nowadays.

[Utrommaniac]

That...probably wouldn't really count as a meme...you can't really do much with it.

[IndigoErth]

Hate to say it but... Only one I've run across a bunch of times and could think of off the top of my head...

https://static.tumblr.com/8156807e788074ac2f8034fa0b53a210/gfn1l8q/LRrn5urmr/tumblr_static_tumblr_static_6143gjzjodoow4gwg0oo0s 80c_640.gif


Anyone ever take a shot of 1990 movie Mikey on the payphone and give it the old "No, this is Patrick Mikey" line? I'd throw it together, but can't find a pic in a halfassed attempt before going to bed.

[Utrommaniac]

The next best thing I can think of is how many ways the "Look what they did to my shell!" bit when the Neutrinos scraped up Raphael when they were first introduced.

"Look what they did to my ship"
"Look what they did to MY SPAGET"
[Image of Donatello getting his shell smashed]

[Shark_Blade]

TMNT started in the 80's and 90's and the height of its fandom pre-dated the internet. While the kids who grew up with Nick's TMNT will be part of meme culture, the original fanbase was already adults before the internet became a thing.

I guess you "younger fans" don't know what the world was like when there was little to no internet, when we had no social media, no youtube or streaming media, when we were just "forum dwellers" and that's all it was. It was the wild west, we didn't know what the word "meme" was.

Oh you young kids of today. Back in my day it took 10 minutes just to load and watch a 2 minute video on quicktime or realplayer and 5 minutes just for a single picture to load.Whaaat... that's irrelevant because as I mentioned even old shows like Star Trek and He-man have memes in current time. We just have to be creative about it.

if anyone has any stuff they've done, I encourage them to post it. (Although a challenge to create some could be fun too.)

Lets make our own tmnt memes!Yeah let's share tmnt memes! :tgrin:

Now that I thought about it... I suddenly realized that I did a meme of Raph's femme face and turned it into a Vogue magazine cover before :D :


http://i.imgur.com/ALfATM6.jpg (http://turbotails06.deviantart.com/art/Covergirl-Raphael-431171977)

Sorry (not so sorry) Raph. :trazz::tlol::tlol::lol:

Found these

https://i.imgur.com/sReFX4x.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/quA9ccy.jpg

[Utrommaniac]

I've long thought this image of Krang is perfect for meme material.

Appropriate for relating to shock or displeasure. Either for the poster's perspective or poking fun at Krang, depending on the context.

https://i.imgur.com/R36KLnJ.png?2

Examples:


https://i.imgur.com/D5mVpEo.png

https://i.imgur.com/IIuYLO4.png?1

https://i.imgur.com/b5ubj4Z.png

https://i.imgur.com/OXLRsnf.png?1

https://i.imgur.com/BTiY4dH.png

https://i.imgur.com/B0EtWm3.png

https://i.imgur.com/1XqyvOw.png



It ended up being too fun making captions and I had to stop myself.

[FredWolfLeonardo]

I've long thought this image of Krang is perfect for meme material.

Appropriate for relating to shock or displeasure. Either for the poster's perspective or poking fun at Krang, depending on the context.

https://i.imgur.com/R36KLnJ.png?2

Examples:


https://i.imgur.com/D5mVpEo.png

https://i.imgur.com/IIuYLO4.png?1

https://i.imgur.com/b5ubj4Z.png

https://i.imgur.com/OXLRsnf.png?1

https://i.imgur.com/BTiY4dH.png

https://i.imgur.com/B0EtWm3.png

https://i.imgur.com/1XqyvOw.png



It ended up being too fun making captions and I had to stop myself.

I laughed quite a bit, good on you for making those :)

[TurtleWA]

I've long thought this image of Krang is perfect for meme material.

Appropriate for relating to shock or displeasure. Either for the poster's perspective or poking fun at Krang, depending on the context.

https://i.imgur.com/R36KLnJ.png?2

Examples:


https://i.imgur.com/D5mVpEo.png

https://i.imgur.com/IIuYLO4.png?1

https://i.imgur.com/b5ubj4Z.png

https://i.imgur.com/OXLRsnf.png?1

https://i.imgur.com/BTiY4dH.png

https://i.imgur.com/B0EtWm3.png

https://i.imgur.com/1XqyvOw.png



It ended up being too fun making captions and I had to stop myself.
Pinky & the brain one is hilarious!

I found this one on the internet recently.
https://s9.postimg.org/phj12zvvj/3_BF58_DA7-_A23_C-430_C-_AD9_D-0_A264_D52_D4_BA.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

[Shark_Blade]

^Good one! :DI've long thought this image of Krang is perfect for meme material.

