Hi All,
Mica here. I'm rather new to the forum here, but I thought I might share a TMNT query I've been pondering.

WHY ARE NINJA TURTLES GREEN??? I mean, I know the ninja turtles are green, but WHY? I mean, normal box turtles aren't. They're scaley and they're brown, and yellow, and orange, and red, not really green. The only kind of turtle that I can think of that is green is a sea turtle, and I'm fairly sure the TMNT aren't sea turtles... gaw, I'm confused

~Mica

Welcome to the forums! *offers the mango of peace* Enjoy your stay!

Hmmm...well, in all the cartoons Ive seen, TMNT and NON-TMNT, turtles have always geen that greenish color.

Not all turtles tho. Im sure you'll be able to meet Azure Turtle one of these days, he's blue. :smile: Im sure you'll get lots of comments from the other forumners...

Yup, we got all sorts of different kinds of folk here and LOTS of interesting things going on, so you'll always find something to do!

Welcome to our forums, Mica! *whispers to Machias* Hide Mikey-clone.

Why are they green....? *blink blink* Because.... Uh.... *passes out*

I so can't think straight this morning. I keep wanting to give a mood green is associated with.

*slams door shut* Yeah, i feel that way too...
*muffled noises from the closet*

:grin:

Why helloooo There Mica and welcome to our happy little or should that be big group!

I never really thought about the color of the guys before. Hmmmmm sounds like a question for Peter Laird. *Gets out letter writing equipment*

Anywho, I hope you enjoy your stay!

*glomp* Micaaaaaaa-sama! Hi!

Did you come to witness what wierd wicked discussions we can conjure here when under the influences of various substances and stresses? Hrmm...? :grin:

You know.. when I was digging up some reference pics for SkeletonCrew's gender dillemma, I started to wondering why the TMNT were all one solid color too! :lol:

Weeell... my logical reasoning is from hyper-evolution. The same excuse I give as to why they also have teeth, dark pupils with eye-whites, sweat glands, regulated body temperature, and opposible thumbs.

The simple answer... because Eastman and Laird thought they look cool like that! :wink:

Hi, Mica! Nice to meet you!
Talking of the color... The creators might have thought that such a color as brown would make the heroes look glum and red or purple turtles would seem absurd. :grin:
Besides, the green color made it possible to invent some funny situations. In one of the episodes, the Turtles were mistaken for the Punk Frogs; another ep was calles "Green with Jealousy" (isn't that a cool pun?) :smile:
P.S. I've been at your site. Good job!

I hope you're not implying that blue turtles are absurd, Deskjet :wink:
Greetings, Mica, and welcome to insanit..err, the Technodrome forums!! I believe we already met through email, and I've joined the TMNT mailing list as you recommended. I'm currently lurking about, and I may make my presence known someday. I'm just a little shy, and I like to lurk a little before I join in :goofygri: Anywho, why are the TMNT green? A very good question. Hmm...well, they had no color at the beginning, but someone eventually thought of making them completely green. I guess it's easier to color them one shade of green rather than different shades. Perhaps simplicity was sought after? And turtles seem to be associated with the color green. I dunno why, but I remember seeing all animated turtles (such as the ones in Looney Toons) colored green. Now perhaps you're wondering how I ended up being blue?
*crickets chirp*
Okay, nevermind. 'Tis an unsolved mystery, anyway. Again, welcome to the Technodrome, Mica! Enjoy your stay.


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My gender dilemma? *blank look* Oh that! (For a moment there I thought I was going to have to beat someone for calling me a guy.)

I think they're probably green because thats the color people often associate with turtles. Think of Turtle Wax, or any other logo turtle...prolly all green.

:lol: Oops.. maybe I should have phrased that as Donatello's gender dillema.

Jeez, not that again! :roll:

*looks innocent*

*goes after HT, trying to cough on her...*

Sorry, Azure, I did not want to hurt your feelings when I spoke of the colors. I was only expressing my opinion. To my mind, your bright blue color is very effective, but it is... how to say... maybe not true to life?

Hmmmmm call me crazy *your carzy!* But Teenaged Mutant Ninja Turtles aren't really true to life either.

My God! What have I said????

*gasp*
Blasphemer!
*Chases after Nunchucker with a scourge*

Maybe its just because green is such a great color!

*threatens Machias with a bottle of Nyquil*

And as the lil green froggie had once sang, "It's not easy being green... or blue, or purple, or red..."

*Looks at HT evilly*

You WOULDNT!!!!

