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Monday, October 1, 2012

Oh, You Kids! Ninja Turtles Too Cool to Say "Cowabunga" Anymore, I Guess

Posted by on Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 3:10 PM

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As mentioned in I Love Television™, Nickelodeon has brought back the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles—but now they're represented in the ever-popular CGI style, and no longer say "Cowabunga." The new catchphrase—according to exec producer Ciro Nieli to EW—is Ali G's "Booyakasha." At long last, here's the reasoning behind this earth-changing decision:

“There was a lot of talk about what the new ‘cowabunga’ was, or whether it should even remain ‘cowabunga,’” Neili tells EW. “We hadn’t initially come up with anything yet because we didn’t really necessarily need it [at the time].”

“But then when we were at the record, one of the actors — Greg Cipes, who actually plays Michelangelo — just kind of went for it,” Nieli explains. “When he said it in the room, there were a lot of executives there. I think it was our first record. And it was that moment when he said it — I think he just really pulled it off and kind of won everybody over in the room. And it stuck.”

 

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Fnarf 1
I'm going to stick with CHOICEAMUNDO, thanks.
Posted by Fnarf http://www.facebook.com/fnarf on October 1, 2012 at 3:20 PM
tedb310 2
Wasn't "Booyakasha" a Steely Dan song?
Posted by tedb310 on October 1, 2012 at 3:23 PM
Will in Seattle 3
Real surfers don't say that, so whatever.

Time to go cliff diving.
Posted by Will in Seattle http://www.facebook.com/WillSeattle on October 1, 2012 at 3:24 PM
Pope Peabrain 4
I think these turtles just jumped the shark.
Posted by Pope Peabrain on October 1, 2012 at 3:45 PM
5
Bossa Nova!
Posted by jzimbert on October 1, 2012 at 4:47 PM
6
It's a disgrace. Oh how the mighty have fallen....
Posted by Nitidiuscula on October 1, 2012 at 4:59 PM
Reverse Polarity 7
Jeez. I was too old for the first round of ninja turtles. I'm way to old for a retread already.
Posted by Reverse Polarity on October 1, 2012 at 5:20 PM
Last of the Time Lords 8
I want some CGI turtle soup
Posted by Last of the Time Lords on October 1, 2012 at 6:53 PM
very bad homo 9
Why are they still making this?
Posted by very bad homo on October 1, 2012 at 7:30 PM
10
Still time to introduce their farm refugee, Cow Abunga.
Posted by heygregory on October 2, 2012 at 8:48 AM
pasteyboy 11
Annoying Frat guys are the new Surfer dudes! Booyakasha!!!!
Posted by pasteyboy http://pjorno.com on October 2, 2012 at 11:06 AM

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