The other day I found myself thinking about Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and,
though I’ve known about the show for over 20 years and can still remember and sing
a worrying amount of the theme song, for the first time ever I noticed every
single word in the title. The show is about turtles.
Ninja turtles. Mutant ninja turtles. Teenage mutant ninja turtles.
No matter where I put the emphasis, I simply cannot understand what about the show appealed to the younger version of me who watched it religiously.
I was thinking about ninja turtles the other day too. I know why you loved it. It's about ninja turtles! Seriously, that's an original idea for a kids show. We all loved it.
ReplyDeleteBecause they are heroes in a half-shell, of course!
ReplyDeleteTURTLE POWER!
DeleteMy friend messaged me the other day pointing out that it's actually a full shell. Obviously she's more of an optimist than the TMNT theme song writers.