what was your first TMNT memory? - Page 2

NickMalf · 02-07-2003, 04:40 PM

I remember seeing the original episodes at about age 5 or so, then my elementary school actually began calling the pizza they served at lunchtime "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Pizza". Man those were the days....

Raphael · 02-08-2003, 05:14 AM

I remember being in my grandmas kitchen one morning, and seeing the ending credits of the cartoon. That's my earliest TMNT memory.

Funky music too.

~~Reznorite420~~ · 02-08-2003, 08:00 AM

I said it in the past thread about this, but I'll go ahead and up my postcount

It was during the second season of the cartoon (1988, for the clueless). I was 4 at the time. The kid that lived next door to us was a humungo 80s toon fan, TMNT included. He was over at my house visiting with me and my sister like he usually did. Actually, there were probably at least 2 families at the house at the time, with my now late grandmother visiting as well. Anyway, the TV was blaring as usual, and lo and behold, "Splinter No More" was the episode that was on. That's my first TMNT technical memory, but I didn't actually become a fan of the cartoon until my mom rented and recorded the Heroes In A Half-Shell VHS onto a Beta tape. Again, for those not old enough to remember, Beta was the norm before VHS: it was smaller, couldn't record as long, but it was better quality than VHS. The reason a lot of my peers don't remember it is because Beta started to die out around 1989, when my peers and I were about 4 or 5 years old. I was very rare among them because my parents were still loyal to Beta even when we owned 2 VHS machines (one for plain viewing, the other for recording).

In short, my dad was into that techy stuff, and he still is even at 53!

surfingmikey · 02-08-2003, 12:21 PM

I remember looking in my moms room for christmas presents and found a BeBop action figure. That was in 87 when I was 2 years old. I'm 16 now adn have been a turtle fan since I have lived.

TMNT is cooler than MOTU · 02-09-2003, 11:21 PM

Hmm...

I don't remember anything specific. All I remember is having a lot of the toys (Turtle Blimp owned!), watching the show and see the 1st movie and being afriad of Raph LOL.

mikemgmve · 02-10-2003, 12:57 AM

Good topic! (im new btw)

One of my first memories was at SOME supermarket type place, and they had the turtle action figures just on an end row, and I was looking at them, I remember Ace Duck the most. I also remember getting the bed sheets for my birthday one year, and then putting them on the next morning (SATURDAY) while watching the cartoon.

Ace Duck is still my favorite character/action figure. While all the others have been long put away up in my closet, he still sits out on my dresser.

**Kali** · 02-10-2003, 08:45 AM

*raises eyebrow* Another Ace Duck fan? Man, for a character limited to an action figure and a brief Archie comic appearance, he's got quite a following. Welcome. mikemgmve.

mikemgmve · 02-10-2003, 10:47 AM

Thanks! And actually I guess it's just a wierd thang with ducks, as ducks are my favorite animal or something like that.

**azure turtle** · 02-10-2003, 10:35 PM

AAAAAIIIIIEEEEEE!!

A fellow Ace Duck fan! I like you already, mikemgmve!

I agree, his action figure was so cool. One of my favorites. Heh heh... Seems like Ace is starting to get a cult following.

Loolaa · 02-11-2003, 03:47 PM

Well he does have a finely feathered physique...!

My earliest tmnt memory... I wasn't that young, I was 13 and I saw the cartoon and thought it was the silliest concept ever. Couldn't stop watching, though.

~Loolaa

Shadow · 02-11-2003, 04:54 PM

The first thing I can remember was falling down a manhole cover in NYC and walking around and seeing this giant green dude with an orange mask...

Actually, no that never happend. LOL The first thing I think about when i think about ninja turtles is being really little and waking up early in the morning before school (like 1st/2nd) grade and wrapping myself up in a blanket with my little brother...and we would sit in the cubby/walk-way in our house, between the desk and the counter in the kitchen. I would put my feet under the desk drawer and open it and shut it...until my mom screemed. LOL We would watch it every am and then get ready for school.

BUT one thing I will never forget is going to see TMNT #1 at the movies. I was around eight years old and my older cousin bry (who is 11 years older than me) took both my brother and I. I just remember seeing the first opening shots of the turtles and I couldn't close my mouth...i looked something like this

My cousin reached his hand over and closed it for me...and wispered "yup very cool--I'm glad I could take you guys."

rayfillet101 · 02-16-2003, 11:06 AM

I remeber my older brother was a huge fan and he had alot of he figures and the sewer playset and i always used to play with them when he wasnt home(still do). I got mad once cause he got a bigger presaent than mme for christmas(he got the turtle blimp). Ahh to be three again...

**GK Punk** · 02-17-2003, 03:47 AM

Mine was christmas one year, (88 i think, it's right when they came out)
My Uncle Mike bought me one (Michaelangelo) For the shell of it. (He's not the kinda guy to buy alot of christmas presents) And I remember my older Cousin (rest his poor soul) Saying that he saw the cartoon last sunday, and he told me about it and I was hooked for life from that moment!

