Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles.

~~Jarrah White~~ · 11-09-2003, 01:52 AM

I've heard that because nunchakus were banned in the UK, Peter Laird & Kevin Eastman had to make two versions of the Ninja Turtles show, they even had to rename it Hero Turtles, not Ninja Turtles. As Michelangelo's weapon of choice was banned in the UK, they replaced it with a grapple hook. Is this true? Just rumours is all I've heard.

**Karpo_007** · 11-09-2003, 03:27 AM

True, but it hasn't got anything to do with Eastman and Laird, and the name was changed because Ninja was a banned word in UK.

Misfit · 11-09-2003, 04:37 AM

It was changed because the ridiculously over sensitive UK censors thought the word "ninja" was too violent, ditto with the 'chunks.

Savanti Romero · 11-09-2003, 11:03 PM

They banned the word ninja? They banned naunchakus? Not katanas? I hope they banned some weapons a little worse than them, like maybe guns! That's is crazy!

~~Jarrah White~~ · 11-09-2003, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Savanti Romero

They banned the word ninja? They banned naunchakus? Not katanas? I hope they banned some weapons a little worse than them, like maybe guns! That's is crazy!

Ironic somehow isn't it that the Brittish can banned naunchakus but it's okay for them to have nuclear bombs.

Savanti Romero · 11-09-2003, 11:18 PM

Very ironic! I can't imagine why they did that!

malignant · 11-09-2003, 11:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Savanti Romero

Very ironic! I can't imagine why they did that!

Stupidity is why...Pure stupidity.

Savanti Romero · 11-10-2003, 12:06 AM

Well said Malignant, well said.

~~Reznorite420~~ · 11-10-2003, 12:13 AM

Somebody, please, hold me back, since I'm having a hard time keeping myself from beating the living bejesus out of whoever said the taboo "H" word...

*sigh*...That should be a new forum rule: any reference of TMHT should result in a warning at the very least

**Barkworm** · 11-10-2003, 12:30 AM

Weren't the nunchucks also banned in the US?

**Karpo_007** · 11-10-2003, 12:32 AM

Yes, but not before season 4.

**Barkworm** · 11-10-2003, 12:49 AM

The UK banned them BEFORE season 4??? In Germany we also had the Hero Turtles but I saw a lot of episodes with Nunchakus.

**Karpo_007** · 11-10-2003, 02:28 AM

Yep, Michelangelo seemed to disappear when the fights started.

~~Jarrah White~~ · 11-10-2003, 02:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Karpo_007

Yep, Michelangelo seemed to disappear when the fights started.

What goods a grapple hook in a fight? Unless you just use it as a strangle wire.

Ninjatron · 11-10-2003, 03:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Savanti Romero

They banned naunchakus? Not katanas? I hope they banned some weapons a little worse than them, like maybe guns!

Nunchuks ARE worse than katanas.

Beyond that, they have/had a gang connection.

Sayonara.

~~Jarrah White~~ · 11-10-2003, 03:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Ninjatron

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Originally Posted by Savanti Romero

They banned naunchakus? Not katanas? I hope they banned some weapons a little worse than them, like maybe guns!

Nunchuks ARE worse than katanas.

Beyond that, they have/had a gang connection.

Sayonara.

How'd you come to that conclusion? While some people have had suffered a broken jaw from nunchakus, many have been decapitated by katanas, or any other sword for that reason.

Eidiot88 · 11-10-2003, 04:53 AM

In some ways 'chucks are worse than katanas, ever seen a Bruce Lee movie? he made the 'chucks look brutal.

Savanti Romero · 11-10-2003, 09:04 AM

Well that might be so, but what about guns?

