Is Turtlemania more of an 80s or 90s phenomenon, in your mind?

[Prowler]

This is an old debate, I know. but honestly, I'm not sure what the right answer is.

The Fred Wolf series aired from 1987 to 1996. Its first season was 5 episodes long, only. Its two longest seasons were the third and fourth seasons, which are from 1989 and 1990, respectively.

Then there's the live action movies. The first one is from 1990. Huge success and arguably the peak of Turtlemania. Also, back in the day, not every animated series reached every part of the world at the same time or close to it as they do these days. The FW series started airing here in Portugal in 1990, AFTER the first movie came out, for example. SOTO, is from 1991, and also a hit. TMNT III is from 1993... and not that successful.

Turtlemania's "last hurrah" seems to have been the SNES version of Turtles in Time, which came out in 1992. By 1993, the Turtlemania phenomenon was cooling off.The 3rd movie was not that popular among fans, and the FW series was on its seventh season and also starting to suffer in the ratings. Next season, the Red Sky seasons would begin and they were 8 episodes only each. I think it's fair to say that in 1994-1996, the Turtlemania phenomenon was pretty much dead. No video games seemed to come out after the Tournament Fighters games in 1993 and the toyline was getting strange. Plus, none of the Red Sky characters got toys, did they?

So... Turtlemania is... 1988-1992? With peak being somewhere around 1989-1990 with the FW series having its 2 longest seasons, the first TMNT video games coming out and the 1990 movie as well.

Perhaps it's fairer to label Turtlemania as more of a phenomenon that markss the transition from the 80s to the 90s, instead?