Happy Mutation Day!
 

In chatting with Machi, we wondered do the boys celebrate birthdays or do they all share one day a year where the commemorate their mutation and thus the start of their family? So that's the premise of this thread...Do the boys have "birthdays" or do they as a family celebrate "Mutation Day"?

That's a good question... I imagine they would go by their mutation day, because that's the only solid date they have. Even if Splinter wasn't keeping track of the days, they would probably agree on one. They're mutants; it's their special privilege.

Then again... perhaps they would enjoy picking out individual birthdays also. Mutation Day could be like a family day, and then they'd have their individual birthdays. Just a thought.

I see it as kinda a 2nd Christmas....although why the boys celebrate Christmas anyway is a mystery to me....

In the OS, Mikey had that special b-day episode. Not a Mutation Day.

Maybe each guy has b-day every 3 months. Dunna.

Sheesh. Celebrating birthdays is not so ninja-esque :|

i tend to agree with that... I would imagine though that Donnie, in all his wisdom, has been able to extrapolate the exact day of their TRUE birth, plus or minus a few days...if he hasn't yet, I'm sure he could

Maybe. Or maybe Splinter convinced them that birthdays are for sissies, not for the future merciless mercenaries.

Heh... Oddly, for a while I thought that I was reading "Everything else" instead of "General TMNT Discussion" <don't know why>. Thus, when I read Jester's post, my first match with "boys commemorating their mutation" was voice breaking, aka vocal mutation. And I got sooo confused:o :lol:

my question isnt which do they suggest, my question is what do they get each other? O.o what do you get for someone when u cant go topside or into a mall to buy a present? and wheres the cahs come from? :P

leave it to me to make things difficult.

I say that they celebrate the day that they were found and their individual birthdays. Don should be able to find out their day of birth some how (blood samples or DNA tests? I don't know....). I like that idea, because they are celebrating their individual birthdays and the day they became a family, like Mask said. I also think it's more fun for the guys. They don't really live like us 'normal' people much, so having a few days of fun a year would be a blessing to them

True. And having normal birthdays would at least make them feel less like freaks. I'm sure Raph especially would latch onto that idea.

1: In the Mirage series they celebrated their 18th birthday (but were attacked by foot soldiers).

2: In TMNTOS Michelangelo celebrated his birthday (Jan 16th) and there was also a birthday ep for Raphael (Feb 4th).

3: In the Archie series they celebrated Splinter's birthday once (May 13th).

1. Wasn't that Image?
2. Coollies....
3. In Archie Splinter is Yoshi...and he'd remember his B-day...

1: Image..bah..I knew it was one of em
3: Actually it was the turtles who noticed on the calendar that it was Splinter's birthday. Sensei was too busy going down memory lane after the Future Shark trillogy. :lol:

Ahhh....well, I'm sure they'bve celebrated it before....so the boys would know...:p