Age Survey for TMNT paper (please help)
 

Hello all,
I am writing my final paper for my English degree on age demographics and the TMNT. I am curious as to what age fans were attracted to the franchise at and this survey data would help me immensely. Everything will be kept completely anonymous, I just want a rough idea of what age group is attracted to the franchise.

I was definitely either five or six when I first got into TMNT by way of the Fred Wolf cartoon.

I'm 16 and got into the franchise when I was 14, so I've liked turtles for a whole two years. :lol: I was most interested in the Nick turtles and the OT as well.

I was six for sure and got introduced to the TMNT via a Burger King FW VHS in Spring of 90. Some things, ya just don't forget.

I was 5 in 1989. (The original cartoon obviously)

I must have been 7 years old (1991) when I saw the OT in German TV for the first time.

13+, but that's only cos I'm old :lol:

i was young but not 100% sure on the exact age. know its was under 12 though :)

I distinctly being called out with 2 of my friends when I was in the 3rd grade as the go-to-guys if you had a question about the Ninja Turtles.

I was probably around 3 or 4 years old when I watched the original cartoon for the first time.

hmm
 

What are you trying to show here? It all really depends when you were exposed to it. You can start liking it at any age really, but if you don't like it when you first see it you probably wont later on either. The majority of us were exposed to the FW turtles at a very young age and that's where it all began.

I was about 9. OT.

About 3. Got the 1990 movie music videos and April Foolish on VHS.

Was 7 years old. Watching the 80's cartoon on CBS as well as the first 1990 movie.

7 years old (in 1989), saw the FW cartoon and hey presto.

Same here!

1995 first turtles movie (5years old :)) and then The Next Mutation.
I don`t know how I could love this show so much.
I have wached the first episode last week again and was shocked how bad it was.

Oh man! I was... probably 4 or 5? I was born in late 1983 and first saw the show in '88, I think. And then I went fully down the rabbit hole with this comic right here in 1990 and it pretty much consumed my childhood.

But I got permanently hooked on the TMNT when I was about 15, thanks to some curiosity, eBay, and these collections of the Mirage run. Discovering the Mirage comics is the reason I'm still hooked, for sure.

Supposedly my introduction was through being in my little baby pen or whatever & seeing my half brother walk by with the original Mikey toy. I flipped my wig until I was eventually allowed to see it & apparently I was immensely taken by it. According to my mom (and an old video-cassette that allegedly documents it), a few months later, I took my first steps so that I could approach the TV as the first film was being played on it. So I was hooked from the beginning. These events woulda been in 1991 as I was born late '90. :trazz:

My second birthday cake was Raphael.

I was born in 88, and i've been a fan since i was one(what my mom says) I dont remember my first year of life but i remember being fully in love with it since my second year and the rest of my life, i am now 25 years old turning 26

Awe crap, I thought this was a survey on how old you are now, I clicked before reading. So please discount my answer in the '25 and over' category. :o


I became interested in the OT when it first came out, and I was 7 years old. :P

I was 5 when i was interested in the franchise. This was back when the 2003 series was on TV

Oops, totally clicked my age bracket now (I'm 30), before I read it properly...
Sorry! You can mark me down as under 12 - I can barely remember life before TMNT! Or Hero Turtles as it were when I was growing up...

I was 3 or 4 when I really got into the OT. Had all the toys from the classic line. Then they all got sold at a garage sale. Now the rest of my life will be dedicated to buying them all again lol.

I didn't read the title
 

I discovered TMNT under the age of 12. I put 18-24 because I thought the poll was asking for our current ages. Please disregard that vote.

Oh I really don't know, I'll be 31 this year and I love the turtles ever since I can remember, maybe around 5 or so? I just remember that I used to carry around this little turtle toys with me everwhere I went.

I was born in 1970 and have been aware of TMNT since it first came out. Started collecting Mirage books (and later Archie books) in the mid to late 80's. Yeah....I'm old! :lol:

I was like 3 and it was 1991, my older bro was into it too so I was rockin turtle gear pretty early

check out my "SEWER SOAKER"

heres a better look at that thing!

for 1991 its pretty good you musta been rich jk

i was probably 4 or 5 when i started this and now i am older and watch everything from tmnt and collect them to

how funny is that leo has mikeys weapon and mikey has leo weapon sorry for triple post just thought of different ideas after posting one

Then edit them into one....

i took a loan from the bank to pay for my sewer soaker lol

If he fails his paper, its your fault!!!! :lol:

Wow guys thanks for all the responses. This will really help with the focus of my paper. I probably would've focused more on the turtle phenomenon itself, but the focus of the class is perceptions of age, so I'm trying to focus on demographic. The survey results are showing about what I expected, but it will be really helpful to have something to cite!

Haha almost exactly like me and my bro except for the baby pen and Mikey toy.

Rather limited options. Should have split the first option into two.