Did anyone else watch the first TMNT movie in elementary school?

[Andrew NDB]

I don't mean while you were concurrently attending elementary school... I mean, did you actually watch it IN elementary school, IN-class?

At the time it was awesome, but looking back it seems a little strange that we watched the first TMNT movie in-class in the 4th grade. Not strange in a sense that's like, "Oh god, because it was so violent," but just strange as in... what a strange, random thing for a teacher to put on the TV in a classroom.

[CyberCubed]

Yeah, after lunch time they would always stick the kids in the auditorium when it was too cold outside or it was raining.

They would usually show a movie on the big projector. Most of the time it was Disney movies like Alladdin, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, the Lion King...typically popular kids movies at the time.

I remember TMNT II was shown once. I can't remember what grade I was in but I think I was around 9 or 10. The kids laughed at all the jokes. Back then TMNT II was the funniest movie ever made. As for the first movie, I think they may have shown it although I can't remember. I assume they probably did.

[Donnie]

Nope, never did. I must say though, that is a tad odd! (But definitely awesome...)

[gobo]

Nope .

[Luzmagica]

^Heya folks you were that lucky!
I do not remember a single movie IN class in all my school years! * sigh *

[Candy Kappa]

nope, but we where treated with a cinematic Norwegian drama lasting 3 hours of NOTHING! that more was so boring I'm sure it was originally in color but the boredom scared the color spectrum away.

[ToTheNines]

I forget how it even happened, but we watched it in school when I was in sixth grade and that was 2002/2003. I don't remember if it was just my class who watched it (if so, I'm sure I had a hand in rallying up some votes as to what we watched), or if it was played on all the school's tv's for a special occasion.

[MikeandRaph87]

The first time I ever saw it I was in pre-school not elementary school,but I did watch during my elementary school years on vhs every so often.

[Metropoliskid41]

Originally Posted by Luzmagica

^Heya folks you were that lucky!
I do not remember a single movie IN class in all my school years! * sigh *

Pretty much same here. We watched Gladiator in history class, and that awful 1960s Romeo and Juliet movie in English Lit, and both of those in high school. That was it

[MikeandRaph87]

Originally Posted by Metropoliskid41

Pretty much same here. We watched Gladiator in history class, and that awful 1960s Romeo and Juliet movie in English Lit, and both of those in high school. That was it

Hey,at least you didn't have to watch the MTV version. One of the worst movies that I was forced to see ever.

I think for some of us even during the dark period between '98-'03 we saw the movie at least every other year. I can only go so long until I get the urge to want to watch at least the first two films again.

[Herald7]

Well this doesn't quite count but when I was a camp counselor a couple years ago we showed the grammar school kids the 1st turtles film. They really liked it; two of the boys kept repeating "Fight? Fight! Kitchen? Kitchen!" over and over, lol.

[gobo]

Ninja Turtles are educational.

[Chipzard]

Umm naw I never did...not in classes, but only in movie theater though

[pannoni1]

Not even the cartoon was shown at my school, it was only educational films only (I do remember Square One and 3-2-1 Contact being shown however in Math & Science class). My music teacher would sometimes show classic musical films such as Peter and the Wolf and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. For me, it was G only in elementary school (thus disqualifying any TMNT movie), G or PG in middle school, and PG-13 or less in high school. Indoor recess usually meant playing on the computer, a board game, with action figures, or even doing homework. The teachers figured we probably knew too much about TMNT at home for any good, though given my increasingly fuzzy memory of elementary school, it may have happened, but I'm 95% sure there was no TMNT movie at school.

[Phelan]

I don't think we ever watched TMNT in school, but I did watch Jurassic Park in my 6th grade science class. I had the same teacher in 7th and asked him about JP2- he said no, because it pertained nothing to science, unlike the first one with its DNA splitting section.

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

Originally Posted by Kiwamu The Kappa

nope, but we where treated with a cinematic Norwegian drama lasting 3 hours of NOTHING! that more was so boring I'm sure it was originally in color but the boredom scared the color spectrum away.

You schould propose to watch the "Northern Lights Out" episode instead. Also set in Norway, but funnier.

[Herald7]

Originally Posted by pannoni1

Not even the cartoon was shown at my school

We watched Cowabunga, Shreadhead once in grammar school. Afterwards we were all saying, "I crave school no more!"

[Drako-Cat]

I did watch it in 3rd or 4th Grade in class one day <:.

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

Originally Posted by Herald7

We watched Cowabunga, Shreadhead once in grammar school.

Why? For educational purposes?

[Jester]

Originally Posted by Swedenfan 1982

Why? For educational purposes?

Nah, some times on days before vacation teachers would "phone it in" and just play a movie for the kiddies before they go home. I can't say I remember what I watched as a kid in school, just that it happened.