If TMNT never existed, what would be your #1 fandom?

[This_is_my_username]

Forever: Hellboy, LOTR/Sil, BTVS, GOT

Phases: Any number of manga, Marvel/DC, HBO series, book series, game series.

[Autbot_Benz]

Transformers ( I grew up with Beast Wars and some of G1) Doctor who Wrestling X-men Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Spider man and batman

[Netkeeper]

You grew up with Beast Wars, but no knowledge of what a comma is for.

[billbot85]

Most likely Star Wars for me, original trilogy or course

[Icegaze]

To be honest, I won't consider TMNT to be my greatest fandom. It has the status of being the first, but not the greatest in my years of geek/nerd-dom.
Here would be my top 5:

1. Naruto
2. Dragonball
3. Pokemon
4. TMNT
5. Bleach

[shinefra]

I love TMNT but I think Ghostbusters is number one for me, you can’t top the movie and the animated series had more quality.

If TMNT never existed my second favorite Franchise would be Masters of The universe.

[shinefra]

Originally Posted by alpaca witch

I got to thinking about it and it's strange, I actually think I'd be a lot more traditionally "feminine" or whatever you want to call it if it weren't for TMNT. I have nothing wrong with that, but when I was way younger I was mostly into horses, alpacas, plush, dolls, etc. Something about TMNT really caught my eye and opened me up to a whole new world of media that I probably would have never known about since it wasn't marketed towards me. It's weird to think about how one little incident like that can really change the way your life plays out. I mean maybe something else would have come along and opened my eyes to so called "boy's" toys, but I was pretty content with just combing my plastic horse's hair or dressing up my dolls at the time so who knows.

If I had to take a guess, I'd probably be bigger into MLP and Hello Kitty than I already am, or just cutesy shows/merch in general. Actually, I'd wager to say I'd be a huge Monster High collector since I've always liked monsters and all that. If it weren't for my toy money going to TMNT mainly it would surely go towards MH. I wonder if there's an alternate dimension where I'm a huge MH fan posting on a MH forum about how my toy money would go to TMNT if MH didn't exist....

You remind me alot to my sister

By the way what about ghostbusters? according to your avatar you seem to like it

[jase]

Mine would be Ghostbusters, I support that and TMNT pretty equally.

[pannoni1]

The tricky part would be prior to the emergence of the Power Rangers since for a time that was my #1 fandom, followed by Star Wars during the 1997 re-release era, then Pokemon, then I'd probably get into He-Man since I got the '80s nostalgia bug during the 2000s, though since that's faded out I would probably have a mix of fandoms, from Star Wars (strong #1 possibility) to Batman to Superman just because those are so iconic. As a child during TMNT's golden era had it not existed, I probably would have continued to like the PBS Kids shows and Disney Afternoon shows equally, though I'd hardly have a distinguished number one, though I'd probably like the Muppets the most due to Sesame Street and Muppet Babies being a big exposure of my early childhood.

[TurtleTitan97]

I don't really consider TMNT as my #1 fandom, just one of my top favorites. So even if it didn't exist I'd say my #1 would most likely be Batman or Spider-Man.

[Garreth]

Originally Posted by Leo656

By what standard? Sonic Generations was great. Haven't played any of the ones since, but that one was great.

Never tried it, will have to give it a go. Sonic Unleashed and others that were next gen ruined it for me. Especially Sonic on 360.

[Leo656]

Y'know, I had fun with Unleashed for a while, and I really *wanted* to like it, but by the time the last boss fight came around, I was fed up with all the cheap deaths from the poor controls. I was intent on finishing it, got fed up on the last boss and haven't touched it since. There's a few levels that are really fun and deserve to be in a much better game.

I think you'll like Generations. It's a pretty good mash-up of Sonic games focusing mostly only on what works. I couldn't stop playing it and beat it over a long weekend. Thumb cramps like I hadn't had since the NES days. I can't even remember being frustrated with it at any point, unlike Unleashed, where it seemed like I was going, "Ahhh, this F*CKING game..." every five minutes, when I'd miss a jump because Sonic has no shadow underneath him for some reason.

[Netkeeper]

Originally Posted by Leo656

Y'know, I had fun with Unleashed for a while, and I really *wanted* to like it, but by the time the last boss fight came around, I was fed up with all the cheap deaths from the poor controls. I was intent on finishing it, got fed up on the last boss and haven't touched it since. There's a few levels that are really fun and deserve to be in a much better game.

These are my EXACT thoughts, but replace 'Unleashed' with 'Shadow the Hedgehog'. My file still hasn't gotten through that annoying last boss fight.

Haven't had the chance to try Unleashed. :V

[rickwj324]

My first love/obsession is Batman (followed by Superman and the DC Universe). Next in line is the turtles.

[FLAduranie]

The Turtles and Cabbage Patch Kids hold the number one spot with me. So, if turtles were never around it would be cpk's all alone in the top spot.

[Blossombrooks]

This is tough! Tmnt has always been my number 1, a few shows were up there (Thundercats, Ghostbusters, Mighty Ducks) but nothing really could have been a solid replacement during my childhood years had TMNT not existed.
I guess now though if it weren't for TMNT it'd probably be Lilo and Stitch, I have a pretty extensive collection of Stitch stuff.

[The Boston Ninja Turtle]

Like others TMNT isnt my number 1 fandom, that falls to The Muppets..


however had TMNT never existed Power Rangers would Probably take its place in Action fandom

[NuparuMahnika]

Masters of the Universe or Predator!

[cammy85]

Real Ghostbusters would've continued to be #1. I watched it regularly. Cable wasn't as big in our area as it is now.

[shinefra]

You know what? I change my mind I think I love them equally