Maniax_God · 02-17-2003, 06:17 AM

Earliest Memory eh?

Well, I was in this gooy stomach tye thing...and then all of a sudden I saw this light, and this screaming sound. So I followed the light, and out I came into this world. As soon as the doctor layed me down, he handed me a TMNT Comic, although I was only 3mins old, I read the whole comic and demanded more, but they just cut off my umbilical cord and took my comic....till this day I vow revenge....

~~Reznorite420~~ · 02-17-2003, 11:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by grunger_kittie

Mine was christmas one year, (88 i think, it's right when they came out)

AHEM!

You're one year too late on that

**GK Punk** · 02-17-2003, 11:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Reznorite420

Quote:

Originally Posted by grunger_kittie

Mine was christmas one year, (88 i think, it's right when they came out)

AHEM!

You're one year too late on that

jees whatever. I said "i think" alls I remember was it was a few months before everyone at school was talking about it...

~~Reznorite420~~ · 02-17-2003, 12:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NickMalf

I remember seeing the original episodes at about age 5 or so, then my elementary school actually began calling the pizza they served at lunchtime "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Pizza". Man those were the days....

WHAT???????

My school should do that now...

~~Reznorite420~~ · 02-17-2003, 12:57 PM

Grunger Kittie: Chill...whenever I use a smilie, I have no hostile intent

Jaxolyre · 02-17-2003, 01:10 PM

My earliest TMNT memory would have to be when they aired the Lotus Blossum episode, I remember I had the biggest crush on Leo, and after seeing him fall for Lotus, I got kinda mad. I took all my toys and put them away and stopped watching the show for 2 weeks, because I was so mad. My mom and grandmother to this day still make fun of me for that.

Also, recently my family had a get together, where everyone packed into my grandmother's house and we just have a big meal, talk, and hang out.
Well, I should have known better than to wear my green TMNT shirt, because that was the main point of decussion. Each one of my family members was telling me how they would never see me without my little Leo troll doll somewhere around me. My grandmother even told me that she would find my toys all over her house when I stayed down there, and when she went to yell at me for having all my toys out I would say that I was helping the turtle attack the foot base.

I guess that I have been a nut for longer than I remember...lol

NinjaDryCleaners · 02-17-2003, 10:00 PM

I was in the first grade and my parents got me the tape with the first 2 eps on it. The rest is history.

02-07-2003, 04:40 PM	#21
NickMalf Mouser Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 6	First TMNT Memory I remember seeing the original episodes at about age 5 or so, then my elementary school actually began calling the pizza they served at lunchtime "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Pizza". Man those were the days....

02-10-2003, 12:57 AM	#26
mikemgmve Foot Soldier Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 121	Good topic! (im new btw) One of my first memories was at SOME supermarket type place, and they had the turtle action figures just on an end row, and I was looking at them, I remember Ace Duck the most. I also remember getting the bed sheets for my birthday one year, and then putting them on the next morning (SATURDAY) while watching the cartoon. Ace Duck is still my favorite character/action figure. While all the others have been long put away up in my closet, he still sits out on my dresser. __________________ A signature should go here

02-10-2003, 10:47 AM	#28
mikemgmve Foot Soldier Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 121	Thanks! And actually I guess it's just a wierd thang with ducks, as ducks are my favorite animal or something like that. __________________ A signature should go here

02-10-2003, 10:35 PM	#29
azure turtle Mango Lovin' Mutant Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 9,453	AAAAAIIIIIEEEEEE!! A fellow Ace Duck fan! I like you already, mikemgmve! I agree, his action figure was so cool. One of my favorites. Heh heh... Seems like Ace is starting to get a cult following. __________________ "God, I love being a turtle!" Want to meet the only blue ninja turtle in existence? Come visit me at my Lair!

02-11-2003, 04:54 PM	#31
Shadow Hench Mutant Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 489	My first encounter with the green teens The first thing I can remember was falling down a manhole cover in NYC and walking around and seeing this giant green dude with an orange mask... Actually, no that never happend. LOL The first thing I think about when i think about ninja turtles is being really little and waking up early in the morning before school (like 1st/2nd) grade and wrapping myself up in a blanket with my little brother...and we would sit in the cubby/walk-way in our house, between the desk and the counter in the kitchen. I would put my feet under the desk drawer and open it and shut it...until my mom screemed. LOL We would watch it every am and then get ready for school. BUT one thing I will never forget is going to see TMNT #1 at the movies. I was around eight years old and my older cousin bry (who is 11 years older than me) took both my brother and I. I just remember seeing the first opening shots of the turtles and I couldn't close my mouth...i looked something like this My cousin reached his hand over and closed it for me...and wispered "yup very cool--I'm glad I could take you guys."

02-08-2003, 05:14 AM	#22
Raphael Foot Soldier Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: England Posts: 143	I remember being in my grandmas kitchen one morning, and seeing the ending credits of the cartoon. That's my earliest TMNT memory. Funky music too.

