Influence that the Ninja Turtles had on other cartoon shows

[trexmaster]

How have the Turtles influenced the rest of cartoondom? You can list TMNT references, shared themes, and other influences.

I remember 2 shows made in the 1990's that copied (or at least heavily drew on) the TMNT formula: the Street Sharks and the Extreme Dinosaurs. Like TMNT, each show involved a quartet of heroic, anthromorphic non-mammals with a craving for a particular genre of food (the Sharks had hamburgers, the Dinosaurs had Mexican food) and a slogan relating to their identity ("Shark Attack" or "Saurian Stomp"). Neither show has lasted long. Damn shame, for a battle between TMNT and the Raptors would make a great episode. BATTLE OF THE REPTILES!

[Sewer Bull]

Let's not forget "Biker Mice from Mars". 90% in TMNT scale.

[Coola Yagami]

yeah, the Biker Mice had their thing for hot dogs.

while Sonic didn't fit the mold, he shared the same 'trademark food' thing, and loved chili dogs.

[Gary]

I had toys of, and loved all of those shows (Street Sharks, Biker Mice, and Extreme Dinos.)

[ThemanthatwouldbeRaphael]

The only thing TMNT really influenced is the rise of anthropormorphic animal heroes of the 90's. So had shows like Biker Mice from Mars, Street Sharks, Extreme Dinosaurs, and Wild West C.O.W Boys of Moo Mesa.

But thats about it, it didn't have a very profound influence on animation, just in pop culture.

[gothic_hobbit]

Anyone remember Battletoads ?

http://www.retrojunk.com/details_articles/20

Definitely another TMNT ripoff !

[trexmaster]

Originally Posted by Gary

I had toys of, and loved all of those shows (Street Sharks, Biker Mice, and Extreme Dinos.)

I never cared for Biker Mice, but I did like both the Sharks and the Dinosaurs, and I once had Streex, T-Bone, and Bullzeye. Though, looking back, the Dinosaurs' show looks historically inaccurate (why would a T. rex, the top of the late Cretaceous American food chain, ally with a Pteranodon, Triceratops, and Stegosaurus? Since when did Pteranodons count as dinosaurs anyway?) and badly animated. I remember some goofs in the Street Sharks as well.

That said, I think they need to remake Extreme Dinosaurs, as it still has a lot of appeal. Wait, I already said something like this...must have gotten insane.

[Sewer Bull]

Originally Posted by Coola Yagami

yeah, the Biker Mice had their thing for hot dogs.

And they also had April O'Neal's half-sister who took care of their bikes. And "The Technodrome" with Limburger (a Shredder/Krang alien crossover) in it. And there was even a psycho version of Baxter Stockman. And many more.

The only character they didn't directly import from the TMNT was Splinter.

[VaughnMichael]

Originally Posted by Sewer Bull

And they also had April O'Neal's half-sister who took care of their bikes. And "The Technodrome" with Limburger (a Shredder/Krang alien crossover) in it. And there was even a psycho version of Baxter Stockman. And many more.

The only character they didn't directly import from the TMNT was Splinter.

really? I've only watch the show once...so do you have any pics I could see?

[trexmaster]

Originally Posted by Sewer Bull

And they also had April O'Neal's half-sister who took care of their bikes. And "The Technodrome" with Limburger (a Shredder/Krang alien crossover) in it. And there was even a psycho version of Baxter Stockman. And many more.

Holy ****, I knew the folks making Biker Mice received some inspiration from TMNT, but I never figured they parodied it!

[Sewer Bull]

Originally Posted by Putrescent

really? I've only watch the show once...so do you have any pics I could see?

http://www.bikermice.com/cast.html - sadly this site has only some pics of small resolution. Maybe I provide something more decent later on.


There is a fearless leader named Leonardo with Raphael's voice Throttle, who, along with careless and fun-loving Michaelangelo/Raphael crossover Vinnie and more mature Leonardo/Donatello blend Modo came out of their sewers to Earth one day, only to meet a single yet passionate with her job woman named April Charley, who quickly befriends them - and is actually the only human to do so. We should also mention that Donatello Charley is the "Mr. Fixit" of the group and they wouldn't act well without his her proficient technical knowledge. The whole anthropomorphic gang is crazy for pizza hot dogs and sort of society's renegades thus it has to live in the sewers on the baseball stadium. They fight evil in one of the biggest American cities - New York Chicago. They have some past issues with their main enemies - The Shredder who wants to rule the world. Shredder Limburger has his alien supervisor Krang Lord Camembert (who frequently gives orders to Shredder Limburger but hardly ever interferes personally with the main characters) and he has also two a moronic helpers named Rocksteady and Bebop Grease Pit and even his very own mad scientist - Baxter Stockman Dr. Karbunkle! Did I mention that the villains have their own base in which they operate and mastermind their usual evil plans to destroy the turtles mice? It's The Technodrome Limburger's skycraper which is, by the way, ridiculously blown/destroyed/sent away by the turtles mice from time to time in almost every single episode.

[trexmaster]

Originally Posted by ThemanthatwouldbeRaphael

The only thing TMNT really influenced is the rise of anthropormorphic animal heroes of the 90's. So had shows like Biker Mice from Mars, Street Sharks, Extreme Dinosaurs, and Wild West C.O.W Boys of Moo Mesa.

But thats about it, it didn't have a very profound influence on animation, just in pop culture.

I wonder if the TMNT formula itself took inspiration from other cartoons? Well, shows in which the bad guys lost to a team of goofy heroes every episode go back at least to Scooby Doo, and the idea of a regular villain dates back to the Generation X childhood days.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Thats why i liked Biker Mice quite a lot, as the formula was identical to TMNT. There was a much more recent 3-d animated toon, that was quite similar to the turtles but there was 3 instead of 4 heroes, like Biker Mice. It was called "Butt Ugly Martians". One of the aliens is voiced by Rob Paulsen, voice of the 80s cartoon Raphael.