Appropriate for relating to shock or displeasure. Either for the poster's perspective or poking fun at Krang, depending on the context.

https://i.imgur.com/R36KLnJ.png?2

Examples:


https://i.imgur.com/D5mVpEo.png

https://i.imgur.com/IIuYLO4.png?1

https://i.imgur.com/b5ubj4Z.png

https://i.imgur.com/OXLRsnf.png?1

https://i.imgur.com/BTiY4dH.png

https://i.imgur.com/B0EtWm3.png

https://i.imgur.com/1XqyvOw.png



It ended up being too fun making captions and I had to stop myself.

Hey they're good, bravo! :tlol:

[IndigoErth]

I've long thought this image of Krang is perfect for meme material.

Appropriate for relating to shock or displeasure. Either for the poster's perspective or poking fun at Krang, depending on the context.

https://i.imgur.com/R36KLnJ.png?2

Examples:


https://i.imgur.com/D5mVpEo.png

https://i.imgur.com/IIuYLO4.png?1

https://i.imgur.com/b5ubj4Z.png

https://i.imgur.com/OXLRsnf.png?1

https://i.imgur.com/BTiY4dH.png

https://i.imgur.com/B0EtWm3.png

https://i.imgur.com/1XqyvOw.png



It ended up being too fun making captions and I had to stop myself.
Hah, I've got that image saved too, along with a gif of it. :tlol:

Looked through my crazy saved pics and gifs last night, but can I think of anything to use them as it another story... Maybe eventually.

[Sumac]

Original series have ended to early to become meme material and it seems 2K3 and 2K12 were not in the cultural spotlight enough to get some worthy memes.

Also, thanks for that Krang image - it's my favorite image of his from OT and this is what I sometimes have in mind when I am confused. :tlol:

[Prowler]

Every property has meme potential, really. TMNT is so big now, with so many different universes/versions that the possibilites are endless.

Tbh things such as the Bay films, TNM and Coming Out of Their Shells are big memes by themselves already.

[Sumac]

Every property has meme potential, really. TMNT is so big now, with so many different universes/versions that the possibilites are endless.

Tbh things such as the Bay films, TNM and Coming Out of Their Shells are big memes by themselves already.
There is difference between memes born out of project and projects itself being memes.
Besides, all listed above are negative memes. No-one will remember or use them, except when they need to remember lows of the franchise.

TMNT is known, but somehow it managed to evade being in cultural spotlight after OT, which usually directly brings some memes. Most likely, because, all of the later projects were not especially good nor very bad or not wacky enough in the eyes of the majority.

[Jester]

QU0tU9iAekE

[IndigoErth]

https://i.imgur.com/ra6fvkd.jpg

My attempt for the evening from my pic stash.



edit:

Have a bonus, because I kind of adore the change in his facial expression and laugh any time I look at the clip. (Why I love the use of mocap. lol)

https://i.imgur.com/dBaT4iv.jpg

[Xav]

http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/535/262/6c2.jpg

[Papenbrook]

What the - how is that a meme?

That's not even funny, Xav.

[Ninjinister]

All of this seems to ride on people not knowing what a meme is.

A meme isn't just putting goofy text over a screencap or using a gif as a reaction. A meme has to be something that catches on, naturally. The fact that it's called a meme tells you right there what it has to be to be considered one.

"Let's make a meme" completely misses the entire point of what a meme is.

[Coola Yagami]

It has to catch on, I agree. Though, how can something catch on, if no one creates it to begin with.

Another thing is mixing in TMNT characters with existing memes.

IDK, kinda like having one the characters pointing to their heads with a variation of the 'you can't (insert example) if you're (insert example)'

Or those memes that point out flawed or reverse logic like

The Technodrome- Most Powerful and dangerous weapon ever

SPEND MOST OF THE SERIES BROKEN DOWN AND LOW ON POWER

or like

Donatello- Can create all sorts of machines and weapons

FIGHTS WITH A STICK

things like that.

[Xav]

What the - how is that a meme?

That's not even funny, Xav.
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/what-rhymes-with-rape

[Utrommaniac]

Yeah, memes are usually things that happen spontaneously, and usually teasing something ridiculous. Usually to the point that the origin of the meme vanishes into thin air...and then ends up being funnier than expected when it's found.

For example, the "X in My Y? It's more likely than you think" meme

http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/112/290/Snorlax.png
http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/010/909/Reptoid_filled_dimension.jpg
http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/005/307/200px-Snakesonmyplane_thumb_5B1_5D.jpg

And just what is the original form?

From Know Your Meme:
The original advertisement came from a popup ad for ContentWatch, the makers of Net Nanny software.
http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/006/052/Pornography_on_my_computer.jpg?1318992465
Obscure origins? In my meme? It's more likely than you think.

