The kids who watched the first season of this show are already teenagers
 

My god how time flies. Just think, the kids who started watching the Nick cartoon in 2012 are now teenagers 4 years later in 2016.

If they were 10 in 2012 they would now be 14. If they were 8 they would now be 12 and almost becoming teens. Aside from very young kids I wouldn't be surprised if the original fanbase of the show outgrew it.

Reminds me of the fads from my days, like 80's TMNT, Power Rangers and Pokemon. All the kids watched the very first years of those shows and then outgrew them and moved on despite the shows still running for years. I bet it happened here.

The people who ate Mcdonalds yesterday are now one day older.

Blazin' Buddha how do clocks work?!

Its just whenever I think of stuff like this it makes me feel old. Its true what they say, time moves faster as an adult. But for kids every year is different.

Hell I can't believe 2010 is now 6 years ago.

Yeah, we know, you tell us alllll the time. I really do get where you're coming from, I can relate, but it doesn't exactly create good discussion. :tlol:

A lot of people I know started watching from 8-11 and last watched it when they were 12-13, but still it doesn't matter, the 11-13 year olds will move on after they turn about 14 but more younger fans will come along to watch the show! The older fans will leave but newer and younger fans will come!

Really isn't that long, honestly. I still remember watching the first episode vividly. Come back to me in 2022. THEN I'll feel old!

Some people are fans for life. I was 3 years old when I saw an episode of the original cartoon back in the 80's. Who knew that 25+ years later I'd still be a TMNT fan?

Some people just get hooked on a franchise for life, others outgrow and move on.

And 2 weeks closer to death.

It feels like most things didn't happen such a long time ago yet they did. Which is quite funny because people are like "Oh I don't remember anything from then" but they do and they just have a misconception of time at that point. The Nick series is nearing the teen point aswell. First it was a baby when it came out, then a toddler in season 2, in the first part of season 3 it was going from a normal kid to a preteen, and in space its going slowly up from a preteen to an adult. But the series still feels all the same and all awesome. There's actually still a lot of things the series can do which is why its still good. It's also kind of a good thing they didn't invent so many characters because then later on they can invent more and open more things up. I myself want the cartoon to get to 11 seasons just because there's tons of things it can do and I want it to beat the '87 series record. So the real question remains. WHY ARE THE NEW EPISODES SO PUSHED BACK?!

This thread needs to be locked.

What? Someone had to say it eventually.

I'm a TMNT fan for life, ever since the 1st cartoon debut, I appreciate all the versions that have came out after.

TV, Movies, Video Games, Comics, whatever, they gotta keep the franchise alive one way or another.

The difference is that the kids who watched the Nickelodeon series aren't going to look back as teenagers and adults and want to rewatch the series as much as the kids who grew up with either the original cartoon or the 4Kids series.

Today's kids are part of the ADD generation.

Unlike the millions of kids who watched the old toon who are avid posters to this forum.

We are all dying. Every day, we grow twenty-four hours closer to our own graves.

Death waits for us all. For some of us, as a friend. For some of us, as an enemy. For some of us, as a surprise.

But in the end... for us all.

There. NOW you can all feel depressed. Or slightly unnerved.

To be fair, Nickelodeon only shows it once a week, if that. Plus not every kid has access to Nicktoons. So no wonder most kids have probably moved on. I mean, I don't think many kids will forget Spongebob or even Fairly Odd parents, but TMNT, eh. It's just there.
Far as short attention spans and growing out of stuff when you hit fourteen, c'mon, not all kids are like that. I was twelve when I starting paying attention to the show, and here I am three years later on a TMNT forum. Then again, maybe my philosophy on growing up is different from most my age. Then I have a cousin who used to love TMNT, but now he loves Halo and Minecraft. It just happens. He moved on because he saw every episode ever (or so he claims. He's like seven) and probably got tired of it.

Not too much longer until they reach the age of consent!

I remember back in the days, The Fred Wolf series was on Monday thru Friday, and Saturdays, so much TMNT during those days, it was overexposed, but it never felt like it was, we were happy seeing new episodes every day.

That show was easier to produce, which is why they had so many episodes in syndication and Saturday morning.

Today's cartoon is all CGI and takes months to get new episodes, sometimes they finish the episodes on the last minute.

We had it easy back in the days, but for today's generation, they have to wait longer to see new episodes, and they might end up forgetting about it afterward.

It was only on once a day though. That being the case, I wouldn't say that it was overexposed. Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network air some of their shows not only every day, but several times a day.

I can't believe Turtles Forever was seven years ago. SEVEN!