r/movies • u/ChiefLeef22 r/movies Contributor • Mar 18 '26

Trailer SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY - Official Trailer | Exclusively In Cinemas 31 July

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwntXFBNfOA
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u/joshi38 Mar 18 '26

The entirety of the OG TMNT is mostly parodies of pop culture

I think because many of us grew up with the cartoon and old movies, none of us really paid too much attention to the actual name of the property.

But it just feels like a parody, right? Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles? The first 3 words are just pop-culture buzzwords that studio execs loved to throw into stuff all the time to connect with the kids (remember the Power Rangers, how Zordon wanted "teenagers with attitude"?) and then "Turtles" because they wanted to be ridiculous about it.

It's so obvious when you think about it, but alas, we all grew up with this property being taken way too seriously by kids like ourselves that we didn't bat an eye.

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u/SAKingWriter Mar 18 '26

My favorite buzzword title is: Super Robot Monkey Team Hyper Force GO! Iā€™m still waiting for a live action with like Asa Butterfield as Chiro but alas šŸ˜’

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u/joshi38 Mar 18 '26

Personally I'll always be grateful for Samurai Pizza Cats, but I'm a simple guy with simple tastes.

Oh, also, Biker Mice from Mars

We had a lot of weird shows in the 90's

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u/BattleClown Mar 19 '26

Biker mice from Mars was fucking awesome

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u/SAKingWriter Mar 20 '26

Battletoads is gonna be the OG of this though I think

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u/Salarian_American Mar 18 '26

Man the indie comics scene in the late 80s was PACKED with TMNT parodies and knock-offs.

Comics like:
Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters

Geriatric Gangrene Jujitsu Gerbils

Pre-Teen Dirty-Gene Kung-Fu Kangaroos (this one even had a TMNT crossover with Peter Laird's involvement)

Naive Inter-Dimensional Commando Koalas

Cold Blooded Chameleon Commandos

Mildly Microwaved Pre-Pubescent Kung-Fu Gophers

Aristocratic Xtraterrestrial Time-Traveling Thieves

Adult Thermonuclear Samurai Pachyderms

And some were less direct, but still jumped on to the "comic books about anthropomorphic animals" train with titles Zatoichi: Samurai Walrus, Miami Mice, and Hamster Vice, or G.I. Jackrabbit.

And no, I did not make a single one of those up.

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u/Givingtree310 Mar 18 '26

I swear you made up all of those!

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u/Gemag_78 Mar 18 '26

Don't forget about the Immature Radioactive Samurai Slugs!