Memes are things that usually come into being by accident, aren't really things that should be forced. Otherwise, things go badly.

[Ninjinister]

It has to catch on, I agree. Though, how can something catch on, if no one creates it to begin with.


Ya make stuff and then if it catches on, it becomes a meme ^^

[Krutch]

https://media.giphy.com/media/7XoOkhCjmW3hBQ3DS8/giphy.gif

[Krutch]

I guess you "younger fans" don't know what the world was like when there was little to no internet, when we had no social media, no youtube or streaming media, when we were just "forum dwellers" and that's all it was. It was the wild west, we didn't know what the word "meme" was.

Oh you young kids of today. Back in my day it took 10 minutes just to load and watch a 2 minute video on quicktime or realplayer and 5 minutes just for a single picture to load.

https://media.giphy.com/media/551Pi0FOcUieBK3Lzs/giphy.gif

[JonesyKitty]

https://media.giphy.com/media/7XoOkhCjmW3hBQ3DS8/giphy.gif

Ooh the sad part is that's completely relatable for me haha

[Utrommaniac]

https://i.imgur.com/czm3WWW.png?1


Okay, but memes were of a thing (http://www.cracked.com/article_19119_7-memes-that-went-viral-before-internet-existed.html) before the internet - and even at the dawn of the internet.

"Kilroy was here" in the 40's, that weird "S" thing in the 90's, making fun of the various anti-drug PSAs in the 80's, CATCH PHRASES were memes in how often they were quoted.

The internet as it is now is pretty much getting memes in bulk. Which as a result, die out much faster.



And even in the internet's earliest days, there were memes on a smaller scale. This bit from Bone was something of a meme.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-csdqQ-E4I3c/Tq52l80xr7I/AAAAAAAAGI8/Ptp_sRRtKr4/s1600/bone.jpg
"Stupid Stupid [x noun]" was the way it was spun out, even if the actual image could be edited.

Heck, I even spun that out for Cylons several months ago in a memetic form. "Stupid Stupid Steak Face".

[Coola Yagami]

Wasn't one of this forum's memes a pic of 2012 Raph pointing at Mikey with Mikey being labeled as 'Cybercubed' and Raph being labeled as 'everyone else'?

[FredWolfLeonardo]

Wasn't one of this forum's memes a pic of 2012 Raph pointing at Mikey with Mikey being labeled as 'Cybercubed' and Raph being labeled as 'everyone else'?

Yep. I remember that one :lol:

Anyways, here's my take on a tmnt meme.

https://i.imgflip.com/266skf.jpg

[IndigoErth]

All of this seems to ride on people not knowing what a meme is.

A meme isn't just putting goofy text over a screencap or using a gif as a reaction. A meme has to be something that catches on, naturally. The fact that it's called a meme tells you right there what it has to be to be considered one.

"Let's make a meme" completely misses the entire point of what a meme is.
https://i.imgur.com/eikE7Lh.jpg

[FredWolfLeonardo]

The best tmnt memes in my opinion are the fake trump tweets that have him talking about turtles related stuff.

[Utrommaniac]

Of course, there's always tailoring TMNT into existing memes


A few of mine are...all IDW-based.


https://i.imgur.com/dBYCU7x.png?1

https://i.imgur.com/DvA4zxx.png?1

https://i.imgur.com/7XA1m1Z.png?1


I completely forgot I did this early last year (and later did a properly illustrated version).

But now it's way funnier than when I originally did it.

https://78.media.tumblr.com/1198371674855929abc882cce5042ae7/tumblr_inline_om4kkbKTGu1rw8miz_540.pnghttps://i.imgur.com/8de6ZBC.png

And through all of that...even in IDW, there's an equal to the 20,000 Leaks Under the City "Krang face"
https://i.imgur.com/jCLuvsY.png
One could easily blank out Fugitoid's text and replace it with just about anything. I mean, he even has the "meme text" Impact, or at least something very similar.

[TurtleWA]

The movie scene with Raph in the bathtub might work for something. You know, if someone’s board and feeling creative. :toops:

[IndigoErth]

https://i.imgur.com/jCLuvsY.png
Ha! They did "the face"! :lol: That one is just begging to be recaptioned a thousand times. :tlol:

[Prowler]

Tbh, I don't mind that there aren't many TMNT memes around in comparison to other franchises. Memes can get overkill sometimes. Also, lots of memes are not that funny.

