Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles….Turtle Power!
TMNT was the ultimate pre-pubescent boys dream. These “teenagers” got to eat pizza all day, kick ass, then hang out with a hot chick that they secretly wanted to sleep with in their awesome underground fort. Show me a 12 year old boy that isn’t interested in ninja knowledge, underground forts and sleeping with hot reporter-type women and I’ll kick his ass.
I think my mom still has the Raphael costume I wore for three years in a row starting when I was nine.
Mine was almost as cool as the one above, but it didn’t have a 40 year old man inside of it. (Insert another prepubescent dream joke here.) There is a good chunk of my childhood consumerism that was devoted to the reptilian dream team: Video Games, Movies, Lunch Boxes, Action Figures (yes, including the van and the sewer hangout) and even Bed Sheets. If you’re still into this sort of thing, you can pre-order a set of 25th Anniversary Action Figures.
I learned a lot about life from watching this show. Things like the importance of discipline, being devoted to a cause, and that anchovies are a major part of keeping a turtle well-fed. But the most important lesson I took away was that Manhattan is a dirty, crime infested city that has an all-knowing Karate rat lurking in the sewers. Stay out of the subways. Cowabunga, dude.
TMNT changed my life. I have forever been enthralled with the antics of four freakish turtles and their dirty-ass rat leader. I do not know about you but I would love to find me some ooze and roll around in it so that I can automatically become super ripped and a ninja. I have even purchased a turtle in the hopes that it magically becomes a badass.
On a more controversial note, Donatello sucks. Michelangelo and Raphael were badasses and the best turtles. Leonardo was a distant third and Donatello is by far the worst.
Agreed. Donatello was brainy and tool-like but he was necessary for the betterment of the team.
Necessary? More like a hinderance. They did not need his computer knowledge, they could have found an IT department. He was way too lame to be talked about with the likes of Mike & Raph. Even Leonardo had a sword, so he was a good addition. Donny brought a stick. Granted it was widdled into a good walking stick, but i do no want my crime-fighters walking, i want them whoopin some ass.
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