Why are the turtles green? Maybe they put a little too much permanent coloring into that mutagen...I mean it was green, wasn't it!? :grin:

*ducks to avoid all incoming baps*

*Swings nerf bat at saisei*
Yeah, but i think it ws a coincedence. The guys are actually a mottled green with some brownish hues too, as far as i know...

*tsk* Now what did Splinter say about controlling one's temper? :wink:

Hrm... green ooze.. good point. Although the stuff was pink in the cartoons.

*suddenly pictures a PINK turtle* ack-ACK-ack...

"Turned inward, its an inconquerable enemy", but im turning it on you!
*swings nerfbat at HT, who deftly catches it in one hand*

Uh-oh...*gulp* Heh, just kidding... :goofygri:

There ya go.. feel the peace from within... before I turn you into a bug lovable PURPLE dinosaur! *swipes nerf bat and makes a run fer it*

God NOooooooooo!!!!!

I HATE Barney!
*Splays claws and runs after HT*

*tries to keep running, but that's hard to do while LMAO*

*Tackles laughing HT and is about to do something, but suddenly gets an evil idea. She looks at HT, and Starts....


TICKLE TORTURE!!!!!!

Gah... a big purple dino is TICKLING me to death! ...Must summon my GREEN powers!

*watches Nun and SC zip by him*
Oh dear...there are all kinds of fights and chases going on in this thread.
*steps around Machias and HT*
Well now...Saisei, you don't need to apologize, I was only kidding :wink:
And I hope you feel better soon, Machias! Being sick is a total bummer...
*eyes the Nyquil bottle*
Hey, you gonna finish that...?

Mottled green and brown? hmmm... ok.. well, i guess you're right about the fact that most of the time turtles are colored purple (purple? how did that typo get in there.. weird... I meant green) even prior TMNT. hmmm...

As for the mutagen theory, good idea!! :grin: But wasn't the mutagen pink in the cartoon? o well...

As for a blue turtle... blue turtles aren't unheard of. There was one on Wildlife rescue on Animal planet today! Some PUNK painted the poor thing!! :flaming: It wasn't YOU who painted that turtle, was it, AZURE???? Better not be! Well, they can have a purpleturtle email address, they can have a blue turtle, right?

I also learned on that ep that turtles are sensitive on their shells. I always thought they could feel pressure like we feel on our fingernails, but the guy on there said they are much more sensitive on their shells than that! ;D oooohhh fic fodder! It was interesting because the turtle would get all perturbed after they scrubbed on him for a while.

Anyway, moving on, you guys are strange. I don't wanna KNOW about the nyquil, that stuffs got bendyrl in it and it makes me hyper. AND IF I SEE ONE MORE POST ABOUT BARNEY FROM YOU HORSIE-GIRL, I WILL DENY YOU PLUSHIE LEO!!

Speaking of that, there were 4 left when I picked up Lisardo's yesterday, so in case someone hasn't heard, I will provide ya'll with a Leo Plushie from Hot Topic for $6 + $3.50 Priority shipping within US or $5 priority shipping outside the US. I think that 2 out of the 4 left are spoken for, but email me at [email protected] or talk to me on this board and I'll see what I can do (I think I can talk kimmy out of her Leo now that I have a Mikey to bribe her with, and I have some of the evilly smiling ones from the grabber machine, plus the hot topic crew has promised me that they'll try their best to get more in)

SYL!
~Mica

:lol: So, you're gonna get me Raph anywayz!

Barney, Blarney, Harney!

*HT gets glomped by the 'purple' dinosaur*

Just to let you know, I'm violet and teal!!!

OK, THAT'S IT! No raph fer yew! YOU BA-HAVE! :razz: No evil pink dinosaur (or purple for that matter, gah, stoopid brain typos) Or I shall unleash my wrath of rabid squirrels upon you!

~Mica

LOL! Yeah, behave you two, set a good example! *notices Machias and HT glaring at her* Heh heh...

Yeah, YOURE one to talk!!! :lol:

Hmph. Well, I was going to put up my next chapter tonight, but since you're being so mean...

Oh come on! put it up PLEEEEEAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSEEEEEEE!!!!!!
*gets off the glomped HT and bows before Kali*
Put it up!

*thinks* Okay.

:grin: It better not be a cliffhanger, or else.... *splays claws*

*rolls eyes*

Whatever... as long as I get my tiny Raph plushie! *goes back to sketching the GREEN CG colored Mikey*

Heh heh. We've got plenty of Hot Topic's around here. *waves around her frequent buyer card*

And no cliffhanger, though it leads in an interesting misunderstanding in chapter ten.