A World Without the TMNT

**Jester** · 02-12-2012, 12:40 AM

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.

joe-eyeball · 02-12-2012, 12:52 AM

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

*Powder* · 02-12-2012, 01:02 AM

Hey, guy, I think Extreme Dinosaurs is awesome.

**Jester** · 02-12-2012, 01:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Powder

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.

*CyberCubed* · 02-12-2012, 01:07 AM

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.

TonySiegel · 02-12-2012, 01:09 AM

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

joe-eyeball · 02-12-2012, 01:30 AM

I think my childhood would have sucked a little bit.

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

**Jester** · 02-12-2012, 01:34 AM

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.

Foot Soldier Clang · 02-12-2012, 01:52 AM

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

. No wait, I'm still a New Yorker, so I can't go without my near daily slice of pizza.

**Jester** · 02-12-2012, 01:54 AM

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

Obbie · 02-12-2012, 03:37 AM

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

*Original TMNT Cartoon Fan* · 02-12-2012, 04:21 AM

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

*Slap-Happy* · 02-12-2012, 05:37 AM

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.

koenne · 02-12-2012, 05:54 AM

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 !

*ZariusTwo* · 02-12-2012, 06:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jester

Biker Mice.

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

*Icebot* · 02-12-2012, 06:55 AM

Usagi wouldn't be as famous.

*Original TMNT Cartoon Fan* · 02-12-2012, 07:47 AM

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

*Candy Kappa* · 02-12-2012, 07:53 AM

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

Falconhood · 02-12-2012, 08:07 AM

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.

*ToTheNines* · 02-12-2012, 08:12 AM

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.

02-12-2012, 01:09 AM	#6
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02-12-2012, 01:34 AM	#8
Jester Rat-faced Dude-guy Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Arkansas Posts: 26,301	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. __________________ "Clearly, you're Ninja Turtling incorrectly." - Leo656

02-12-2012, 01:52 AM	#9
Foot Soldier Clang Hench Mutant Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Big Apple, 3am Posts: 456	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 . No wait, I'm still a New Yorker, so I can't go without my near daily slice of pizza. __________________ My Collection

02-12-2012, 01:54 AM	#10
Jester Rat-faced Dude-guy Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Arkansas Posts: 26,301	I wonder if pizza would be as big without the Turtles. I love it, but I partially blame the Green Team. __________________ "Clearly, you're Ninja Turtling incorrectly." - Leo656

02-12-2012, 04:21 AM	#12
Original TMNT Cartoon Fan Overlord Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Sweden Posts: 10,481	Drugs More kids would use drugs, no Michelangelo in the Cartoon All Stars to the Rescue (those who liked Michelangelo)...

02-12-2012, 12:40 AM	#1
Jester Rat-faced Dude-guy Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Arkansas Posts: 26,301	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. __________________ "Clearly, you're Ninja Turtling incorrectly." - Leo656

02-12-2012, 12:52 AM	#2
joe-eyeball Stone Warrior Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Cleveland Posts: 708	the word "COWABUNGA" would be underutilized and greatly unappreciated.

02-12-2012, 01:02 AM	#3
Powder 40 Years of TMNT Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Shell-Ri-La Posts: 26,956	Hey, guy, I think Extreme Dinosaurs is awesome.

02-12-2012, 01:07 AM	#5
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,880	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.

02-12-2012, 01:30 AM	#7
joe-eyeball Stone Warrior Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Cleveland Posts: 708	I think my childhood would have sucked a little bit. I would also add that my current adulthood would suck a little bit.

02-12-2012, 03:37 AM	#11
Obbie Thug Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Ohiya Posts: 78	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

02-12-2012, 05:37 AM	#13
Slap-Happy Bad Boy Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,911	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.

02-12-2012, 05:54 AM	#14
koenne Stone Warrior Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Belgium Posts: 663	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 ! __________________ http://www.youtube.com/user/koenne69 My latest vid:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6w4EerI70jg CollectionThread:http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?t=29340 Cowabunga!

02-12-2012, 06:55 AM	#16
Icebot Foot Elite Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: East Coast, US Posts: 3,225	Usagi wouldn't be as famous.

02-12-2012, 07:47 AM	#17
Original TMNT Cartoon Fan Overlord Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Sweden Posts: 10,481	Slapstick humor Less people of the younger generations would like and understand the slapstick humor that the 1987 TMNT Cartoon uses.

02-12-2012, 07:53 AM	#18
Candy Kappa The Agenda of Existing Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Vikingland Posts: 14,596	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 __________________ devianArt Instagram Youtube Tumblr Art Blog Patreon

02-12-2012, 08:07 AM	#19
Falconhood Stone Warrior Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: NC Posts: 694	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. __________________ Wheresoever the carcase is, there will the vultures be gathered together.

02-12-2012, 08:12 AM	#20
ToTheNines Col. Stinkmeaner Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 19,363	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.