What, If Any, Basic TMNT Knowledge Were You Ignorant Of? - Page 2

*BubblyShell22* · 10-10-2012, 07:47 AM

I didn't know the TMNT were originally comic book characters until the 2003 show came out.

*Slade* · 10-10-2012, 08:26 AM

I didn't about the comics till a few years back. So until I learned that aspect, I didn't know they all wore red.

plasticturtle · 10-10-2012, 11:40 AM

I thought Usagi was a TMNT character too.

I thought the OT was the source material for awhile until I started reading articles on the TMNT in magazines and got ahold of a Mirage TMNT graphic novel at the local bookstore.

I was also surprised to learn that Panda Khan wasn't a TMNT character as well.

dkram230 · 10-10-2012, 12:36 PM

I assumed that the Fast Forward season was pretty much the end of the 4Kids TMNT series. IMO, the episodes were terrible in comparison and constant schedule/channel changes, which are typical for a dying show, kept confusing my DVR. So I just stopped watching. It wasn't until after I watched the premier airing of Turtles Forever that I discovered not only did the series last to see them return home, but that there was an entire final "Back to the Sewers" season after that. So I was excited to buy the season when it was released on DVD, but we never got it here in the states. Seen a few of them on youtube now though. Looks like it was a good farewell season!

DF619 · 10-11-2012, 12:56 PM

Before I started using the internet back in 1995-1996:

- During the original animated series, I had no idea that Usagi Yojimbo wasn't an original TMNT character.

- The cover of the NES TMNT game confused the hell out of me as well. I thought they were just too lazy to color the headbands of the other turtles...

- ...which leads into me not knowing the Turtles were created as a comic book I did find this out eventually before even going on the internet.

*Original TMNT Cartoon Fan* · 10-11-2012, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Dirty Blond

I can think of two off-hand: I thought the comic book was over with by the time the OT came out, and I believed Usagi was a TMNT character. (Which makes sense, because I was never into comic books as a boy.)

I also first thought the same as a kid

*Chris* · 10-12-2012, 11:30 AM

Living in the UK comics were never that main stream, so all I knew growing up was the OT and some of the Archie reprints we got.

It was after TNM when I next saw a Turtles comic, I picked up an issue of Image (#10 with the Savage Dragon crossover) which totally confused me. I'd heard about the changes in a letter column of another comic (Superman where someone was comparing his change to the electric blue Superman with the changes made to Don and Raph) so I was expecting that, but going from OT to Image was just too strange, plus they were hard to find (didn't know about pull lists back then) so that was all I read.

On a nostalgia kick about 1999/2000 (when I finally had dial up at home) I discovered the official site, learnt about the original comics, ordered a load and I've never looked back.

So yeah, until I learnt the truth all I knew was OT, like everyone else I thought the all red bandanas were knock offs or lazy artists (I remember having a nice set of pin badges with red bandanas but I thought they were fakes!), I had no idea what an utrom was or that there were different kinds of ooze in the comics to the cartoon.

I think that's why I loved 2K3 so much, I'd just discovered all these amazing stories in the comics and then along came a new show that adapted them (at least as much as possible for kids TV).

alliance · 10-12-2012, 11:38 AM

i might as well put this here, but why do u guys keep bringing up Archie comics?

im NOT familiar with the comics but what in the blue hell does archie have to do with the ninja turtles may i ask?

TVsRobLowe · 10-12-2012, 11:42 AM

Archie and the Riverdale Gang crossed over with Turtles during the comic adaptation of the "Coming out of our Shells" tour. It was a big deal in the early 90s.

alliance · 10-12-2012, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by TVsRobLowe

Archie and the Riverdale Gang crossed over with Turtles during the comic adaptation of the "Coming out of our Shells" tour. It was a big deal in the early 90s.

sh*t i guess i just forgot or something that was my era too, thanks pot

**Venom** · 10-12-2012, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by alliance

i might as well put this here, but why do u guys keep bringing up Archie comics?

im NOT familiar with the comics but what in the blue hell does archie have to do with the ninja turtles may i ask?