~~Reznorite420~~ · 11-10-2003, 09:06 AM

Please, lock this thread already...it's too much for me to keep seeing the references to the dreaded "H" word

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11-09-2003, 01:52 AM	#1
~~Jarrah White~~ Banned Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 2,394	Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles. I've heard that because nunchakus were banned in the UK, Peter Laird & Kevin Eastman had to make two versions of the Ninja Turtles show, they even had to rename it Hero Turtles, not Ninja Turtles. As Michelangelo's weapon of choice was banned in the UK, they replaced it with a grapple hook. Is this true? Just rumours is all I've heard.

11-09-2003, 04:37 AM	#3
Misfit Stone Warrior Join Date: May 2003 Location: UK Posts: 508	It was changed because the ridiculously over sensitive UK censors thought the word "ninja" was too violent, ditto with the 'chunks. __________________ My LiveJournal My Fanfiction "I'm the pretty one!" - Mikey in "Meet Casey Jones".

11-09-2003, 11:03 PM	#4
Savanti Romero Stone Warrior Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Colorado Posts: 600	They banned the word ninja? They banned naunchakus? Not katanas? I hope they banned some weapons a little worse than them, like maybe guns! That's is crazy! __________________ "The sceptor has returned at last; and it's all mine!" -Savanti Romero, Vol. 1 issue 47 1992 AKA: [email protected] utromheadquarters.0catch.com

11-09-2003, 11:18 PM	#6
Savanti Romero Stone Warrior Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Colorado Posts: 600	Very ironic! I can't imagine why they did that! __________________ "The sceptor has returned at last; and it's all mine!" -Savanti Romero, Vol. 1 issue 47 1992 AKA: [email protected] utromheadquarters.0catch.com

11-10-2003, 12:06 AM	#8
Savanti Romero Stone Warrior Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Colorado Posts: 600	Well said Malignant, well said. __________________ "The sceptor has returned at last; and it's all mine!" -Savanti Romero, Vol. 1 issue 47 1992 AKA: [email protected] utromheadquarters.0catch.com

11-09-2003, 03:27 AM	#2
Karpo_007 Inactive Moderator Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Finland Posts: 8,798	True, but it hasn't got anything to do with Eastman and Laird, and the name was changed because Ninja was a banned word in UK.

11-10-2003, 12:13 AM	#9
~~Reznorite420~~ Banned Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 3,851	Somebody, please, hold me back, since I'm having a hard time keeping myself from beating the living bejesus out of whoever said the taboo "H" word... sigh...That should be a new forum rule: any reference of TMHT should result in a warning at the very least

11-10-2003, 12:30 AM	#10
Barkworm Draconian leftist ruler Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 6,671	Weren't the nunchucks also banned in the US? __________________ Don‘t be a douche.

11-10-2003, 12:32 AM	#11
Karpo_007 Inactive Moderator Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Finland Posts: 8,798	Yes, but not before season 4.

11-10-2003, 12:49 AM	#12
Barkworm Draconian leftist ruler Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 6,671	The UK banned them BEFORE season 4??? In Germany we also had the Hero Turtles but I saw a lot of episodes with Nunchakus. __________________ Don‘t be a douche.

11-10-2003, 02:28 AM	#13
Karpo_007 Inactive Moderator Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Finland Posts: 8,798	Yep, Michelangelo seemed to disappear when the fights started.

11-10-2003, 04:53 AM	#17
Eidiot88 Hench Mutant Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Miami, Florida Posts: 251	In some ways 'chucks are worse than katanas, ever seen a Bruce Lee movie? he made the 'chucks look brutal. __________________ Shredder's Pub Returning Soon...

11-10-2003, 09:04 AM	#18
Savanti Romero Stone Warrior Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Colorado Posts: 600	Well that might be so, but what about guns? __________________ "The sceptor has returned at last; and it's all mine!" -Savanti Romero, Vol. 1 issue 47 1992 AKA: [email protected] utromheadquarters.0catch.com

11-10-2003, 09:06 AM	#19
~~Reznorite420~~ Banned Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 3,851	Please, lock this thread already...it's too much for me to keep seeing the references to the dreaded "H" word

11-10-2003, 09:24 AM	#20
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