A World Without the TMNT
 

So Peter's got us thinking... just what would the world be like is he and Kevin Eastman hadn't created our beloved Turtles?

Let's discuss the alternate universe that would be CyberCubed's nightmare.

Well for one, there wouldn't be all those lame brained parody cash-ins like Street Sharks, Extreme Dinosaurs, Biker Mice, Kung-Fu Hamsters, Chameleon Commandos.

the word "COWABUNGA" would be underutilized and greatly unappreciated.

Hey, guy, I think Extreme Dinosaurs is awesome. :)

And I'm sure Biker Mice fans will call for my head, too.

My Facebook would be lacking several friends. :(

Thinks of the episode "Shredderville" when Donatello says:

"Well this is the world....WITHOUT the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!"

*scary music plays*


As for me, if TMNT wasn't part of my childhood, I assume I would have been more of a Batman fan then. I really liked Batman due to the 1989 movie and B:TAS....but TMNT was always #1 for me....

I guess I would have been a hardcore Batman fan instead of being a more casual fan of it if TMNT never happened.

Presently speaking, I'd be buying Marvel and DC Comics :lol:

I think my childhood would have sucked a little bit.

I would also add that my current adulthood would suck a little bit.

TMNT was a big part of my childhood, too. But I'm sure some other 80's franchise would have taken it's place...maybe. Not sure I'd have gotten into comic books. The Archie TMNT series was my first comic book series.

If TMNT wasn't around when I was a kid, then between the ages of 7 - 12 I'd be a hardcore fan of whatever else was big on television. I'd also weigh a few pounds less from not eating Mutagen Pies every freaking day :tlol:. No wait, I'm still a New Yorker, so I can't go without my near daily slice of pizza.

I wonder if pizza would be as big without the Turtles. I love it, but I partially blame the Green Team.

Yup, i'll have to agree with Joe... my childhood would have kinda sucked...... ugh! i don't even wanna think about what if... especially something that's so near and dear to me! lol

Drugs
 

More kids would use drugs, no Michelangelo in the Cartoon All Stars to the Rescue (those who liked Michelangelo)...

I really wouldn't be into most things I am now.

If I remember correctly, TMNT was my gateway drug into the comics world. Without them, I probably wouldn't care all that much about comics in general.

My love of comics led to me becoming a movie buff and a toy collector, which all lead me to some of my favorite things.

Lol , if the Turtles did't exist it would be something else , Teenage Mutant Ninja 'elephants' for all I know , Also things like Street Sharks and Biker Mice etc..started simple hoping that the crowd would like it bigtime like tmnt . Back in the day Kevin or Peter did't know if the tmnt would go big like they did , its a shot in the dark. In the end everything is made for cash in..
Cowabunga !

Biker Mice has a cult following and even had a revival series/toyline a couple of years ago.

If TMNT werent around, you all know this place would be called "Hope Island" and you'd all be Planeteers

Usagi wouldn't be as famous.

Slapstick humor
 

Less people of the younger generations would like and understand the slapstick humor that the 1987 TMNT Cartoon uses.

The biker mice kinda took over after the turtles, together with power rangers.

but I remember more mice then rangers in stores here in Norway (south where I live)

My childhood would probably just be a little extra filled with X-Men, Batman, Spider-Man, GI-Joe, Transformers, Lego and Action Man

well, there wouldn't be Bucky O'Hare, Samurai Pizza Cats, Toxic Avengers, and so many other TMNT inspired shows. I bet no american company would take a chance on Power Rangers either, even though Sentai existed BEFORE TMNT.

Crazy to think...

I'm a bit younger than most of you guys (born in 91), so I only caught the tail end of the TMNT craze as a little guy. I got back into TMNT hardcore during the "dead period" when we had moved and all my toys/videogames were in storage while we were living at my grandmothers small house. All I had to play with was old stuff we had sent to her house years prior: my NES and VHS tapes. TMNT III: The Manhattan Project wasn't the only thing I played with my sister and cousins (Also loved Mario 3, Kirby's Adventure, Hogan's Alley, Donkey Kong Jr. etc.), but it was the most played, and led to us getting into everything else TMNT.

So I guess I might be a Nintendo fan boy if it weren't for TMNT. No idea what I'd really be into as far as TV/movies goes though.