More specifically, Archie published TMNT Adventures, a 72 issue run of comics that originated as a comic-based adaptation of the cartoon, then began its own original storylines, written by Mirage scribe Stephen Murphy under the pseudonym "Dean Clarrain".

*gobo* · 10-12-2012, 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by TVsRobLowe

Archie and the Riverdale Gang crossed over with Turtles during the comic adaptation of the "Coming out of our Shells" tour. It was a big deal in the early 90s.

Aside from it having anything to do with the "Coming out of our Shells" tour, you're otherwise entirely right.

*Mr._Mutant_Man* · 10-21-2012, 07:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Dirty Blond

It's another topic for another thread, but I can agree with you that those early issues were, in Internet parlance, meh. But, I like early episodes of the Simpsons because they're so raw, so maybe I ought to take another look.

I have to disagree. I think Mirage's early issues were a lot of fun. It might not be what everyone expects once they hear about the violence in issue one, but it's a lot of sci-fi fun.

Anyway, I didn't notice the sword in the original logo until a couple of years ago.

hankthetank · 11-04-2012, 10:51 AM

I had no knowledge of the original TMNT comic books so when I saw how different the 2003 series was lacking Bebop, Rocksteady, and Krang I was not very happy.

ImDoneItsOver · 11-04-2012, 01:05 PM

I still kinda dont get why they has 2 toes and 3 fingers? I mean real turtles have more than 2 toes.. dont they?

Toby Barrett · 11-04-2012, 01:34 PM

They were supposed to look like this, right?

ImDoneItsOver · 11-07-2012, 12:24 PM

oh so they were 2 toed to keep up with the Ninja thing... I for one am a fan of the 3 toes now

*Icebot* · 11-07-2012, 02:29 PM

I never thought there was a black Baxter Stockman until the 2003 cartoon came out. Then I found out he was black in the mirage comic books.

Also, it took me years to find out that Kluh (from the battle nexus in the 2003 show) is hulk spelled backwards and he came from Dimension Levram (Marvel spelled backwards).

And I thought the red sky episodes were a different show from the first 7 seasons of the original show until I saw the episode guide.

*Original TMNT Cartoon Fan* · 11-08-2012, 05:55 AM

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Originally Posted by hankthetank

I had no knowledge of the original TMNT comic books so when I saw how different the 2003 series was lacking Bebop, Rocksteady, and Krang I was not very happy.

You were not alone. The 2003 show has spread a lot of such knowledge.

plasticturtle · 11-08-2012, 10:57 AM

Yeah that's another thing. I wasn't aware there was a black Baxter until I started poking around the comics section of the local bookstore at the mall and came across a set of Mirage TMNT graphic novels. I also wasn't aware that Splinter was originally a normal rat in the original series instead of a human. Actually there's a lot I didn't know until I came across those graphic novels.

10-10-2012, 07:47 AM	#21
BubblyShell22 Leo-holic Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Indiana Posts: 16,912	I didn't know the TMNT were originally comic book characters until the 2003 show came out. __________________ "A warrior who never fails, never learns."-The Ancient One. "Embrace your inner a**holiness."-Mr. Anderson.

10-10-2012, 08:26 AM	#22
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10-12-2012, 11:38 AM	#28
alliance Hench Mutant Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 328	i might as well put this here, but why do u guys keep bringing up Archie comics? im NOT familiar with the comics but what in the blue hell does archie have to do with the ninja turtles may i ask? __________________ 80's TURTLES MUCH COOLER THAN FORGOTTEN 4KIDS

11-07-2012, 02:29 PM	#38
Icebot Foot Elite Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: East Coast, US Posts: 3,225	I never thought there was a black Baxter Stockman until the 2003 cartoon came out. Then I found out he was black in the mirage comic books. Also, it took me years to find out that Kluh (from the battle nexus in the 2003 show) is hulk spelled backwards and he came from Dimension Levram (Marvel spelled backwards). And I thought the red sky episodes were a different show from the first 7 seasons of the original show until I saw the episode guide. Last edited by Icebot; 11-07-2012 at 02:35 PM.

