When was their main peak in popularity? Leading up to the first film, maybe?

WHY DO YOU SPEAK IN RIDDLES

Given their streetsmart attitude, informal lingo-ridden speech patterns, lack of knowledge about proper nutrition and very economically poor living situation, the Ninja Turtles are already kind of a racial caricature.

I'm sure it's been said, but god damn, is "Ninja Turtles" not the most bizarre pop cultural creation of the 90s? Did we ever beat that?

I've never felt closer to you guys. Good work.

I hope you're referring to a film called "Coprophagia"

"dynamiting fish in a lake" is so much more dynamic than "shooting fish in a barrel"

I think you may have replied to the wrong person by mistake

Duel is a great film.

The fact that it's commonly recognized doesn't necessarily mean that it's not also stupid.

I'm not sure it's worthwhile to try to make sense of pop culture trends. It exists at stage 3 because it existed at state 2. It just justifies itself until it finally fades away.

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I thought that interpretation was actually pretty clever of me, but it's been five hours now and no likes.

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Yes, correcting someone's grammar is exactly equivalent to being German, which is exactly equivalent to being a Nazi. Congratulations on your world record for fastest escalation to Godwin's Law in a comment thread.

If you choose to believe in free will, turn to page 2.

So I guess Encyclopedia Brown is a CYOC series but without the illusion of choice. A determinist's CYOC, if you will.

WHAT HAPPENS IN PAGES 2-93??

They already made this movie. It's called Mystery Team and it's pretty good.

You saw it here first, people. Apparently spambots have grown more intelligent and they are begging for mercy. I say we grant them none.