[FredWolfLeonardo]

Not exactly tmnt, but I came up with this:

https://i.imgflip.com/2695iu.jpg

[Utrommaniac]

Ha! They did "the face"! :lol: That one is just begging to be recaptioned a thousand times. :tlol:

And now you can!
With these fabulous blank versions of Fugitoid's text!


https://i.imgur.com/aFaztbk.png

https://i.imgur.com/bs0kukz.png

(Okay, but this is what I imagine it looks like when someone reports shenanigans to a moderator)

[pferreira]

Am kind of glad the original cartoon wasn't around for memes probably because I find them useless. Gifs now well that's different... :D

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Good lord, some of these are amazing. :tlol:

I WILL be using them throughout the 'Drome from now on.

[IndigoErth]

Am kind of glad the original cartoon wasn't around for memes probably because I find them useless. Gifs now well that's different... :D
Have it your way. I have a gif version of the 'Krang face' Utrommaniac posted.

https://i.imgur.com/7LIU6OD.gif

Also have some bonus pie. Guess I should have posted it yesterday though, for Pi Day.
https://i.imgur.com/QqNfGD0.gif

[Utrommaniac]

Boy, that pie gif would be really useful around here XD

I did realize that I could just combine the Krang Faces for ultimate silliness
https://i.imgur.com/Dd8xVoZ.png?1
For that "when you something hits you so hard, the feeling transcends dimensions" feeling


And finally, I realized something about that particular frame...it reminds me of that one Spongebob meme (http://i0.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/facebook/000/020/001/krabs.jpg), but angry.

So I adjusted accordingly
https://i.imgur.com/l8760Ll.png?2


A great many things can be done there...

[Raang]

https://i.imgur.com/ytp0FYy.gif
https://i.imgur.com/D9MJAPA.gif

[TurtleWA]

https://s7.postimg.org/hvog26h7f/C9_D8282_B-4_C52-47_DD-8_B7_A-5_F6_FB2_B89932.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/3p8p6y6c7/)

[KillCrites]

I think TMNT is definitely meme-able but you really don't have many meme savvy people in a fandom primarily populated by 30 year old men.

[Utrommaniac]

In terms of inserting tmnt into other memes, one that I've always wanted to do is this one. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6Jogncx9Hk)


Krang or Shredder: There's only one thing worse than a ninja!
*Tears away hidden word below: "turtle"*
Rocksteady: A toitle
Krang or Shredder: No!

[pferreira]

I think TMNT is definitely meme-able but you really don't have many meme savvy people in a fandom primarily populated by 30 year old men.Probably for the same reason I don't write or type in text speak. ;)

[Papenbrook]

https://s7.postimg.org/hvog26h7f/C9_D8282_B-4_C52-47_DD-8_B7_A-5_F6_FB2_B89932.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/3p8p6y6c7/)

Are you not fond of Rise of the TMNT? (I'm not trying to be rude. I'm just asking.)

On a different note, I've created a pair of memorable memes.

Leonardo, no, No, NO!
Cowabunga, DOODS!

That's all I got. :D

[Utrommaniac]

How are those memes?

[Papenbrook]

How are those memes?

I don't really know.

I just think they're funny.

[Utrommaniac]

"Something funny" isn't really what makes a meme. Rather, the ability to take something out of its original context, while also matching appropriately.

Such as Gru's Plan (http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/grus-plan) (which I call "Despicable Meme") or the Distracted Boyfriend (http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/distracted-boyfriend)


In order for a meme to work, it needs to be extremely flexible.
What you've done is make catchphrases. Which is not the same as a meme.

And a lot of the time, they come around by accident, or following in the footsteps of someone else's "recaptioning" until it spins out of control

[TurtleWA]

Are you not fond of Rise of the TMNT?

I have no criticism for Rise. The image is taken from the trailer. I just added the word. :tsmile:

[Papenbrook]

I have no criticism for Rise. The image is taken from the trailer. I just added the word. :tsmile:

Oh, okay then! You have my sincerest apologies.


"Something funny" isn't really what makes a meme. Rather, the ability to take something out of its original context, while also matching appropriately.

Such as Gru's Plan (http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/grus-plan) (which I call "Despicable Meme") or the Distracted Boyfriend (http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/distracted-boyfriend)


In order for a meme to work, it needs to be extremely flexible.
What you've done is make catchphrases. Which is not the same as a meme.

And a lot of the time, they come around by accident, or following in the footsteps of someone else's"recaptioning" until it spins out of control

I guess I misunderstood. Sorry about that.

[RaphaelinSTL]

EDIT: Whoops wrong thread

[Utrommaniac]

I've noticed my avatar is appropriate for...many of our regular situations.

So here's a Ma'riell Exhaustion for those moments when Krang Face just doesn't cut it for forum madness.
https://i.imgur.com/1hrnbOf.png

(My favorite part about this is that when it's just this on her own, it looks like she's at a bar hitting the cranberry juice a little too hard)