Greg_M
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Interesting topic at work.
Seems the cartoon came under both:
Teenage mutant ninja turtles - which i w#aways thought it was
teenage mutant hero turtles - never heard if it
Which is it
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drax
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"Hero" Turtles
Upon TMNT's first arrival in the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, Sweden and Germany, the name was changed to "Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles" (or TMHT, for short), since local censorship policies deemed the word ninja to have excessively violent connotations for a children's program.[10] Consequently, everything related to the Turtles had to be renamed before being released in the UK. The lyrics were also changed, such as changing "Splinter taught them to be ninja teens" to the "Splinter taught them to be fighting teens."
[Edited on 04-10-2007 by drax]
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drax
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Yeah because most infants and small children know what Ninjas are but have no clue on fighting..
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drax
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Also I have the original movie, which is ninja turtles 
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Ian
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Bit daft about the lyrics - I would associated the word ninja with a disciplined, precise and noble art form. I would associate the word fighting with playground brawls on Youtube.
[Edited on 04-10-2007 by Ian]
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MatthewR
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isnt Ninja the Movies
and Heros the cartoons??
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smack
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its ninja , always has been 
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Bez_SXi
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quote:
Originally posted by Ian
Bit daft about the lyrics - I would associated the word ninja with a disciplined, precise and noble art form. I would associate the word fighting with playground brawls on Youtube.
[Edited on 04-10-2007 by Ian]
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Superlite Ltd.
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quote:
Originally posted by drax
"Hero" Turtles
Upon TMNT's first arrival in the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, Sweden and Germany, the name was changed to "Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles" (or TMHT, for short), since local censorship policies deemed the word ninja to have excessively violent connotations for a children's program.[10] Consequently, everything related to the Turtles had to be renamed before being released in the UK. The lyrics were also changed, such as changing "Splinter taught them to be ninja teens" to the "Splinter taught them to be fighting teens."
[Edited on 04-10-2007 by drax]
aww beat me to it
Ninja = USA
Hero = UK
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Marc
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Nintendo got Ninja Turtles based on the arcade. The Amiga got Hero Turtles based on the cartoon, was gutted 
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Bri 16v
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was ninja back in the days when i watched it... thought this hero stuff was done quite recently?
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P1CK4D
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its defimatly Ninja.. I remember the cartoon like it was yesterday 
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Nic Barnes
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in this country, cartoon was hero, films were ninja, as someone else said.
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Cosmo
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I remember ninja, but maybe because when I was younger it sounded cooler (and still does those damn Ninjas  )
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Nic Barnes
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i have all 3 films on dvd, quite sad i know
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Cosmo
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Originally posted by muppetsport
i have all 3 films on dvd, quite sad i know
I had a load of the models 
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Nic Barnes
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quote:
Originally posted by Cosmo
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Originally posted by muppetsport
i have all 3 films on dvd, quite sad i know
I had a load of the models
i did aswell. weird how in the films they werent called be-bop and rock steady.
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Marc
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I was disapointed with the film versions of be-pop and rock steady Shredder could have been better and where was brain and his robot 
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Nic Barnes
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didnt the films come first?
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Paul_J
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I used to think april o neal was fit when I was a kid.
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Nic Barnes
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razar was one of them in the films cant remember the name of the other
edit - might have been toca or something
[Edited on 04-10-2007 by muppetsport]
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Nic Barnes
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quote:
Originally posted by Paul_J
I used to think april o neal was fit when I was a kid.
cartoon or real life
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Cosmo
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quote:
Originally posted by muppetsport
didnt the films come first?
no. cartoon was first over here.
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Nic Barnes
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quote:
Originally posted by Cosmo
quote:
Originally posted by muppetsport
didnt the films come first?
no. cartoon was first over here.
yes but in the grand scheme of things, film was first wasnt it?
this isnt the chicken and the egg
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Marc
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Originally posted by muppetsport
didnt the films come first?
3 years later.
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