10-10-2012, 11:40 AM	#23
plasticturtle Foot Soldier Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 224	I thought Usagi was a TMNT character too. I thought the OT was the source material for awhile until I started reading articles on the TMNT in magazines and got ahold of a Mirage TMNT graphic novel at the local bookstore. I was also surprised to learn that Panda Khan wasn't a TMNT character as well.

10-10-2012, 12:36 PM	#24
dkram230 Stone Warrior Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Midwest Posts: 613	I assumed that the Fast Forward season was pretty much the end of the 4Kids TMNT series. IMO, the episodes were terrible in comparison and constant schedule/channel changes, which are typical for a dying show, kept confusing my DVR. So I just stopped watching. It wasn't until after I watched the premier airing of Turtles Forever that I discovered not only did the series last to see them return home, but that there was an entire final "Back to the Sewers" season after that. So I was excited to buy the season when it was released on DVD, but we never got it here in the states. Seen a few of them on youtube now though. Looks like it was a good farewell season!

10-11-2012, 12:56 PM	#25
DF619 Foot Soldier Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: SD Posts: 130	Before I started using the internet back in 1995-1996: - During the original animated series, I had no idea that Usagi Yojimbo wasn't an original TMNT character. - The cover of the NES TMNT game confused the hell out of me as well. I thought they were just too lazy to color the headbands of the other turtles... - ...which leads into me not knowing the Turtles were created as a comic book I did find this out eventually before even going on the internet.

10-12-2012, 11:30 AM	#27
Chris Mad Scientist Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: UK Posts: 1,898	Living in the UK comics were never that main stream, so all I knew growing up was the OT and some of the Archie reprints we got. It was after TNM when I next saw a Turtles comic, I picked up an issue of Image (#10 with the Savage Dragon crossover) which totally confused me. I'd heard about the changes in a letter column of another comic (Superman where someone was comparing his change to the electric blue Superman with the changes made to Don and Raph) so I was expecting that, but going from OT to Image was just too strange, plus they were hard to find (didn't know about pull lists back then) so that was all I read. On a nostalgia kick about 1999/2000 (when I finally had dial up at home) I discovered the official site, learnt about the original comics, ordered a load and I've never looked back. So yeah, until I learnt the truth all I knew was OT, like everyone else I thought the all red bandanas were knock offs or lazy artists (I remember having a nice set of pin badges with red bandanas but I thought they were fakes!), I had no idea what an utrom was or that there were different kinds of ooze in the comics to the cartoon. I think that's why I loved 2K3 so much, I'd just discovered all these amazing stories in the comics and then along came a new show that adapted them (at least as much as possible for kids TV).

10-12-2012, 11:42 AM	#29
TVsRobLowe Foot Soldier Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 154	Archie and the Riverdale Gang crossed over with Turtles during the comic adaptation of the "Coming out of our Shells" tour. It was a big deal in the early 90s.

11-04-2012, 10:51 AM	#34
hankthetank Random Punk Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 15	I had no knowledge of the original TMNT comic books so when I saw how different the 2003 series was lacking Bebop, Rocksteady, and Krang I was not very happy.

11-04-2012, 01:05 PM	#35
ImDoneItsOver Random Punk Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 48	I still kinda dont get why they has 2 toes and 3 fingers? I mean real turtles have more than 2 toes.. dont they?

11-04-2012, 01:34 PM	#36
Toby Barrett Stone Warrior Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 946	They were supposed to look like this, right?

11-07-2012, 12:24 PM	#37
ImDoneItsOver Random Punk Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 48	oh so they were 2 toed to keep up with the Ninja thing... I for one am a fan of the 3 toes now

11-08-2012, 10:57 AM	#40
plasticturtle Foot Soldier Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 224	Yeah that's another thing. I wasn't aware there was a black Baxter until I started poking around the comics section of the local bookstore at the mall and came across a set of Mirage TMNT graphic novels. I also wasn't aware that Splinter was originally a normal rat in the original series instead of a human. Actually there's a lot I didn't know until I came across those graphic novels.