@ami_angelwings @waitworry Just to add to this-- The 90s were a *golden age* for Super Hero cartoons. Batman, Superman, X-Men, Gargoyles, Spawn, and a good chunk of Liquid Television.

Whoever the target audience there was a lot of innovation with a very super hero flavor. (Okay, the X-Men show wasn't nearly as weird as the rest but...)

@JenYetAgain @waitworry sailor moon, nighthood, cybersix (i count the early 00s as 90s due to lag time of production and influence)

@JenYetAgain @ami_angelwings and to think ninja turtles was originally a parody of the sorts of comic books they had at the time

@waitworry @JenYetAgain @ami_angelwings wait WHAT?

@arichtman @waitworry @ami_angelwings Yeah, specifically Frank Miller's Daredevil, the depressed teenage mutants with attitudes living in the sewers were very much... Well, I don't know if parody is the right word since the original comics weren't particularly funny iirc?

@arichtman @JenYetAgain @ami_angelwings ok like in the comics it is implied that the radioactive ooze they got exposed to was on the same truck that caused Daredevil to get his powers so they're supposed to share an origin

at the time I guess stories with ninja were big so they are ninja

and then the big one is that the villains they fight are "the foot" while daredevil fights the hand

there is probably other stuff i'm not too well versed in turtle lore

@waitworry @JenYetAgain @ami_angelwings I mean The Foot always felt funny, same with Shredder. Now it's even funnier, thanks!

@waitworry @arichtman @JenYetAgain splinter is stick

@waitworry @arichtman @JenYetAgain krangpin

@ami_angelwings @waitworry @JenYetAgain Thanks y'all makin my DAY!

@arichtman @waitworry @ami_angelwings Oh, yeah, Shredder died in the first issue, he wasn't really a thing until the Cartoon.