02-08-2003, 08:00 AM	#23
~~Reznorite420~~ Banned Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 3,851	I said it in the past thread about this, but I'll go ahead and up my postcount It was during the second season of the cartoon (1988, for the clueless). I was 4 at the time. The kid that lived next door to us was a humungo 80s toon fan, TMNT included. He was over at my house visiting with me and my sister like he usually did. Actually, there were probably at least 2 families at the house at the time, with my now late grandmother visiting as well. Anyway, the TV was blaring as usual, and lo and behold, "Splinter No More" was the episode that was on. That's my first TMNT technical memory, but I didn't actually become a fan of the cartoon until my mom rented and recorded the Heroes In A Half-Shell VHS onto a Beta tape. Again, for those not old enough to remember, Beta was the norm before VHS: it was smaller, couldn't record as long, but it was better quality than VHS. The reason a lot of my peers don't remember it is because Beta started to die out around 1989, when my peers and I were about 4 or 5 years old. I was very rare among them because my parents were still loyal to Beta even when we owned 2 VHS machines (one for plain viewing, the other for recording). In short, my dad was into that techy stuff, and he still is even at 53!

02-08-2003, 12:21 PM	#24
surfingmikey Random Punk Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 29	I remember looking in my moms room for christmas presents and found a BeBop action figure. That was in 87 when I was 2 years old. I'm 16 now adn have been a turtle fan since I have lived.

02-09-2003, 11:21 PM	#25
TMNT is cooler than MOTU Stone Warrior Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Southern CA Posts: 858	Hmm... I don't remember anything specific. All I remember is having a lot of the toys (Turtle Blimp owned!), watching the show and see the 1st movie and being afriad of Raph LOL.

02-10-2003, 08:45 AM	#27
Kali Inactive Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: California! Posts: 11,101	raises eyebrow Another Ace Duck fan? Man, for a character limited to an action figure and a brief Archie comic appearance, he's got quite a following. Welcome. mikemgmve.

02-11-2003, 03:47 PM	#30
Loolaa Mad Scientist Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: UK Posts: 1,018	Well he does have a finely feathered physique...! My earliest tmnt memory... I wasn't that young, I was 13 and I saw the cartoon and thought it was the silliest concept ever. Couldn't stop watching, though. ~Loolaa

02-16-2003, 11:06 AM	#32
rayfillet101 Mad Scientist Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: NYC Posts: 1,454	I remeber my older brother was a huge fan and he had alot of he figures and the sewer playset and i always used to play with them when he wasnt home(still do). I got mad once cause he got a bigger presaent than mme for christmas(he got the turtle blimp). Ahh to be three again... __________________ "When you scream my name, pleading for the pain to stop, you may call me...Bishop."

02-17-2003, 03:47 AM	#33
GK Punk I'm your Devil Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 12,439	Mine was christmas one year, (88 i think, it's right when they came out) My Uncle Mike bought me one (Michaelangelo) For the shell of it. (He's not the kinda guy to buy alot of christmas presents) And I remember my older Cousin (rest his poor soul) Saying that he saw the cartoon last sunday, and he told me about it and I was hooked for life from that moment!

02-17-2003, 06:17 AM	#34
Maniax_God Foot Soldier Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Tulsa Oklahoma Posts: 171	Earliest Memory eh? Well, I was in this gooy stomach tye thing...and then all of a sudden I saw this light, and this screaming sound. So I followed the light, and out I came into this world. As soon as the doctor layed me down, he handed me a TMNT Comic, although I was only 3mins old, I read the whole comic and demanded more, but they just cut off my umbilical cord and took my comic....till this day I vow revenge.... __________________ Im not Sorry.... Its Human Nature.... -:: http://www.tmntonline.com ::-

02-17-2003, 12:57 PM	#38
~~Reznorite420~~ Banned Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 3,851	Grunger Kittie: Chill...whenever I use a smilie, I have no hostile intent

02-17-2003, 01:10 PM	#39
Jaxolyre Random Punk Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: New Castle, PA Posts: 44	My earliest TMNT memory would have to be when they aired the Lotus Blossum episode, I remember I had the biggest crush on Leo, and after seeing him fall for Lotus, I got kinda mad. I took all my toys and put them away and stopped watching the show for 2 weeks, because I was so mad. My mom and grandmother to this day still make fun of me for that. Also, recently my family had a get together, where everyone packed into my grandmother's house and we just have a big meal, talk, and hang out. Well, I should have known better than to wear my green TMNT shirt, because that was the main point of decussion. Each one of my family members was telling me how they would never see me without my little Leo troll doll somewhere around me. My grandmother even told me that she would find my toys all over her house when I stayed down there, and when she went to yell at me for having all my toys out I would say that I was helping the turtle attack the foot base. I guess that I have been a nut for longer than I remember...lol __________________ "Just because their green doesn't mean you can't like them..."

02-17-2003, 10:00 PM	#40
NinjaDryCleaners Mouser Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 13	I was in the first grade and my parents got me the tape with the first 2 eps on it. The rest is history.