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

[CyberCubed]

Let's say TMNT never existed and Pete/Kevin never drew that first image of a Turtle in 1984. What exactly would be your big fandom right now had it not been for TMNT?

Given I was born in the mid 80's, I'd probably be more of a Batman fan right now. The 1989 Batman movie was a big deal, and B:TAS was a big part of 90's kids childhood. As much as I liked Batman, I never got into the comics or other aspects of it since TMNT was my #1 and I didn't have time for two. I honestly think I'd be posting on some Batman forum right now and have a closet of 500+ Batman comics if TMNT had never existed. It just goes to show you whatever your #1 fandom is takes away from your interest in others.

I might have also gotten more into Spiderman too for the same reason, I dunno. Lost interest in Power Rangers after the first three years and Pokemon was huge but I was already a teenager when it came out so it already came later on for me.

[Andrew NDB]

Highlander. Green Lantern. Probably in that order.

[Jester]

Star Trek maybe...or Spider-man and the X-Men.

[Redeemer]

I would have to say Spider-man or Batman I flip-flop on those two so damn much. Sometimes Spidey is my second sometimes Batman is my second it just depends what mood i am in

[thebrownranger]

Eh...Batman, Spiderman, Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers, X-Men, Transformers, DBZ. No specific order really. If not any of those, then probably nothing. I'd probably be doodling or playing guitar which I still do to this day.

[Powder]

Pokemon or Nintendo on a whole, I guess. I'm not heavily into much else outside of those & the turtles.

[Tora]

Originally Posted by thebrownranger

Eh...Batman, Spiderman, Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers, X-Men, Transformers, DBZ. No specific order really. If not any of those, then probably nothing. I'd probably be doodling or playing guitar which I still do to this day.

All of these for me as well.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

Highlander. Green Lantern. Probably in that order.

Jeeze, I'd probably have to go Highlander and then Star Trek nowadays. In that order.

[ToTheNines]

Skibidi Toilet and Hawk Tuah

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by ToTheNines

Skibidi Toilet

Yep, still a thing.

[CyberCubed]

Considering I grew up in the late 80's and 90's, if TMNT never existed I just assume I'd be a big Batman fan now. Batman '89 movie came out when I was 4 years old and I saw it with my father. Batman: TAS came out in 1992, and I watched it when it aired, and all the Batman movies after.

However I never read any Batman comics and didn't care about the DC universe as a whole until the late 90's when I watched Superman:TAS and the old movies, and even then I still didn't care much till the early 2000's.

So if TMNT never existed, I kinda assume Batman would be my main thing growing up. I fell out of Power Rangers very quickly (I watched the first series but lost interest), and there was nothing else big at the time till Pokemon in 1998 but I would be a fan of that anyway.

[ToTheNines]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

Yep, still a thing.

Ha, that’s crazy.

My serious answer: probably DC and Marvel. I think the last thing I was into before I went all in on TMNT was Dragon Ball. So maybe that, but I kinda doubt it.

[Casey]

Batman or Ghostbusters.

[Icebot]

Sonic, Super Mario Brothers, Mega Man, Avatar the Last Airbender, The Legend of Korra.

[Green Machine]

Transformers, although the direction of the franchise has dissappointed me in recent years. Transformers has always been my 1A hobby with TMNT at 1B.

[ABrown]

Transformers, no question about it. As it is now, Transformers might be my first passion. I was a Transformers fan before I'd ever even heard of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I've always kind of gone back and forth. It was Transformers in the 80's, then TMNT for the most part during the 90's. In the late 90's with Beast Wars/Machines it was Transformers. Then when the 4Kids TMNT series was running, it was TMNT. Finally, with Transformers: Prime it was Transformers.

[Zachatello00]

I've actually thought a lot about this. I think I'm with Powder, and would say Nintendo as a whole, though I'd lean on Zelda a bit.

I'm also a huge fan of Classic Disney animation (Mickey, Donald and Goofy toons) and Warner Bros cartoons. Actually, now that I type that... Animaniacs would probably rival Nintendo as my franchise of choice.

[Slade]

The turtles aren't my number 1 to begin with. Superman is.

[Metalwolf]

It would be Transformers, especially G1 Transformers. I tried watching the Energon trilogy, but I couldn't get into it. I do like the movies, but I hate the Revenge of the Fallen one. Too much sexual humor and Megan Fox trying to look 'hawt.'

I'd also add Star Wars and some Zelda, as the old Zelda cartoon is more my main Zelda then most of the games, as the only games that 'count' for me are A Link between Worlds and the first two Zeldas.

I don't know yet about the new Zelda game, since that won't come out until 2015.

[plastroncafe]

If I hadn't started reading Turtles I never would have gotten into comics, so probably, DC's Animated Universe, Harry Potter and Avatar: The Last Airbender.