Two random questions
 

Hey you guys.. I have two questions...

1) I was thinking.. old toon TMNT lasted for 10 seasons right? Is that like some kind of record? I know that the Jetsons, the Flintstones, and the Simpsons lasted longer, but does TMNT hold some place in top ten longest running cartoons?

2) I was looking at "What's your favorite turtle?" Thread, and I saw Benvenuto's post on the second page...his sig had one turtle with white bandana (I know its a picture of him being a TMNT, not an actual TMNT character) and I was wondering what the name of the weapon he's holding was.

Here's the picture of his sig.... sorry I should have asked your permission Benvenuto...
http://home.comcast.net/~krang/avata...otiptupsig.gif

That's an interesting question. 10 seasons is a great milestone for any television series, epsecially a cartoon. I can't think of many cartoons that last that many seasons, other than the ones you mentioned.

I reckon the weapon Benvenuto holds is called "naginata".

Or it could be "bisento" but bisentos are rarely used nowadays. They look very similar to naginatas but are much heavier.

Best wishes,

Robweiller

http://www.technodrome.com/forums/sh...ata#post143902

Yeah, I was right - that's naginata.

Best wishes,

Robweiller

Simpsons have gone far and greatly beyond the 10 season threshold and currently owns the record for the lonest running cartoon/sitcom.

Ninja Turtles had a good running, but it didn't do anywhere near the run as some of the older or some other toons.

Robweiller, thanks for the weapon's name! I was thinking about this story that I plan to write eventually.. and I had toyed with the idea of the character using a scythe-like weapon, and when I saw that sig, i thought.. "That's the perfect weapon!"

Ninja Turtles had a long run for a cartoon, but there is plenty of anime that made 10 times the amount of episodes TMNT has.

We're talking about AMERICAN cartoons, anime does'nt count.

...Besides, most of the longer running animes suck. (Dragonball Z dragged on, I can only think of three good Gundam shows etc...)

I can't think of many 10-and-over season cartoon shows myself... I don't think Jetsons and Flintstones reached it. Scooby Doo has definitely if you count all it's incarnations. South Park is on Season 9 as we speak, It'll get to 10 definitely.

IceFlash78 didn't mention anything about about what country the cartoons came from so animé would count.

I think the Simposons has the record for longest running prime time cartoon, although it may now have the record for cartoons in general, I don't know.

Does it count if the cartoon changes its name or takes a break or something? There have been lots of different Scooby Doo incarnations. How long did "Superfriends" last? I think they were all consecutive.

TMNT had also different incarnations - Next Mutation and new TMNT a.d. 2003. They had even Japanese version! Therefore, according to this logic, we can add about 5 extra seasons to the original TMNT series :D

No, actually I reckon that different shows under the same brand don't count as one.

Best wishes,

Robweiller